AP - The world's biggest physics experiment has succeeded in its first major test as a beam of protons was successfully fired all the way around a 17-mile tunnel beneath the Swiss-French border.

AFP - The groundbreaking scientists behind Dolly, the world's first cloned sheep, were Tuesday presented with the Shaw Prize, the million-dollar award known as the Nobel Prize of the east.

AFP - Oil producer group OPEC, which pumps 40 percent of world crude, is to keep its production unchanged at a meeting here Tuesday, the group's president said, despite sinking prices and slowing economic growth.

AP - Attention, amorous guys: Killarney's an Australian cutie, but woo her with care.

SPACE.com - If astronomers could look back in time, one thing they'd love to see is our solar system as it formed, 4.6 billion years ago.

AFP - World oil prices fell in Asian trade Tuesday amid signs that OPEC will maintain production levels when it meets later in the day, analysts said.

AFP - The US shuttle Atlantis faces nearly twice the risk of being struck by debris on a mission next month to the Hubble telescope, due to the high levels of space litter floating at the altitude of Hubble's orbit, NASA said Monday.

AP - Nine people died in shelters in this marooned city desperate for relief supplies, even as waters from Hurricane Ike receded and a U.S. Navy ship dispatched amphibious boats to deliver food.