NEW YORK, Sept.

NASA has warned that the Earth could endure a once-in-a-generation "space storm," bringing widespread power blackouts and leaving people without critical communications signals for a long time.

Earth and space are about to come into contact in a way that's new to human history.

Stocks rose smartly Monday after Dallas Federal Reserve President Richard Fisher suggested inflation would be dampened by a slowing economy and said that while the housing and auto sectors are economic weak points, the rest of the U.S.

By San Antonio Express-News Aug. 30--While Federal Reserve policymakers pause to assess how rate increases in the past two years will affect the nation's economy, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas praised the economic growth unfolding in the Alamo City. "San Antonio is booming.