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The Hubble Space Telescope is being pressed into service to search for a post-Pluto “icy body” as a last stop for NASA’s New Horizons probe.

After first balking at the suggestion, U.S. Customs and Border Protection has now released a critical report of how its officers use deadly force in the case of rock-throwers and moving vehicles.

AT&T’s plan to buy DirecTV for $48.5 billion is the latest tectonic shift in the media industry, with many viewing the deal as a response to the pending merger of Comcast and Time Warner Cable.

Public preschool enrollment fell slightly last year, according to a report released today by researchers at Rutgers University.

The diminutive Galapagos finches had a problem: The larvae of a parasitic nest fly were killing off their hatchlings. A scientist, with the help of crowdfunding, had a solution: offer the birds insecticide-laced nest-building material.

A new U.S. government report released Tuesday finds that climate change is already having a broad impact on both weather and the economy.

In the wake of last year’s revelations about U.S. spying, 85 percent of Germans say they prefer European regulations for data privacy.

Seeking to advance the cause of equal pay for women, President Obama plans to sign an executive order Tuesday barring federal contractors from retaliating against employees who discuss their salaries with each other.

B. Raymond Buxton was the lone lucky person to buy a winning ticket for the $425 million jackpot in the Powerball lottery’s Feb. 19 drawing.

Another cold snap could change things, of course, but it appears that after a long winter the Great Lakes have come close to — but won’t break — their recorded record for ice cover.