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Aid workers: Hunger killing Haiti children

November 23, 2008

At least 26 severely malnourished children have died in recent days in Haiti, and aid groups fear many more deaths unless more help comes quickly to this impoverished Caribbean country.

Buried glacier found on Mars

November 23, 2008

Mars has vast glaciers hidden under aprons of rocky debris near mid-latitude mountains, a new study confirms, pointing to a new and large potential reservoir of life-supporting water on the planet.

Woolly mammoth task: Critter's DNA mapped

November 23, 2008

Scientists for the first time have unraveled much of the genetic code of an extinct animal, the ice age's woolly mammoth, and with it they are thawing Jurassic Park dreams.

Shots in Wash. mall after argument prove fatal (AP)

November 23, 2008

AP - Shots erupted in a packed Seattle-area shopping mall Saturday after an apparent argument between a gunman and two other young men, killing one of the men, creating panic among shoppers and sending police on a store-to-store search for the shooter, authorities said.

Astronauts try to work out kinks in urine machine (AP)

November 23, 2008

AP - Astronauts hope they have a solution for getting a pivotal piece of equipment working so it can convert urine and sweat into drinkable water and allow the international space station to grow to six crew members.

Father appalled by virtual audience to son's death (AP)

November 23, 2008

AP - The father of a college student whose suicide was broadcast live over a webcam said Saturday he was appalled by the virtual audience that egged on his son and called for tougher regulation of Internet sites.

JFK anniversary marked at Dallas shooting site (AP)

November 23, 2008

AP - About 500 people crowded Saturday into the plaza where John F. Kennedy was shot 45 years ago, all agreeing it was right to remember a pivotal moment in American history, even if they didn't all believe the official line.

Carmakers' crisis deepens Detroit's despair (AP)

November 23, 2008

AP - While U.S. automakers wait for federal action on loans they say are key to their survival, former restaurant worker Richard Thomas is waiting on his own bailout odd jobs that barely pay the bills.

Immigrant's killing shows tensions on Long Island (AP)

November 23, 2008

AP - The flowers have wilted and the candles are burned out at a makeshift memorial where an immigrant from Ecuador was stabbed to death in what police say was a hate crime carried out by marauding teenagers.

Judge to parents: Leave sect, get kids back (AP)

November 23, 2008

AP - A judge has told parents of two teenage girls removed from the Tony Alamo Christian Ministries compound that they can have their children back if they sever ties with the community.