The BBC denies the director general compromised its independence by visiting Downing Street to discuss coverage of the govenrment's spending cuts. (www.bbc.co.uk)

Space agency hopes to send a spacecraft into the solar atmosphere by 2018. (news.cnet.com)

An accountant being investigated for his handling of 104-year-old Huguette Clark's vast fortune has visited the hospitalized heiress in the past several days trying to get her to sign legal documents, The Post has learned. Sources said they did not know if the accountant -- convicted sex offender Irving... (www.nypost.com)