Safety

200 sickened after dining at Vegas restaurant

By MICHELLE RINDELSAssociated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) - A new report shows 200 people who dined at one of Las Vegas' most popular restaurants about a block off the Strip have reported food poisoning symptoms, making it the largest outbreak southern Nevada health officials have seen in at least a

NASA: Spacewalk planned to fix space station leak

By SETH BORENSTEINAP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - Two astronauts will make a hastily planned spacewalk Saturday to try to fix an ammonia leak in the power system of the International Space Station. The leak in a cooling system was discovered Thursday when "snowflakes" of ammonia were seen

More than just a mother, now she's your 'friend'

By MARTHA MENDOZAAP National Writer Josh Knoller, a young professional in New York City, spent years refusing his mother's "Friend Request" on Facebook before, eventually, "caving in." Today they have an agreement: she'll try not to make embarrassing comments, and he can delete them if she

Woman rescued after 17 days in Bangladesh rubble

By JULHAS ALAMAssociated Press SAVAR, Bangladesh (AP) - For 17 days, the seamstress lay trapped in a dark basement pocket beneath thousands of tons of wreckage as temperatures outside climbed into the mid-90s F. She rationed food and water. She banged a pipe to attract attention. She was fast