A bag of tools lost by NASA astronauts during a space walk is now orbiting around Earth.

It also is possible that the contract will be approved at one automaker but not at the other automakers.Rank-and-file GM workers from 11 different UAW chapters have rejected the automakers proposal in recent days.

Autoworkers who voted no are likely pushing for better retiree health care benefits and a defined benefits pension plan.The deals also eliminate the two-tier system at a handful of Big 3 plants.Members from another three chapters have rejected Fords proposed labor contract.

The GM contract has generated the most opposition but it.a labor relations expert and professor at Rutgers.

and many of them still want tiers to be shed.

according to a vote trackermaintained by the UAW.In Afghanistans southern province of Kandahar.

State Department source as saying the seven-day reduction of violence will start Friday night.The reduction in violence is still just the first step to get to intra-Afghan negotiations.

Any truce comes fraught with danger.which is seen as the Talibans heartland.