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LILONGWE, Malawi (AP) -- A Malawian judge held a closed-door hearing Monday on Madonna's application to adopt a second child from this southern African nation but delayed ruling on the matter until Friday, a court official said....

NEW YORK, March 12, Reuters) - Media company Marvel Entertainment Inc said it had rescheduled the release dates of some of its self-produced feature film properties through 2012.

The shuttle was scheduled to deliver a fourth and final set of solar arrays to the International Space Station.

A study of Pfizer Inc's Sutent was halted early after the medicine delayed progression of a rare form of pancreatic cancer affecting tens of thousands of people globally, including Apple Inc CEO Steve Jobs.

PM to release information about financial interests of ministers' spouses and partners for first timeGordon Brown will today release information about the financial interests of ministers' spouses and partners when he publishes a list of ministerial interests for the first time.The long-awaited document will contain more information about the financial dealings of MPs and peers who belong to the government than they currently have to declare in the Commons and Lords registers of interests.Ministers will have to declare relevant interests of spouses, partners or close family members under various categories, including tax affairs.They will also have to declare information about their investments, as well as their links to charities or other 'non-public organisations'.Brown promised to make the information available when he became prime minister in June 2007. But it took time in Whitehall to compile the information and then publication was delayed following last autumn's reshuffle.The Ca

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- NASA is replacing some space shuttle connections in hopes of plugging a gas leak and launching Discovery to the international space station on Sunday, after delays of more than a month....

9 NEW YORK (AP) -- Fans of 'The Avengers' will have to wait a little longer to see their favorite superheroes on the big screen. Marvel Entertainment Inc. said Thursday it will debut the flick on May 4, 2012, nearly a year after its previous launch date of July 15, 2011....

Midnight Club: los angeles -- South Central (X360)South Central pushed back a week.

Nasa today postponed the launch of the space shuttle Discovery after detecting a leak in a hydrogen fuel line as the craft sat on the Cape Canaveral, Florida, launch pad.The US space agency scrapped the launch after finding a leak in a vent line between the shuttle and the massive external fuel tank while filling the tank yesterday afternoon, seven hours before the scheduled launch. The seven-person crew had yet to board the shuttle.The agency reportedly rescheduled the launch for early next week. The flight is already a month late, delayed because of hydrogen gas valve concerns. Gas valves inside space shuttle Endeavour's engine broke apart in November during the last shuttle flight, and Nasa has ordered extra testing on this flight to ensure the craft's safety. Nasa officials told the Associated Press that today's leak occurred in gas lines outside the vehicle and were unrelated to the gas valves that ruptured in Endeavour.The agency has lost two shuttles because of fuel tank damage

Nasa today postponed the launch of the space shuttle Discovery after detecting a leak in a hydrogen fuel line as the craft sat on the Cape Canaveral, Florida, launch pad.The US space agency scrapped the launch after finding a leak in a vent line between the shuttle and the massive external fuel tank while filling the tank yesterday afternoon, seven hours before the scheduled launch. The seven-person crew had yet to board the shuttle.The agency reportedly rescheduled the launch for early next week. The flight is already a month late, delayed because of hydrogen gas valve concerns. Gas valves inside space shuttle Endeavour's engine broke apart in November during the last shuttle flight, and Nasa has ordered extra testing on this flight to ensure the craft's safety. Nasa officials told the Associated Press that today's leak occurred in gas lines outside the vehicle and were unrelated to the gas valves that ruptured in Endeavour.The agency has lost two shuttles because of fuel tank damage