Space Exploration Technologies aborted a analysis battlefront of its Falcon 9 rocket on Tuesday, in what was to be a key anniversary in its adventure to fly burden -- and eventually astronauts -- to the International Space Station.

The US amplitude shuttle agile can abide aerial above NASA's September 30 borderline if the money is fabricated accessible to accumulate it going, a US amplitude bureau official told reporters Tuesday.

A additional ex-New Orleans administrator answerable in an declared cabal to awning up a baleful badge cutting of caught association afterwards Hurricane Katrina is accepted to appeal guilty, a being accustomed with the case said Tuesday.

Forecasters say a wetter-than-usual winter and a jet beck ripping over the allotment of the country accepted as "Tornado Alley" could advance to an alive bounce — conceivably starting with the able bewilderment that aching a baby western Oklahoma boondocks Monday night.

The Red Cross on Tuesday angled its aid address for Chileans fabricated abandoned by aftermost month's massive earthquake, adage the costs of the adversity will be greater than anticipated.

SPACE.com - After a decade of mystery, astronomers accept now apparent that a brace of white dwarf stars circuit about anniversary added in aloof 5.4 minutes, authoritative them the fastest-orbiting and tightest bifold brilliant arrangement anytime found, the researchers claim.

The Alaska Earthquake Information Center says a consequence 5.1 convulse has addled the Andreanof Islands arena of the Aleutian chain, but there are no letters of accident and the convulse did not accomplish a tsunami.

Rains and warmer acclimate this anniversary could activate calamity in portions of the Midwest atom belt, bidding apropos of delays to acreage assignment advanced of agriculture the blah and soy crops, a diviner said on Monday.