FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The European Space Agency is making final preparations to land the first unmanned spacecraft on a comet next week, and scientists are hoping that technology designed a quarter century ago will perform as planned. Europe’s Rosetta space probe was launched in 2004 with the aim of studying comet…
FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The European Space Agency is making final preparations to land the first unmanned spacecraft on a comet next week, and scientists are hoping that technology designed a quarter century ago will perform as planned. Europe’s Rosetta space probe was launched in 2004 with the aim of studying comet…
MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s biggest test flight in years remains on track for next month, despite last week’s space-related accidents. Officials said Thursday everything looks good for the Dec. 4 launch of NASA’s new Orion capsule. This one will not carry a crew. Future Orions are meant to…
MARCY GORDON AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal regulators say they’re concerned about a continued heavy risk in large loans made by banks and other financial institutions, with the amount of risky loans remaining at double the levels before the financial crisis. The Federal Reserve and other agencies say that a large portion of…
EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council imposed sanctions on Yemen’s former president and two leaders of the powerful Shiite Houthi rebels late Friday for threatening the peace, security and stability of the country. The council ordered a freeze of all assets and a global travel ban on former…
DOVER, Del. (AP) — The winning numbers in Friday evening’s drawing of the Delaware Lottery’s “Multi-Win Lotto” game were: 06-14-15-25-27-34 (six, fourteen, fifteen, twenty-five, twenty-seven, thirty-four) Copyright 2014 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
AHMED AL-HAJ Associated Press ADEN, Yemen (AP) — Yemen’s state-run TV on Friday announced the lineup of the country’s new Cabinet following a U.N.-brokered deal with Shiite rebels who had overrun the capital of Sanaa and plunged the country into another crisis. The Houthi rebels captured Sanaa in September, allegedly with the tacit support of…
MARC LEVY Associated Press ATGLEN, Pa. (AP) — The mother of a man accused of striking his girlfriend’s 3-year-old with a frying pan, hanging him upside down and hitting him, and whipping him with a metal rod said Friday that her son is a good kid and she doesn’t believe he beat the boy to…
SAM HANANEL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Friday dismissed criminal indictments against 13 more defendants in major drug cases as authorities continued to investigate the growing scandal of an FBI agent accused of tampering with narcotics, firearms and other evidence seized in the cases. The action by U.S. District Judge Reggie…
LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) — Deputies in Florida say an 81-year-old man picked thousands of tangerines — 11 truckloads worth — and then sold the stolen bounty at a nearby market. Herman Southall was charged Wednesday with 11 counts of transporting citrus without a certificate, grand theft of more than 2,000 pieces of citrus and trespassing….
