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  1. This undated photo released by Census of Marine Life and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution shows a transparent sea cucumber, Enypniastes, creeping forward on its many tentacles at about 2 cm per minute while sweeping detritus-rich sediment into its mouth at 2,750 meters in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Thousands of marine species eke out an existence in the ocean's pitch-black depths by feeding on the snowlike decaying matter that cascades down, and even sunken whale bones, according to a report released Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009. (AP Photo/Larry Madin) NO SALES, MANDATORY CREDIT, EDITORIAL USE ONLY
    Thousands of strange creatures found deep in ocean AP - Sun Nov 22, 3:51 PM ETSent 2,327 times

    NEW ORLEANS - The creatures living in the depths of the ocean are as weird and outlandish as the creations in a Dr. Seuss book: tentacled transparent sea cucumbers, primitive "dumbos" that flap ear-like fins, and tubeworms that feed on oil deposits.

  2. Why Kids Ask Why LiveScience.com - Mon Nov 23, 11:46 AM ETSent 925 times

    A child's never-ending "why's" aren't meant to exasperate parents, scientists say. Rather, the kiddy queries are genuine attempts at getting at the truth, and tots respond better to some answers than others.

  3. German Rolf-Dieter Heuer, right, Director General of CERN, and Steve Myers, left, CERN's Director for Accelerators and Technology, seen, during a press conference on the LHC (Large Hadron Collider) restart at CERN (the European particle physics laboratory) in Meyrin, near Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, Nov. 23, 2009. Scientists turned on the Large Hadron Collider on Friday night, Nov. 20, 2009, for the first time since the machine suffered a failure more than a year ago and had to be shut down shortly after the start. (AP Photo/Keystone, Laurent Gillieron)
    Big Bang atom smasher starts speeding proton beams AP - 57 minutes agoSent 719 times

    GENEVA - A spokesman says the world's largest atom smasher has used its accelerator for the first time to speed up the proton beams in an initial test of its ability to reach much higher energy later.

  4. In this Nov. 17, 2009 photo, A 'sold' sign is seen outside a home in Los Angeles. October home sales are up 10.1 percent, beating expectations, as tax credit spurs sales. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)
    October home sales rise 10.1 pct from September AP - Mon Nov 23, 4:18 PM ETSent 659 times

    WASHINGTON - Home sales surged for the second month in a row in October, climbing to the highest level in 2 1/2 years as first-time buyers rushed to take advantage of an expiring tax credit.

  5. A home is seen for sale in the Washington suburb of Takoma Park, Maryland, October 27, 2009. REUTERS/Jim Bourg
    U.S. existing home sales pace highest in 2-1/2 yrs Reuters - Mon Nov 23, 11:51 AM ETSent 567 times

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sales of previously owned U.S. homes rose in October at a faster-than-expected pace to the highest in more than 2-1/2 years as buyers rushed to take advantage of a popular tax credit, a survey showed on Monday.

  6. India may get $1 billion in IT outsourcing contracts: report Reuters - Sun Nov 22, 10:55 PM ETSent 361 times

    MUMBAI (Reuters) - Leading Indian outsourcers such as Tata Consultancy , Infosys and Wipro stand to gain contracts worth about $1 billion in the next one or two years as U.S. banks emerge from the troubled asset relief program, the Economic Times reported on Monday.

  7. In this Oct. 14, 2009 photo, an air conditioner coil that has some corrosion at the home of James and Maria Ivory in Punta Gorda, Florida. The federal government says it finds a 'strong association' between problematic imported Chinese drywall and corrosion of pipes and wires, a conclusion that supports complaints by thousands of homeowners over the last year. (AP Photo/J. Meric)
    Feds find association between drywall, corrosion AP - Mon Nov 23, 6:19 PM ETSent 307 times

    WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - The federal government said Monday that it has found a "strong association" between problematic imported Chinese drywall and corrosion of pipes and wires, a conclusion that supports complaints by thousands of homeowners over the last year.

  8. In this photo provided by CBS, Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., appears on CBS's 'Face the Nation' in Washington, Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009. (AP Photo/CBS Face the Nation, Karin Cooper) MANDATORY CREDIT, NO SALES, NO ARCHIVE
    Schumer says failure not an option on health care AP - Mon Nov 23, 9:30 PM ETSent 302 times

    WASHINGTON - Failure is not an option on health care, a leading Democratic senator said Monday, even as Republicans turned up the heat on moderates who hold the fate of the legislation in their hands.

  9. In this photo made Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009, Chuck Ferrar poses for a portrait at his liquor store in Annapolis, Md. Ferrar expects to pay $9,000 in unemployment taxes next year, up from $3,000 this year. (AP Photo/Rob Carr)
    Rising unemployment taxes could hinder hiring AP - Sun Nov 22, 1:20 PM ETSent 266 times

    WASHINGTON - As if small businesses needed another reason not to hire, consider their latest financial burden: The cost of rising unemployment itself.

  10. Warming's impacts sped up, worsened since Kyoto AP - Mon Nov 23, 12:00 AM ETSent 244 times

    WASHINGTON - Since the 1997 international accord to fight global warming, climate change has worsened and accelerated — beyond some of the grimmest of warnings made back then.

