A look at the baggage fees charged by major US airlines

A rundown of baggage fees at major U.S. airlines:

Study: US carbon capture technology key to getting China to cut greenhouse gases.

WASHINGTON — Finding an economical way to capture carbon dioxide from existing coal burning power plants is key to getting China to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions as well as for U.S. efforts to combat global warming, says a study being released Friday.

US tracking North Korean ship suspected of carrying nukes, missiles

WASHINGTON - The US military is tracking a flagged North Korean ship suspected of proliferating weapons material, in violation of a UN Security Council resolution passed last Friday.

NASA’s new lunar mission to hunt for water on Moon

WASHINGTON - NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), which will hunt for water on the Moon, launched aboard an Atlas V rocket on June 18.

Major power outage affects millions and darkens Pakistan’s largest city

KARACHI, Pakistan — A power outage darkened Pakistan’s largest city and commercial capital for almost a day Thursday, leaving millions of people without fans or air conditioning during the summer heat, officials said.

3.6 trillion metric tons and rising: NYers can now track greenhouse gases on big billboard

NEW YORK — New Yorkers have long been able to keep tabs on the national debt, but they now have a highly visible counter to track greenhouse gas emissions.

New York City billboard, Internet widget help the public monitor greenhouse gases

NEW YORK — How are those greenhouse gases doing?

Experts: Autopsies on Air France victims suggest jet broke apart in the skies

SAO PAULO — Autopsies have revealed fractures in the legs, hips and arms of Air France Flight 447 victims, injuries that — along with the large pieces of wreckage pulled from the Atlantic — strongly suggest the plane broke up in the air, experts say.

Manmohan assures effective action against Maoist violence

ON BOARD AIR INDIA ONE - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday said his government has plans to take “effective action” against violence propagated by radical leftwing militants.

Regional forecast in climate report: Drier South, warmer North, and more bugs

WASHINGTON — The new climate change science report by the federal government looks at effects of global warming on specific U.S. regions and forecasts what’s to come:

Air France replaces airspeed sensors on all Airbus A330, A340 planes, pilots’ union says

PARIS — Air France has replaced the air speed sensors on its entire fleet of Airbus A330 and A340 long-haul aircraft, a pilots’ union official said Monday. The company had been under pressure from pilots who feared the devices could be linked to the crash of Flight 447.

Gadhafi says Italians he expelled from Libya in 1970 are welcome backc to visit or work

ROME — Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi on Saturday invited the Italians he expelled in 1970 to come back to visit or work in his country.

Airlines mostly lower as oil, broader market drop

ATLANTA — Airline shares were mostly lower Friday as oil prices took a breather and slid lower and the overall market declined.

Christians see God’s tears in oil streaks on St. George icon in central Israeli church

RAMLA, Israel — Christians have been flocking to this dusty Israeli town to see what locals are calling a miracle: streaks of what looks like oil mysteriously dripping down an icon of St. George at a Greek Orthodox church named for the legendary third century dragon slayer.

Lawyer: Guantanamo detainee wants to keep military counsel for terrorism trial in US

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A Guantanamo detainee transferred to the U.S. for trial in the American embassy bombings in Africa wants to keep his military defense team, one of the attorneys said Tuesday.

Fresh violence in Indian Kashmir even as separatists end weeklong general strike

SRINAGAR, India — Police fired warning shots and tear gas to quell demonstrators Tuesday in Indian Kashmir even as schools, shops and government offices reopened as separatist groups ending a weeklong strike called to protest the deaths of two young women.

AP Interview: Emirates chief confident of staying profitable, no plans to cancel big jet order

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — The head of Emirates said Tuesday the airline has no plans to cancel the 160 new planes it has ordered — including 58 Airbus A380 superjumbos — despite the global travel slump.

Omar Bongo, world’s longest-serving president dies; his nation of Gabon closes its borders

LIBREVILLE, Gabon — Omar Bongo, the world’s longest-serving president whose 42-year rule of Gabon was a throwback to an era when Africa was ruled by “Big Men,” died Monday. He was 73.

Safety board probes issues arising from plane’s forced landing into Hudson River in January

WASHINGTON — The ability of aircraft engines to withstand collisions with large birds is a chief concern of federal safety investigators opening hearingsTuesday on the forced landing of a USAirways jet in the Hudson River.

NRI socialite Sheetal Mafatlal sent to jail till June 12

MUMBAI - Socialite Sheetal Mafatlal, president of Mafatlal Luxury, was remanded to judicial custody till June 12 by a court here Monday, a day after she was arrested for carrying diamond and gold jewellery whose true value she allegedly didn’t disclose to customs officials to evade duty of around Rs.3 million.

Mexico day care fire kills 35 children; father rams pickup through to reach babies, toddlers

HERMOSILLO, Mexico — Sobbing relatives waited outside a morgue Saturday to claim the bodies of 35 children killed in a day care fire in northern Mexico despite desperate attempts to evacuate babies and toddlers through the building’s only working exit. One father crashed his pickup truck through the wall to rescue his child.

No wreckage confirmed to be from doomed Air France flight as concerns grow over search effort

RECIFE, Brazil — Days after Air France Flight 447 vanished, an intensive international effort has failed to recover any confirmed wreckage and concern grew Friday about whether searchers were even looking in the right place.

Air France memo to pilots says that it’s replacing flight-speed sensors

RECIFE, Brazil — An Air France memo to its pilots about the crash of Flight 447 says the airline is replacing flight-speed sensors in all its medium- and long-haul Airbus jets.

China says it will strictly enforce environmental controls on economic stimulus package

BEIJING — China said Friday it will strictly monitor the government’s economic stimulus package for projects that cause pollution, addressing worries that officials would ignore the environment in an effort to maintain China’s high economic growth rates.

TVA plans for $820M natural gas plant in Tenn. in response to NC air quality lawsuit

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The Tennessee Valley Authority on Thursday decided to build an $820 million natural gas power plant in northeastern Tennessee to comply with a North Carolina lawsuit over air quality.

Petrochemical giant BP sued by Texas authorities for pollutants from Texas City plant

HOUSTON — BP Products North America Inc. is being sued by Texas authorities who accuse the petrochemical giant of 46 pollution violations at its Texas City refinery — including one tied to an explosion that killed 15 workers and injured 170 others four years ago.

Obama speech stirs controversy at home

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama’s Thursday speech to the Muslim world has stirred controversy at home with some calling it “a continuation of his detente” and others finding fault with his “studious avoidance” of the word “terrorism”.

GPS tracks phones, cars, but not planes; Air France crash renews call for end to radar systems

CHICAGO — Get lost in the woods and a cell phone in your pocket can help camping buddies find you. Drive into a ditch and GPS in your car lets emergency crews pinpoint the crash site. But when a transcontinental flight is above the middle of the ocean, no one on the ground can see exactly where it is — in the air, or worse, in the water.

Environmental and investor groups push for more SEC disclosure on exposure to climate change

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Federal regulators have not done enough to ensure that shareholders are aware of material risks to companies from greenhouse gas emissions, according to a pair of studies released Wednesday by environmental and investor groups.

New US general vows ‘careful’ use of airstrikes; 82nd Airborne moves into east Afghanistan

BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan — The incoming general in charge of U.S. troops along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border vowed Wednesday to be careful in the use of airstrikes, a contentious issue here because of the civilian casualties they can cause.