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Solar-powered plane makes history

Thu, 05/16/2013 - 11:06am
Call it a historic technological achievement. Call it a victory lap across America. Call it a shameless promotion for a controversial energy agenda. Its owners simply call it Solar Impulse.
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Helping kids, one bike at a time

Thu, 05/16/2013 - 10:38am
The Oasis Bike Workshop provides inner-city youth with the tools to fix and build bikes from the ground up.
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Working 76 years in the same job

Thu, 05/16/2013 - 9:29am
Henry Linder did try to give up the shoe repair business once.
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Season's first named storm -- Alvin -- strengthens in Pacific

Thu, 05/16/2013 - 9:17am
The hurricane season opened Wednesday with a flourish -- and more specifically, with the debut of its first named storm, Tropical Storm Alvin.
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Our 'hookup culture'

Thu, 05/16/2013 - 9:12am
Romance may be getting short shrift among college students these days, replaced instead with quick "hookups" devoid of any real emotion, a new book argues.
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Don't lower DUI threshold

Thu, 05/16/2013 - 9:12am
LZ Granderson says instead of reducing the blood alcohol content threshold, how about enforcing existing laws better?
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My mom needs you: Nalini's story

Thu, 05/16/2013 - 7:03am
My mom, Stanford professor Nalini Ambady, needs a bone marrow transplant as soon as possible. But donors of South Asian descent are in short supply.
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Success! Human stem cells cloned

Thu, 05/16/2013 - 6:49am
It's been 17 years since Dolly the sheep was cloned from a mammary cell. And now scientists applied the same technique to make the first embryonic stem cell lines from human skin cells.
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Friendly fire led to officer's shooting in Boston

Wed, 05/15/2013 - 9:36pm
Police sources have shed new light on exactly what happened when police confronted the two Boston bombing suspects, triggering a gun battle unlike anything recently seen on the streets of of an American city.
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White House releases Benghazi e-mails

Wed, 05/15/2013 - 8:27pm
The White House released more than 100 pages of e-mails on Wednesday in a bid to quell critics who say President Barack Obama and his aides played politics with national security following the deadly attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya.
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Sacramento rejoices as NBA board rejects Kings move to Seattle

Wed, 05/15/2013 - 8:24pm
The Sacramento Kings won't be headed north to Seattle after all -- despite its owners reaching a deal to sell the team to a Washington state group -- after NBA executives voted Wednesday to reject such a move.
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GOP using Benghazi to smear

Wed, 05/15/2013 - 8:07pm
Donna Brazile says lack of transparency and due process at GOP-led hearings shows their true intent: To damage Clinton's presidential prospects, and Obama's credibility
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Alaska volcano spews ash 20,000 feet

Wed, 05/15/2013 - 6:18pm
An Alaska volcano exhibiting "elevated seismic activity" has spewed ash clouds skyward -- as high as 20,000 feet above sea level -- an observatory reported Wednesday.
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Senior citizens face charges

Wed, 05/15/2013 - 3:22pm
Residents of a New Jersey senior citizen building have been accused of prostitution and drug-related crimes.
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IRS scandal: 'Who's going to jail?'

Wed, 05/15/2013 - 3:08pm
House Speaker John Boehner said Wednesday that Internal Revenue Service targeting of conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status broke the law, and he wondered aloud "who's going to go to jail."
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Bring diversity to science

Wed, 05/15/2013 - 1:15pm
Inspired by Dr. Martin Luther King, Freeman Hrabowski helped build a college with a national reputation for training scientists of all backgrounds
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Obama won't let media do their job

Wed, 05/15/2013 - 12:49pm
"Government should be transparent. Transparency promotes accountability and provides information for citizens about what their Government is doing. ... My Administration will take appropriate action, consistent with law and policy, to disclose information rapidly in forms that the public can readily find and use." -- President Barack Obama, memo to heads of executive departments and agencies, 2009
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Brothers unite after losing legs

Wed, 05/15/2013 - 12:35pm
Paul and J.P. Norden each lost a leg in the Boston attack but now they're recovering and say they'll get through this.
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Long wait for Mickey? A sneaky, pricey way to skip lines at Disney

Wed, 05/15/2013 - 11:57am
"Crazy." "Freaky." "Awful." "Despicable."
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Sergeant trained to protect victims faces sexual assault allegations

Wed, 05/15/2013 - 9:55am
An Army sergeant first class assigned to a sexual assault prevention program at Fort Hood, Texas, is under investigation for sexual assault, pandering, abusive sexual contact and maltreatment of subordinates.
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