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Police release video of fatal shootout with Ohio ‘terrorist’
Police in Middlefield, Ohio released the findings on Friday of an investigation of the man incited a street shootout with two officers before being shot dead himself. “He got out of the vehicle,...
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Experts now agree: Humans could walk on Mars within 20 years
AFP – NASA and private sector experts now agree that a man or woman could be sent on a mission to Mars over the next 20 years, despite huge challenges. The biggest names in space exploration, among...
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UK watchdog admits losing nuclear materials dozens of times
Radioactive materials have gone missing from businesses, hospitals and even schools more than 30 times over the last decade, a freedom of information request to the UK’s health and safety authorities...
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Lax security at fertilizer plant hints at regulatory gaps in Texas
During testimony before a Texas House committee last week, state regulators did not disclose knowing that thieves had for years exploited lackadaisical security to infiltrate…
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Scholar: Ancient Babylon’s hanging garden was in northern Iraq
The whereabouts of one of the seven wonders of the ancient world – the fabled Hanging Garden of Babylon – has been one of the great mysteries from antiquity. The inability of archaeologists to find...
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Symantec: Cybercrime skyrocketed up 42 percent in 2012
Inside the tightly controlled security area of Symantec’s Dublin headquarters, a screen on the wall flashes up hacking hotspots as they are detected around the world. Last year the company estimated it...
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Justin Bieber ‘outed’ as gay by Syrian hackers
The hackers who caused The Associated Press to incorrectly report last month that an “explosion” outside the White House injured President Barack Obama are spreading misinformation again, and this time...
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Super Bowl-winning linebacker: ‘Gayness’ has nothing to do with ‘femininity’
Super Bowl-winning NFL linebacker Brendon Ayanbadejo said Sunday that the world of sport and society in general will be vastly improved once people stop thinking that “gayness” has something to do with...
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Study: Climate-driven mega hurricanes have sights set on Hawaii
The state of Hawaii faces a dire threat over the next 75-90 years from mega hurricanes super-charged by climate change, a team of Hawaiian scientists announced in a study published Sunday. Although it...
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UN chief urges respect for ‘national sovereignty’ after Israeli bombs Syria
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appealed Sunday for restraint to avoid an escalation in Syria’s civil war, expressing “grave concern” over Israeli air raids. Israel launched air strikes earlier that...
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Police in Springfield, Mass. adopt Iraq-style ‘counterinsurgency’ tactics
Police in Springfield, Massachusetts have adopted Iraq-style “counterinsurgency” tactics and are applying them to gang busting with amazing results, according to Sunday’s episode of “60 Minutes.”...
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North Korea removes missiles from launch site as tensions lower
North Korea has moved two missiles from launch sites on the country’s eastern coast, US officials said Monday, signaling lowered tensions following worries Pyongyang was ready to test-fire the weapons....
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Think tank sparks conservative in-fighting with contested immigration report
A US political battle raged Monday over the cost of Senate-proposed immigration reform, with a conservative think-tank warning the plan to legalize 11 million undocumented workers would soar to $6.3...
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Boston bomber friend released on bail
A 19-year-old friend of accused Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was ordered free on $100,000 bail Monday as he awaits trial for allegedly lying to investigators probing the attack. Robel Phillipos,...
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Ancient Eurasiatic ‘superfamily’ found at root of European and Asian languages
Languages spoken by billions of people across Europe and Asia are descended from an ancient tongue uttered in southern Europe at the end of the last ice age, according to research. The claim, by...
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Yes, disgraced Mark Sanford really could beat Elizabeth Colbert Busch
Republican Mark Sanford has closed the gap with Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch in the South Carolina first district special election to take place on Tuesday. The latest poll from Public Policy...
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Nearly one in five youths at risk of suicide have a gun in their home: study
Nearly one in five people under 21 who are at risk for suicide have guns in their homes, according to research presented Monday at the Pediatric Academic Societies annual meeting in Washington. “This...
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Torture survivor leads Chileans’ battle for justice over Pinochet abuses
Leopoldo García Lucero carries a disfiguring zigzag scar above his left eye where a police officer lacerated his face with the stock of a machine gun. The injury was inflicted nearly 40 years ago in...
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Israel says air strike on Damascus targeted Hezbollah
Israel sought to avoid a direct confrontation with the Syrian regime on Monday by stressing that air strikes across its northern border at the weekend were intended to prevent weapons reaching...
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New York attorney general: Banks have no fear of law enforcement
New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman on Monday suggested that big banks were not afraid of skirting the law because they didn’t believe law enforcement would target them. But he plans to...
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