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| [1] Why sign up for a one-way Mars trip? Three applicants explain the appeal |
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| Added on: 19-05-2013 02:28:26 |
| A one-way trip to Mars sounds like something you'd wish on your worst enemy — so why would more than 78,000 people from around the world pay up to $75 for a chance to die on another planet?"I can say I have an ulterior motive," said David Brin, who has written more than a dozen science-fiction novels — including "The Postman," which was turned into a Kevin Costner movie in 1997. |
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| [7] Probe into Conn. train crash giving way to cleanup |
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| [2] Hofstra Student Killed by Police During Break-In |
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| [1] Chinese premier heads to India to boost ties |
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| Added on: 18-05-2013 23:50:44 |
| Just weeks after a tense border standoff, China's new premier headed to India on Sunday for his first foreign trip as the neighboring giants look to speed up efforts to settle a decades-old boundary dispute ... |
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| [9] $590M-plus Powerball: 1 winning ticket sold in Fla. |
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| [1] Report: Iran hangs 2 men convicted of spying |
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| Added on: 18-05-2013 23:35:46 |
| Iran's state radio says authorities have executed two men convicted of spying for Israel's Mossad and the American CIA spy agency. |
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| [1] Beatles' guitar auctioned to the tune of $408,000 |
Yahoo News |
| Added on: 18-05-2013 23:17:25 |
| A custom-made electric guitar played by the late John Lennon and George Harrison of the Beatles sold at a New York auction on Saturday for $408,000. |
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| [5] Police call fatal NYC shooting a hate crime |
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| [1] Graying China taps rural elderly to care for those even older |
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| Added on: 18-05-2013 21:55:25 |
| Younger villagers are flocking to cities to seek work as part of Beijing's urbanization drive. |
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| [1] Powerball drawing follows late ticket-buying rush |
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| Added on: 18-05-2013 21:55:25 |
| Officials have not yet announced whether there is a winner. |
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| [1] Full Episode: World News 5/18:Commuter Rails Crippled Following Massive Train Collision |
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| Added on: 18-05-2013 20:01:46 |
| Sticky Fingers in the Office Costing Companies Billions;New Twisters Caught on Tape |
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| [1] 'I Followed What I Thought Was the Law.' |
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| [2] FBI searches apartment in ricin letter case |
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| [1] Thousands rally in Italy to oppose austerity measures |
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| Added on: 18-05-2013 18:57:31 |
| Thousands of people protested in Rome on Saturday against austerity policies and high unemployment, urging new Prime Minister Enrico Letta to focus on creating jobs to help pull the country out of recession. |
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| [1] Fed's chairman tells graduates that the best tech is yet to come |
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| Added on: 18-05-2013 18:57:30 |
| WASHINGTON – Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke says pessimists forecasting that the economy will not reap sizable benefits from the computer revolution are likely to be proven wrong.Bernanke told a college graduating class Saturday that the long-range practical consequences of innovations such as faster computers and the Internet are hard to predict. |
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| [2] Victims: Marines failed to safeguard water supply |
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| [2] Ex-Pa. officer once hailed as hero faces charges |
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| [1] Will China mediate the Israeli-Palestinian peace process? |
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| Added on: 18-05-2013 18:10:44 |
| BEIJING – An official visit to Beijing by Israeli and Palestinian leaders last week has prompted speculation that China may finally be ready to claim its place as a world power by trying to negotiate an end to one of world's most caustic conflicts.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met with Chinese President Xi Jinping within days of each other in Bei... |
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| [1] Powerball jackpot lures last-minute players |
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| Added on: 18-05-2013 17:55:27 |
| But the odds of winning the estimated $600 million prize remain astronomically low. |
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| [1] Obama marches on despite controversies |
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| [1] Chinese spooked by food scandals take action - by growing it themselves |
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| Added on: 18-05-2013 17:40:28 |
| BEIJING – Shopping for groceries is a painful process for Tan Yinghong, a mother in her mid-30s. Just to buy meat, vegetables and milk for her 7-year-old son she has to pick her way through a minefield of possible perils – fake lamb, diseased pork, toxic ginger, tainted milk and unsafe bottled water. |
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| [1] Puzzling! Swine flu virus detected in elephant seals off West Coast |
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| Added on: 18-05-2013 17:40:27 |
| The H1N1 virus strain that caused a 2009 swine flu outbreak in humans was detected in northern elephant seals off the coast of central California.Scientists say this is the first time marine mammals have been found to carry the H1N1 flu strain, which originated in pigs. |
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| [1] Should FBI manhunts use drones? US lawmakers debate |
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| Added on: 18-05-2013 17:40:26 |
