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A pair of teachers, a rookie space pilot and Japan’s first endurance spaceflyer form only part of the tight-knit astronaut crew poised to blast off Wednesday night aboard NASA’s space shuttle Discovery. Commanding Discovery’s spaceflight is veteran NASA astronaut Lee Archambault, who will lead a crew of seven on a …

TRACY, Calif. – Several thousand people gathered Thursday to remember an 8-year-old girl who most only knew as a smiling face on flyers but who many felt close to after the massive search for her body. Family members and community leaders recalled Sandra Cantu as an exuberant, loving second-grader who …

LILONGWE, Malawi – Air traffic officials say Madonna has left Malawi after being rebuffed in her attempt to adopt a second child from the poor African nation. The officials say the singer left on her private Gulfstream jet Sunday morning headed for London. Police roadblocks prevented reporters from approaching the …