Shuttle docks with space station
Space shuttle Endeavour linked with the international space station on Sunday, kicking off a huge home makeover that will allow twice as many astronauts to live up there beginning next year.
Brothels bill health insurers for sex acts
Dozens of Sydney brothels are passing off sex acts as therapeutic massages and illegally billing health insurers for the services, a newspaper and an official said Monday.
Vietnam braces for tropical storm
Vietnam called its fishermen ashore and began evacuating 80,000 people from high-risk areas as a tropical storm churned toward the country's southern coast Monday.
Suspected ETA chief nabbed
The suspected military leader of Basque separatist rebel group ETA has been arrested in France, the French interior ministry said Monday, the biggest blow to the organization in months.
Flood traps 33 in China mine
A flood at a coal mine in Henan trapped more than 30 workers on Monday — the third mine accident in as many weeks to hit the resource-rich central Chinese province, the government said.
30 years after, the legacy of Jonestown
By their wiles or happenstance, scores of temple members escaped the events of Nov. 18, 1978, when more than 900 people died by drinking poisoned drinks at the behest of Jim Jones.
Asia markets mixed as Japan enters recession
Asian markets were mixed Monday as confirmation Japan has slipped into recession emphasized the gloomy outlook for the world economy.
McCartney hopes to release funky Beatles track
Paul McCartney says it's time an experimental Beatles track that features gargling and shouting saw the light of day.
Great Lakes blanketed in 2 feet of snow
As much as 2 feet of snow fell around parts of the Great Lakes region Monday, making driving hazardous and closing some schools.
NYT: GOP debates roadmap back to power
Nearly 30 years after Ronald Reagan ushered in a period of conservative ascendancy in American politics, how should the movement re-energize itself?
