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Bill Gates Answers Your Questions: The Microsoft co-founder and leading philanthropist answers selected reader questions in this exclusive NEWSWEEK forum. ›22:02, 9.10
Lawn chair balloonist achieves his dream: Gas station owner Kent Couch has realized his dream of flying a lawn chair rigged with more than 150 helium-filled party balloons across the Oregon high desert to Idaho. ›01:13
Quake-affected panda gives birth: A panda who was relocated after China's deadly earthquake damaged her home gave birth to twin cubs on Sunday, a state news agency said. ›08:31
No rush to move dolphins from N.J. river: A group of 15 dolphins can stay in a river near the Jersey Shore for the next few days in the hope that they'll return to the ocean on their own, authorities said Monday. ›19:21, 1.07
Woman, 91, stuck under car for two days: A 91-year-old woman who had crawled under her car to look for her keys ended up stuck beneath an axle for two days until her mail carrier noticed letters piling up, police said. ›01:36
'War and Peace': New Versions Worth the Read: 'War and Peace' has been the Everest of literature for more than 150 years. Two new English versions remind us why Tolstoy's tome is still worth the climb. ›22:06, 6.10
Movie trailers find big audiences online: It's been a so-so year for movies, but it's shaping up to be an excellent year for trailers. ›01:37, 3.07
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Don't take a vacation from your diet: A U.N. food commission has adopted a new standard for the production and handling of powdered infant formula in a bid to prevent diseases in young children, health officials said Wednesday. ›18:56, 2.07
Predicting IVF pregnancies may get easier: Just a few more portions of broccoli each week may protect men from prostate cancer, according to British researchers who examined the biology of the cruciferous veggie. ›00:39, 2.07
Airport 'go-arounds' probed as safety hazard: An Associated Press review of tower logs and summaries from eight of the busiest U.S. airports found more than 1,500 go-arounds during the last six months of 2007 alone. ›16:44, 3.07
Newsweek: 7 facts about your body rhythm: First came the floods now the mosquitoes. An explosion of pesky insects are pestering clean-up crews and just about anyone venturing outside in the waterlogged Midwest. ›20:46, 2.07
Volcanoes on Mercury solve 30-year mystery: A NASA spacecraft's first flyby of Mercury has yielded a wealth of information about the innermost planet, some of which confirms that volcanism occurred there, settling a longstanding debate. ›22:23, 3.07
Brinkley testifies affair 'shattered' her world: Christie Brinkley testified at her divorce trial Thursday that the day she learned her husband was having an affair with a teenager was the day my life as I knew it had vanished. ›19:51, 3.07
Cosmic Log: Stars and stripes in space: Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: NASA's Great Observatories present a red-white-and-blue view of cosmic stars and stripes, just in time for the Fourth of July. ›19:44, 3.07
Al Gore's Nobel Patrol: A vigilant fan of the former veep keeps watch as the Nobel Committee announces its peace prize. ›15:10, 12.10
On-the-wagon wines: Tasty booze-free vino gives you a heart-health advantage for even fewer calories. Well drink to that! ›23:53, 3.07
Saad Hariri on Lebanons Future: Saad Hariri takes up the mantle of his assassinated father, and argues for the world to isolate Syria. ›15:46, 12.10
Terror Watch: Gonzales Lawyers Up: Still under investigation by Congress and Justice Department lawyers who once worked for him, the former attorney general has turned to a leading Washington attorney to help him beat the rap. ›18:12, 10.10
Condoms against climate change?: We do it about 215 million times a day, so humans need to stop shying away from discussing sex and the babies it makes to help avert the global climate crisis, environmentalist and author Robert Engelman says. ›14:44, 2.07
Larry Harmon, longtime Bozo the Clown, dies: Larry Harmon, one of the first men to play the famed Bozo the Clown character, has died at 83. ›21:43, 3.07
Turns out, cavemen loved to sing: Ancient hunters painted the sections of their cave dwellings where singing, humming and music sounded best, a new study suggests. ›16:54, 3.07
Fiber Internet growth worldwide exceeds cable: For the first time, more people around the world are signing up for fiber-optic broadband service than for cable Internet service, according to a British research firm. ›16:52, 3.07
Strike the right balance: Are you eating enough of good-for-you foods? Or could you be overdoing it with some healthy choices? We have the facts on how much you need to reap nutritional rewards. ›23:53, 3.07
