Reuters - Domestic violence has risen since Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans, but even veteran police officers said on Wednesday they were shocked by the discovery of a woman's dismembered body in a French Quarter apartment.

SPACE.com / LiveScience.com - Scientists studying initial on-the-scene images relayed from NASA's Opportunity Mars rover at Victoria Crater are elated.

AP - Mexico this week barred Monsanto Co. and other biotechnology companies from planting genetically engineered corn, rekindling fierce debate in that country over the technology.