Soyuz rocket with 3 aboard - including a US space tourist - lifts off for space station

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan (AP) _ Two Americans and a Russian are on their way to the international space station. A Russian rocket with a Soyuz capsule carrying American computer game millionaire Richard Garriott has lifted off from the launch facility in Kazakhstan for a two-day trip to the orbital station. Also aboard are U.S. astronaut Michael Fincke and Russian cosmonaut Yuri Lonchakov.... [read full story]