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MSNBC.com: U.S. News
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Earl brushes Northeast, bears down on Canada
Posted: September 4th, 2010, 6:25am MDT
After toying with tens of millions of coastal residents and tourists along the East Coast, Earl finally made landfall Saturday morning — but in Canada's Nova Scotia province.
MSNBC.com: Technology & Science
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Cheers to 'Dance Central' — the cure for two left feet
Posted: September 4th, 2010, 5:00am MDT
Just as "Guitar Hero" and "Rock Band" have created legions of rock 'n roll gods, the forthcoming motion-controlled game "Dance Central" will soon create an army of dancing queens and kings.
MSNBC.com: U.S. News
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Calif. nuke meltdown site finally set for cleanup
Posted: September 4th, 2010, 2:32am MDT
More than five decades after a partial nuclear meltdown just outside Los Angeles, state and federal officials Friday announced agreements to remove all contamination.
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Body of son of boxing promoter found in Cascades
Posted: September 3rd, 2010, 10:45pm MDT
A five-day search for the missing son of top boxing promoter Bob Arum ended when a helicopter located John Arum's body on a rugged Washington state mountain in North Cascades National Park, authorities say. -
Head of alleged trafficking scheme arrested
Posted: September 3rd, 2010, 10:33pm MDT
The head of a labor recruiting company accused of exploiting 400 workers from Thailand and forcing them to work on U.S. farms pleaded not guilty Friday, part of what the FBI calls the largest human-trafficking case charged in U.S. history
MSNBC.com: Technology & Science
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Babes, bullets, bombs! Duke Nukem makes a comeback
Posted: September 3rd, 2010, 10:31pm MDT
Game icon Duke Nukem will wield his over-the-top guns and attitude yet again. After more than a decade of delays, "Duke Nukem Forever" will debut on the PS3, Xbox 360 and PC game systems in 2011.
MSNBC.com: U.S. News
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Body of son of boxing promoter found in Cascades
Posted: September 3rd, 2010, 9:37pm MDT
A national park spokeswoman says a search helicopter has spotted the body of an experienced mountain climber who was the son of boxing promoter Bob Arum. -
Family of copper heiress asks court to protect her
Posted: September 3rd, 2010, 8:07pm MDT
Several relatives of 104-year-old reclusive heiress Huguette Clark went to court Friday, asking for a guardian to protect her. Msnbc.com's Bill Dedman reports.
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Calif. wildfire sparked by migrants' signal blaze
Posted: September 3rd, 2010, 7:46pm MDT
Authorities say a wildfire burning in rural San Diego County was sparked by two illegal immigrants who set a signal fire after they got lost. -
Arizona governor says beheadings claim 'an error'
Posted: September 3rd, 2010, 7:40pm MDT
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, who gained fame defending the state's immigration law and warning of border violence, says her claim that headless bodies were turning up in state was 'an error.'
MSNBC.com: Technology & Science
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NASA advises Chile on trapped, isolated miners
Posted: September 3rd, 2010, 7:00pm MDT
A team of NASA doctors and engineers recommended Friday that Chilean authorities regulate the day-and-night sleep patterns of 33 trapped miners, boost their Vitamin D intake and phase in an exercise program as their nutrition improves.
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Is the grand design within our grasp?
Posted: September 3rd, 2010, 6:48pm MDT
Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: More than a decade ago, British physicist Stephen Hawking said there was a 50-50 chance that a unified "theory of everything" would be discovered within 20 years. Now he explains why he thinks the theory has been found.
MSNBC.com: U.S. News
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911 callers describe Discovery Channel gunman
Posted: September 3rd, 2010, 6:22pm MDT
Emergency calls placed minutes after a gunman entered the Discovery Channel's headquarters include descriptions of the propane tanks strapped to his body and a blinking device in his left hand. -
Commercial pilot sentenced for drug-masking powder
Posted: September 3rd, 2010, 5:32pm MDT
A former US Airways Express pilot will spend nine months in prison for selling a powdered drink mix over the Internet that he claimed was "100 percent" effective in helping drug-using truck drivers, pilots and train engineers pass federally mandated drug tests.
MSNBC.com: Technology & Science
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Amazon may be headed for another bad drought
Posted: September 3rd, 2010, 5:02pm MDT
Drought has cut Peru's Amazon River to its lowest level in 40 years and it is already below the minimum set in 2005, when a devastating dry spell damaged vast swaths of South American rainforest in the worst drought in decades.
MSNBC.com: U.S. News
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Mexican drug kingpin gets 27 years in Ariz. prison
Posted: September 3rd, 2010, 5:00pm MDT
A Mexican man who prosecutors say headed a major drug-smuggling ring that shipped tons of marijuana into the U.S. was sentenced Friday to 27 years in prison and ordered to forfeit $4 million to the American government. -
Man in '03 bomb scare sets off airport shutdown
Posted: September 3rd, 2010, 4:51pm MDT
A scientist detained at Miami's airport because of a suspicious item in his luggage had once been charged with illegally transporting bubonic plague, a senior law enforcement official said.
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NYC mosque backer gave to Hamas-linked charity
Posted: September 3rd, 2010, 4:38pm MDT
One of the investors in a proposed Islamic center near the World Trade Center site is a Long Island medical clinic owner whose expressions of sympathy for Palestinians included a donation to a charity later shut down for links to Hamas.
MSNBC.com: Technology & Science
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Want to play with Kinect? Bring a sweat rag!
Posted: September 3rd, 2010, 3:56pm MDT
Playing video games by moving your body rather than by pressing buttons on a controller is sweaty, sweaty work.
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Cosmic Log: Why the N.Z. quake is no Haiti
Posted: September 3rd, 2010, 3:50pm MDT
Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: In January, a 7.0 quake hit Haiti, and 230,000 people died. Today, a 7.0 quake hit New Zealand, and early indications are that it caused relatively few major casualties. Why the difference?
MSNBC.com: U.S. News
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Pilot survives plane crash into home near Aurora
Posted: September 3rd, 2010, 3:46pm MDT
It happened at the mobile home on 14071 N. Cessna Street just after noon, according to dispatchers.
MSNBC.com: Business
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Kodak settles race-based lawsuit
Posted: September 3rd, 2010, 3:32pm MDT
A federal judge has approved Eastman Kodak's $21.4 million offer to settle class-action lawsuits by black employees who maintained white counterparts were favored for pay and promotion.
Eastman Kodak - Class action - Settlement offer - Law - Legal Information
MSNBC.com: U.S. News
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Authorities: Fire at Tenn. mosque site was arson
Posted: September 3rd, 2010, 3:30pm MDT
Federal investigators have decided a suspicious fire that damaged construction equipment at the site of a future mosque in Tennessee was arson.
MSNBC.com: Technology & Science
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Texas opens inquiry into Google search results
Posted: September 3rd, 2010, 3:27pm MDT
Google says Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott is investigating whether its Web search rankings are fair.
MSNBC.com: Business
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Continental recalling furloughed pilots
Posted: September 3rd, 2010, 3:23pm MDT
Continental Airlines Inc. is recalling 132 pilots who were furloughed in 2008, saying it needs them to offset retirements and handle an increase in international flying.
MSNBC.com: Technology & Science
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Google settles Buzz privacy lawsuit
Posted: September 3rd, 2010, 2:25pm MDT
Google has settled a lawsuit alleging privacy violations in connection with its Buzz social networking service, according to a court document filed on Friday. -
Chinese satellites bump during secret maneuvers
Posted: September 3rd, 2010, 1:35pm MDT
A Chinese satellite may have intentionally nudged another spacecraft during secretive space maneuvers in near-Earth orbit, according to analysts.
MSNBC.com: U.S. News
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Key evidence being pulled up from BP spill site
Posted: September 3rd, 2010, 12:56pm MDT
The piece of equipment at the center of the investigation into the Deepwater Horizon explosion and spill was being retrieved from a mile below the sea, BP announced Friday.
