White House ‘horrified’ hearing of Syria killings
By JOSH LEDERMAN (COLUMBUS, Ohio, AP) – The White House says it is “horrified” by reports that more than 100 people were executed Thursday in a western Syrian town. White…
Solar plane lands in Ariz., 1st leg of major trip
By BOB SEAVEY and HAVEN DALEY (PHOENIX, AP) – Flying for several hours after sundown, a solar-powered airplane landed in Phoenix early Saturday morning on the first leg of a…
Solar plane leaves Calif. on cross-country trip
(MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., AP) – A solar-powered airplane left Northern California and is on the first leg of a planned journey to several U.S. cities. The Solar Impulse left Moffett…
Governor signs repeal of death penalty in Md.
By BRIAN WITTE (ANNAPOLIS, Md., AP) – Opponents of capital punishment marked a milestone Thursday as Maryland became the first state south of the Mason-Dixon line to abolish the death…
IBM makes tiny movie by pushing molecules around
(WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., AP) – Scientists have taken the idea of a film short down to new levels. Molecular levels. IBM says it has made the tiniest stop-motion movie ever…
2-year-old girl gets windpipe made from stem cells
By LINDSEY TANNER (CHICAGO, AP) – A 2-year-old girl born without a windpipe now has a new one grown from her own stem cells, the youngest patient in the world…
Authorities: Student shoots self in Ohio classroom
By DAN SEWELL (CINCINNATI, AP) – A student at an all-male parochial high school pulled out a gun in a classroom Monday morning and shot himself in an apparent suicide…
FAA: Air traffic system soon at full operation
By BARBARA ORTUTAY (NEW YORK, AP) – The Federal Aviation Administration said that the U.S. air traffic system will resume normal operations by Sunday evening after lawmakers rushed a bill…
FBI: Miss. man arrested in suspicious letters case
(TUPELO, Miss., AP) – A Mississippi man whose home and business were searched as part of an investigation into poisoned letters sent to the president and others has been arrested…
Boston suspect is moved; FBI searches landfill
By EILEEN SULLIVAN and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN (BOSTON, AP) – Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhohkar Tsarnaev was moved from a hospital to a federal prison medical center, while FBI agents searched…