Top headlines: Mid-Atlantic resorts brace for fewer vacationers: Mid-Atlantic resorts are hoping gas prices spiraling toward $4 a gallon and a cooling economy won't keep vacationers at home this summer but they're bracing for shorter stays and less spending on restaurants and entertainment while people holiday. ›20:25 Ethnic Minorities Key to Burma's Future: As the vast majority of Burmese citizens clamor for change, ethnic minorities could be keys to the countrys future. How theyre planning ahead. ›20:30, 6.10 Testing in-flight cell phone service: "It's an invasion! Let us alone!"That was Pierre Rondot's reaction last Thursday to a flight attendant's announcement that, as part of a three-month experiment, passengers were free to use their cell phones to make voice calls during Air France flight #2142 between Paris and Geneva. ›17:16, 8.05 5 more die in China from child virus: Five more children have died of hand, foot and mouth disease in China, bringing the death toll to 39 since late March, the official Xinhua News Agency said Monday. ›13:36 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 Severe storms kill at least 23: Crews and search dogs hunted for survivors or bodies in piles of debris Monday after tornadoes and storms rumbled across the region over the weekend and killed at least 23 people in three states. ›20:18 Moving toward more lifelike artificial limbs: Lifelike replacement limbs of the future could be formed from body-friendly composites, boast strong and flexible materials that generate electricity needed to transmit signals and possibly even integrate directly with neural implants to produce more natural movements. ›04:06 Could Nobel Win Push Gore Into 08 Race?: Thousands of activists are hoping to convince Al Gore to run for president. Could a Nobel Peace Prize give the reluctant candidate a push? ›14:39, 8.10 Woman pays off ticket ... from 1976: An unidentified woman has paid off a parking ticket she got in Calumet, Mich., on Sept. 1, 1976. ›01:38 What not to do when stealing a purse: Police say they had no trouble tracking down a Pennsylvania robbery suspect, because the victims had taken his picture while chatting with him at a bar a short time before the theft. ›14:14, 8.05 The happiest places on earth: "Taking all things together on a scale of one to 10, how happy would you say you are?" With that question and global surveys, the folks at the World Database of Happiness have ranked 95 nations on a happiness scale. ›15:34 Airline crashes up, but deaths down, study finds: Deadly crashes in Brazil, Africa and Southeast Asia last year led to the first global uptick in serious jetliner accidents in a decade, an international aviation trade group said Thursday. ›22:07, 8.05 'SpongeBob fanatics' hunted over vandalism: The U.S. Forest Service is looking for "SpongeBob fanatics" who painted the cartoon character on the chimney of a historic building. ›08:00, 10.05 Your photos: Mama and her mini-me: Readers photos of moms and their little look-alikes. ›00:39, 9.05 Newsweek: The quest to build the perfect bra: It might sound simple, but building the perfect bra is a substantial engineering and biomechanical challengea U.K. university offers a Ph.D. in Intimate Apparel, and forward-thinking designers have developed a breast-cancer-detecting "smart bra." ›18:11 Massive quake kills thousands in China: A powerful earthquake toppled buildings, schools and a chemical plant Monday in central China, killing nearly 10,000 people and trapping untold numbers in the worst quake in three decades. ›23:58 Emily, Jacob most popular baby names: Emily again topped the list of most popular baby girl names last year, registering as No. 1 for the 12th straight time. Jacob led among names for boys for the ninth year in a row. ›18:17, 10.05 Video: Lupus not just in women's heads: May 12: Like many autoimmune diseases, lupus affects women more than men and can be diificult to diagnose. NBC's Robert Bazell follows one woman's struggle with the disease in Part One of our Medical Mysteries series.(Nightly News) ›23:11 Man pokes shark in eye to survive mauling: An Australian swimmer said he survived a mauling by a 16-foot shark by wrestling with the beast, finally getting free by poking it in the eye. ›12:13 Hawaiian most expensive state to vacation in: Hawaii is the most expensive state to vacation in, by far, costing two adults an average of $793 a day for food and lodging alone, according to a AAA survey released Monday. ›20:56, 9.05 Cars are deadly during tornadoes: Nearly half of the 21 people killed by a tornado that smashed parts of Oklahoma and Missouri over the weekend died in cars, troubling experts. ›00:33, 13.05 Hirsh: Democracy's Strange Bedfellows: The champions of democracy often share an overly romantic view of how quickly it can flower in hostile soil. ›16:56, 11.10 Q&A: Policing School Shootings: A disturbed 14-year-old wounds four before killing himself in Clevelandjust another spasm of violence in another bloody year for Americas schools. How to spot trouble before it opens fireand the ongoing debate over blame for a cycle that just wont stop. ›23:25, 11.10 Q&A: Shawn Hornbecks Parents: The parents of kidnap victim Shawn Hornbeck speak out on the sentencing of their sons tormentor and the status of the boys recovery. ›20:50, 12.10 |
