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Even as scientists are working on improving solar storm predictions, a NASA spacecraft with the latest data processing techniques has tracked a solar storm engulfing the planet for the first time.

The death toll has risen to five at a Belgian pop festival struck by a fierce storm that knocked down screens and collapsed tents, officials said on Friday.

Adrian Tan owns two Mercedes sedans and is looking to buy a third car. The 36-year-old financial trader was shopping with his wife on a Singapore street lined with luxury car dealerships and said he may stick with Mercedes or go for an Audi or a BMW.

NASA released new videos of a solar storm engulfing our planet, captured by a spacecraft far from Earth. The footage of the storm released on Thursday, was recorded in December 2008 and scientists have been working on it ever since. It's the first time such footage has been captured and solar physicists say it could lead to important advances in space weather forecasting.

A spacecraft far from Earth turned and watched a solar storm engulfed the planet for the first time, and NASA released a movie on the act, which solar physicists say could lead to important advances in space weather forecasting.

New data processing techniques, coupled with NASA spacecraft, has for the first time allowed scientists to see the awesome power of the sun as it recorded a massive solar storm engulf the planet.

Three people were killed after a storm ripped through a pop festival in Belgium on Thursday.

While no deal has been reached yet, Verizon workers left the sidewalks of the telecom company's headquarters and took their strike to the homes of Verizon's top executives, Chairman Ivan Seidenberg and Chief Executive Officer Lowell McAdam, this week.

The bankrupt Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team has not paid or lent money to team owner Frank McCourt over the last two years, the team's chief financial officer told creditors on Wednesday.

The wayward Emperor Penguin "Happy Feet" is leaving New Zealand's Wellington Zoo and heading home to Antarctica at the end of the month.

D.C. area rapper Wale released his newest mixtape on Wednesday, "The Eleven One Eleven Theory," ahead of his much anticipated "Ambition" album.

The United States has already tied its full-year record for storm damage -- with more than $35 billion in damage from tornadoes, floods and heat waves -- the National Weather Service said, and there are still 4 1/2 months left in 2011, including hurricane season.

Town moving on three months after major tornado.

The Help, Hunger Games getting the attention of book lovers.

Sugarland plans to hold memorial to honor its five fans, who were killed as a concert stage collapsed following a strong gust of wind at the Indiana State Fair on Saturday.

The price of gold notched a record Tuesday because three confidence-draining forces hit Wall Street simultaneously just as investors were dipping their toes back into the stock market.

The group connected the unrest to the war in Afghanistan ? suggesting that the British government could no longer afford to pay for that military campaign.

Several state highways and airports remain closed on Tuesday after a blizzard in New Zealand saw snow falling as north as Auckland for the first time in nearly 50 years.

A sudden gust of strong wind that toppled a concert stage at the Indiana State Fair on Saturday, killing five and injuring at least 45, has been called a "fluke" by the state government even as the victims were identified.

A sudden gust of strong wind that toppled a concert stage at the Indiana State Fair on Saturday, killing five and injuring at least 45, has been called a "fluke" by the state government even as the victims were identified.

One of Communist-ruled Cuba's best-known singers, Pablo Milanes, said in quoted comments he would like to see more freedom to protest on the island as he prepared for a controversial concert this month in Miami.