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White possum found only in far northern Australia seems to be first mammalian victim of global warming.

Nations began signing a treaty banning cluster bombs on Wednesday in a move that supporters hope will shame the US, Russia and China and other non-signers into abandoning weapons blamed for maiming and killing civilians.

Will suspend inauguration!

A 16-year-old Japanese girl signed with a regional baseball team Tuesday, becoming the country’s first female professional baseball player.

Enemies of All Mankind: Who Can Stop the Pirates? , Somali pirates are becoming more brazen, and -- thanks to international law -- there is little that can be done to stop them. You just can't hang 'em anymore.

Thousands mourn Rabbi Gavriel and Rivka Holtzberg, two of six Lubavitch Jews slain in the Mumbai terror massacre. The couple left behind a 2-year-old son, Moshe.

Oh dear - even as I write this, I can see the smug smile spreading across the faces of Windows users - and I can hear the clatter of keyboards as thousands of Mac fans compose angry messages. But here we go - Macs are not immune from internet infections.

Unlike other charity evaluators, SmartCause.org is a community-driven site that allows users to contribute research for nearly any of the more than 600,000 charities in its database.

Eri Yoshida, a knuckleball pitcher, will play for the Kobe 9 Cruise in a new independent league starting in April 2009. The team selected her last month along with 31 male players in the league draft.

Some unanswered questions about the terrorist attacks in Mumbai that need to be answered ...