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Commercial spacecraft speeds toward space station

Opening a new, entrepreneurial era in spaceflight, a ship built by a billionaire businessman sped toward the International Space Station with a load ...

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What's the big deal about private space launches?

The first private spaceship is headed to the International Space Station. Some questions and answers about the cargo mission by Space Exploration ...

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Auction claims it's selling vial with Reagan blood

A Channel Islands auction house says it's selling a vial that allegedly contains blood residue from Ronald Reagan — a move denounced Tuesday by the ...

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Houston museum unveils $85 million dinosaur hall

Pups in her womb, a large eye visible behind the rib cage, one baby stuck in the birth canal, all fossilized in stone — all modern-day evidence that ...

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Brandon Cronenberg is a chip off the bloody block

You wait years for a new Cronenberg movie at Cannes, and then two come along at once. Macabre master David Cronenberg's "Cosmopolis" screens ...

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Organizers: Don't mess with the Olympic brand

One day, the small espresso shop near the site of the London Games was the "Olympic" cafe. The next day, it was the "Lympic." So where did the "O'' ...

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Private supply ship rockets toward space station

A first-of-its-kind commercial supply ship rocketed toward the International Space Station following a successful liftoff early Tuesday, opening a new ...

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Born to run barefoot? Some end up getting injured
Swept by the barefoot running craze, ultramarathoner Ryan Carter ditched his sneakers for footwear that mimics the experience of ...
SpaceX rocket launch aborted in last half-second
A new private supply ship for the International Space Station remained stuck on the ground Saturday after rocket engine trouble led to a last-second abort of the historic ...
European financial woes push markets lower
Concerns that Europe's debt crisis could drag down parts of the continent's banking system rattled global markets on Friday, while the IPO of social network Facebook failed ...
UK minister describes 'incestuous' ties to media
Britain's politicians and its powerful media were uncomfortably close while Tony Blair ran the country, a former U.K. minister said Wednesday. Jack Straw, who held several key ...

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French autistic kids mostly get psychotherapy
In most developed countries, children with autism are usually sent to school where they get special education classes. But in ...
Issue of death row inmate's treatment spurs debate
A condemned killer's fight to receive surgery for agonizing hip pain has pushed Kentucky officials into an uncomfortable debate over security and politics. Emails and memos ...
Britain bedeviled by binge drinking
The girls slumped in wheelchairs look barely conscious, their blond heads lolling above the plastic vomit bags tied like bibs around their necks. It's an hour to midnight on ...
French trial opens in diabetes-diet drug scandal
Lawyers for a French pharmaceutical group suspected in the deaths of at least 500 people argued Monday that a trial against their client should be halted as two separate cases ...

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80% of mobile banking apps may have security flaws
Neal O’Farrell, executive director of the nonprofit Identity Theft Council, spoke about the seriousness of mobile security as part ...
Amazon Appstore now allows Android users to Test Drive apps
The Amazon Appstore was updated on Monday to include the company’s popular Test Drive feature on Android devices. The retail giant previously allowed users to test apps using ...
‘Anonymous’ hackers release 1.7GB of stolen DOJ data
Hackers associated with well known hacker-activist group “Anonymous Operations” have released a massive cache of data they say was obtained when they hacked a website ...
Unlocked Samsung Galaxy S III preorders now live in the U.S.
Samsung’s flagship Galaxy S III smartphone won’t be available in the United States until this summer, but the unlocked international version of the phone is now available for ...

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