AP - Experts found a tiny gold combined toothpick and earwax spoon, believed to be more than 385 years old, during the search for a shipwrecked Spanish galleon off the Florida Keys.

Reuters - Scientists have created monkeys genetically modified to have Huntington's disease in an effort to gain a deeper understanding of the fatal ailment and uncover clues to possible new treatments.

AFP - Australia's Tasmanian devil will be listed as an endangered species this week as a result of a deadly and disfiguring cancer outbreak, the state government said Monday.

AP - Rain was forecast Sunday for the Ohio Valley and parts of the Northeast.

AP - Global warming isn't to blame for the recent jump in hurricanes in the Atlantic, concludes a study by a prominent federal scientist whose position has shifted on the subject.

AFP - US President George W. Bush said on Saturday that a hike in oil output by Saudi Arabia would not solve American energy problems.

AP - Showers and thunderstorms were expected in Florida and parts of the Southeast Coast on Saturday.

AFP - South Korea's parliament on Friday passed a law to regulate research into cloning, following a scandal in which a now-disgraced expert claimed to have made the first human clone stem cells.

AFP - The United States is halting shipments to its strategic oil reserve for the second half of the year after Congress passed a bill calling for the suspension, the Energy Department said Friday.

AFP - An American tourist who survived China's deadly earthquake says he is not only lucky to be alive -- he had a "surreal" experience of sharing the moment with giant pandas.

AP - Wet weather was expected Friday from New England all the way south to the Gulf Coast.