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UPDATE: Box Originally Attached to Experimental Craft is Missing
UPDATE: Sources are saying a box or basket of some sort was initially attached to the craft and that Falcon Heene may have climbed into it. The search continues for both boy and box. The latest from CNN: Officials are trying to rescue a 6-year-old boy who climbed into a balloon-like experimental aircraft built by…
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Following Civil War, Sudan Returns to Nature
Despite long years of civil war, Mother Nature still has some say in the southern Sudan, particularly in Boma National Park. Scientists are amzed to find this huge tract of land virtually untouched and are working with conservationists and politicians to preserve it while offering economic opportunities for Sudan’s people. They must work quickly, as…
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Cash Strapped, States Cutting Inmates' Time
You know it’s a recession when the prisons are letting people go because they can’t to keep them around. Some states, such as Rhode Island, are instituting new programs which releases certain offenders who commit to rehab programs while locked up. From the AP: If the state weren’t so pressed for cash, Joshua Gomes might…
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You're in Texas and You're Not a Cop?
It’s seems that just about everyone in Texas is in law enforcement in some way—even the dentists son!—and there are those who wonder if that’s such a good idea.
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Are You 30? 'Rapper's Delight' Is
Thirty years ago, Sylvia Robinson’s Sugar Hill Records dropped “Rapper’s Delight.” The music landscape was never the same. Celeste Headlee sits down with Mark Anthony Neal, DJ Spooky and and Keith Shocklee of the Bomb Squad to discuss its cultural impact and impact. Rapper’s Delight: 30 Years Later You can find video of more of…
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Singer Leona Lewis Punched at London Bookstore
Apparently, someone felt strongly enough about Leona Lewis’ music and/or autobiography that they felt the need to attack her while signing said autobiography in a London bookstore. From CNN: A 29-year-old man was arrested after he punched Lewis at the Waterstones bookstore in Piccadilly Circus at 4:36 p.m. (10:36 a.m. ET), according to a Scotland…
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Rep. Meek Counts on 'Service Workers' and White House for Win
Rep. Kendrick Meek (D) told a group of national political reporters this morning he knows his bid for Florida’s open U.S. seat wasn’t the vision some Democrats had for the race. “Look, I’m a walk on candidate,” he said. “No one said ‘let’s go recruit Meek to run for the Senate.’” But the four-term Miami…
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Should Health Care Be the 'Rodney King Moment' of the 21st Century?
Well, apparently Michael Steele thinks so. Watch …
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Van Clief-Stefanon, Hoose, Williams-Garcia Among National Book
Books about Henry Ford’s failed jungle experiment and a Faulkneresquenovel about the lasting effects of war on memory are among thefinalists for the 2009 National Book Award, which the National BookFoundation announced this morning. Five finalists were named in fourcategories: fiction, nonfiction, poetry and young people’s literature…Read more at the Los Angeles Times.
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Test TV
We’re a couple of weeks into the fall television season, and if you’re like me, you can’t focus on one show long enough to get with the program. Missed the first few episodes of what is supposed to be a cool show? Step into the world of television via the Internet. But before you explore…
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