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A Texas court issued a warrant Wednesday for former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay to appear for booking, where he is likely to face the fingerprinting and photo mug shot he had hoped to avoid.

It was a plane crash back in 1942 that wasn’t discovered until 1947. Now, hikers made a frozen discovery in connection with a World War II plane crash.

Angelina Jolie is engaged to Brad Pitt, according to her Beowulf co-star Ray Winstone.

An attempt by scientists to raise the orbit of the International Space Station (ISS) by some 10 kilometers (six miles) failed on Wednesday, Russian space officials said.

Strong demand for notebook computers powered by Intel Corp. chips helped boost third quarter profits by 5 percent.

Saddam Hussein plead not guilty to the 1982 massacre, and court was adjourned until November 28.

In just 12 hours, Wilma has gone from a category 1 hurricane to the most powerful category 5 on on record.

China has announced a fresh outbreak of bird flu, saying 2,600 birds have died from the disease in Inner Mongolia.

Scientists in South Korea will help their American colleagues — frustrated by U.S. government barriers — create new lines of embryonic stem cells in an unusual partnership in the contentious field, researchers in both countries announced Wednesday.

Supporters of Ken Clarke’s failed leadership bid have one day left to decide which of the three remaining candidates they will back.