| At Friday's house hearing on privacy and domestic drones, government representatives and civil rights advocates tried to wrap their brains around a drone-filled future.Once drones are a common sight as scheduled in 2015, activists have suggested that privacy laws need an update. |
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| [1] Plains states on edge under tornado watches |
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| Added on: 18-05-2013 17:07:04 |
| Large sections of the Plains states came under tornado watches Saturday as a wave of storms swept through.The danger in the region would be present into Monday, weather.com reported, and the greatest threat late Saturday was in southwest Kansas, with central Oklahoma seeing a spike on Sunday.The National Weather Service issued a tornado watch for most of western and central Kansas until 11 p.m. |
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| [2] First lady to high school grads: Live your dreams |
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| [1] Funeral Held for Mom, Son Found Dead in Home |
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| Added on: 18-05-2013 14:40:53 |
| Funeral services held for mom, son found dead in NJ home after 37-hour standoff |
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| [1] 2 Fires North of LA Persist After Long Fire Week |
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| [1] Texas joins flood of states suing BP over 2010 Gulf spill |
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| Added on: 18-05-2013 14:06:50 |
| Texas has joined the crowd of Gulf of Mexico states to file suit against BP Plc, Halliburton Co and others for their role in one of the worst oil spills in U.S. history. |
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| [1] Paul McCartney kicks off 'Out There' tour in U.S. |
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| Added on: 18-05-2013 14:06:50 |
| Paul McCartney is kicking off the North American leg of his "Out There" tour in Orlando. |
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| [2] Obama's Morehouse Visit Shines Spotlight on HBCUs |
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| [1] Scientists respond to planet hunter's plight with pointers – and poetry |
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| Added on: 18-05-2013 12:13:57 |
| NASA is getting plenty of advice — and sympathy — as it assesses whether its Kepler planet-hunting telescope can be revived after the failure of its reaction-control system. The reactions from scientists and engineers range from repair tips to an Audenesque elegy. |
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| [2] Full Episode: GMA 5/18: Beyonce Second Pregnancy Rumors |
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| [1] NY Pol Accused of Serial Sex Harassment to Resign |
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| Added on: 18-05-2013 11:42:39 |
| NY assemblyman accused of serial sex harassment says he will resign, before he's expelled |
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| [1] Teen's invention could charge your phone in 20 seconds |
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| Added on: 18-05-2013 11:10:55 |
| Waiting hours for a cellphone to charge may become a thing of the past, thanks to an 18-year-old high-school student's invention. She won a $50,000 prize Friday at an international science fair for creating an energy storage device that can be fully juiced in 20 to 30 seconds.The fast-charging device is a so-called supercapacitor, a gizmo that can pack a lot of energy into a tiny space, charges qu... |
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| [3] Plane Makes Belly Landing at Newark Airport |
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| [2] Ore. Timber Country Ponders Future With Fewer Logs |
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| [1] Majority of Number Combos Picked for Powerball Pot |
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| [1] Merkel and Pope talk about a 'strong' Europe |
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| [1] Students can't resist distraction for two minutes ... and neither can you |
MSNBC |
| Added on: 18-05-2013 10:35:07 |
| Are gadgets making us dumber? Two new studies suggest they might be. One found that people who are interrupted by technology score 20 percent lower on a standard cognition test. A second demonstrated that some students, even when on their best behavior, can't concentrate on homework for more than two minutes without distracting themselves by using social media or writing an email.Interruptions are... |
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| [1] Restaurants fear tough drunk-driving law will be buzzkill for light drinkers |
MSNBC |
| Added on: 18-05-2013 10:35:05 |
| Imagine having a drink with dinner at a restaurant only to be pulled over on the way home and slapped with a DUI. That could happen under a proposed plan to toughen the drunk driving laws across the country, and it has restaurateurs alarmed.The National Transportation Safety Board wants states to make it illegal to drive with a blood-alcohol content level above 0.05. |
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| [1] Boston Police, City to Review Bombings Response |
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| Added on: 18-05-2013 10:03:49 |
| Boston police chief says department, mayor's office to review response to marathon bombings |
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| [1] Kansas City Museum Raising Cash to Fly 'Connie' |
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| Added on: 18-05-2013 09:30:47 |
| Kansas City-area aviation enthusiasts to mark 70th anniversary of coast-to-coast flight |
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| [1] Are Beyonce and Jay-Z expecting another baby? |
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| Added on: 18-05-2013 09:30:42 |
| It's the hottest not-yet-confirmed story in entertainment at the moment: Are Beyonce and Jay-Z about to announce that baby No. 2 is on the way?E! Online and other outlets seem positive this is the case, though thus far "sources" are the only place information has come from -- no one's spokesperson has stepped forward to put the official stamp on it. |
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| [1] Syrian rebel leader: U.S. will act if conflict widens |
USA TODAY |
| Added on: 18-05-2013 07:19:39 |
| The White House remains wary of becoming embroiled in another Middle East conflict. |
