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U.S. removes 'yellowcake' from Iraq

The last major remnant of Saddam Hussein's nuclear program — a huge stockpile of concentrated natural uranium — reached a Canadian port Saturday.

Analysis: McCain struggles to regain footing

Nontraditional tenants filling up vacant malls

Community college classes in the old mall movie theater. A DMV office across from the Starbucks. Maybe a local library between the Victoria's Secret and the Gap.

Bank fined over rogue trader scandal

Kyle Busch wins wreck-filled race at Daytona

Kyle Busch survived a drag race with Carl Edwards, and won at Daytona International Speedway under caution Saturday night.

Rivera, Yankees hold off Red Sox

French locals indifferent to Brangelina

Residents of Nice, France, where actress Angelina Jolie awaits the birth of her twins, aren't impressed by celebrity. Stars who escape there aren't hounded by autograph-seekers.

Larry Harmon, longtime Bozo the Clown, dies

Some psych patients wait days in ERs

When staffers at a Brooklyn hospital spotted a middle-aged woman lying face-down on a waiting room floor last month, it hardly seemed like cause for alarm.

Cilantro joins salmonella check list

Future space robots may think for themselves

Scientists today can only dream of having a robotic explorer like EVE from the Disney/Pixar film "WALL-E." But some researchers are working on autonomous spacecraft, airships and rovers that can cooperate intelligently while exploring distant worlds.

Bring a bib to America's best barbecue joints

A quest for the top spot makes a heck of a good excuse to get out and explore our country's little towns and back-road byways.

Chinese arrive on historic flights to Taiwan