A Chinese spacecraft carrying three astronauts carried out a manual docking with an orbiting module on Sunday, a first for the country as it strives to match American and Russian exploits in space. The Shenzhou 9 capsule completed the maneuver with the Tiangong 1 module shortly before 1 p.m. (0500 GMT). The docking was shown

Enlarge Brendan Smialowski/AFP President Obama returned a young fan’s salute at the conference of the National Association of Latino Elected Officials in Orlando, Fla. Brendan Smialowski/AFP President Obama returned a young fan’s salute at the conference of the National Association of Latino Elected Officials in Orlando, Fla. Coming a week after President Obama announced that

Enlarge Jose Cabezas /AFP/Getty Images Paraguay’s congress impeached President Fernando Lugo on Friday over his handling of a deadly land dispute. Jose Cabezas /AFP/Getty Images Paraguay’s congress impeached President Fernando Lugo on Friday over his handling of a deadly land dispute. Paraguay’s congress voted to remove President Fernando Lugo. The impeachment proceeding was a lighting

Enlarge Rob Carr/Getty Images Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky leaves the Centre County Courthouse in handcuffs after a jury found him guilty on 45 of 48 charges in his sex abuse trial in Bellefonte, Pa., Friday. Rob Carr/Getty Images Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky leaves the Centre County Courthouse

Enlarge AFP/Getty Images An undated screen grab, released by the Kaspersky Lab, showing some of the programming behind Flame. AFP/Getty Images An undated screen grab, released by the Kaspersky Lab, showing some of the programming behind Flame. Iran’s intelligence minister says his country has uncovered a “massive cyber attack” he says was launched by the

Enlarge Charles Dharapak/AP Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney gives a young supporter a boost at the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials conference in Orlando, Fla., on Thursday. Charles Dharapak/AP Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney gives a young supporter a boost at the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials conference in

Enlarge Thanassis Stavrakis/AP Greece’s captain Giorgos Karagounis chats with his teammates during a training session, prior to the Euro 2012 soccer quarterfinal match between Germany and Greece in Poland. Thanassis Stavrakis/AP Greece’s captain Giorgos Karagounis chats with his teammates during a training session, prior to the Euro 2012 soccer quarterfinal match between Germany and Greece

Enlarge Evan Vucci/AP Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney stands with former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty during a campaign stop Saturday in Cornwall, Pa. Evan Vucci/AP Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney stands with former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty during a campaign stop Saturday in Cornwall, Pa. Back in April when NPR looked at Republican presidential candidate

This hour, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke wil hold a press conference. If you missed it, after a meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee ended, the Fed announced that because the economy had slowed since its last meeting, it would extend “Operation Twist” until the end of the year and pump an additional $267

Enlarge Martin Kaste/NPR Langdon Cook shows off the morel and porcini mushrooms he’s foraged and stored in the trunk of his car. Martin Kaste/NPR Langdon Cook shows off the morel and porcini mushrooms he’s foraged and stored in the trunk of his car. For Langdon Cook, a walk in the woods isn’t that different from

Enlarge Vahid Salemi/AP Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani (right) met with Iranian first Vice President Mohammad Reza Rahimi last fall in Tehran, Iran. Vahid Salemi/AP Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani (right) met with Iranian first Vice President Mohammad Reza Rahimi last fall in Tehran, Iran. Pakistan’s prime minister has been `disqualified’ from office

Enlarge Otto Greule Jr/Getty Images Roger Clemens in 1991, when he pitched for the Boston Red Sox. Otto Greule Jr/Getty Images Roger Clemens in 1991, when he pitched for the Boston Red Sox. Now that Roger Clemens has been found not guilty of lying to Congress and obstructing its investigation into the use of performance-enhancing