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Report: Danger from Iraq electrical work: French aid group Action Against Hunger said two of its workers have been kidnapped in Afghanistan and are believed to still be alive. ›19:36
Parachutist goes off course, lands in band: A parachutist went off course Thursday at the start of a military review and dropped feet-first into the 1st Infantry Division's band, injuring three players. ›04:50
U.S. soldier remains from 1846 found in Mexico: Mexican archaeologists have found the remains of what appear to be four U.S. soldiers who died in 1846 during the Mexican-American war, the government announced on Thursday. ›15:57
Oil markets looking for signs of bubble burst: Citigroup has become the latest big bank to assuage Wall Streets worries about the financial sector, posting a $2.5 billion second-quarter loss that was smaller than the market expected. ›16:07
Iraq pact could complicate campaigns: A new U.S.-Iraqi agreement raising the possibility of a withdrawal timeline threatens to complicate the war policies of presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain. ›23:20
Top 5 E3 games we can't wait to play: As usual, a staggering number of games were exhibited at the E3 Media and Business Summit . These are just a few of many that we cant wait to get our hands on. ›13:01, 17.07
EPA strengthens controls on 5 pesticides: The EPA strengthened regulations Thursday on five common pesticides and for the first time required farmers to set up sizable buffer zones around fields treated with the chemicals. ›20:16, 11.07
Seattle selling troubled toilets on eBay: City officials decided to pull the plug on five multimillion-dollar self-cleaning toilet stalls and instead put them on the auction site eBay. ›17:07, 17.07
Army shoots live pigs for medical drill: The Army says it's critical to saving the lives of wounded soldiers. Animal-rights activists call the training cruel and outdated. ›23:42
Video game sales soar 53 percent in June: U.S. video game retail sales soared 53 percent in June, fueled by Nintendo's Wii and handheld DS gaming systems, as well as Konami's blockbuster "Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots" by far the month's best-selling title. ›01:05
EPA unveils CO2 storage rule: The Environmental Protection Agency wants to make sure curbing global warming doesn't contaminate drinking water. ›20:10, 15.07
More colleges make dorms eco-friendly: More colleges are focusing on where students live, creating green residence halls that are becoming a hot destination for eco-minded students. ›18:43, 16.07
The market for skinny laptops gets fat: Ultra-mobile notebooksrepresent a small, but growing, segment of the PC market finding favor with American consumers, as well as those in countries like China, India and Japan. ›13:01, 17.07
EU's 'spare 1bn euros' for Africa: The European Commission backs a plan to give 1bn euros of unspent EU farm subsidies in aid to African farmers. ›16:27
Gun briefing backfires in China: Reporters called to a Chinese police briefing on the success of an anti-gun drive are accidentally shot. ›15:26
'Work for dole' proposals leaked: Ministers are considering plans to force long-term jobless to work for benefits, a leaked document says. ›19:03
Drought threatens Iraq's crops, water: It's been a year of drought and sand storms across Iraq a dry spell that has devastated the country's crucial wheat crop and created new worries about the safety of drinking water. ›20:50, 10.07
Report: Australia's drought to worsen: A decade-long drought in Australias most important crop-growing region is worsening and there is little hope for relief from either saving rains or a new government conservation plan, officials said Thursday. ›09:39, 10.07
Ancient Pompeii site faces modern threats: Nearly 2,000 years after it was buried and preserved under a volcanic eruption, the ancient Roman town of Pompeii is being steadily worn away by modern woes. ›15:19
Cern lab goes 'colder than space': A giant physics lab on the Swiss-French border is being cooled to a temperature lower than that of outer space. ›19:07
Cat Stevens accepts libel damages: accepts damages over articles claiming he was sexist. ›11:01
It bleeds and vomits, but doesn't die. The ideal med student's toy: Medical students train on a dummy which can vomit and sweat and moves and feels like a real patient. ›16:25
French search for stolen Semtex: Anti-terrorist police are called in after Semtex and explosives detonators vanish from a security services site in France. ›22:21
Python wrestled out of washer: A Maine woman got the shock of her life when she reached in to grab the clothes out of her washing machine. ›22:06, 17.07
