Sudanese aviation officials are investigating the cause of a plane crash that killed at least 29 people at the airport in the capital, Khartoum, late Tuesday.click here for full feature

DETROIT — Soaring gas prices have turned the steady migration by Americans to smaller cars into a stampede.

In what industry analysts are calling a first, about one in five vehicles sold in the United States was a compact or subcompact car during April, based on monthly sales data released Thursday. Almost a decade ago, when sport utility vehicles were at their peak of popularity, only one in every eight vehicles sold was a small car.click here for full story

NEW YORK (AP) — Retail gas prices fell slightly Friday — the first time in 18 days they haven’t risen to a new record — and analysts say pump prices are close to peaking for the year.

Oil futures, meanwhile, rose as Turkish airstrikes on Kurdish rebel bases in Iraq injected some supply concerns into the market, giving investors reason to shrug off the strengthening dollar.

The national average price of a gallon of regular gas fell 0.1 cent overnight to $3.622, according to a survey of gas stations by AAA and the Oil Price Information Service. That’s the first time since April 14 that retail prices have fallen. Diesel prices fell 0.2 cent to a national average of $4.249 a gallon.click here for full feature

By Irene Klotz

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - An unmanned Delta rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station early on Saturday, sending a water-analyzing science probe on its way to Mars.

The Phoenix spacecraft, which lifted off at 5:26 a.m., is expected to reach the northern polar region of Mars on May 25.click here for more info