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Libyan warplanes launched at least five new airstrikes Tuesday near rebel positions in the oil port of Ras Lanuf, keeping up a counteroffensive to prevent the opposition from advancing.

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The tantalizing prospect that life could have rained down from space has been raised in a new scientific paper by a NASA researcher, but most scientists who have seen the work think it's probably wrong.

Culture Lust contributor Dave Walters thinks you should not miss this opportunity to see one of the surviving giants of post-bop jazz, pianist McCoy Tyner.

The president said NATO is consulting on a range of possible options and warned that Moammar Gadhafi's regime will be held accountable for violence against the Libyan people. Earlier, Libyan warplanes bombed a key oil port where rebel forces were regrouping after a ferocious government assault.

The House of Representatives has voted to cut all federal funds to the Planned Parenthood Federation of America. Some argue that tax dollars should not subsidize a group that provides abortions, while the group's supporters say it uses federal funds to provide critical health care services and a ban on using federal dollars for abortions already exists.

Ohio could be the first state to dramatically curb the power of state workers unions this year. The Ohio Senate has passed a bill to restrict government workers unions to bargaining collectively for wages but little else. Though some Republicans voted against the bill, it's unlikely to be derailed.

A candlelight vigil was scheduled to be held at San Diego State University today for an exchange student who went missing while studying in Madrid, Spain more than a week ago.

The damage man has caused to the environment is one of the recurring themes in the work of husband and wife photographers Shana and Robert ParkeHarrison. But instead of documenting environmental destruction, they combine performance, sculpture, and painting into surreal photographs featuring Robert as an Everyman character.

Libyan rebels said Monday they will regroup and bring in heavy weapons after forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi pounded opposition fighters with helicopter gunships, artillery and rockets to stop the rebels' rapid advance toward the capital.