POLITICS

Dominos Pizza is planning to expand its fast food chain in a huge way by building a pizza restaurant on the moon.

Texas wildfire that started on Sept.4 found no signs of abating and has destroyed hundreds of homes in the state.

A new analysis has suggested that human ancestors interbred with other species in the Homo genus and that almost 2 percent of the genomes of certain modern African populations are from closely related species.

California Fire officials said that an approximately 18-foot long shark was sighted in the waters off Cambria on Sunday afternoon.

Hurricane Katia on Monday night strengthened into a major Category 4 storm, the second highest level as it moved over the Atlantic Ocean, the National Hurricane Center said.

A 13-day-old Houston-area boy has died after being mauled by the family's pit bull on Saturday night.

Firefighters tried to contain a raging wildfire that engulfed thousands of acres of drought-stricken areas of Texas on Monday. At least 476 homes were destroyed in a massive Bastrop County fire that raged into second day after erupting on Sunday, said state officials on Monday.

Europeans are plagued by mental and neurological illnesses, with almost 165 million people or 38 percent of the population suffering each year from a brain disorder such as depression, anxiety, insomnia or dementia, according to a large new study.

Anonymous won't enjoy holiday on Labor Day for the hactivists will spearhead another protest at the Civic Center BART station at 5 p.m., according to the OpBART Twitter account.

When in Rome, do as the Romans do. Kate Middleton, who is living with her husband Prince William in Wales, seems to have understood the well-known maxim deeply by learning Welsh to fit in with the locals of Anglesey.

Vermont residents, already max-out with clean-up and repair work in dozens of villages/towns from Hurricane Irene/Tropical Storm Irene, unfortunately are about to be hit with up to another 4 inches of rain in the next two days on already swollen rivers/streams and saturated ground.

A list of events to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.

2-week old baby was in an infant carrier with mother watching from a window

Including six people shot in Brooklyn Monday morning, New York City's weekend has seen a bloody holiday weekend, with total of 31 shot in 48 hours.

The Fox News staple reportedly sought the help of his local police department to see whether his wife was having an affair with a fellow police officer.

The world's tiniest electric motor has been created from a single molecule, giving hope for scientists for developing new devices that can be applied in medicine and engineering.

Space junk scattered in Earth's orbit is at critical level, and coupled with NASA's dwindling budget, threatens spacecraft and satellites in orbit, according to a report recently released by the National Research Council.

Many storewide sales end on Labor Day, though a few extend the discounts throughout the week

The 25th Burning Man Festival came to an end Monday. Nearly 50,000 people gathered in Nevada's Black Rock, where they lived, partied and celebrated community, artwork, absurdity, decommodification and revelry for a week.

The lost Emperor Penguin that washed up on Peka Peka Beach in New Zealand in June was released finally into sub Antarctic waters in the Southern Ocean on Sunday.

Typhoon Talas has killed 29 people in Western Japan as it unleashed record rainfall that triggered landslides and flooding. The typhoon, which is now downgraded to a tropical storm, was the worst to hit the country in seven years. As many as 56 people are missing as the typhoon caused widespread damage.

Luxe lingerie and apparel brand, Victoria's Secret has introduced a new range of must-have fall collection featuring bright shades and bold patterns.

As the 2011 Miss Universe pageant comes to Brazil, the land of Samba, it is but natural for the 89 gorgeous contestants to indulge in some groovy tunes of this unique dance form.

A new report by the National Research Council (NRC) has posed some serious queries about the immediate need for developing a strategic plan for managing space debris to mitigate risks.

Astronomers at the Mount Palomar Observatory in California has claimed that their robotic telescope has detected what could be regarded as the supernova of a generation - a type la of supernova that resulted from the violent explosion of an old star twenty-one million years ago.

A small plane crashed near a rural California community on Sunday then burst into flames, killing one person and igniting a fast-moving brush fire that destroyed one home and evacuated almost 30 others.

James Taylor once sang, I've seen fire, and I've seen rain, and Texas was seeing some of both on Sunday, courtesy of Tropical Storm Lee.

At least 20 people are dead after a powerful typhoon hit western Japan on Sunday. Typhoon Talas is considered one of the deadliest in recent years, packing gusts of up to 68mph. It cut across the main island of Shikoku and the western part of Honshu island.

The suspect has a previous arrest record