STIMULUS WATCH: Did White House overplay job data?

WASHINGTON - The government watchdog overseeing economic stimulus spending said Thursday that, in its rush to take credit for saving hundreds of thousands of jobs, the Obama administration was overly confident in its job-counting and did not acknowledge significant errors in the figures.

Pfizer move a new blow to Conn. city in land fight

NEW LONDON, Conn. - After drug giant Pfizer Inc. announced that it was opening a new research center here, city officials aggressively moved to acquire surrounding land for an economic development project _ triggering an epic fight over eminent domain that reached the U.S. Supreme Court and ended with residents being forced from their homes.

Splash! NASA moon crash struck lots of water

LOS ANGELES - The lunar dud for space enthusiasts has become a watershed event for NASA.

Mormons throw support behind gay-rights cause

Vatican looks to heavens for signs of alien life

VATICAN CITY - E.T. phone Rome.

Judge puts restraining order on Ill. abortion law

CHICAGO - Just hours after a state board voted Wednesday to allow the enforcement of a long-debated Illinois law requiring a teenage girl's parents be notified before she has an abortion, a judge issued a temporary restraining order putting the measure back on hold.