Dec 2nd, 2008 · The Federal Communications Commission has a wide range of responsibilities, including overseeing emergency communications systems and regulating "wardrobe malfunctions." If the president-elect's advisers are any indication, however, high-speed broadband may soon become the commission's top priority.
Oct 3rd, 2008 · NASA has postponed a planned repair mission to the Hubble Space Telescope after a new problem developed with the orbiting observatory. Ed Weiler, associate administrator of the Science Mission Directorate at NASA, explains why repairs won't take place until Feb. 2009 — at the earliest.
Sep 14th, 2008 · Authorities say a commuter train's engineer missed a signal light and his MetroLink train crashed head-on with a freight train in the San Fernando Valley community of Chatsworth. But a union representing rail workers raised the possibility that the signal malfunctioned.
Apr 1st, 2008 · The airline has folded because of high fuel costs and competition. We offer this remembrance, including memories of a major malfunction and heroic pilots.
Mar 10th, 2008 · Residents of a village in the Urals might have been surprised when the crew of a Russian tank stopped at a store to buy more vodka. Cell phone camera footage shows the purchase -- and then shows the tank smashing into a house. The army says the tank must have been malfunctioning.
Oct 15th, 2007 · Medical technology giant Medtronic Inc. has voluntarily suspended a key component of its heart defibrillators. It says tiny wires on its Sprint Fidelis may be prone to fracture and malfunction.
Oct 1st, 2007 · Tens of thousands of teachers in Los Angeles aren't getting a regular paycheck. Since the first of the year a new computer payroll system at the nation's second-largest school district has been malfunctioning.
Jul 3rd, 2007 · The flood engulfing homes to the rooftops in Coffeyville, Kan., carried an extra curse as a slick of 42,000 gallons of thick crude oil floated downstream with the mud and debris, coating everything it touched. A malfunction allowed the oil to spill from the Coffeyville Resources refinery while the plant was shutting down in advance of the flood heading toward it on the Verdigris River.