Researchers will be gathering data during the Perseid meteor shower. August 2010 is part of a renaissance for meteor science in the US after nearly two decades of neglect.
AP - The federal judge who struck down California's gay marriage ban said Thursday that same-sex weddings can resume next week unless an appeals court intervenes before then.
AP - Myanmar's ruling junta said the country's first election in two decades will be held Nov. 7, finally announcing a date Friday for long-awaited polls that critics have dismissed as a sham designed to cement military rule.
AP - A U.S.-based think tank is painting a grim picture of the earthquake recovery effort in Haiti, adding its voice to widespread accusations of ineffectual local leadership.
The Czech Republic suggested barter when North Korea said it would be hard put to repay a $10 million debt left from cold-war days. But it was thinking zinc ore, not Korean ginseng.
Fidel Castro marks his 84th birthday on Friday after a spate of public appearances and apocalyptic warnings of nuclear war and environmental disaster that have catapulted him back onto center stage in Cuba and garnered him headlines outside the Communist-run Caribbean island.
The U.N. warns military leaders that rape "is no more inevitable than, or acceptable than, mass murder" during wartime. Sexual violence has five countries under scrutiny.
The man arrested and charged Thursday in knife attacks in three states selected victims "based on the color of their skin," Leesburg, Va., Police Chief Joseph Price said.
Skeletal remains found in Malibu Canyon on Monday are those of Mitrice Richardson, who disappeared last year, Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca said Thursday.