MSNBC.com: Technology & Science
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Digg trying to avoid getting dug into obscurity
Posted: September 3rd, 2010, 12:45pm MDT
Digg, one of the first Internet sites that let users "dig" Web news stories by voting them thumbs up or down, is trying to avoid getting dug into obscurity.
MSNBC.com: U.S. News
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Balloon boy family moves to Florida from Colorado
Posted: September 3rd, 2010, 12:27pm MDT
The family at the center of the balloon boy hoax has moved out of the house where the fateful trip began, leaving Colorado for Florida.
MSNBC.com: Technology & Science
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New cables tie West Africa closer to Internet
Posted: September 3rd, 2010, 12:23pm MDT
For a decade, West Africa's main connection to the Internet has been a single fiber-optic cable in the Atlantic, a tenuous and expensive link for one of the poorest areas of the planet.
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Mystery of the floating octopus solved
Posted: September 3rd, 2010, 10:50am MDT
As far back as Aristotle, naturalists have wondered why the females of a strange group of octopuses sport a thin, papery shell when plenty of their tentacled cousins are essentially naked, letting all their slime hang out.
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Google gets bedbugs
Posted: September 3rd, 2010, 10:45am MDT
Even the search giant isn't immune from the problem, discovered in its New York offices. -
Top 10 summer sky objects to see before fall
Posted: September 3rd, 2010, 10:38am MDT
As the summer night sky draws near its close, there are still some cosmic objects that may beckon skywatchers equipped with a small telescope, binoculars or their own two eyes. -
Some ancient galaxies had wild youth
Posted: September 3rd, 2010, 10:27am MDT
Ancient galaxies may be cosmic senior citizens today, but some have a wild streak in their past, one packed with frenetic star birth, astronomers say. -
Tether maneuvers spacecraft without fuel
Posted: September 3rd, 2010, 10:17am MDT
A NASA team is preparing a bid to test a chemical-free propulsion system that taps the power of Earth's magnetic field to move satellites and spacecraft in orbit.
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Plant and spiders compete for food
Posted: September 3rd, 2010, 9:03am MDT
Wolf spiders and carnivorous plants called sundews may compete with each other for food in the wild, a new study finds.
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Labor Day weekend for astronauts: Space toilet cleaning
Posted: September 3rd, 2010, 9:03am MDT
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station won't be throwing any burgers on the grill this Labor Day weekend, but at least they'll get the U.S. holiday off after they clean the space toilet.
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Ancient Nubians drank antibiotic-lacked beer
Posted: September 3rd, 2010, 8:45am MDT
People have been using antibiotics for nearly 2,000 years, suggests a new study, which found large doses of tetracycline embedded in the bones of ancient African mummies.
MSNBC.com: U.S. News
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U.S. court backs 'Ladies Night' promotions
Posted: September 3rd, 2010, 7:48am MDT
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Shooting in southwest Chicago leaves 4 men dead
Posted: September 3rd, 2010, 6:30am MDT
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Teen accidentally texts sheriff to buy pot
Posted: September 3rd, 2010, 6:27am MDT
General rule of thumb: when looking to buy marijuana, don't text the sheriff. Authorities said a Helena teen sent out a text message last week in search of pot, but instead of contacting the drug dealer, he hit a wrong number and inadvertently sent the message to Lewis and Clark County Sheriff Leo Dutton. -
Earl lashes N.C. coast, officials survey damage
Posted: September 3rd, 2010, 5:06am MDT
Earl weakened to a tropical storm as it brushed Cap Cod and Nantucket with pelting rain, strong gusts and pounding surf early Saturday as steamed past New England. -
4 Miami airport concourses evacuated
Posted: September 3rd, 2010, 12:24am MDT
A scientist detained at Miami's airport because of a suspicious item in his luggage had once been charged with illegally transporting bubonic plague, a senior law enforcement official said.
MSNBC.com: Technology & Science
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Kids prove they’re MoonBot masters
Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 7:23pm MDT
Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: Teen-agers from around the country put lunar rover prototypes through their paces in the MoonBots challenge, a spin-off of the $30 million Google Lunar X Prize program
MSNBC.com: U.S. News
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LA police ID owner of trunk containing baby bodies
Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 7:22pm MDT
Investigators have identified the owner of a trunk in which the mummified remains of two babies were found, bringing them a step closer to solving the intriguing international mystery.
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Hotel guests hunker down to ride out Earl
Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 6:51pm MDT
A two-story Comfort Inn has become a makeshift hurricane hostel on North Carolina's Outer Banks for those who want to stay close to their homes but know they need better shelter from the outslaught of Earl.
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Army 'birther' loses ruling on evidence
Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 6:30pm MDT
An Army judge rules that proof of President Barack Obama's eligibility to be president isn't relevant to the defense of an Army doctor accused of failing to obey a lawful order.
MSNBC.com: Technology & Science
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Facebook cross-dresser's photos incites family members
Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 6:26pm MDT
Family members, upset about a male relative's cross-dressing photos he shared on Facebook, were indicted Thursday in Israel on charges tied to their kidnapping and punishment of the 19-year-old man. -
Mixed bag of space rocks found near Earth
Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 5:52pm MDT
A new survey of asteroids near Earth by a NASA space telescope has found a much wider variety of the space rocks than previously thought, with some shiny and bright while others are dark and dull.
MSNBC.com: U.S. News
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Builders of N.Y. mosque face financial hurdles
Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 5:37pm MDT
The developers planning to build a $100 million Islamic center near the World Trade Center site are nearly a quarter-million dollars behind on real estate taxes and late fees. -
4-year-old girl, only 15 pounds, found dead
Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 5:10pm MDT
An ailing four-year-old girl -- who weighed only about 15 pounds and was punished by being tied to her bed with twine -- was found dead in her Brooklyn home this morning, cops said. -
Woman in acid attack recounts agonizing pain
Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 4:52pm MDT
Bethany Storro had just bought a pair of sunglasses and was celebrating a new job when a woman walked up to her with a cup and said: "Hey pretty girl, do you want to drink this?"
MSNBC.com: Business
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Funk band War tells Pepsi they're not friends
Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 4:10pm MDT
Members of the band War say they can't be friends with Pepsi. The band is suing for more than $10 million, saying it did not negotiate with them to use the song "Why Can't We Be Friends" in a commercial.
MSNBC.com: U.S. News
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Coast Guard: No oil sheen from Gulf explosion
Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 4:03pm MDT
The Coast Guard is backing off its earlier report that an oil sheen about a mile long was spreading following a platform explosion in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Temporary cap that stopped oil leak removed
Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 4:00pm MDT
Engineers removed a temporary cap Thursday that stopped oil from gushing into the Gulf of Mexico from BP's blown-out well in mid-July.
MSNBC.com: Technology & Science
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Video: Bullets fly in 'Mafia II'
Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 3:53pm MDT
You follow one wiseguy's rise to power from a lowly hood to mob boss taking control of an entire city. (msnbc.com)
MSNBC.com: U.S. News
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Court reverses conviction for migrant littering
Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 3:32pm MDT
A federal appeals court in San Francisco on Thursday tossed out the conviction of an Arizona man who left water jugs for migrants as they passed through the intensely hot desert.
MSNBC.com: Technology & Science
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'Tweens,' ages 8 to 11, changing online game development
Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 3:23pm MDT
A booming market of tweens, ages 8 to 11, is changing the landscape of online games.
MSNBC.com: U.S. News
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More bombs found in Discovery standoff case
Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 3:20pm MDT
Four more explosive devices tied to the suspect in the Discovery Channel standoff were found at a residence in Montgomery County, Md., authorities told NBC News on Thursday.
