NASA's soon-to-be-retired space shuttles are up for grabs. ...more

December 17, 2008

Space shuttle Endeavour has to wait another day to make its cross-country return trip to Florida. ...more

December 8, 2008

Dangerously high wind and a stormy sky prevented space shuttle Endeavour from returning to its home base in Florida on Sunday, and NASA ordered the astronauts to take a detour and land in sunny California. ...more

November 30, 2008

The 346 passengers were cruising at 29,000 feet Friday when an explosive bang shook the Qantas jumbo jet. The plane descended rapidly. Oxygen masks dropped from the ceiling as debris flew through the cabin from a hole that had suddenly appeared in the floor. ...more

July 26, 2008

A Democrat and a Green Party candidate seek to snatch Republican Rep. Rob Schenck's state House seat. ...more

June 28, 2008

Virgin Atlantic carried out the world's first flight of a commercial aircraft powered with biofuel Sunday in an effort to show it can produce less carbon dioxide than normal jet fuels. ...more

February 25, 2008

A fast-moving wildfire pushed by Santa Ana winds raced through the canyons and mountains of this wealthy enclave for the second time in little more than a month Saturday, destroying 49 homes and forcing as many as 14,000 residents to flee. ...more

November 25, 2007