Dire predictions about swine flu are feeding fears about the global pandemic despite emerging evidence it is mostly mild. ...more

November 1, 2009

Five years after the NASA rover Spirit landed on Mars, the six-wheel robotic geologist and its twin Opportunity are still on the job. ...more

January 4, 2009

The biggest break in Marcos Ambrose's NASCAR career wasn't a win, but a seventh-place finish. ...more

February 10, 2008

Paratroopers, penguins and pizzamakers were among thousands of temporary teachers in Tampa Bay area schools Wednesday in the annual Great American Teach-In. ...more

November 15, 2007

With such a glitzy name as Surfers Paradise, it's hard to expect more from this Gold Coast town than beachy souvenir shops and all-you-can-eat pancakes. ...more

September 23, 2007

Two months after surviving a giant dust storm, one of NASA's robotic rovers on Mars began a risky drive Tuesday into a crater blasted open by a meteor eons ago. ...more

September 12, 2007