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| [1] A look at why the Benghazi issue keeps coming back |
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| Added on: 18-05-2013 06:47:12 |
| WASHINGTON (AP) -- The night of smoke, chaos, gunfire and grenades that killed four Americans in Benghazi, Libya, is well-documented. Eight months later, it is the decisions made back in Washington that remain murky and in perpetual dispute.... |
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| [1] General: Threat from homemade bombs here to stay |
USA TODAY |
| Added on: 18-05-2013 06:24:51 |
| General leading IED fight says homemade bombs will remain a threat for years. |
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| [2] 'Love has won out over hate': France becomes 14th country to allow gay marriage |
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| Added on: 18-05-2013 05:21:52 |
| PARIS -- French President Francois Hollande has signed into law a bill allowing same-sex marriage, making France the 14th country to legalize gay weddings.France's official journal announced on Saturday the bill had become law after the Constitutional Council gave it the go-ahead on Friday.The bill, a campaign pledge by the Socialist president, has been for months hotly contested by many conservat... |
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| Hollande signs gay marriage into law (Financial Times) |
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| [1] Conn., NTSB officials to tour train crash site |
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| Added on: 18-05-2013 05:03:55 |
| HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Officials in Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's office say the governor will meet with representatives from the National Transportation Safety Board and Connecticut's two U.S. senators at the site of a Metro-North Railroad crash that injured 70 people.... |
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| [1] Chance of survivors declines at Indonesian mine |
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| Added on: 18-05-2013 04:47:59 |
| Chance of survivors declines at Indonesian mine |
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 | Hofstra student shot in home robbery was killed by police, officials say |
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| The New York college student who was shot during a home robbery early Friday was killed by police gunfire, officials said at a news conference Saturday.According to NBC New York affiliate WNBC, Nassau County Police said Andrea Rebello, 21, was killed by police fire, not by the armed gunman attempting to rob the off-campus house where she lived with her twin sister, Jessica, and several other wom... |
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| Shots fired at Cannes film festival, actors flee for cover |
| Source: MSNBC, 22 hours old |
| CANNES, France -- A man was arrested at the Cannes film festival on Friday after firing a starting pistol during a live TV broadcast on the palm-lined waterfront, sending actors Christoph Waltz and Daniel Auteuil running for cover.French TV station Canal+ was interviewing Austria's Oscar-winning Waltz and French actor Auteuil live on its nightly news show from a beach-front set before a crowd of s... |
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| Majority of Colorado sheriffs file suit against new gun laws |
| Source: MSNBC, 29 hours old |
| Sheriffs in Colorado filed a federal lawsuit Friday ahead of the implementation of new state gun laws that broaden background checks and limit the size of ammunition magazines, saying that the bills would be nearly impossible to enforce.The laws "severely restrict citizens' rights to own, use, manufacture, sell, or transfer firearms and firearms accessories," the sheriffs said in their complaint i... |
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| Bombs targeting Sunnis kill at least 76 in Iraq |
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| The spike in bloodshed has people afraid the country could be headed toward civil war. |
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| France's Hollande signs gay marriage law |
| Source: Yahoo News, 21 hours old |
| French President Francois Hollande has signed into law a bill allowing same-sex marriage, making France the 14th country to legalize gay weddings. |
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| Spin meter: GOP raps Dems for IRS union cash |
| Source: Yahoo News, 21 hours old |
| Seeking maximum political gain from the string of controversies swirling around the White House, Republicans are on the attack against Democratic lawmakers who accepted donations from the union that represents Internal Revenue Service employees. |
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| Conn., NTSB officials to tour train crash site |
| Source: AP, 21 hours old |
| HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Officials in Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's office say the governor will meet with representatives from the National Transportation Safety Board and Connecticut's two U.S. senators at the site of a Metro-North Railroad crash that injured 70 people.... |
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| Capping week of scandal management, Obama says focus remains on jobs |
| Source: MSNBC, 23 hours old |
| It hasn’t been a fun week in the West Wing, but President Barack Obama insisted Friday that his focus remains on job creation despite Washington’s tendency to get “distracted” by political battles. “I know it can seem frustrating sometimes when it seems like Washington’s priorities aren’t your priorities,” he said at a manufacturing plant in Baltimore, Md. |
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| Simpson's ex-lawyer says he poured his soul into trial |
| Source: Yahoo News, 29 hours old |
| "Mr. Simpson brought a lot of baggage into the courtroom," Yale Galanter testified. |
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| Flesh-eating disease victim gets prosthetic hands |
| Source: Yahoo News, 29 hours old |
| The metro Atlanta woman had lost both hands, her left leg and right foot after contracting a flesh-eating disease. |
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| Watch: 60 Injured in Connecticut Train Collision |
| Source: ABCNews, 29 hours old |
| An eastbound train derailed and crashed into a westbound train. |
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