Ashley Alexandra Dupré Told To Testify On Trysts
Ashley Alexandra Dupré has been ordered to testify about her tryst with the disgraced former New York Governor as prosecutors examine whether he used any campaign funds for his meetings with pr...
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Conman Peter Foster Jailed In Australia
An Australian conman once linked to Cherie Blair has been jailed for four and a half years after pleading guilty to fraud in Australia....
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Look! In The Sky. It’s A Rocket Racer.
The Rocket Racing League, a long-promised attempt to create a kind of Nascar of the skies, will hold its first exhibition races this year....
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Blast Kills 15 Afghans And Wounds 25
At least 15 Afghans were killed and 25 wounded on Tuesday in an explosion in eastern Afghanistan, close to the border with Pakistan, a spokesman for NATO-led forces said....
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Thousands Of Jobs To Go As BP Cuts Overheads
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Science News

Russian Soyuz, With Korean Space Pioneer, Lands Off Mark
2008-04-21 05:30 - The craft landed 260 miles off its mark and 20 minutes late, an unusual event given how precisely engineers plan for such landings.

The Way We Live Now: Why Bother?
2008-04-21 05:30 - Looking for a few good reasons to go green.

Presidential Candidates on Marijuana
2008-04-19 06:01 - For patients and doctors who want to use medical marijuana for pain relief, there’s more good news from researchers ? and maybe signs of change in Washington.

Study Sees an Advantage for Algae Species in Changing Oceans
2008-04-19 05:30 - A microscopic plant that lives in oceans around the world may thrive in the changing ocean conditions of the next century, a team of scientists reported.

Q&A: Let the Sunshine in
2008-04-18 06:01 - Am I still getting vitamin D when I’m outside on a gray, cloudy day?

World Briefing | Europe: France: No Takers on the Triceratops
2008-04-18 06:01 - The skeleton of a Triceratops that roamed the earth 65 million years ago failed to find a buyer when the $780,000 final bid at Christie’s in Paris fell short of the reserve price.

Is That a Fair Coin in Your Pocket?
2008-04-18 06:01 - I’ve got the answers to last week’s Mr. Smith’s gambling problem and Mr. Smith’s 3-Card Monty problem, plus one new problem. The good news for this new one is that you don’t need much expertise in probability to answer it: Suppose you take a coin from your wallet. You toss it eight times, and get [...].

TierneyLab: Mr. Smith’s Gambling Problem
2008-04-18 06:01 - In what I hope is a final attempt to clear up the Mr. Smith probability problem, I’ve got another explanation and a new problem involving a coin, a die and $100. First, the explanation, from Craig Fox, the U.C.L.A. professor who got this argument started: There seems to be some debate among your readers concerning the [...].

NASA Extends Saturn Mission for Another 2 Years
2008-04-18 05:30 - The agency says the $160 million extension will allow Cassini to make 60 more revolutions around the ringed planet.

Businesses in Bay Area May Pay Fee for Emissions
2008-04-18 05:30 - Air quality regulators in the San Francisco Bay Area appear set to begin charging hundreds of businesses in the region for their emissions of heat-trapping gases.


 
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