Marriage has been shown, through research, to be an unending source of joy, a Harvard professor said at an Australian conference this week. But introduce children into the relationship and that joy may plummet, according to a report from the Australian Associated Press. “Figures show that married people are in …

Astronauts may soon be able to enjoy a cold brew after a space walk. According to Agence France-Presse, Japanese brewer Sapporo Holdings said Tuesday it’s working on the first “space beer,” using the third-generation descendants of barley grown on the International Space Station. Researchers said the beer project is one …

VILLAHERMOSA, Mexico – A note threatening a Mexican journalist was found outside the office of a newspaper in southern Mexico on Monday, two days after someone left a severed head there. Tabasco state Attorney General Gustavo Rosario said the letter was directed at Juan Padilla, editor of El Correo de …

LOS ANGELES – The Screen Actors Guild says negotiations with Hollywood studios could extend beyond June 30, the day its contract is set to expire. SAG executive director Doug Allen says in a Thursday e-mail to The Associated Press the union is hoping for an agreement soon but is prepared …

WASHINGTON – Defense Secretary Robert Gates is likely to recommend on Monday somoene to fill one of two fresh job opening at the Air Force’s top level, FOX News has learned. FOX reported Thursday that Mike Donley, Pentagon director of administration and management, was likely to be named as Air …

CHEPKIOYO, Kenya – Kenya’s political rivals agreed Thursday to write a new constitution within a year as part of a deal to end post-election violence that already has killed more than 1,000 people, a government negotiator said. In Washington, President Bush said he will dispatch Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice …

HELENA, Mont. – A 28-year-old Helena man faces three counts of felony assault on a minor after police say he shot his 5-year-old son three times with an air gun that shoots plastic BB’s. Police arrested Billy Watts on Friday after his son told a school teacher that his father …

Karen Abbott’s husband, Jem Abbott, went to the hospital for a routine vasectomy four years ago. A week later he was dead. The healthy 37-year-old British man had contracted septicemia, a type of blood poisoning, after undergoing the male sterilization procedure, The Daily Mail reported. Septicemia is a little-talked-about complication …

LONGYEARBYEN, Norway – A “doomsday” seed vault built to protect millions of food crops from climate change, wars and natural disasters opened Tuesday deep within an Arctic mountain in the remote Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard. “The Svalbard Global Seed Vault is our insurance policy,” Norway’s Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg told …

AZUSA, Calif. – Doggone it, my truck’s gone! Police said Charles McCowan parked his pickup in front of a mini-mart Wednesday, leaving his 80-pound Boxer named Max in the passenger seat. When he came out, the truck and Max were gone. McCowan called police, assuming the truck had been stolen. …