| CNN.com delivers up-to-the-minute news and information on the latest top stories, weather, entertainment, politics and more. | Rover landed with amazing accuracy | | Early data shows the Mars rover Curiosity landed with amazing accuracy this week, coming down about 1.5 miles from its target after a 350-million-mile journey, NASA scientists said Friday, perhaps giving planners more confidence about landing spacecraft in tight spaces in the future. |
| Plane crashes in L.A. neighborhood | | Friday, August 10, 2012 11:40 PM | |
| One person aboard a single-engine plane was killed Friday after the aircraft crashed in a West Los Angeles neighborhood, authorities said. |
| 'Weirdest thing' floats in South Pacific | | Friday, August 10, 2012 11:39 PM | |
| Pumice, the lightweight stone used to smooth skin, is usually found in beauty salons, but on Thursday sailors from New Zealand's Royal Navy found more than 7,500 square miles of the lava rock bobbing on the surface of the South Pacific Ocean. |
| Sinkhole drama keeps residents away | | Friday, August 10, 2012 11:35 PM | |
| Residents of 150 homes near a sinkhole in a Louisiana bayou are not expected to be allowed to return for at least another month, officials say. |
| Report: Gu Kailai admits poisoning | | Friday, August 10, 2012 10:52 PM | |
| The wife of a former top Chinese politician has admitted fatally poisoning a British businessman, blaming a "total breakdown" for her actions, state news reports. |
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