Google Inc. is bankrolling a $30 million out-of-this-world prize to the first private company that can safely land a robotic rover on the moon and beam back a gigabyte of images and video to Earth, the Internet search leader said today.

Web site gives details of border fence plans
For the first time, U.S. Border Patrol officials have released precise locations, a construction schedule and photos of the type of fencing proposed for some areas along the Texas-Mexico border.

HISD bond issue continues to draw fire
The Houston Independent School District should stop pushing its $805 million bond proposal and take time to address a laundry list of concerns from residents, community leaders said Monday.

Bush to challenge U.N. to advance freedom
President Bush wants the U.N. to uphold its pledge to fight for freedom in lands of poverty and terror and plans to punctuate his challenge by promising new sanctions against the military regime in Myanmar.

Germs sent to space return 3 times as deadly
Last summer, scientists blasted several samples of disease-causing bacteria into space. After space shuttle Atlantis landed 12 days later, scientists tested the Salmonella bacteria on mice, and found it had changed. And not in a good way.

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