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A group of passengers duct-taped a man to his seat after he attacked a United Airlines flight attendant during a trip from Hong Kong to Los Angeles

Orange County man, apparently drunk, was wrestled to his seat by passengers after he attacked an attendant

arrested when the plane landed in Los Angeles

Wesley Snipes was sentenced to three years in prison on tax charges

U.S. District Judge William Terrell Hodges said Snipes exhibited a "history of contempt over a period of time" for U.S. tax laws,

one year for each of Snipes' convictions of willfully failing to file a tax return.

Fewer U.S. teens got pregnant in 2004 but more women in their 20s had out-of-wedlock pregnancies, according to new federal statistics

more women are keeping their babies even if they are not married, with the exception of black women.

45 percent of all pregnancies are among women who are not married,

mayor wants the FBI to investigate whether the local county sheriff has violated any civil rights laws with his recent high-profile crackdowns on illegal immigrants.

drawn protests from civil rights and immigrant-rights advocates, but they have drawn support from backers of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and from people who believe the government hasn't done enough against illegal immigration.

"saturation patrols"

A Michigan woman who advertised online for a hitman to kill her lover's wife pleaded guilty to the murder-for-hire scheme

Anne Marie Linscott, 49, faces 10 years in prison for each of three federal charges,

intent to commit murder

American doctors inject more than 3 million doses of Botox to temporarily smooth their patients' wrinkles and frown lines. But before each batch is shipped, the manufacturer puts it through one of the oldest and most controversial animal tests available.

check the potency

injects mice with Botox until it finds a dose at which half of the animals die

9-year-old Hannah Poling of Athens, Ga.,

fueled the controversy about childhood vaccines

Hannah was 19 months old and developing normally until 2000, when she received five shots against nine infectious diseases. She became sick and later was given a diagnosis of autism.

toll from fierce fighting in Baghdad’s Sadr City has risen to at least 200 dead and more than 1,000 injured, according to doctors in the besieged suburb.

reports from Sadr City hospitals suggest far higher casualty figures than previously reported, although they cannot be independently verified

doctors claimed only a minority of the dead appeared to be militants.

Roll of dice linked to roll in hay

A new brain-scan study may help explain what's going on in the minds of financial titans when they take risky monetary gambles: sex.

When young men were shown erotic pictures, they were more likely to make a larger financial gamble than if they were shown a picture of something scary, such as a snake, or something neutral, such as a stapler, university researchers reported

Food price inflation changes how we shop

Ground beef, milk, chicken, apples, tomatoes, lettuce, coffee and orange juice are among the staples that cost more these days, according to the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Norwegian hospital to equip babies with anti-theft alarms

A Norwegian hospital said Monday it was planning to equip all newborn babies with anti-theft alarms to protect them from kidnappings and help avoid identity mix-ups.

"The main reason is that we want to emphasise security," Erik Normann, head of the Akershus University Hospital near Oslo told AFP.

Communist Cuba is opening up unused land to private farmers and cooperatives as part of a sweeping effort to step up agricultural production.

Raul Castro, who vowed when he took over from his brother Fidel to remove some of the more irksome limitations on the daily lives of Cubans

Cubans snapped up DVD players, motorbikes and pressure cookers for the first time since the new government loosened controls on consumer goods.

Jack Kevorkian

he will run for the U.S. Congress.

announced his bid to run as an independent less than a year after being released from prison

In February 2007, he asked when exactly the company intended to begin delivering the ZAP-X. "Gary Starr told me, Well, it may be two years out, it may be four years out, it may never happen.'

ZAP has taken millions from investors and dealers eager to see the company's line of green cars hit the road. But that line has never materialized. Of nearly a dozen groundbreaking eco-vehicles ZAP has promised in public announcements and on its Web site, only the Xebra and its sibling, a truck version, have ever made it to market. As a result, fans of electric cars have grown disillusioned, while individuals like Youssef have been financially devastated. What's more, investment firms around the country have become cautious about financing electric vehicles after being repeatedly misled by one of the industry's most visible companies.

former Pentagon official pleaded guilty in court Monday to an espionage charge over the disclosure of secret data to an alleged Chinese agent in the US. Gregg Bergersen said he was unaware that the Taiwan-born businessman was passing the information to China.

Pentagon revealed that it had sent nuclear fuses to Taiwan by mistake in 2006

raised eyebrows over US safeguards on nuclear-related technology

Taking a bath on water tax

BUDGET | Revenue from new fee far below what was expected

Are Chicagoans trekking to the suburbs to buy cases of bottled water -- and avoid a new nickel-a-container tax that adds $1.20 to the price of a 24-pack? Or are they making the switch to tap water to save money?

Man Kills Himself With 'Suicide Robot'

The man, who lived alone, left a suicide note saying he was unhappy at being forced by relatives to move into care home.

The 81-year-old, from Queensland, set up the machine to remotely fire a semi-automatic pistol.

13.73 Billion Years - The Most Precise Measurement of the Age of the Universe Yet

NASA's Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) has taken the best measurement of the age of the Universe to date. According to highly precise observations of microwave radiation observed all over the cosmos, WMAP scientists now have the best estimate yet on the age of the Universe: 13.73 billion years, plus or minus 120 million years (that's an error margin of only 0.87%… not bad really…).

Sun-Earth second Lagrangian point (L2)

Brown criticised over embryo bill

Cardinal O'Brien, who is the Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh, also wants Catholic ministers serving in the Cabinet to stand down rather than support the bill.

The prime minister has said the bill would improve research into many illnesses.

Sydney’s iconic Opera House and Harbour Bridge went dark

as the world’s first major city turned off its lights for this year’s Earth Hour

Most businesses and homes were already dark as Sydney residents embraced their second annual Earth Hour with candlelight dinners, beach bonfires and even a green-powered outdoor movie.