A pair of spacewalking astronauts, one of them a surgeon, hustled through antenna and cable work outside the International Space Station today and even whipped off an extra chore. ...more

November 19, 2009

NASA has cleared space shuttle Atlantis for liftoff Monday on a trip to stock the International Space Station with several years' worth of spare parts. Mission managers gave the go-ahead Saturday as forecasters put the odds of good launch weather at 90 percent. ...more

November 15, 2009

The small rallies recently on Wall Street provided many investors with a glimpse of hope. Maybe the economic slide will begin to ease? Maybe there's more good news to come? Maybe recovery is on the way? ...more

March 24, 2009

I can think of 40 million reasons why Barack Obama could win. Here's the first one: Jimmy Carter. It was a little more than 30 years ago since this country elected a liberal Democrat to the highest office in the land. And the country soon entered a period of economic malaise and weakness. ...more

November 1, 2008

When Rays newcomer Dan Johnson smashed a ninth-inning, game-tying homer Tuesday night in Boston - after being called up from Triple-A, then frantically arriving at Fenway Park just minutes before game time - it was stunning. ...more

September 12, 2008