HOUSTON - Expedition 15 Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin and Flight Engineer Oleg Kotov prepared this week for two spacewalks while Flight Engineer Suni Williams prepared for her return to Earth. In preparation for her successor's arrival, Williams' downlinked a 10-minute video tour for Clayton Anderson, who will travel to the station on the upcoming space shuttle flight.Mission managers gave a "go" for a May 30 Russian spacewalk to install orbital debris protection panels on the Zvezda ... [full story]

Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife staff encourage Oregonians and visitors to fish, crab and clam without a license during the 19th annual Free Fishing Weekend June 9 and 10. All current fishing and shellfish regulations apply. More than 40 Free Fishing Events will be held at sites throughout the state. Most are geared toward introductory angling opportunities for young people. Gear, bait and basic angling instruction are provided at most events. Some locations are ... [full story]

So, you like scary movies? Here's one that will really scare the bejesus out of you: "Maxed Out" (Magnolia, 4 stars), a documentary about credit card debt and how it can tear your life apart.   'MAXED OUT' - 'Maxed Out,' by director James D. Scurlock, is a frightening expose of the credit card industry and the high amount of debt most Americans carry. CNS Photo courtesy of James D. Scurlock.  Can? How it IS tearing your ... [full story]

WASHINGTON - U.S. President George Bush said he believes he has been consistent on global warming from his rejection of the Kyoto Treaty to the plan he released this week. "There's a commitment in our country ... that each country has got to develop a plan that suits its own economy and suits its own political environment," he said Friday. "If you want the U.S. to be an active participant, that's the best way to ... [full story]

SAN DIEGO - A man being pursued after he illegally crossed into the United States from Mexico was run over by a freight train late Thursday morning as he tried to escape a Customs agent near the San Ysidro crossing, federal authorities reported. The man lost several some fingertips of his right hand and had his left foot severed. He was taken to a San Diego hospital. There was no word on his condition. The ... [full story]

CHICAGO - Barry Bonds certainly has the right to hoard remnants of every steroid he "accidentally" has used, every piece of body armor he has donned and every mirror he has smooched. And I certainly have the right to deny him - and the Baseball Hall of Fame - Home Run Ball No. 756 if I catch that sphere-shaped winning Lotto ticket. What's his is his, what's mine is mine and ne'er the twain shall ... [full story]

  A kyphotic spine can leave a patient with a hunched posture. In addition to loss of height, vertebral fractures create pain, poor mobility and a host of other side effects including depression and weight loss. Balloon kyphoplasty is a procedure to repair the fracture and improve quality of life. [full story]

MILAN, Italy - A part owner of the Boston Red Sox was one of 130 prosecution witnesses named Friday for an upcoming Milan kidnapping trial of U.S. and Italian agents. Prosecutors said they will call Philip Morse, a minority owner of the Red Sox, and allege his Gulfstream jet was used to transport Egyptian cleric Hassan Mustafa Omar Hasr from Italy to Germany, ANSA reported. U.S. Central Intelligence Agency and Italian agents are charged with ... [full story]

Q: I work part time at home and really need a little desk somewhere besides our bedroom. It's no fun to wake up and see all the papers I have to deal with! Downstairs there's the front-hall closet I've been eyeing, but then we'd always be throwing our coats - and our guests' coats - over the stair railing or somewhere. My husband thinks I should buy an armoire for an "office," but then I'd ... [full story]

LOS ANGELES - While sticking by his conclusion that Lana Clarkson's death was a homicide, a coroner testified in the Phil Spector murder trial on Wednesday that based on medical findings he cannot tell whether the actress was holding the gun that killed her. In Dr. Louis Pena's second day on the witness stand, defense lawyer Christopher Plourd tried to pick away at the credibility of the coroner's homicide conclusion, which the coroner said he ... [full story]