MSNBC.com: Technology & Science
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Facebook's new security feature: remote logouts
Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 3:16pm MDT
Facebook is rolling out a new security feature that lets users log out of their accounts remotely from another computer.
MSNBC.com: U.S. News
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1 dead in plane crash off San Francisco Bay
Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 3:11pm MDT
A 40-year-old woman was found dead next to the wreckage of a small plane that crashed Thursday in a lagoon off San Francisco Bay, officials said. Divers were searching for two more people who may have been on board.
MSNBC.com: Technology & Science
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Facebook stalker continues to harass 12-year-old girl
Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 2:56pm MDT
This dramatic tale of a Facebook stalker hacking and harassing young girls on Facebook speaks to a couple of issues regularly faced in this brave new world of social media — the dangers awaiting children online and Facebook's oft-complained-about lack of customer service.
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Verizon to sell smart phones for prepaid service
Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 2:35pm MDT
Verizon Wireless on Thursday announced it's opening up access to smart phones for customers who prepay for service, such as people with poor credit and those who don't want to be tied down by long-term contracts. -
Apple, Google to clash in music space by Christmas
Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 2:19pm MDT
Google is in talks with music labels on plans for a download store and a digital song locker that would allow its mobile users to play songs wherever they are as it steps up its rivalry with Apple, according to people familiar with the matter. -
10 products for a relaxing Labor Day weekend
Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 2:17pm MDT
If you have an extended break this Labor Day weekend to relax, these products could help you do just that. But be warned that extreme relaxation can result in extreme laziness.
MSNBC.com: U.S. News
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Attorney accused in prison drug-smuggling case
Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 1:57pm MDT
An FBI agent says an Illinois defense attorney facing federal charges that he tried to smuggle a heroin-filled condom into an Indiana federal prison claims to have done it repeatedly, exploiting greater privacy privileges lawyers are afforded in the lockups.
MSNBC.com: Business
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ABM Industries to pay $5.8 million settlement
Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 1:51pm MDT
A large building-maintenance company will pay $5.8 million to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit brought by the government involving 21 Hispanic female workers.
MSNBC.com: U.S. News
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Goats rescued after 2 days on 6-inch ledge
Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 1:47pm MDT
Two young goats that wandered onto the thin ledge of a railroad bridge and spent two days high above a highway were hungry but safe when they were plucked to safety with a towering cherry picker.
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Cops: Starved girl found dead, tied to crib
Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 1:37pm MDT
A 4-year-old Brooklyn girl weighing only 15-pounds was found dead Thursday morning with her arms and legs tied to the crib, the New York Post reported.
MSNBC.com: Technology & Science
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Windows Phone 7 phones likely by holidays
Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 1:35pm MDT
Windows Phone 7 OS was released to manufacturers Thursday, meaning that it's ready to be baked into new phones and carrier networks. -
A visual tour of new iPods, iTunes and Apple TV
Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 1:33pm MDT
Rumors of 99-cent streaming TV shows were also true, available as rentals from Fox and ABC, but there's no iOS as some reports suggested, and no apps. Non-iTunes content will only come from Netflix, YouTube, Flickr, and whatever compatible media you've got stored on other devices.
MSNBC.com: U.S. News
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Ohio inmate death sentence commuted
Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 1:13pm MDT
A lawyer familiar with the decision says Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland has commuted the death sentence of an inmate who claims innocence in a triple slaying.
MSNBC.com: Technology & Science
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Supernova blast wave could shape galaxy evolution
Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 1:12pm MDT
Hubble Space Telescope observations of the aftermath of a giant star explosion are offering a new glimpse into the events that follow the collapse of a massive dying star.
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Going paperless: Tech-savvy travelers on board
Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 1:05pm MDT
Don't disconnect your printer just yet. While some tech-savvy passengers may be ready for it, experts say paperless boarding won’t be successful until it is both reliable and universal.
MSNBC.com: U.S. News
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Calif man gets death for sex-killing of 5-year-old
Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 12:36pm MDT
A Southern California man has been sentenced to death for sexually assaulting and beating to death his girlfriend's 5-year-old daughter.
MSNBC.com: Technology & Science
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Earth's animals face grim future
Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 12:34pm MDT
Corals, big mammals and many tropical species could all go extinct in the not too distant future, predict scientists who are attempting to forecast the fate of today's animals by studying what happened to those in the distant past.
MSNBC.com: U.S. News
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Man in Letterman blackmail plot freed from jail
Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 12:18pm MDT
Robert "Joe" Halderman admitted he demanded $2 million in hush money last fall to keep from revealing personal information about Letterman.
MSNBC.com: Technology & Science
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Booted off Facebook, woman sues
Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 12:18pm MDT
In a lawsuit filed against the world's largest social network, Maryland resident Karen Beth Young claims Facebook disabled her account the day after she launched a petition page to raise the friend limit.
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Shape-shifting plane to aid maritime rescues
Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 11:39am MDT
Gilligan might have gotten off that island a lot sooner if shape-shifting robot planes had been around.
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Ants defeat elephants to save a tree
Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 11:19am MDT
Ants in your pants? That's nothing compared with ants up your snout. And that's what elephants in the African savanna must contend with when trying to snag a meal from a certain type of acacia tree.
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Google challenges Jobs over activation numbers
Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 10:54am MDT
It seemed like a "mine is bigger than yours" kind of comment by Steve Jobs Wednesday, when he said that Apple is activating more mobile devices a day than Android because many of its activations are upgrades. Google says that's not so. -
Human-like brain found in worm
Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 10:52am MDT
Brain structures directly related to the human brain have just been identified in a marine ragworm, according to a paper published in the latest issue of the journal Cell.
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Slabs of North America are layered like cake
Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 10:33am MDT
The continent of North America is not a single, thick, rigid slab, but is instead more similar to a layer cake, with a section of 3-billion-year-old rock sitting atop much newer material, a new study that probes the depth of the continent finds. -
Hawaii plant thought to be extinct found in Kohala
Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 10:20am MDT
A Hawaiian plant species thought to be extinct has been found on the Big Island. -
Hawaii plant thought to be extinct found in Kohala
Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 10:20am MDT
A Hawaiian plant species thought to be extinct has been found on the Big Island.
MSNBC.com: U.S. News
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Feds sue Arizona sheriff in civil rights probe
Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 9:51am MDT
The Justice Department sued the nation's self-proclaimed "toughest sheriff" on Thursday, calling Joe Arpaio's defiance of an investigation into his office's alleged discrimination against Hispanics "unprecedented."
MSNBC.com: Technology & Science
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Amazon matches Apple with 99-cent download
Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 9:50am MDT
Amazon.com Inc Thursday slashed the cost to download TV shows like "Glee" to 99 cents in a bid to take on Apple Inc as both companies battle to win the hearts of couch potatoes. -
At last! Starbucks mobile app for BlackBerry
Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 9:19am MDT
As of today, BlackBerry owners can download the Starbucks mobile app — just like those snooty iPhone owners.
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TV's 'Top Chefs' cook up ultimate astronaut takeout
Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 9:18am MDT
It will be bon appetit in orbit for some lucky astronauts who will soon savor a space meal of short ribs dreamed up by a contestant on television's "Top Chef."
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Video: Panda cubs go to school
Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 9:18am MDT
A group of panda cubs are attending ‘panda school’ at a China panda reserve where they are being taught how to climb. TODAYshow.com's Dara Brown reports. (Other)
MSNBC.com: U.S. News
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Chicago police chief criticized for 'gang summit'
Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 9:06am MDT
Several current and ex-gang members lashed out at Chicago's police chief on Thursday, calling his so-called "gang summit" initiative to crack down on crime a wasted effort that will have little effect on the streets of the county's third largest city.
