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  • Dollar likely to retain value

    Never mind the lackluster economy, the huge trade deficit or the government's piles of debt: The U.S. dollar is still expected to outperform most of the world's major currencies next year.


  • This image provided by NASA, taken Oct. 6, 2004, by the Cassini Saturn Probe, shows the planet Saturn and its rings. One of the most evocative mysteries of the solar system, where Saturn got its stunning rings, may actually be a case of cosmic murder with an unnamed moon of Saturn, that disappeared about 4.5 billion years ago, as the potential victim. Suspicion has fallen on a disk of hydrogen gas, that surrounded Saturn when its dozens of moons were forming, but has now fled the scene. And the cause of death? A possible forced plunge into Saturn. (AP Photo/NASA)

    Saturn's rings: Leftovers from a cosmic murder?

    One of the solar system's most evocative mysteries _ the origin of Saturn's rings _ may be a case of cosmic murder, new research suggests.


  • This illustration released by the University of Santa Cruz shows a super-Earth type planet, named GJ1214b, left, in the atmosphere. For the first time astronomers probed the atmosphere of this planet by observing chemical signatures imprinted on light from the planet's host star as it filtered through the planet's atmosphere. GJ1214b is about 2.6 times Earth's radius, but about 6.5 times its mass, and it circles a red dwarf star, top right. (AP Photo/University of California at Santa Cruz, Paul A. Kempton)  NO SALES.

    Starry starry starry night: Star count may triple

    The universe may glitter with far more stars than even Carl Sagan imagined when he rhapsodized about billions upon billions. A new study suggests there are a mind-blowing 300 sextillion of them, or three times as many as scientists previously calculated. That is a 3 followed by 23 zeros. Or 3 trillion times 100 billion.


  • Bills RT Howard doubtful for Lions game

    Buffalo Bills starting right tackle Cordaro Howard is doubtful for Sunday's game against the Detroit Lions because of a shoulder injury.


  • FILE - In this Aug. 18, 2006 file photo, students eat lunch at Pleasant View Middle School in Springfield, Tenn. The U.S. government is trying new approaches to get kids to choose healthier foods. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)

    School cafeterias to try psychology in lunch line

    Hide the chocolate milk behind the plain milk. Get those apples and oranges out of stainless steel bins and into pretty baskets. Cash only for desserts.


  • The U.S. government is trying new approaches to get students to choose healthier foods. It is giving $2 million to food-behavior scientists to find ways to use psychology to improve youngsters' use of the federal school lunch program and fight obesity. (Associated Press)

    School cafeterias try psychology on kids

    Hide the chocolate milk behind the plain milk. Get those apples and oranges out of stainless steel bins and into pretty baskets. Cash only for desserts.


  • Soundgarden releases new album through video game

    After a 13-year break, Soundgarden is releasing its new album through the "Guitar Hero" video game series _ and its frontman believes it's the perfect way to reintroduce the band to a new generation.


  • NY judge: 'Disturbia' did not copy short story

    A federal judge in New York has dismissed a copyright lawsuit that claimed the 2007 thriller "Disturbia" ripped off Alfred Hitchcock's classic "Rear Window."


  • Goodwin Liu, 39, is President Obama's nominee for the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco. (Associated Press)

    EDITORIAL: GOP Senate needed to block bad judges

    President Obama sent another reminder on Monday about the importance of this fall's Senate races by resubmitting five judicial nominations so extreme as to be alien to the American experience.


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