...oil-producing counties in western North Dakota - 237 cases in 2010 compared with 145 in 2008 - although the state's disease-control chief, Kirby Kruger, said that it is difficult to call three years of data a real trend. There are also rumors of prostitution...

...orientation system early Thursday and successfully stabilized it. Photos "The station is under control," Mission Control chief Vladimir Solovyov told reporters crowded into the control room. "Tonight we began the irreversible operation...

...spinning out of control and could crash to Earth. "The Mir will not fall on your head on New Year's Eve," Mission Control chief Vladimir Solovyov told reporters. "The latest communications session showed that we are controlling events, not...

...survive a fiery re-entry through the Earth's atmosphere and inflict significant damage on the ground. Mission Control chief Vladimir Solovyov said Tuesday that some fragments would weigh up to 1,540 pounds.