Three Texas men were found alive and floating in the Gulf of Mexico after disappearing a week ago.

The men left Matagorda, Texas, which is about 90 miles southwest of Houston, in a 23-foot catamaran on Aug. 22 for a day of fishing. They were reported missing when they did not return later in the day.

Lawyers of a Briton accused of hacking U.S. military and NASA computers in 2001 are citing their client's autism as a reason why he should not be extradited to the U.S. for trial.

The British high court is to hear the new legal defense for Gary McKinnon, 40, on Tuesday as his lawyers warned he risks suffering from depression and may harm himself when he is transferred to U.S. custody because of his Asperger's syndrome. The condition was diagnosed in August.

New insights into the life of one of America's founding fathers are coming to light thanks to the discovery of previously unknown letters by a California professor.

Alan Houston, a political science professor at the University of California San Diego, discovered 47 letters by and about Benjamin Franklin during the last day of a research trip to the British Library in November 2007.

NASA engineers on Monday are figuring out if the International Space Station (ISS) should maneuver to avoid getting hit by a debris or piece of a Soviet Union-era satellite.

The piece of the Russian Kosmos 1275 will pass about half a mile from the space station at 2:14 a.m. CDT (7:14 a.m. GMT) Tuesday, said Bill Jeffs, a spokesman at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, according to CNN.

Texas Governor Rick Perry on Thursday announced he will not accept the $556 million in federal stimulus money to aid unemployed Texans because it runs counter to state rules and will burden employers.

Speaking at the Bering's Hardware in Houston, Perry said the aid money comes with strings attached from Washington such as requiring the state to assist qualified out-of-work residents seeking part-time jobs. He said the state has been against this benefit because of the potential to discourage them from seeking full-time employment.