ATHENS, Ga. - A meteorite, or something like one, has slammed into the ground near Georgia's Fort Yargo State Park.

NEW YORK - It may not have been evident at the time, but when Tom Cruise was leaping up and down on Oprah Winfrey's couch, he was like a piston, churning the wheels of fate.

Here's a roundup of new releases in home DVD and video and a calendar of what's coming:

If you believe the hype that Mars is about to pass as close to Earth on Saturday as it has in 60,000 years, some astronauts have a few acres of lunar property they want to sell you.

NEW YORK - Paris Hilton plans to give up public life for family life.

It's been six years since Valve Corp. perfected the first-person shooter with "Half-Life." Video games have come a long way since 1998, with better graphics and more options than ever. Still, relatively few games have mustered this game's memorable characters and original science fiction story.

NEW YORK -- Reality TV is getting old. "Survivor" will head into its ninth season on Sept. 16 with a two-hour premiere (8 p.m. ET), CBS announced Tuesday. The new edition, "Survivor: Vanuatu - Islands of Fire," takes place in a nation of over 80 volcano-dotted islands in the southwest Pacific Ocean.

LOS ANGELES -- It had to happen. Tom Cruise has fallen out of Hollywood's good graces and joined the ranks of the industry's unsavory characters.

AGOURA HILLS, Calif. -- John Schneider still looks as though he could "yee-haw" if he needed to, but these days "The Dukes of Hazzard" good ol' boy is more content playing the dad.

WASHINGTON -- Mars has inspired the human imagination for more than a century, generating a parade of little green men and bug-eyed monsters first sparked by the belief that the planet was crisscrossed with alien-made canals.