MSNBC.com: Technology & Science
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Twitter on steroids in new iPad app
Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 8:51am MDT
Call it Twitter on steroids: A new version of Twitter, especially designed for Apple's iPad, takes full advantage of the tablet's 9.7-inch screen real estate by weaving in Web pages, photos and videos related to tweets. -
UN official: BlackBerry data requests legitimate
Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 8:46am MDT
The chief of the U.N.'s telecommunications agency urged the Canadian manufacturer of the BlackBerry to allow law enforcement agencies access to customer data, saying that governments all over the world had legitimate security concerns which should not be ignored. -
Samsung unveils iPad competitor Galaxy
Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 8:27am MDT
Samsung Electronics Co. on Thursday unveiled a new tablet PC named Galaxy Tab as the latest device meant to rival Apple Inc.'s popular iPad.
MSNBC.com: Business
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Bidding for 3Par heats up; HP tops Dell bid
Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 8:22am MDT
Dell walked away from a bidding contest with rival Hewlett-Packard for data-storage maker 3Par. Dell said it won't match HP's offer to pay $33 per share for 3Par.
MSNBC.com: U.S. News
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Field Notes: As many flee, one group is happy about Earl
Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 8:18am MDT
Hurricane season is one of the rare times when East Coast waves can reach world-class heights.
MSNBC.com: Technology & Science
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72 percent of adults are text-messaging now
Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 7:39am MDT
More American adults have taken to texting in the past year, but teens still take the crown when it comes to using their phones for text-messaging, with 87 percent of them doing so, a new study says.
MSNBC.com: U.S. News
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For 2nd time, Ohio woman gives birth in vehicle
Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 7:06am MDT
For a second time, an Ohio woman has given birth to a baby who couldn't wait and arrived on the drive to the hospital. -
Rapper T.I, wife arrested on drug charges
Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 4:12am MDT
After finishing a sentence for weapons charges earlier this year, T.I. was poised to have the comeback of the fall. -
Cops: No more bombs found at Discovery building
Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 3:51am MDT
Montgomery County police department sources say the hostage-taker at the Discover Channel building had only starter guns that make noise but can't cause serious injury. -
Chicago police chief criticized for 'gang summit'
Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 1:28am MDT
Chicago's police chief has been the focus of criticism in recent days for calling a meeting with reputed gang leaders.
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Homeless man calls 911 from hot tub, seeks cocoa
Posted: September 1st, 2010, 11:22pm MDT
A homeless man who called 911 from the hot tub of a suburban Portland home and asked for towels, hot chocolate and a hug got arrested for trespassing instead.
MSNBC.com: Technology & Science
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Stephen Hawking says God's not needed. So?
Posted: September 1st, 2010, 9:14pm MDT
Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: British physicist Stephen Hawking's latest book is already making waves with his observation that science can explain the universe's origin without invoking God.
MSNBC.com: U.S. News
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Copper heiress has signed a will, attorney says
Posted: September 1st, 2010, 9:02pm MDT
Has the reclusive heiress Huguette Clark signed a will? Yes, her attorney says. Msnbc.com's Bill Dedman reports.
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American Samoa approves plastic-bags ban
Posted: September 1st, 2010, 7:04pm MDT
American Samoa will make it illegal for stores to hand out plastic bags once a new law takes effect early next year.
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Discovery gunman to NBC News: 'I have a bomb'
Posted: September 1st, 2010, 6:28pm MDT
The man who held three hostages at the Discovery Communications building in Maryland told NBC News in a brief telephone conversation that he had explosives. -
State suspends license of teacher in Wash. state
Posted: September 1st, 2010, 6:21pm MDT
Washington state's schools chief on Wednesday suspended the teaching certificate of a teacher convicted of inappropriately touching girls and then brought back into the classroom after a short suspension. -
Eco-author baffled by a violent fan
Posted: September 1st, 2010, 6:13pm MDT
Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: The "Ishmael" books are aimed at encouraging radical social change — but their author says hostage-taking is not the change he had in mind.
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Eco-author baffled by a violent fan
Posted: September 1st, 2010, 6:13pm MDT
Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: The "Ishmael" books are aimed at encouraging radical social change — but their author says hostage-taking is not the change he had in mind.
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No charges in Ariz. inmate's death in cage
Posted: September 1st, 2010, 6:09pm MDT
There will be no criminal charges following the heat-related death of an Arizona inmate who collapsed in an outdoor cage last year. -
Thanks to high-tech, storm track easier to predict
Posted: September 1st, 2010, 5:28pm MDT
Sophisticated computer models that replaced instinct with cold, hard math have helped forecasters predict where a storm like Hurricane Earl is going about twice as accurately as 20 years ago.
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Thanks to high-tech, storm track easier to predict
Posted: September 1st, 2010, 5:28pm MDT
Sophisticated computer models that replaced instinct with cold, hard math have helped forecasters predict where a storm like Hurricane Earl is going about twice as accurately as 20 years ago.
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Suspect had long protested Discovery programming
Posted: September 1st, 2010, 5:05pm MDT
James J. Lee, the suspected gunman who took hostages at the Discovery Communications building in Maryland, apparently had a long history of contempt for company, which includes the Discovery Channel, TLC, Animal Planet, Science Channel and Planet Green networks.
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N.Y. imam: Mosque fight about Muslim role
Posted: September 1st, 2010, 4:19pm MDT
The imam leading plans for an Islamic center near the site of the Sept. 11 attacks in New York said the fight is over more than "a piece of real estate" and could shape the future of Muslim relations in America.
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Wall St. firm behind slow solar on federal lands?
Posted: September 1st, 2010, 4:13pm MDT
Five years after federal land managers opened up stretches of the Southwest to solar power developers, vast tracts still sit idle.
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Number of illegal immigrants in U.S. declining
Posted: September 1st, 2010, 3:34pm MDT
The number of illegal immigrants living in the U.S. has dropped for the first time in two decades — decreasing by 8 percent. -
New Mexico National Guard deployed to border
Posted: September 1st, 2010, 3:21pm MDT
The New Mexico National Guard has deployed 82 troops along the border with Mexico to increase surveillance. -
Dead suspect may be linked to 4 slayings in Calif.
Posted: September 1st, 2010, 3:11pm MDT
A murder suspect who led officers on a high-speed chase with his dead girlfriend in the passenger seat is a central figure in the investigation of at least four killings, authorities said Wednesday.
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Alien planet's weather forecast: Hot and extra cloudy
Posted: September 1st, 2010, 2:39pm MDT
Astronomers peering at a large alien planet have found it to be covered by an atmosphere unlike that of any extrasolar planet yet seen.
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Some states still penalize crack offenders more
Posted: September 1st, 2010, 1:45pm MDT
Police found such a small amount of crack cocaine in James V. Taylor's car that investigators described it as unweighable. But it was enough for a 15-year prison sentence in Missouri.
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Blasts rock Pa. welding company, force evacuations
Posted: September 1st, 2010, 1:26pm MDT
A series of explosions at a welding supply company on Wednesday injured 5 people — one critically — and forced evacuations and sent thick black smoke billowing over the area.
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Man holds hostages at Discovery TV building
Posted: September 1st, 2010, 1:24pm MDT
Gunman told NBC News in brief phone conversation from building in Silver Spring, Md., that he had several bombs strapped to his body.
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Ex-CEO: U.S. saved other firms, but not Lehman
Posted: September 1st, 2010, 12:57pm MDT
The former chief of Lehman Brothers told a panel investigating the financial crisis that the Wall Street firm could have been rescued, but regulators' refused to helps.
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6 U.S. men settle Boy Scout sex abuse cases
Posted: September 1st, 2010, 12:55pm MDT
Six men who alleged they were sexually abused by an Oregon Boy Scouts leader in the 1980s have settled their lawsuits against the group's national organization, the plaintiffs' attorney said Wednesday. -
Ohio restricting Puerto Rican birth certificates
Posted: September 1st, 2010, 12:39pm MDT
Elizabeth Torres was stung when her 19-year-old son said he'd been turned down for a state-issued Ohio identification card because his birth certificate from Puerto Rico was considered invalid.
