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Pictures in the News | April 16, 2013
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Investors run from gold as fears of inflation in U.S. ease
Gold prices plunged to a two-year low as investors fled from precious metals. It was the second day of decline for gold as the economy improves and fears of inflation in the U.S. ease. Gold is often purchased as a hedge against inflation. The price of...
Tags: Non Ferrous Metal, Casino and Gambling Industry, Inflation and Deflation, Metal and Mineral
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Gold loses luster among small investors amid sharp price drop
Gold has lost some of its gleam among small investors who once saw it as a financial salvation. The precious metal suffered its sharpest price drop in three decades, as the frenzy that drove gold to fantastic heights in recent years reversed course with...
Tags: Finance, Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Economy, Business and Finance, Investments, Casino and Gambling Industry
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Deep in a former gold mine, scientists hunt for dark matter
LEAD, S.D. — The scientists don hard hats, jumpsuits and steel-toed boots to pile into a metal cage for a rumbling 11-minute descent into an abandoned South Dakota gold mine. They step over old mine-cart rails, through rough-walled tunnels and...
Tags: Physics, Teaching and Learning, Nobel Prize Awards, Applied Physics, Caves and Caverns
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John Livermore dies; geologist who found 'invisible gold' was 94
John Livermore, an exploration geologist whose discovery of minuscule but highly valuable particles of "invisible gold" in Nevada in the early 1960s set off a modern-day gold rush in the state, has died. He was 94. Livermore died Feb. 7 at his Reno home...
Tags: Science and Technology, Colleges and Universities, Mining, U.S. Geological Survey, Newmont Mining Corporation
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Furry fishers, don't blame the Gold Rush
The boom in logging and fur trapping triggered by Gold Rush settlement of the Sierra Nevada has long been blamed for the steep decline in California’s population of fishers. But a new study concludes that the small forest animal was in trouble...
Tags: Science and Technology, Environmental Issues, Conservation, Medical Research, Endangered Species
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Gold glitters less brightly, falling below $1,600
Gold still glitters, but a bit less brightly as it fell below $1,600 on Friday for the first time in six months. In one of the contrarian ways of the financial markets, gold has weakened as evidence has mounted that the global economy is recovering....
Tags: Finance, Media Industry, George Soros, Economy, Business and Finance, Globalization
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Germany to bring home its gold by 2020
BERLIN -- Germany's central bank announced Wednesday that it would reverse a decades-old policy of storing gold abroad and reclaim $36 billion of bullion from New York and Paris to ensure that half of the country's reserves were on home soil by 2020....
Tags: Paris (France), Germany, Metal and Mineral
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$12,000 reward for Gold Rush-era jewel box stolen from museum
L.A. NOWThe Oakland Museum of California is offering a $12,000 reward for the safe recovery of a Gold Rush-era quartz- and gold-encrusted jewel box stolen from its permanent collection during a Monday burglary. The burglary was the second in as many...... -
Huell Howser memorial, sunset salute to be held at Griffith Observatory
L.A. NOWAdmirers of Huell Howser will gather at Griffith Observatory next Tuesday for a sunset memorial organized by City Councilman Tom LaBonge.... -
California: Yreka a gold mine of natural wonders
YREKA, Calif. — Deep in Siskiyou County in far Northern California, high granite peaks and rocky streams have long incited gold miners, including my grandfather, who in the 1930s lived with his family — my grandmother, mother and aunt —...
Tags: Salads, Human Interest, Foods and Beverages, Lifestyle and Leisure, Metal and Mineral
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Jimmy Kimmel's move signals a prime time for late-night TV shuffle
The noisy green room of Jimmy Kimmel's talk show in Hollywood was crawling with the show's thirtysomething writers, who stole occasional glances at the monitors as the 45-year-old comic joked with a woman in the studio audience. A few minutes later,...
Tags: Jimmy Kimmel Live! (tv program), David Letterman, Conan O'Brien, Talk Shows (genre), Carson Daly
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