Nasa scraps shuttle launch date BBC (Web promotion) News - 8 hours ago

Nasa scraps shuttle launch date BBC (Web promotion) News - 8 hours ago

Nasa scraps shuttle launch date
BBC News - 8 hours ago The US space shuttle fleet is to remain grounded until November at the earliest, Nasa officials have said. The US space agency has admitted it still does not know the cause of a recurring problem at lift-off - piece of foam flying off the fuel tank.

Thousands left stranded by London airport strike
Metro Toronto - 1 hour ago Australian holiday-makers Glen Mills (L) and Ben Perryman arrive at Heathrow airport in west London to find their Qantas flight to Australia suspended due to knock-on disruption from wildcat strikes by British Airways staff, August 12, 2005.

Malaysian haze spreads to other areas
Boston Globe - 48 minutes ago By Jasbant Singh, Associated Press Writer | August 12, 2005. KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia --Smoke from forest fires in Indonesia spread to more cities in Malaysia Friday, as millions prayed in mosques and temples

AL Beat: Palmeiro has little to say in return
Seattle Times - 2 hours ago While Rafael Palmeiro got used to being back in a baseball uniform, Bruce Chen and the Baltimore Orioles made sure he enjoyed the view from dugout. Chen pitched seven innings of three-hit ball, and Javy Lopez

'Deuce 2': 'Euro' trash
New York Daily News - 2 hours ago By ELIZABETH WEITZMAN. DEUCE BIGALOW, EUROPEAN GIGOLO. With Rob Schneider, Eddie Griffin. Director: Mike Bigelow (1:23).R: Language, drugs, crude humor. Recently, comedian and would-be actor Rob Schneider has

US gas shortage fuels hike
London Free Press - 3 hours ago Oil prices rose briefly to $66 a barrel and settled at a new high yesterday amid strong demand and concerns about supplies. With US gasoline inventory levels falling, "gasoline will remain a key concern over

Cameron Hurt in Face-To-Face Collision
San Francisco Chronicle - 1 hour ago By The Associated Press. Cliff Floyd kept his distance after watching fellow Mets outfielders Mike Cameron and Carlos Beltran go down in a frightening face-to-face collision. "I couldn't go over there, man," Floyd said. "Once I saw the blood.

'Architect' of WorldCom fraud jailed for five years
Telegraph.co.uk - 10 hours ago By David Litterick in New York (Filed: 12/08/2005). Scott Sullivan was sentenced to five years in jail yesterday for his part in the $11billion (�6billion) accounting fraud at telecoms giant WorldCom. Judge

PGA CHAMPIONSHIP: Big 2 lag as six tie for lead
Detroit Free Press - 3 hours ago BY CARLOS MONARREZ. SPRINGFIELD, NJ -- SPRINGFIELD, NJ -- What was supposed to be the start of a showdown, instead turned into a meltdown. Tiger Woods, who is trying to become the first golfer to win three

Yahoo! buys instant lead in Chinese e-commerce
Seattle Times - 3 hours ago By Joe McDonald. BEIJING � Online commerce remains a relatively small market in China, but some of the world's leading Internet companies are betting that is about to change. The biggest Internet investment