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For star-gazers, September brings new night sky
Posted: September 1st, 2010, 12:29pm MDT
The month of September marks many changes. For skywatchers it means the passing of the season's trademark Summer Triangle of stars and the arrival of the autumn constellations. -
Apple introduces movie and rental streaming, new Apple TV
Posted: September 1st, 2010, 12:07pm MDT
Apple introduced movie and TV streaming through its second-generation Apple TV Wednesday, a simpler device than its previous product. -
Starburst galaxy unleashes ‘superwind’
Posted: September 1st, 2010, 11:53am MDT
A striking galaxy buzzing with energetic star formation takes center stage in a new photograph that showcases an unusual "superwind" of out-flowing gas, researchers say.
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'Ping' social network for music announced by Apple
Posted: September 1st, 2010, 11:47am MDT
"Ping," a social network for Apple's iTunes Store music users was unveiled Wednesday by CEO Steve Jobs. -
Old star's super-hot water vapor surprises scientists
Posted: September 1st, 2010, 11:40am MDT
Scalding hot water vapor has been discovered in the atmosphere of an aging star, surprising scientists who thought the chemistry of such stars would forbid it. -
Phantom planet comes back from oblivion
Posted: September 1st, 2010, 10:42am MDT
Of the hundreds of exoplanets found so far, there’s one that’s remained elusive and infamous 12 years after its purported discovery.
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Dutch release Yemeni men held in terror probe
Posted: September 1st, 2010, 10:27am MDT
Two Yemeni men arrested on suspicion they may have been involved in an airline terrorism plot are released without charge when no evidence was found, Dutch prosecutors say.
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'Prancing Michael Cera' usurps 'Sad Keanu Reeves'
Posted: September 1st, 2010, 10:27am MDT
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Bacteria make gold nuggets
Posted: September 1st, 2010, 10:17am MDT
Gold nuggets are often the creations of bacterial biofilms, say Australian researchers who have demonstrated the process and even identified the bacteria at work.
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Police: SD teen wanted to be 'infamous sociopath'
Posted: September 1st, 2010, 9:51am MDT
An 18-year-old high school student stockpiled bomb-making materials in his bedroom and wrote about wanting to blow up his school, target individuals he hated, rape women and "become the world's most infamous sociopath," authorities said.
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Sony to announce music, video subscription service
Posted: September 1st, 2010, 9:49am MDT
Sony is expected to enter an arena dominated by Apple's iTunes through a new music and video subscription service. -
Satellite traffic cop could be job of the future
Posted: September 1st, 2010, 8:58am MDT
Collisions in space don't happen very often, but when they do the impact is long-lasting. A coalition of satellite traffic cops, however, aims to prevent these episodes from occurring at all.
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Few asteroids look ripe for astronaut visit by 2025
Posted: September 1st, 2010, 8:42am MDT
NASA may appear to have its pick of thousands of known asteroids for a manned mission, but only two are good targets within the next 20 years.
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Famed Tasmanian devil euthanized after tumor found
Posted: September 1st, 2010, 8:29am MDT
A Tasmanian devil named Cedric, once thought to be immune to a contagious facial cancer threatening the iconic creatures with extinction, has been euthanized after succumbing to the disease, researchers said Wednesday.
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Busted pot growers mistake wardens for suppliers
Posted: September 1st, 2010, 8:19am MDT
California wildlife officials say two men are in custody after a group of marijuana growers started to toss bags full of pot into a pickup truck belonging to game wardens they mistook for their suppliers. -
Busted pot growers mistake wardens for suppliers
Posted: September 1st, 2010, 8:19am MDT
California wildlife officials say two men are in custody after a group of marijuana growers started to toss bags full of pot into a pickup truck belonging to game wardens they mistook for their suppliers. -
Man plunges 39 stories — and lives
Posted: September 1st, 2010, 8:12am MDT
A New York City man who plunged 39 stories from the rooftop of an apartment building has survived after crashing onto a parked car.
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Touch screen, price hike to cheapest Sony e-reader
Posted: September 1st, 2010, 8:05am MDT
Lately, the electronic-reader market has been a race to the bottom, with major players such as Amazon.com Inc. and Barnes & Noble Inc. tussling over which can offer consumers the best, cheapest e-reader.
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3,000-year-old Iron Age temple unearthed in Jordan
Posted: September 1st, 2010, 7:48am MDT
The Jordanian antiquities department announced Wednesday the discovery of a 3,000-year-old Iron Age temple boasting a trove of figurines of ancient deities and circular clay vessels used in religious rituals. -
India says will ask Google, Skype for data access
Posted: September 1st, 2010, 7:37am MDT
India on Wednesday launched a clampdown on major Internet communications firms, including Google and Skype, and began accessing some BlackBerry traffic in a campaign driven by security fears.
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Burger King may be mulling possible sale
Posted: September 1st, 2010, 7:03am MDT
Burger King Holdings Inc., America's perennially No. 2 hamburger chain, said that it is selling itself to little-known private equity firm 3G Capital in a deal valued at $3.26 billion.
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Some cities sink boozy parties on public waters
Posted: September 1st, 2010, 6:24am MDT
Floatopia, beer floating, float-a-palooza — there are many names, but the key ingredients stay the same: Sun, a public body of water, inflatable rafts — and booze. In some cases, lots of booze.
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Homeowners feel stress of life 'underwater'
Posted: September 1st, 2010, 5:43am MDT
A broad swath of homeowners — those not headed for the worst-case scenario of foreclosure — are nonetheless grappling with the impact of lost home equity.
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CEOs lay off thousands, rake in millions
Posted: September 1st, 2010, 5:29am MDT
CEOs of the 50 firms that have laid off the most workers since the onset of the economic crisis in 2008 took home 42 percent more pay in 2009 than their peers, a new report finds.
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CEOs lay off thousands, rake in millions
Posted: September 1st, 2010, 5:29am MDT
CEOs of the 50 firms that have laid off the most workers since the onset of the economic crisis in 2008 took home 42 percent more pay in 2009 than their peers, a new report finds.
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Acid attacker: 'Hey pretty girl ... want to drink this?'
Posted: September 1st, 2010, 5:19am MDT
A 28-year-old Washington woman severely burned when a stranger threw an acid-like liquid in her face is listed in serious condition in a Portland, Ore., hospital's burn center. -
Acid attacker: 'Hey pretty girl ... want to drink this?'
Posted: September 1st, 2010, 5:19am MDT
A 28-year-old woman severely burned when a stranger threw an acid-like liquid in her face is listed in serious condition in a Portland, Ore., hospital's burn center.
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Rape probe against WikiLeaks founder reopened
Posted: September 1st, 2010, 4:50am MDT
A senior Swedish prosecutor reopened a rape investigation against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Wednesday, the latest twist to a puzzling case in which prosecutors of different ranks have overruled each other.
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Generosity of an heiress: homes for the nurse
Posted: September 1st, 2010, 4:23am MDT
Huguette Clark has been generous to those close to her, as indicated by large gifts to her social secretary, longtime nurse and attorney. Msnbc.com's Bill Dedman reports.
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N.Y. man: I lost $1.3M artwork while drunk
Posted: September 1st, 2010, 2:08am MDT
A man entrusted with helping to sell a $1.3 million painting said it disappeared while he was in a drunken haze, according to a lawsuit filed by a co-owner of the canvas. -
Calif. rejects ban on plastic shopping bags
Posted: September 1st, 2010, 2:05am MDT
California lawmakers have rejected a bill seeking to ban plastic shopping bags after a contentious debate over whether the state was going too far in trying to regulate personal choice.
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Tow truck driver accused of dragging toddlers
Posted: September 1st, 2010, 12:48am MDT
Police say a tow truck driver has been accused of hitting two young children as their mother pushed them across a street in a stroller then dragging the kids under the truck for about a quarter of a mile. -
New York imam heading back to U.S.
