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Giant sinkhole swallows oil equipment in southeastern Texas 7 May 08, 22:40 ET AP - A large sinkhole swallowed up oil field equipment and some vehicles Wednesday in southeastern Texas and continued to grow. There were no reports of injuries or home damage. more System uses sound to find whales, avoid ship strikes 7 May 08, 21:15 ET AP - A spotter bangs three times on the boat's cabin roof, signaling the captain to cut the throttle - now. In the foggy gray of Cape Cod Bay, the reason for the abrupt stop soon becomes apparent: The research vessel is surrounded by rare North Atlantic right whales, their glossy black heads bobbing just above the surface as they feed on plankton slicks. more WiMAX promises to transform wireless Internet world 7 May 08, 20:32 ET AFP - As US technology giants including Google place a multi-billion dollar bet on WiMAX, backers of the wireless data-streaming format say it will radically change mobile Internet use. more Group's lawsuit challenges NYPD's stop-and-frisk policy 7 May 08, 19:15 ET AP - A civil liberties group sued Wednesday in a challenge to the NYPD's practice of stopping hundreds of thousands of people each year for questioning, saying it is racially biased. more Sharpton arrested as hundreds protest NYC police shooting 7 May 08, 19:05 ET AP - The Rev. Al Sharpton was arrested at the Brooklyn Bridge on Wednesday as he and hundreds of demonstrators blocked traffic to protest the acquittal of three detectives in the 50-bullet shooting of an unarmed black man on his wedding day. more Army OKs $248M in barracks repairs, but housing still aging 7 May 08, 18:38 ET AP - Spc. Loren Dauterman, who trained at Fort McCoy in Wisconsin last month with the National Guard, found something good to say about the falling-apart floors and ceilings in her quarters. more Patients prefer polite physicians, says U.S. report 7 May 08, 18:27 ET Reuters - Doctors should try a new type of prescription -- being a little more polite -- if they want to connect with their patients, a U.S. psychiatrist suggested on Wednesday. more Evangelical leaders say their faith is too politicized 7 May 08, 18:06 ET AP - Prominent evangelicals urged Christian conservatives Wednesday to support "an expansion of our concerns beyond single-issue politics," angering some leaders on the religious right who have been closely allied with the Republican Party. more Officials now say sea lions weren't shot to death in Oregon 7 May 08, 18:03 ET AP - Federal officials investigating the deaths of six sea lions at a Columbia River dam did an about-face Wednesday, saying their initial assumption that the animals had been shot to death was wrong. more Idaho student says teacher tossed his Mexican flag in trash 7 May 08, 18:03 ET AP - A high school student says he may file a lawsuit against a physical education teacher who took a Mexican flag he had brought for Cinco de Mayo and put it in the garbage. more New Orleans mayor pushing residents to leave FEMA trailers 7 May 08, 18:00 ET AP - Lingering fears about formaldehyde fumes inside federally issued trailers and the impending hurricane season have Mayor Ray Nagin pushing to empty thousands of the structures, intended as temporary housing after Katrina. more ABC News to launch on-campus bureaus 7 May 08, 17:57 ET Reuters - ABC News, looking to bolster its connection with younger viewers, plans to open bureaus this autumn on the campuses of five universities across the United States, the network said on Wednesday. more Bailiffs kill man who fired shots inside Florida courthouse 7 May 08, 17:40 ET AP - Bailiffs shot and killed a man who opened fire in the lobby of a downtown courthouse Wednesday afternoon, sheriff's officials said. more Burmese Americans try to help, but have few options 7 May 08, 17:35 ET AP - In the days since Cyclone Nargis struck Myanmar, Eh Taw Dwe has heard only snippets about the villages he left behind when he fled the country. more Beyond the family ranch, Texas town makes Bush wedding plans 7 May 08, 15:58 ET AP - So you didn't get your invitation to Jenna Bush's wedding this weekend? No worries. more McCain to make religious freedom a key foreign policy issue 7 May 08, 15:52 ET AFP - Presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain vowed in a speech on Wednesday to make freedom of religion a key foreign policy issue if he is elected to the White House in November. more "CSI" star charged with drug possession 7 May 08, 15:48 ET Reuters - Actor Gary Dourdan, best known as a forensics investigator on the hit TV show "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," was charged on Wednesday with possession of heroin, cocaine and ecstasy. more Mich. high court says gay partners can't get health benefits 7 May 08, 12:51 ET AP - Local governments and state universities in Michigan can't offer health insurance to the partners of gay workers, the state Supreme Court ruled Wednesday. more Bush signs student loan market stabilization plan 7 May 08, 12:36 ET Reuters - President George W. Bush signed into law on Wednesday a program to stabilize the $85-billion student loan industry, addressing lenders' warnings of a possible loan shortage in coming months. more Stopping smoking cuts women's early death risk within 5 years 7 May 08, 10:53 ET AFP - Women who stop smoking greatly reduce their risk of early death and cardiovascular disease just five years after they quit, according to a new study released in the United States. more System uses sound to find whales, avoid ship strikes 7 May 08, 07:50 ET AP - A spotter bangs three times on the boat's cabin roof, signaling the captain to cut the throttle - now. more In food price crunch, more Americans seek help 7 May 08, 07:26 ET Reuters - Carolyn Stanley, a single mother with five children, receives $327 in food stamps each month to feed her family. With prices for staples like bread and cheese going ever higher, each month is harder than the last. more Survey shows US honey bee deaths increased over last year 7 May 08, 07:08 ET AP - A survey of bee health released Tuesday revealed a grim picture, with 36.1 percent of the nation's commercially managed hives lost since last year. more Exemption to 40-year-old billboard ban in Vt. worries some 7 May 08, 07:06 ET AP - For 40 years, it's been the guardian of the state's pastoral landscapes, keeping interstates and back roads clear of outdoor advertising. Vermont's billboard ban has always been a sacred cow, and a distinction few other states hold. But an exemption to it - approved by lawmakers and awaiting Gov. Jim Douglas' signature - has some worrying that roadside signs could return. more 6 fraternities suspended in drug probe at San Diego State U. 7 May 08, 06:22 ET AP - San Diego State University has suspended six fraternities after a sweeping drug investigation that landed members of three fraternities in jail on suspicion of openly dealing drugs on campus. more Farmer pioneers green energy practices in Ohio 7 May 08, 04:23 ET AP - When he was laid up in the hospital recovering from knee surgery, farmer Ralph Dull picked up a thick notebook dropped off by a friend that detailed how wind generators produce electricity. more Worst of financial crisis is past: Paulson 7 May 08, 03:21 ET AFP - The credit crisis that has scorched international financial markets is on the wane but more shocks are ahead, US Secretary Treasury Henry Paulson told the Wall Street Journal in an interview published on Wednesday. more Minnesota couple claims $180 million Powerball jackpot 7 May 08, 01:26 ET AP - Paul and Sue Rosenau say they already have everything they need, so their lives won't change that much after winning a $180.1 million Powerball jackpot. more Kansas high court limits grand jury's power in abortion case 7 May 08, 00:19 ET AP - The state's highest court Tuesday allowed a grand jury to keep investigating one of the few U.S. doctors who performs late-term abortions but limited its power to subpoena his patients' records. more

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