Soviet Space dogs Belka and Strelka, who 50 years ago became the first living creatures to be launched into space and return alive, were a key step in Russia's manned space program.
Searching for Cameron Diaz online carries a one-in-ten chance of landing on a website containing with malicious software, according to a report by the computer security firm McAfee.
The $42 million fine allows the controversial security company, now called Xe Services, to avoid criminal charges while being able to obtain government contracts.
AP - Iranian and Russian engineers began loading fuel into Iran's first nuclear power plant on Saturday, a major milestone as Tehran forges ahead with its atomic program despite U.N. sanctions.
AP - Haiti's electoral commission said Friday that hip hop artist Wyclef Jean cannot run for president of this Caribbean nation, ending his outsider's bid to lead a country struggling to recover from the Jan. 12 earthquake.
AP - The deepwater drilling moratorium in the Gulf of Mexico costs at least 23,000 jobs, according to a federal document that weighed the economic impact and alternatives to the drilling ban.
Iran began fueling its first nuclear energy plant in the southern city of Bushehr Saturday, the nation's state media reported. The effort will help the country create nuclear-generated electricity, Press TV said.
In an interview with CNN shortly after he learned he would be ineligible to run for president of Haiti, hip-hop singer Wyclef Jean said he was surprised by the news.
The number of eggs recalled in a nationwide salmonella scare has grown to more than half a billion. Another Iowa egg producer on Friday recalled eggs shipped to stores.