Posted: August 31st, 2010, 11:38pm MDT
The State Department says the imam leading plans for an Islamic center near the site of the Sept. 11 attacks in New York is returning to the United States on Wednesday.
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Wash. woman burned by substance thrown in face
Posted: August 31st, 2010, 11:10pm MDT
A 28-year-old Washington woman severely burned when a stranger threw an acid-like liquid in her face is listed in serious condition in a Portland, Ore., hospital's burn center. -
Defense Secretary Gates arrives in Iraq
Posted: August 31st, 2010, 10:08pm MDT
Defense Secretary Robert Gates arrived in Iraq on Wednesday, a day after U.S. troops formally ended combat operations in the country.
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Migrants say Arizona worth risk of crossing
Posted: August 31st, 2010, 7:55pm MDT
Deaths of illegal immigrants crossing into Arizona have soared this summer toward their highest levels since 2005, but many are undeterred.
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Fact check: Is Iraq combat really over for U.S.?
Posted: August 31st, 2010, 7:49pm MDT
Despite President Barack Obama's declaration Tuesday of an end to the combat mission in Iraq, combat almost certainly lies ahead.
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Collider court case finally closed
Posted: August 31st, 2010, 7:33pm MDT
Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: A federal appeals court has shot down a challenge to Europe's Large Hadron Collider that was based on claims it could destroy the world.
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Fact check: Is Iraq combat really over for U.S.?
Posted: August 31st, 2010, 7:05pm MDT
Despite President Barack Obama's declaration Tuesday of an end to the combat mission in Iraq, combat almost certainly lies ahead.
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Obama declares end of Iraq combat mission
Posted: August 31st, 2010, 6:27pm MDT
President Barack Obama makes it official, saying in a national address that Operation Iraqi Freedom is over and that the nation’s No. 1 priority is fixing the economy. -
Obama's full speech: 'Operation Iraqi Freedom is over'
Posted: August 31st, 2010, 6:19pm MDT
The full text of the president's Oval Office speech on Iraq, as prepared for delivery.
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For bonobo males, mom is best wingman
Posted: August 31st, 2010, 5:41pm MDT
To most human males, the thought of your mother anywhere near your sex life is probably horrifying. Not so for the bonobo, one of our closest primate relatives. A new study confirms that hanging out with mom boosts male bonobos' chances of getting intimate with a fertile female.
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Mountain lion shot in Berkeley's Gourmet Ghetto
Posted: August 31st, 2010, 5:18pm MDT
Police have gunned down a 100-pound mountain lion romping through Berkeley's Gourmet Ghetto neighborhood blocks from Alice Waters' famed Chez Panisse restaurant.
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Amazon trying to offer subscription TV, movies
Posted: August 31st, 2010, 5:14pm MDT
Amazon.com Inc. is talking with major media companies about offering unlimited views of older TV shows and movies online, in an attempt to stay relevant as consumers flock to Apple Inc.'s iTunes a la carte store and Netflix Inc.'s all-you-can eat subscription plan. -
Satellite burns up in Earth's atmosphere
Posted: August 31st, 2010, 4:48pm MDT
A NASA satellite that spent seven years studying Earth's polar regions ended its successful mission Monday by plunging back to Earth on purpose to burn up in the atmosphere.
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Caroline Giuliani's case set for dismissal in NYC
Posted: August 31st, 2010, 3:46pm MDT
A judge told former Mayor Rudy Giuliani's 21-year-old daughter to do a day of community service and keep out of trouble to get rid of charges that she stole makeup from a high-end cosmetics store.
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Researchers rescue Moore’s Law
Posted: August 31st, 2010, 3:43pm MDT
Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: A new breed of memory device could keep the decades-long speedup in computer power going for decades longer, researchers say.
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New data show fewer kids in foster care
Posted: August 31st, 2010, 3:08pm MDT
The number of U.S. children in foster care has dropped 8 percent in just one year, and more than 20 percent in the past decade, according to new federal figures underscoring the impact of widespread reforms.
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Arcade Fire HTML5 video is awesome — but no Flash killer
Posted: August 31st, 2010, 2:31pm MDT
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Officials probe 10 infant deaths at Army base
Posted: August 31st, 2010, 2:29pm MDT
The deaths of two infants at the same home within three months of each other has prompted a probe into other unexplained infant deaths at the Fort Bragg Army base since 2007, the military said Tuesday. -
Cops: Calif. doctor gets stuck in chimney, dies
Posted: August 31st, 2010, 2:19pm MDT
Police say a California doctor apparently tried to get into the home of the man she had been dating by sliding down the chimney. Her decomposing body was found there days later. -
U.S. appeals order blocking stem cell research
Posted: August 31st, 2010, 2:15pm MDT
The Obama administration has appealed a federal judge's order that undercuts U.S. government funded embryonic stem cell research.
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Location-based services not connecting with consumers
Posted: August 31st, 2010, 2:07pm MDT
Location-based services may not be as popular as some start-ups would have you believe, according to a recent study by Forrester Research. Despite Foursquare hitting 3 million users, the media surrounding Facebook's and Twitter's attaching locations, Gowalla, Loopt and Shopkick, only about 4 percent of people have used it and only 1 percent regularly let others publicly know where they are, Advertising Age reported.
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Drilling agency imposes conflict-of-interest rules
Posted: August 31st, 2010, 2:06pm MDT
Scandalized by federal regulators who had sex with oil company executives and negotiated with them for jobs, the agency that oversees offshore drilling is imposing a first-ever ethics policy.
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Report: Samsung's Galaxy tablet Verizon-bound
Posted: August 31st, 2010, 1:54pm MDT
Samsung will reportedly partner with Verizon Wireless on its recently announced Android-based Galaxy Tab tablet. The partnership, reported by BoyGeniusReport, is based on an alleged screenshot of Verizon's internal systems, which list the Samsung tablet.
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Woman stabbed 45 times in attack that killed 4
Posted: August 31st, 2010, 1:49pm MDT
A convicted murderer accused of killing his ex-girlfriend and three other people stabbed the woman 45 times, then scrawled an insult to her on a wall in blood, authorities said Tuesday.
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Bite-sized iPod Nano evidence grows
Posted: August 31st, 2010, 1:42pm MDT
Apple may be losing its knack for keeping secrets, as rumors of a tiny, square-shaped iPod Nano become more convincing by the day.
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N.Y. temple plot suspect heard boasting on tape
Posted: August 31st, 2010, 1:35pm MDT
A Muslim man, under pressure from a paid FBI informant, admitted he was eager to attack a New York synagogue to vent his rage against Jews and U.S. military might in the Middle East, according to tapes played Tuesday. -
Man slits throat in court after sentencing
Posted: August 31st, 2010, 1:15pm MDT
A suburban Dallas man used a razor blade to slit his throat moments after a judge sentenced him to 40 years in prison.
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Expedition explores violent Russian volcanoes
Posted: August 31st, 2010, 1:13pm MDT
A group of scientists is hiking in one of the most remote areas on the planet in pursuit of new information about the recurring deaths and rebirths of two volcanoes.
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Bear attack highlights lax exotic pet laws
Posted: August 31st, 2010, 12:52pm MDT
The recent bear mauling death in Ohio and attacks elsewhere highlight that the patchwork of federal, state and local laws on keeping dangerous wild animals at home has holes.
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Dead spacecraft on Mars lives on in new study
Posted: August 31st, 2010, 12:50pm MDT
Data collected by NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander before it went silent for good on the Red Planet is providing valuable insight for a new study on the interactions between the Martian dirt and atmosphere. -
Gamers' vacations come with virtual girlfriends
Posted: August 31st, 2010, 12:49pm MDT
In Japan, players of the hugely popular Nintendo DS dating simulation game, "Love Plus," go on vacation with their girlfriends, using iPhones and augmented reality. -
Classic NASA photos rocket onto Flickr
Posted: August 31st, 2010, 12:39pm MDT
NASA has posted almost 200 pictures to the photo-sharing site Flickr in what is the first of many batches of photos the space agency plans to share for public feedback.
