A Russian Soyuz spacecraft brought first space tourist Richard Garriott to the International Space Station Tuesday and the American boarded the orbiting facility manned by two cosmonauts and an astronaut. The Soyuz TMA-13 also carrying NASA astronaut Mike Fincke and Russian cosmonaut Yuri Lonchakov docked to the ISS at 4:38 a. m. EDT. The three visitors were welcomed by ISS crews Sergei Volkov and Oleg Kononenko of Russia and Greg Chamitoff of NASA.

The NASA confirmed its laptops carried aboard the International Space Stations in July were hit by the Gammima. AG computer virus. The virus was first noticed in August 2007 when the laptops were still on Earth. The laptops were used by the astronauts to monitor their nutrition programs and send emails back to Earth. It got infected because the laptops apparently had no anti-virus software.

A small seaside community is for a 21 ft. great white shark swimming in the local lake. A fisherman netted the shark in Tuggerah Lake, which opens to the Pacific Ocean 60 miles north of Sydney, but when he realized the shark was bigger than his 18-foot boat he let it go.

German authorities are searching for a killer in what is being called one of the worst cases of animal cruelty in the country's history. Since last year, more than 40 pet bunny-rabbits have been killed in the night in their outdoor hutches. Horrified owners found their beloved pets decapitated and drained of all their blood in many cases. The killer takes the head and collects the blood, leading investigators to think that the animal killer is involved in the occult or Satanism.

French skydiver Michel Fournier failed on his second attempt to set a new free-fall record after his $500,000 balloon left without him on Tuesday. Fournier's initial plan was to be inside a small capsule attached to the balloon and then jump 24. 85 miles (40 kilometers) to earth. To prepare for his ascent, Fournier was breathing compressed oxygen and wore a space suit. The ascent would have taken 120 minutes and the descent only a quarter of an hour.