Four stabbed on train in Michigan, suspect in custody: police
(Reuters) - Police took a suspect into custody in Michigan on Friday after four people were stabbed aboard an Amtrak train in the town of Niles, a police dispatcher said. None of the victims had been killed in the attack, a dispatcher for the Niles Police Department said. Police could not…
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NASA: 'There's your new spacecraft, America!"
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA's new Orion spacecraft made a "bull's-eye" Pacific splashdown Friday following a dramatic journey 3,604 miles beyond Earth. The achievement opens a new era of human exploration aimed at putting people on Mars.
Associated PressPoland unearths one of WWII's darkest secrets
Anastasia carefully digs through the earth with her trowel. Bit by bit, a human skeleton emerges, piled on top of more bones.
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Mysterious 'Ghost' Ship Rediscovered Near Hawaii
A "ghost ship" that has been lost beneath the waves for more than 60 years has been discovered nearly a half-mile below the ocean surface off the Hawaiian island of Oahu. A small submersible vehicle came upon the shipwreck last year, researchers at the University of Hawaii announced today (Dec. 5).…
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The United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket with NASA's Orion spacecraft mounted atop, lifts off from Cape Canaveral in Florida ; a well-wisher cries under the building where Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej is residing at Siriraj hospital in Bangkok; and, a Palestinian protester throws back…
Yahoo NewsElectric companies should be terrified of Elon Musk’s revolutionary batteries
Although oil prices have been plummeting recently, the future of energy is likely still from renewable sources such as solar power, if only because they make generating electricity insanely cheap. With this in mind, Bloomberg’s Mark Chediak writes that Elon Musk’s new gigafactory should scare…
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Oregon hospital: Medication error killed patient
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon hospital is acknowledging that it administered the wrong medication to a patient, causing her death.
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Suspect's car found as manhunt continues in Florida triple murder
TAMPA, Fla. (Reuters) - A manhunt intensified on Friday for a suspect accused of killing his wife and her friend before shooting dead a pastor at a Florida church, after police said they had found the SUV the man was last seen driving but were still searching for him. Andres "Andy" Avalos' gold…
ReutersNo strings attached: Brazil nudists get Rio beach
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Pedro Ribeiro lives just one block away from Copacabana beach, one of the world's most celebrated stretches of golden sand. But almost every weekend he drives nearly three hours to soak up the sun on his own terms — in the buff.
Associated PressPolice find bodies of Bristol mother and baby
London (AFP) - Police searching for a newborn baby who went missing from hospital with her mother found the body of an infant Thursday and confirmed the death of the 30-year-old whose body was recovered from a gorge.
AFPUS 'terrorism?' What's not being said about Kansas City, Austin attacks.
Yesterday, a man in an SUV who'd been making online and in-person threats against the Muslim community ran down and killed a 15-year-old boy getting into the family car outside a mosque in Kansas City, Mo. At the end of last month a man with ties to extremist Christian groups and opposed to…
Christian Science MonitorNo. 3 Oregon routs Arizona 51-13 to win Pac-12
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Marcus Mariota made his final case for the Heisman Trophy, and No. 3 Oregon left no doubt about whether the Pac-12 champions will get a chance to play for the national title.
Associated Press20 mins agoEric Garner chokehold death protests: Day 2 in NYC (56 photos)
Demonstrators disrupted traffic all across Manhattan during protests against a grand jury’s decision not to indict the police officer involved in the death of Eric Garner in New York. A grand jury cleared a white New York City police officer Wednesday in the videotaped chokehold death of Garner, an…
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Only 60 years of farming left if soil degradation continues
By Chris Arsenault ROME (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Generating three centimeters of top soil takes 1,000 years, and if current rates of degradation continue all of the world's top soil could be gone within 60 years, a senior UN official said on Friday. About a third of the world's soil has…
ReutersGreat Horned Owl Takes a Dip in Lake Michigan
A great horned owl went for an unexpected swim in Lake Michigan this week, after two peregrine falcons forced it into the water, according to Chicago birders who saw the territorial skirmish firsthand. The onlookers called a bird rescue team, but the owl flew away before the team arrived, WGN…
LiveScience.comDespite Fines and Prison Time, Parents Keep Jumping School Boundaries for a Quality Education
It sounds like a scenario from the antebellum South, or maybe from the Dark Ages in Europe: A hardworking live-in nanny is in serious trouble for giving her daughter a better education than the law entitled her to get, even if that meant stealing it.
Takepart.comNYC officer cleared in chokehold death was sued by other black men
By Laila Kearney NEW YORK (Reuters) - The white New York City police officer who put unarmed black Staten Island resident Eric Garner in a chokehold moments before his death has been accused by other black men of violating their civil rights while he was on patrol. A grand jury's decision on…
ReutersInfant blinded by hunter's bullet returns home
CLUNE, Pa. (AP) — An infant blinded by a hunter's stray bullet that came through his living room window has returned to his Pennsylvania home after more than two months in the hospital.
Associated PressUS rejects criticism of historic Ukraine nuclear deal
A top US official hit back on Friday against accusations the West has failed to live up to promises made exactly 20 years ago to Ukraine in exchange for it giving up nuclear weapons. The Budapest Memorandum that came into force on December 5, 1994 led to Ukraine voluntarily giving up the huge…
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Goodbye Y: Men Who Smoke Have Missing Male Chromosomes
Add another troubling side effect to the list of health issues caused by cigarettes: Smoking may cause the Y chromosome to disappear from men's blood cells. A new study finds that men who smoke lose the Y chromosome in blood cells more frequently than nonsmokers — and the heavier their cigarette…
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