China says 37 dead, 71 trapped in mine explosion

By: By CARA ANNA

A gas explosion tore through a state-run coal mine in northern China on Saturday, killing 37 people and trapping 71 others nearly a third of a mile under ground.

Nov 21, 2009 | 1:45 am

Europe: Proton beams circulate in Big Bang machine

By: By ALEXANDER G. HIGGINS

Scientists switched on the world's largest atom smasher for the first time since the $10 billion machine suffered a spectacular failure more than a year ago, circulating beams of protons in a significant leap forward for the Large Hadron Collider.

Nov 21, 2009 | 1:35 am

Porn mogul's son to be tried in girlfriend's death

The son of a late San Francisco pornography mogul will stand trial on accusations that he crushed his ex-girlfriend's skull with a baseball bat.

Nov 21, 2009 | 1:35 am

Bangladeshi mom want twins to stay in Australia

By: By JULHAS ALAM

The mother who gave up conjoined Bangladeshi newborn twins for adoption said Saturday she is overjoyed the toddlers have been successfully separated and wants them to grow up in Australia.

Nov 21, 2009 | 1:20 am

Buddhists from 2 Koreas to hold joint ceremony

By: By KWANG-TAE KIM

South Korean Buddhist monks headed to North Korea on Saturday for a joint ceremony with monks there, showing the countries continue civil exchange despite a bloody naval skirmish earlier this month.

Nov 21, 2009 | 12:45 am

Researcher: Faint writing seen on Shroud of Turin

By: By ARIEL DAVID

A Vatican researcher has rekindled the age-old debate over the Shroud of Turin, saying that faint writing on the linen proves it was the burial cloth of Jesus. Experts say the historian may be reading too much into the markings, and they stand by carbon-dating that points to the shroud be…

Nov 21, 2009 | 12:25 am

Police: NC girl raped, killed on day she was taken

By: By ALYSIA PATTERSON

A 5-year-old North Carolina girl was raped and killed the same day she was taken from her home, according to an arrest warrant released Friday. Shaniya Davis was sexually assaulted and asphyxiated Nov. 10, the day her mother reported her missing from the trailer park where she was staying…

Nov 21, 2009 | 12:20 am

Calif. launches probe into scam targeting churches

By: By ROBERT JABLON

California is investigating several companies suspected of bilking churches nationwide of hundreds of thousands of dollars through fraudulent computer leasing schemes, authorities said Friday.

Nov 21, 2009 | 12:20 am

Levin: May be more troubling emails from Hasan

By: By PAMELA HESS and ANNE GEARAN

There may be additional e-mails that could have tipped off law enforcement or military officials to the Fort Hood shooter before he went on his deadly rampage, the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee said Friday.

Nov 21, 2009 | 12:15 am

US to drop shooting case against Blackwater guard

By: By MATT APUZZO

The Justice Department intends to drop manslaughter and weapons charges against one of the Blackwater Worldwide security guards involved in a deadly 2007 Baghdad shooting, prosecutors said in court documents Friday.

Nov 21, 2009 | 12:15 am

Moderate Dems pivotal in Saturday health care vote

By: By DAVID ESPO

Suitably opaque, Section 2006 takes up only a few dozen lines in a sweeping health care bill that runs to 2,074 pages and mentions neither Sen. Mary Landrieu nor her state of Louisiana.

Nov 21, 2009 | 12:15 am

GOP: Health test recommendations could affect care

By: By LAURIE KELLMAN

Republicans are seizing on this week's recommendations for fewer Pap smears and mammograms to fuel concern about government-rationed medical care _ and to try to chip away support by women for President Barack Obama's proposed health care overhaul.

Nov 21, 2009 | 12:15 am

Dane County deputy loses weight, inspires others

By: By DOUG MOE

It was a 40-yard practice field sprint when he was trying to make the football team at UW-La Crosse in 1996 that blew out Scott Herrem's hamstring. It pretty well blew up his life, too, though he didn't know it at the time.

Nov 21, 2009 | 12:00 am

Former Brewer tells students how to beat adversity

By: BY MATTHEW OLSON

"Believe me when I say I am the luckiest man to be born."

Nov 21, 2009 | 12:00 am

Fish tank offers sustainability model for school

By: By LINDSAY FIORI

There are things living in the basement of Walden III High School.

Nov 21, 2009 | 12:00 am

Chavez praises Carlos the Jackal

Hugo Chavez is defending alleged terrorist mastermind Carlos the Jackal, saying the Venezuelan imprisoned in France was a "revolutionary fighter" rather than a terrorist.

Nov 20, 2009 | 11:55 pm

UC students occupy buildings to protest fee hike

By: By MICHAEL R. BLOOD

Dozens of demonstrators who barricaded themselves inside a campus building at the University of California, Berkeley in a protest over fee hikes and budget cuts were removed late Friday, bringing the daylong occupation to an end, university officials said.

Nov 20, 2009 | 11:30 pm

Car strikes crowd outside Ala. school, 1 killed

A woman lost control of her car and struck nine children and an adult who were standing outside a middle school Friday afternoon, police said.

Nov 20, 2009 | 11:15 pm

Blast near aid office wounds 1 in NW Pakistan

By: By RIAZ KHAN

An explosion struck the office of an aid organization in northwestern Pakistan near the Afghan border on Saturday, wounding a security guard, police said.

Nov 20, 2009 | 11:10 pm

Today in History - Nov. 21

By: By The Associated Press

Today is Saturday, Nov. 21, the 325th day of 2009. There are 40 days left in the year.

Nov 20, 2009 | 11:00 pm