May 30 - Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates unveils the Microsoft Surface, a tabletop computer that reacts to touch.The 30-inch display screen is mounted under a plastic tabletop and will initially cost $5,000 to $10,000. It will, at first, only be available in select hotels, casinos, and T-Mobile stores in November.
US Swimmer Michael Phelps has shot at breaking Mark Spitz's record for most gold medals won by an American in a single Olympics. Mark Spitz who won seven gold medals at the Munich Olympic Games in 1972. Michael Phelps has won six Olympic gold medals.
Deborah Lutterbeck reports.
Jan 9 - Nuremberg zoo's last surviving polar bear cub is spending some time away from its mother Vera, after one of the zoo's female polar bears ate her own cub.The German zoo bowed to media and public pressure and decided to hand rear the polar bear cub.
Jan 23 - What began as a US housing problem mushroomed into a crisis that shook stock markets around the world.The global nature of this week's stock market plunge debunks the theory that foreign investors are immune because the U.S. economy is "decoupled" from Europe and Asia. Quite the contrary, says Goldman Sachs International vice chairman Robert Hormats: "It's a recoupling of sorts."
Jun. 27 - Early reviews reveal that the iPhone has more features than many popular U.S. handsets, and reveal some of its weaknesses.iPhone testers complain about the relatively slow AT&T Edge network. But the list of issues didn't stop there.Laura Wells reports.
Feb. 22 - At ten weeks of age, little polar bear "Flocke" (Snowflake) is starting to grow into the the predator she was born to be. Zoo keepers looking after her stated the 16-pound bear was trying to shred everything in reach, using her teeth and claws.
Feb. 8 - Rich older women meet hot young men at a speed dating event in New York. Five thousand men applied for the chance to meet women who earn over half a million dollars a year and have at least 4 million dollars in assets. Only 20 were chosen.
Fred Katayama reports.
Jul 31 - NASA scientists say they have definitive proof that water exists on Mars. NASA on Thursday also extended the mission of the Phoenix Mars Lander by five weeks, saying its work was moving beyond the search for water to exploring whether the red planet was ever capable of sustaining life. Pavithra George reports.
May 12 - Myanmar receives US aid as the death toll rose to nearly 32,000.The United Nations says the death toll could top 100 thousand. Fred Katayama reports from New York.
Kristine Fallstone, whose son was killed in an Army training exercise after he spent a year in Iraq, talks to Inside the Tent contributor Kathleen Miller about her support for Barack Obama and her evangelical Christian faith.
Grand Theft Auto IV may be a big hit but its not the only game in town.Big crowds may have turned out for the launch of Grand Theft Auto IV, but Nintendo and its family friendly games are attracting a lot of attention, and sales, as well. Bobbi Rebell reports.
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