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69-year-old woman shoots teen intruder
Posted: August 31st, 2010, 12:27pm MDT
A pistol-packing 69-year-old woman in northern Alabama believes intruders will think twice before messing with her again.
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It's time to make standardized ratings for gadgets
Posted: August 31st, 2010, 12:08pm MDT
Earlier today, the Environmental Protection Agency and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration showed off stickers that would give car buyers standardized info on a particular model's fuel economy and environmental impact. Gadgets should have standardized ratings, too.
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Facebook CEO: Keep private life out of lawsuit
Posted: August 31st, 2010, 12:08pm MDT
Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg says a lawsuit by a man who claims to own a huge chunk of the social networking site is seeking to uncover needless details about his private life.
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Web video: Woman throws puppies in river, 4chan tracks her down
Posted: August 31st, 2010, 12:03pm MDT
This latest example of all-too-human behavior, originally posted on LiveLeaks, became the subject of international outrage this week, hot on the heels of the "Cat Bin Lady of Britain."
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Facebook 'like' spam not spam, startup company says
Posted: August 31st, 2010, 11:46am MDT
Yesterday, we wrote about a wave of new sites clogging up Facebook news feeds, called 'like pages' or 'like farms.'
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HP's ex-CEO Hurd to leave News Corp board
Posted: August 31st, 2010, 11:43am MDT
Mark Hurd, who was ousted as CEO of Hewlett Packard Co. following allegations of sexual harassment, will not run for re-election to News Corp.'s board of directors.
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Google set to unveil 'priority inbox' for Gmail
Posted: August 31st, 2010, 11:15am MDT
Google is set to unveil a new feature to its Gmail service that aims to separate a user's important e-mails from the ones that do not get read often. -
Are volcanic eruptions increasing?
Posted: August 31st, 2010, 11:01am MDT
Eruptions in Iceland and Indonesia captured the world's attention, leading some to wonder whether volcanic eruptions are on the rise. Experts say the reports are indeed increasing, but that's not because volcanoes are more active.
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Music still dominates iTunes Store purchases
Posted: August 31st, 2010, 10:53am MDT
A survey finds that music still rules the iTunes Store experience, with more than half of buyers purchasing music exclusively, despite the encroachment of software apps, games and movie rentals. -
Magna Carta getting a new gas to lie in
Posted: August 31st, 2010, 10:36am MDT
The Magna Carta helped form the foundation for modern English and U.S. law. Now one of two copies known to exist outside England is headed for a special new case to preserve it.
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Big banks' profits rise, but more banks at risk
Posted: August 31st, 2010, 10:36am MDT
A mixed picture of U.S. banks emerged as the industry posted its highest quarterly earnings in nearly three years while the number of troubled institutions grew by more than 50.
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NASA test-fires Ares I rocket motor in Utah
Posted: August 31st, 2010, 10:27am MDT
NASA test-fired a new first-stage motor in the Utah desert Tuesday for a rocket that is facing a shaky future.
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Microsoft hiking Xbox Live subscription prices
Posted: August 31st, 2010, 10:02am MDT
Microsoft is raising subscription prices for its popular Xbox Live Gold online gaming service in the U.S. and three other countries. -
George Lucas' Jedi powers work
Posted: August 31st, 2010, 9:53am MDT
Threatened with a $5 million lawsuit by "Star Wars" creator George Lucas, Jedi Mind Inc. has changed its name to Mind Technologies and its "Jedi Mouse" to "Mind Mouse."
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Montana drinking and driving culture at crossroads
Posted: August 31st, 2010, 9:53am MDT
Montana has long had a reputation as a place where you could crack open a beer while driving down the interstate just about as fast as you liked.
MSNBC.com: Technology & Science
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Foursquare, MTV to reward STD checkups with 'badge'
Posted: August 31st, 2010, 9:28am MDT
You can "check in" to restaurants and bars, so how about health clinics while you get tested for sexually transmitted diseases? Foursquare, the phone application for telling friends and strangers where you are, is offering a special virtual "badge" through September to people who do just that. -
Historic Mercury launch pad reimagined as classroom
Posted: August 31st, 2010, 9:19am MDT
The launch pad used by the first United States astronauts to enter orbit around Earth may soon be revived as an engineering classroom for a new generation of rocket builders, where laid off space shuttle technicians are the teachers.
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The most fragile eggs came from huge flightless birds
Posted: August 31st, 2010, 8:54am MDT
Giant extinct flightless birds apparently had the most fragile bird eggs discovered yet.
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Dust-zapping tech for Mars could work on Earth
Posted: August 31st, 2010, 8:35am MDT
Technology developed to prolong the lives of robotic probes on the moon and Mars is being tested for a new use on Earth: keeping solar panels dust-free.
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3 die in medical helicopter crash in Arkansas
Posted: August 31st, 2010, 8:15am MDT
Three crew members were killed early Tuesday when the medical helicopter they were aboard crashed in central Arkansas.
MSNBC.com: Technology & Science
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Parched English fields reveal ancient sites
Posted: August 31st, 2010, 7:37am MDT
The exceptionally dry early summer months in Britain have revealed the ghostly outlines of several hundred previously unknown ancient sites buried in fields across the English countryside.
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Red Tape: When your bank is out to kill you
Posted: August 31st, 2010, 5:42am MDT
Judy Rivers went to the bank with a simple request last April: She wanted to open a safe deposit box. The response, while equally simple, was a complete surprise. The bank turned her down. Why? She was dead. And she couldn't get anyone to believe otherwise. So began a mysterious red tape journey that she says has led to multiple denials of credit, extreme difficulty in accessing her own money, and at one point, a confrontation with police that nearly landed her in jail.
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Red Tape: When your bank is out to kill you
Posted: August 31st, 2010, 5:42am MDT
Judy Rivers went to the bank with a simple request last April: She wanted to open a safe deposit box. The response, while equally simple, was a complete surprise. The bank turned her down. Why? She was dead. And she couldn't get anyone to believe otherwise. So began a mysterious red tape journey that she says has led to multiple denials of credit, extreme difficulty in accessing her own money, and at one point, a confrontation with police that nearly landed her in jail.
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Jet passengers quizzed over 'suspicious' luggage
Posted: August 31st, 2010, 4:07am MDT
U.S. officials on Tuesday were trying to determine whether odd contents inside a suitcase was part of a plot to test airline security or just a strange way of packing for an overseas flight, NBC News said. -
Man accused of torturing woman over Facebook post
Posted: August 31st, 2010, 12:59am MDT
Authorities say a California man jealous over a message on his girlfriend's Facebook page tortured and imprisoned her for four days while their children were in the house.
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Man accused of torturing woman over Facebook post
Posted: August 31st, 2010, 12:59am MDT
Authorities say a California man jealous over a message on his girlfriend's Facebook page tortured and imprisoned her for four days while their children were in the house.
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Man hangs self days after death sentence lifted
Posted: August 30th, 2010, 11:45pm MDT
A 70-year-old California inmate who had just had his death sentence lifted has hanged himself in his cell less than a week after the reprieve. -
Pilot returns to LAX because of bird strike
Posted: August 30th, 2010, 11:32pm MDT
An Alaska Airlines flight has returned to Los Angeles International Airport after the pilot reported a bird had struck the plane. -
Suspect arrested in West Hollywood triple homicide
Posted: August 30th, 2010, 10:23pm MDT
A man found with "multiple pounds" of marijuana has been arrested in the shooting deaths of three men in a West Hollywood apartment, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said.
