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O.J. Simpson: Older, grayer, wider, looking good in shackles
Like almost everyone besides the Brown and Goldman families, I spend no time thinking about O.J. Simpson and his starring role in one of the most painful chapters in Los Angeles criminal history. His acquittal at the end of a traumatic 1995 murder trial...
Tags: Judges, Punishment, O.J. Simpson, Theft, Justice System
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Google aims to be your personal cartographer to extend maps lead
SAN FRANCISCO -- With its three-dimensional satellite imagery of the planet, its block-by-block detail of neighborhoods and its ubiquitous driving directions, Google is already the king of online cartography. Now it's looking to lengthen its significant...
Tags: Ecosystems, New Products, Larry Page, Networking, Environmental Issues
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Space plane arrives at NASA facility for flight testing
A white-and-black space plane, very much resembling the now-retired space shuttle, was trucked to a NASA flight center in the Mojave Desert to begin a round of testing to see if it has the right stuff to carry astronauts one day. Tucked under a white...
Tags: Technology, Boeing Co., Rocketry, SpaceX, NASA
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L.A. County officials to stop sending children to foster agency
Responding to new allegations of financial malfeasance and abuse, Los Angeles County officials have decided to stop sending children to a private foster care agency that has been responsible for more than 1,100 youths in recent years. The action was...
Tags: Malpractice, Theft, Child Abuse, Mark Ridley-Thomas, Abusive Behavior
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Astronaut says goodbye with David Bowie 'Space Oddity' video
Space exploration and mass media always seem to travel in parallel orbits, like twin planets linked by an unseen tether. Now, a Twitter-happy Canadian who has been giving the Earth poetic glimpses of itself from the International Space Station is saying...
Tags: Boston Marathon, Sports
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Satellite images show 'double jeopardy' wildfire danger
When it comes to Southern California’s increasingly perilous fire season, you can blame it on the rain. That’s the paradoxical case made by satellite data from NASA and India. Scientists at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and at...
Tags: National Weather Service, Wildfires, Weather, NASA, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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SpaceX signs lease agreement at spaceport to test reusable rocket
This post has been corrected. See note below for details.SpaceX, the Hawthorne rocket maker, has found a new home for flight testing on its reusable rocket. The company has signed a three-year agreement to lease land and facilities at Spaceport America, the state-owned commercial launch site located 55...Tags: Technology, Rocketry, SpaceX, NASA, Space Programs
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Third-grader names asteroid that is focus of NASA mission
Asteroid (101955)1999 RQ36 doesn't really roll off the tongue, but asteroid Bennu? That's an asteroid that a person, a country and the world can get excited about. This week, NASA announced that 9-year-old Michael Toler Puzio of North Carolina had won...
Tags: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Charles F. Bolden, Jr., NASA, Barack Obama, Space Programs
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Indonesia's Paluweh volcano from space: Green blob, plumes of ash
What does a volcano look like from 438 miles above the Earth's surface? Thanks to NASA and its new Landsat Data Continuity Mission satellite (LDCM), you can see for yourself. On April 29, the satellite captured two images of the Paluweh volcano...
Tags: U.S. Geological Survey, Indonesia, Landforms, Volcanoes, NASA
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On the hunt for exoplanets with TESS: A live Q&A
If you have questions about TESS, the planet-hunting satellite, or the search for exoplanets in general, you've come to the right place. At noon PDT, the Kavli Foundation will host a live Google Hangout with three leading scientists on NASA's TESS...
Tags: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, NASA, Science, Science and Technology
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Iraq shuts down 10 television channels
BAGHDAD — The Iraqi government ordered 10 predominantly Sunni Muslim satellite television channels to cease broadcasting Sunday, accusing them of encouraging the sectarian unrest that left more than 200 people dead in a week of violence in...
Tags: Religious Conflicts, Politics, Iraq, Wars and Interventions, Islam
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George Jones' May 2 funeral service going live on cable, Web
Thursday’s funeral service for Country Music Hall of Fame member George Jones will be a star-studded affair featuring a host of musicians, political figures and other celebrities paying final tribute to one of the most widely lauded singers of the...
Tags: CMT (tv network), Alan Jackson, Politics, Mike Huckabee, Brad Paisley
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