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Capture an asteroid? Piece of cake
“What could go wrong?” If you’re a woman, you’ve undoubtedly heard this phrase -- probably more than once -- from your father/grandfather/husband/boyfriend/male friends, shortly before the aforementioned types did something...
Tags: NASA, Jesse James, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, The Home Depot
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Cannes 2013: Leonardo DiCaprio space flight goes for $1.5 million
A guest at a charity auction at Cannes has paid 1.2 million euros ($1.5 million) for a trip into space with Leonardo DiCaprio. AmFAR, a nonprofit devoted to AIDS research, held the auction Thursday night at the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc as part of its...
Tags: Richard Branson, AIDS, Auction Service, Holy Motors (movie), Movies
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Boost Mobile rolls out virtual wallet for Android smartphones
Android smartphones on Boost Mobile’s network can now serve as a mobile wallet. Boost Mobile subscribers can head to any of the carrier’s stores to load cash into their virtual wallet. The approach differs from a long-rumored app —...
Tags: Politics, Computer Hardware, Personal Data Collection, Media Industry, Interior Policy
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F-35 fighter jet program reaches milestone with vertical takeoff
The F-35 fighter jet, a nearly $400-billion weapons program under development for more than a decade, hit a major milestone when it completed its first-ever vertical takeoff. On Monday, aircraft manufacturer Lockheed Martin Corp. released a video in...
Tags: Lockheed Martin Corp., Military Aircraft, Science and Technology, Military Equipment, Bethesda (Montgomery, Maryland)
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As stocks hit new highs, is the market overheating?
NEW YORK -- Wall Street will be watching Ben Bernanke's testimony before Congress on Wednesday, hoping the Federal Reserve chairman will offer clues as to when the central bank may begin turning off its spigot of easy money. Investors will also be...Tags: Central Bank, U.S. Congress, Ben Bernanke, Prices, Stock Market
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Many fliers willing to pony up for better seats, poll finds
Most of us will put up with a cramped middle seat on a short flight. But on trips more than three hours long, we are ready to crack open our wallets and pay for a window or aisle seat. That is one of the findings of a recent Harris Interactive poll of...Tags: New Products, Richard Branson, Harris Interactive Incorporated, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Transportation Security Administration
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Virgin America lets you buy other passengers drinks, make pals
Virgin America is making it easier to befriend other passengers at 35,000 feet. The Burlingame, Calif.-based airline’s touch-screen entertainment units on every seat now have a feature that lets passengers buy drinks, meals and snacks for fellow...
Tags: New Products, Richard Branson, Entertainment
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Raytheon to move unit headquarters away from El Segundo
Raytheon Co., the Waltham, Mass., aerospace giant, announced that two of its four business units will have new headquarters locations. Raytheon's space and airborne systems unit headquarters will move from El Segundo to McKinney, Texas, where the...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Science and Technology, U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Military, Layoffs and Downsizing
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Solar airplane begins first leg of trip across America
With a wingspan the size of a Boeing Co. 747 jumbo jet, a spindly solar-powered aircraft took to the skies from Moffett Federal Airfield, near San Francisco, on a pioneering flight across the country. The goal is not speed, because it’s...
Tags: Energy Saving, Environmental Issues, Kennedy Airport, Trips and Vacations, Boeing Co.
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Piers Morgan developing drama about Fleet Street tabloids for Starz
Art is imitating life again. CNN personality and former tabloid editor Piers Morgan is going to try his hand at producing a drama about the British tabloid business in the 1970s. Morgan has signed on as an executive producer of "Fleet Street," a drama...
Tags: Richard Branson, News of the World, Piers Morgan, AMC (tv network), Satellite and Cable Service
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U.S. Cellular among last carriers to offer iPhone
Add U.S. Cellular to the long list of mobile networks that offer the iPhone. After being exclusive to AT&T for nearly four years, the iPhone is now available from nearly every phone carrier in the country, with U.S. Cellular being the latest to join the...
Tags: New Products, T-Mobile, Computer Hardware, Apple iPhone, Walmart
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The scoop on airline taxes, changing travel dates and more
Some answers to readers' airline questions: Question: I understand that London's Heathrow Airport has a horrendous arrival fee. Is the same true for Stansted and Gatwick, London's two other airports? Answer: I'm not sure if you're referring to the...
Tags: Southwest Airlines Co., American Airlines, Inc., London Heathrow Airport, Air Transportation, Trips and Vacations
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