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  1. The Mistral French amphibious assault ship/helicopter carrier/hospital ship docks on the Neva River in downtown St. Petersburg, Russia, Monday, Nov. 23, 2009, with one of the city landmarks, St. Isaac's Cathedral, in the background. Russia is planning to buy a Mistral-class ship worth 400-500 million euros (around $600-$750 million) from France. Russian Navy and defense industry experts are expected to inspect the ship during the visit. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)
    France shows off cutting-edge navy ship in Russia AP - Mon Nov 23, 9:50 AM ET

    ST. PETERSBURG, Russia - A cutting-edge French warship sailed into St. Petersburg Monday to show off its capabilities to potential buyers in the Russian navy, whose pursuit of an amphibious assault capacity is frightening some neighboring countries.

  2. This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image shows Mars in 2005. A new detailed map of Mars shows what was likely a vast ocean in the north and valleys around the equator, suggesting that the planet once had a humid, rainy climate, according to research published Monday.(AFP/NASA-HO/File)
    New Map Bolsters Case for Ancient Ocean on Mars SPACE.com - Mon Nov 23, 5:30 PM ET

    Several lines of evidence point to the possibility of a past ocean on Mars, from apparent ancient shorelines to chemicals in the soil.

  3. What might look like ancient gold treasure is a magnified crustacean, a tiny copepod collected this year from deep in the Atlantic abyss, where the sun doesn't shine. The creature was discovered as part of the decade-long, international 14-project Census of Marine Life.(LiveScience/Bunzow/Corgosinho)
    Thousands of strange creatures found deep in ocean AP - Sun Nov 22, 3:51 PM ET

    NEW ORLEANS - The creatures living in the depths of the ocean are as weird and outlandish as the creations in a Dr. Seuss book: tentacled transparent sea cucumbers, primitive "dumbos" that flap ear-like fins, and tubeworms that feed on oil deposits.

  4. FILE - In this Nov. 19, 2009 file photo, shoppers prepare to load their car with purchases from a Kmart store in Somerville, Mass. This week, which will be abbreviated due to Thanksgiving, investors will look to reports on home sales, unemployment and consumer confidence and the start of the holiday shopping season on Friday for more insight into the direction of the economy. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)
    AP-GfK Poll: Debt turning shoppers into Scrooges AP - Mon Nov 23, 9:30 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - A lot more Americans are feeling stressed out by debt this holiday season, raising the glum likelihood they'll behave like Scrooge rather than Santa.

  5. An applicant holds a flyer advertising employment as she stands in line at a job fair at the Southeast LA-Crenshaw WorkSource Center in Los Angeles November 20, 2009. In a depressed neighborhood in the City of Angels, hundreds of good jobs appeared to fall from the sky last week. Young and middle-aged Los Angeles residents, mostly blacks and Hispanics, lined up down the block at an employment office for more than 600 jobs, paying $14 an hour and higher with free healthcare, at new JW Marriott and Ritz Carlton hotels downtown. Picture taken November 20, 2009. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni (UNITED STATES EMPLOYMENT BUSINESS)
    Schumer says failure not an option on health care AP - Mon Nov 23, 9:30 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - Failure is not an option on health care, a leading Democratic senator said Monday, even as Republicans turned up the heat on moderates who hold the fate of the legislation in their hands.

  6. The Linac 2 (Linear Accelerator 2) is pictured at the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Meyrin near Geneva October 16, 2008. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/Files
    Big Bang atom smasher starts speeding proton beams AP - 57 minutes ago

    GENEVA - A spokesman says the world's largest atom smasher has used its accelerator for the first time to speed up the proton beams in an initial test of its ability to reach much higher energy later.

  7. Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla. gestures on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009, during a briefing on the imported Chinese drywall situation in Florida. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)
    Feds find association between drywall, corrosion AP - Mon Nov 23, 6:19 PM ET

    WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - The federal government said Monday that it has found a "strong association" between problematic imported Chinese drywall and corrosion of pipes and wires, a conclusion that supports complaints by thousands of homeowners over the last year.

  8. Govt issues record 2.1M recall for dropside cribs AP - 1 hour, 33 minutes ago

    WASHINGTON - More than 2.1 million drop-side cribs by Stork Craft Manufacturing are being recalled, the biggest crib recall in U.S history, following reports of four infant suffocations.

  9. McDonald's makes its logo more 'green' in Europe AP - Mon Nov 23, 12:16 PM ET

    BERLIN - McDonald's is going green — swapping its traditional red backdrop for a deep hunter green — to promote a more eco-friendly image in Europe.

  10. A HP Invent logo is pictured in front of Hewlett-Packard international offices in Meyrin near Geneva August 4, 2009. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
    HP triples stock buyback plan, profit up 14 percent Reuters - Mon Nov 23, 7:36 PM ET

    SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Hewlett-Packard Co tripled the size of its share repurchase program to $12 billion as China sales and better profit margins on its services boosted quarterly earnings.

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  1. A display advertising the release of the highly-anticipated video game "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2". The hotly-anticipated video game has launched in Britain amid a political row over its levels of violence.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Ethan Miller)
    'Modern Warfare 2' game sparks battle in Britain AFP - Tue Nov 10, 11:39 AM ET

    LONDON (AFP) - The hotly-anticipated video game "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2" was launched in Britain on Tuesday amid a political row over its levels of violence.

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