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Satellite-watchers worry about China
Posted: August 30th, 2010, 7:54pm MDT
Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: A strange set of Chinese satellite maneuvers has some experts worried, in large part because the Chinese haven't explained what's going on.
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Rights groups challenge Obama on targeted killings
Posted: August 30th, 2010, 6:35pm MDT
Two civil liberties groups sued the federal government on Monday to try to block its targeted killing overseas of a U.S.-born cleric believed to have inspired recent attacks in the United States. -
Student indicted in NYC Muslim cabbie attack
Posted: August 30th, 2010, 6:10pm MDT
Prosecutors say a New York arts student accused of slashing a Muslim taxi driver's throat has been indicted on hate-crime charges.
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Cosmic Log: Saturn floats on gossamer rings
Posted: August 30th, 2010, 6:07pm MDT
Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: It's been a year since Saturn's equinox, but the pictures from that magical moment are still being processed and shared by Cassini orbiter's team.
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NASA funds suborbital cruisers
Posted: August 30th, 2010, 4:56pm MDT
Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: NASA says it's awarding about $475,000 to two of the pioneers of the suborbital spaceship business — Armadillo Aerospace and Masten Space Systems — for test flights that will approach the edge of outer space.
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Backup plan devised to salvage ailing satellite
Posted: August 30th, 2010, 4:52pm MDT
A propulsion system glitch aboard the U.S. Air Force's first Advanced Extremely High Frequency secure communications satellite has forced the service to devise a new orbit-raising plan utilizing smaller thrusters that will delay the craft's arrival at its operating orbit by six months to seven months, according to a service official.
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Parents protest return of convicted teacher
Posted: August 30th, 2010, 4:47pm MDT
Parents pulled their children out of class and protested outside a Washington state school Monday, the day a teacher convicted of inappropriately touching female students was scheduled to return to work.
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Plans for manned asteroid mission gains ground
Posted: August 30th, 2010, 4:37pm MDT
Plans for sending humans to visit an asteroid are heating up, with at least one company already scoping out the technological essentials for a deep space expedition within a decade, given the go-ahead. -
MySpace users can now sync posts to Facebook
Posted: August 30th, 2010, 4:17pm MDT
MySpace, which recently revamped itself to look more like Facebook, is now allowing users to sync their posts to Facebook, too. -
Americans are watching less live TV
Posted: August 30th, 2010, 4:08pm MDT
With the growing accessibility of online video, on-demand cable and recording services such as TiVo, Americans are putting live broadcasts on the backburner.
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Armed man fatally shot at Tennessee high school
Posted: August 30th, 2010, 3:31pm MDT
An armed man was fatally shot by deputies Monday at an east Tennessee high school after he went inside and pointed a gun at the principal's head, a sheriff said.
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Samsung sells 1 million Galaxy S phones in U.S.
Posted: August 30th, 2010, 3:30pm MDT
Samsung sold more than one million Galaxy S Android smart phones in the U.S., the company announced. In a month and a half, the combined sales of T-Mobile Vibrant and AT&T Captivate topped one million, in a boon for Google Android's fight for supremacy against Apple's iPhone.
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Foursquare hits 3 million users
Posted: August 30th, 2010, 3:30pm MDT
Foursquare hit the three million user mark over the weekend, less than two months after the location-based service passed the two million users mark in July. This success comes despite predictions Foursquare would be crushed by Facebook's recently launched location-sharing feature called Places. But Foursquare's recent user milestone suggests Places may actually be helping Foursquare's growth by popularizing the concept of checking-in and sharing your location. Foursquare's three-million-user milestone was first reported by TechCrunch which derived the number based on its own research. Foursquare has not made any formal announcement of its traffic. -
Hurricane Earl from space
Posted: August 30th, 2010, 3:09pm MDT
Astronaut Douglas H. Wheelcock just uploaded this stunning image of Hurricane Earl from space. He's aboard the International Space Station.
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Predator drones set to watch Mexico border
Posted: August 30th, 2010, 2:53pm MDT
The U.S. government will have unmanned surveillance aircraft monitoring the whole southwest border with Mexico starting Wednesday, as it ramps up border security in this election year.
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Velociraptor's kickboxing cousin discovered
Posted: August 30th, 2010, 2:25pm MDT
A deadly, heavier relative of Velociraptor, which had twice as many giant sickle-like claws on its feet and was more of a kickboxer than its famous sprinter-like cousin, has been discovered in Romania.
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Georgia man dies of goat attack injuries
Posted: August 30th, 2010, 2:22pm MDT
Officials say an 88-year-old man died a week after a goat attacked him outside his home in northern Georgia. -
Lawyer: Soldier in shooting was on strict diet
Posted: August 30th, 2010, 2:14pm MDT
A soldier was fasting to meet strict military weight guidelines and nearly catatonic when he shot and killed a supervisor who denied his vacation request, his attorney said Monday. -
1 dead in shooting at Delta facility in Atlanta
Posted: August 30th, 2010, 2:04pm MDT
A woman was shot to death Monday after a confrontation with police outside a Delta Air Lines maintenance facility near Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, authorities said.
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ThinkPad maker Lenovo creating eBox game console
Posted: August 30th, 2010, 1:50pm MDT
Lenovo, best known for buying IBM's ThinkPad line of notebooks, is venturing into the world of game consoles by creating its own dubbed the eBox. -
Ew! Bedbugs invade the Internet
Posted: August 30th, 2010, 1:49pm MDT
Fear of bedbugs makes perfectly rational people go totally insane. Can a website do the same?
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Town split over proposed Gettysburg casino
Posted: August 30th, 2010, 1:49pm MDT
The town where the Civil War's tide-turning battle was waged is fighting dissension in its own ranks, with even hard-core preservationists split over a proposed casino that would rise near the historic battlefield.
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Astronaut from first operational shuttle mission dies
Posted: August 30th, 2010, 1:22pm MDT
Former NASA astronaut William "Bill" Lenoir, who flew aboard the first operational mission of the space shuttle in November 1982, died Saturday at age 71. -
Nintendo to drop DSi and DSi XL prices by $20
Posted: August 30th, 2010, 1:17pm MDT
Nintendo is dropping the prices by $20 on its DSi and DSi XL handheld game devices as of Sept. 12, the company said Monday.
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Cosmic Log: Prehistoric feasting hall found
Posted: August 30th, 2010, 1:10pm MDT
Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: Archaeologists find a cave in Israel that was clearly used for funerals and feasts 12,000 years ago, during a time when humans were just starting to settle down in villages.
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Dolphin snot offers less painful source of DNA
Posted: August 30th, 2010, 12:57pm MDT
The fluid that spews out the top of a dolphin or whale's head when it exhales can provide scientists with valuable genetic information, giving them an alternative to shooting the animals with a retractable dart to collect a small tissue sample, new research suggests.
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Suspect in Alaska police killings surrenders
Posted: August 30th, 2010, 12:49pm MDT
Court records show a man charged in the slayings of two police officers in a tiny Alaska village was accused of attacking the same two officers last year.
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Hurricane hunters fly into Earl
Posted: August 30th, 2010, 12:39pm MDT
Hurricane Earl is gathering strength over the Atlantic, and NASA scientists are flying planes into the heart of the storm to catch Earl in the act of intensifying.
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Private colleges lure local students with financial aid
Posted: August 30th, 2010, 12:37pm MDT
Hoping to portray themselves as more affordable and all-around better neighbors, private colleges from Appalachia to Boston are sweetening financial aid packages for students from their own backyards. -
Diabetes now tops Vietnam vets' health claims
Posted: August 30th, 2010, 12:36pm MDT
Because of worries about Agent Orange, about 270,000 Vietnam veterans — more than one-quarter of the 1 million receiving disability checks — are getting compensation for diabetes, according to Department of Veterans Affairs records.