CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Dec. 4 (UPI) -- Minutes before NASA's planned launch of space shuttle Endeavour, dark rain clouds gathered over the shuttle's seaside complex on Tuesday, forcing flight control
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla., Dec. 4 (UPI) -- Six Americans and a veteran Russian cosmonaut rocketed into orbit on Tuesday aboard the space shuttle Endeavour, NASA's first mission since terrorist strikes tr
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- Medicare+Choice, the managed care arm of the seniors' federal health program, is sinking and, as it goes down, participating insurers are struggling to stay afl
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- The idea of paying for organs of deceased people for transplant patients suffered a setback Tuesday when delegates to the semiannual House of Delegates meeting
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- A bipartisan group of House members unveiled legislation Tuesday aimed at correcting the country's computer security vulnerabilities by attracting more students
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla., Dec. 4 (UPI) -- With rain clouds gathering over the Kennedy Space Center, NASA was forced to cancel plans to launch space shuttle Endeavour at 5:45 p.m. ET Tuesday. Launch is r
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- A bipartisan group of House members unveiled legislation Tuesday aimed at enhancing U.S. computer security by attracting more students to the field and increasi
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- Cable companies and traditional broadcasters faced off against satellite TV providers Tuesday, during a House hearing on a proposed $26 billion merger between E
ATLANTA, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- Elderly people who undergo kidney dialysis in the morning survive more than a year longer on average than patients who receive dialysis in the afternoon, resear
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- A noninvasive test that analyzes samples of fluid taken from the breast with a suction device may help predict who is at risk for developing breast cancer.
BOSTON, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- Breast cancer patients treated with a particular chemotherapy drug and radiation combination may be vulnerable to radiation pneumonitis, according to a new stud
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- Scientists and senators alike used a hearing Tuesday to try and transform the language surrounding recent reports of successful human embryo cloning.
NEW YORK, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- In a telephone news conference Monday, Dr. Jeffrey Koplan, director of the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta, said tens of thousands of letters that travel
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- People considering high-speed Internet access could put off buying such service in the wake of bankruptcy worries and contract squabbles at the ExciteAtHome Cor
NEW YORK, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- Dr. Jeffrey Koplan, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, said Monday tens of thousands of letters that traveled through New Je
A U.S. Air Force B-52 flies over the Vietnam Veterans Memorial during commemoration of 50th anniversary of the war on May 28, 2012 in Washington, DC. President Barack Obama is at the base of the wall left center. More than 58,000 names of the servicemen who were killed or missing in the war are engraved on The Wall. The B-52 bomber was used extensively during the Vietnam War. UPI/Pat Benic
