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Deal reached for huge desalination plant in Calif.
The San Diego County Water Authority announced a tentative agreement Thursday to buy the entire output of what will be the Western hemisphere's ...
AP IMPACT: Air Force insiders foresaw F-22 woes
Years before F-22 pilots began getting dizzy in the cockpit, before one struggled to breathe as he tried to pull out of a fatal crash, before two more ...
Suspicions ignored as bosses let chemist work on
Chemist Annie Dookhan was "Superwoman," a colleague at a Massachusetts state crime lab used to joke. She seemed unstoppable in her quest to please ...
All Yosemite workers to be offered hantavirus test
Yosemite National Park will offer testing to all employees at the site to determine if they have ever been infected with a deadly mouse-borne virus, ...
Statue found by Nazis made from meteorite
An ancient Buddhist statue that a Nazi expedition brought back from Tibet shortly before World War II was carved from a meteorite that crashed on ...
Facebook launches service to send real-life gifts
Facebook is rolling out a service called Gifts which, as its name suggests, lets users send chocolate, coffee, socks and other real-life presents to ...
Don't recycle _ these gadgets dissolve inside you
As consumers we want our electronic gadgets to be durable. But as patients, we might want them to dissolve — inside our bodies. Scientists reported ...
Review: TV Guide app impressive, but could be more
I grew up in a TV Guide household. I'd flip through the magazine each week to see what was on. Keeping track of what to watch was pretty simple with ...
Gates: New Windows 8 system is 'very exciting'
Microsoft founder Bill Gates on Thursday called the new Windows 8 operating system scheduled for release next month "a very exciting new product" and ...
Co-workers: We worried about Mass. chemist's work
Chemists who worked with the woman at the center of a Massachusetts state drug lab scandal told investigators they had concerns about her work for ...
Fight over canola pits biofuels vs. organics
Wet winters and cool, dry summers make Oregon's Willamette Valley one of the best places on the globe to produce seeds for organic broccoli, cabbage, ...
New data on Wyo. frack site await interpretation
The meaning of reams of new data from groundwater testing in a remote Wyoming gas field where the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency sparked concern ...
US extreme skier Plake among avalanche survivors
Renowned American extreme skier Glen Plake says he feels lucky to be alive after surviving the weekend Himalayan avalanche that killed at least eight ...
Ex-QB Jim McMahon talks of early-stage dementia
Former Chicago Bears quarterback Jim McMahon, who is suffering from early-stage dementia, has told a Chicago television station that while he ...
Jury in NJ convicts Ill. man in military info case
A former employee of a New Jersey-based defense contractor was found guilty Wednesday of taking U.S. military technology trade secrets from his ...
Space station may move to avoid passing junk
The International Space Station may have to move to avoid some space junk. NASA said debris from an old Russian satellite and a fragment from an ...
NYC auction offers 125 meteorites for sale
A New York City auction will offer 125 meteorites for sale, including a large chunk of the moon and a 179-pound iron cosmic rock that evokes Edvard ...
VIDEO: How the drought turned crops to crisp
Duane Braesch's cornfields are prime evidence of how unforgiving the elements have been for him and so many others across the Midwest this summer.
Glance: A look at how the Nook HD stacks up
A look at some of the hardware specs for Barnes & Noble's new Nook HD and HD+ tablets, compared with Amazon.com's new Kindle Fire and Apple's iPad3.
Barnes & Noble launches new Nook HD
Barnes & Noble is rolling out two new versions of its Nook tablet with sleek new hardware and a sharper high-definition screen. The bookseller's move ...
Former Murdoch tabloid journalists face charges
Rebekah Brooks, the former chief of News Corp.'s British newspapers, and Andy Coulson, the ex-communications chief for Prime Minister David Cameron, ...
European cargo fails to undock from space station
The European Space Agency says the undocking of its cargo craft from the International Space Station has been postponed after a communication ...
California governor signs driverless cars bill
Gov. Jerry Brown rode to Google headquarters in a self-driving Toyota Prius before signing legislation Tuesday that will pave the way for driverless ...
Chemist's education questioned in drug lab scandal
A chemist whose alleged mishandling of drug samples has thrown thousands of criminal cases into question testified under oath that she holds a ...
Pittsburgh negotiators new to Facebook wrinkle
City police negotiators had never encountered a hostage taker who communicated publicly on Facebook during the ordeal, but say they'll train for the ...