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NASA has abandoned plans to get its replacement for the retiring US space shuttles into service by 2013 because of a lack of additional funds and technical issues, officials said on Monday.
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The global economic crisis is likely to cause an upsurge in suicides and mental illness as people struggle to cope with losing their homes or livelihoods, the World...
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The Federal Communications Commission has sided with the National Football League in a long-running programming dispute with Comcast Corp., ruling that Comcast should...
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A homeless man died after being set on fire on a street where he had lived for many years, police and local merchants said Friday.
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A black Columbia University teacher who reported finding a noose on her door is suing the New York City school for firing her after a plagiarism investigation.
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The attorney for a man accused of binding the hands of a teenage girl on a Southwest Airlines flight and trying to do the same to her sister said it was merely...
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The death toll has risen to nine in the crash of a charter bus that was on its way to casino in Northern California.
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Finance officials from the world’s top economic powers endorsed a plan Friday to stem the worst financial crisis in more than a half-century.
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Lawyers for an Ohio death row inmate who unsuccessfully argued that he is too fat to die by lethal injection have filed an appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court to halt...
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A legislative committee investigating Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has found she unlawfully abused her authority in firing the state’s public safety commissioner. The...
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A legislative committee investigating Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has found she unlawfully abused her authority in firing the state’s public safety commissioner.
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A mortgage lender that tried to force the Cook County sheriff to evict a suburban Chicago woman from her home announced Friday that it has withdrawn its lawsuit.
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The anger is getting raw at Republican rallies and John McCain is acting to tamp it down. McCain was booed by his own supporters Friday when, in an abrupt switch from...
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One of the pleasures of driving on the interstate highways is the breath of fresh air. The journey is more comfortable when there are several biofuel gas stations along...
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Winning the Little League Softball World Series was great. But meeting the president isn’t exactly Bush league.
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Lt. Col. John Mulzac stood on the asphalt at Moton Field Friday _ the same grounds where he trained decades ago to become one of the country’s first black...
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If Jose Francisco Torres plays for the United States on Saturday in a World Cup qualifier against Cuba, there will be no going back. He’ll be committed to the...
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Last month’s deadly grenade attack in colonial-era Morelia heightened doubts for would-be travelers about the safety of travel in Mexico.
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An atheist soldier who accused U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates and the Defense Department of violating his religious freedom dropped the lawsuit Friday, citing his...
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Three federal biologists were held at gunpoint for several minutes by suspected members of a Mexican drug cartel after happening upon a large marijuana patch in a...
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Gold and silver plummeted Friday after Wall Street posted another big loss and forced investors to dump holdings in precious metals to raise badly needed cash.
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The International Space Station, the ISS to most of us, has often been called the most expensive thing ever to be built.
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The promoters of Eddie Murphy’s new film, Meet Dave, surely do know their job. No wonder they came up with a huge 15 feet tall Murphy head right in the middle of...
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Workers at a pioneering space tourism company were watching a rocket propellent system test through a chain-link fence in the Mojave Desert when a fatal explosion...
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Within a few years, a handful of rich tourists may be blasting into space in a craft that looks a little like a cross between the space shuttle and a corporate jet.
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Virgin America and Virgin Galactic today announced a pilot exchange under which select pilots from the airline will undergo Virgin Galactic’s rigorous training. Capt. Rich Dancaster, flight attendants Kirsten Voss and Farrah Williams, Virgin Group...
