WASHINGTON (AFP) -- A Hewlett-Packard contract employee fended off advances from chief executive Mark Hurd for two years before accusing him of sexual harassment, according to a letter that prompted his resignation as head of the world's largest computer company.Hurd, who is now president of HP

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Several more cars burned in suspected arson attacks in the Los Angeles area early Saturday morning, and authorities investigated if they were connected to nearly two dozen deliberately set blazes a day earlier, police said.Seven or eight cars burned Saturday in the North Hollywoo

MOSCOW (AP) ― A massive fire engulfed a Russian nuclear submarine at an Arctic shipyard Thursday, but there has been no radiation leak, or injuries, officials said.The fire at the Yekaterinburg nuclear submarine occurred while it was in dock for repairs at the Roslyakovo shipyard in the Murmansk region, said Irina Gretskaya, a spokeswoman for the Emergencies Ministry’s branch in the area. “No one has been hurt and there has been no radiation leak,” she said.Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konash

BEIJING (AP) ― China plans to launch space labs and manned ships and prepare to build space stations over the next five years, according to a plan released Thursday that shows the country’s space program is gathering momentum.China has already said its eventual goals are to have a space station and put an astronaut on the moon. It has made methodical progress with its ambitious lunar and human spaceflight programs, but its latest five-year plan beginning next year signals an acceleration.By the