Historic SpaceX rocket launch fizzles on pad SpaceX aborted the historic launch of its Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station at the last second because of a rocket engine glitch.
Blind Chinese activist on plane to U.S. Chen Guangcheng, the Chinese human rights activist who ignited a diplomatic frenzy when he escaped house arrest last month, says he is at a Beijing airport about to board a flight for New York.
Girl killed in blast outside school Two 16-year-old girls have died and several are injured following an explosion outside a school in the southern Italian city of Brindisi, its mayor said Saturday.
G8 leaders huddle on European crisis Concerns about whether debt-laden Greece will be forced to pull out of the eurozone, and what that would mean for a weakened European economy is the first topic on Saturday's agenda at the Group of Eight summit hosted by U.S. President Barack Obama, a senior administration official said.