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Hillary Clinton blesses renewed search for Earhart plane
Seventy-five years after Amelia Earhart disappeared while attempting to circumnavigate the world, the search for the wreckage of her twin-engine Lockheed Electra will resume this summer.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton applauded the effort...Tags: U.S. Department of State, Benjamin Franklin, Discovery Communications, Inc., Amelia Earhart, Kiribati
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Denver museum shines light on Titanic survivor Molly Brown
Culture MonsterAs the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic approaches (as well as the return of James Cameron's 1997 film to screens), a Denver museum offers a look at the real Molly Brown.... -
Amazon's Jeff Bezos vows to recover Apollo 11 engines from ocean
Ever wonder what kind of random hobbies you’d take up if you were a billionaire? Well, for Amazon.com founder and CEO Jeff Bezos -- worth $18.4 billion according to Forbes -- it’s about tracking down old rocket engines. Did we mention they&...
Tags: E-Commerce Industry, Amazon.com Inc., Neil Armstrong, Jeff Bezos, Space Programs
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Arctic drilling: Beaufort Sea oil spill response plan approved
Federal authorities have approved an oil spill response plan that could allow drilling to commence this summer in the Beaufort Sea, the first major offshore drilling in the Arctic since the early 1990s. Though Shell Alaska still needs several final...
Tags: Politics, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill (2010), Environmental Politics, Natural Resources
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DARPA director Regina Dugan takes job as Google senior executive
Regina Dugan, who spent the past two and a half years as the first female director of the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA), has accepted a job as senior executive at Google, a spokeswoman for the agency confirmed.
Dugan was the 19th...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Science and Technology, Science, Online Advertising, DARPA
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Adventurer John Fairfax dies at 74; rowed across the Atlantic and Pacific oceans
After adventurer John Fairfax became the first person in recorded history to row solo across the Atlantic Ocean, he said he couldn't have done it without the help of "a great teacher," a pirate.
The navigational skills needed for his six-month trip in...Tags: Bodies of Water, Eight Rowing, Rowing, BBC, Sports
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Time's collective copout on 'Person of the Year'
Opinion L.A.Concede that it's an artificial exercise: Time magazine's "Person (formerly Man) of the Year" makes for entertaining end-of-the-year reading, and it's fodder for water-cooler conversations. But this year Time has copped out by choosing a collective... -
Brown cloud might be intensifying storms over Indian Ocean
GreenspaceA long-standing brown cloud of pollution over the Indian Ocean is causing tropical cyclones to intensify in that region, according to a new study published this month in the journal Nature and involving researchers from multiple institutions including the... -
James Murdoch declines $6 million News Corp. bonus
Company TownEmbattled News Corp. scion James Murdoch said he was giving up his $6-million bonus for fiscal 2011 because of the phone-hacking scandal that occurred at the company's now-defunct London tabloid, the News of the World.... -
California Senate votes to ban foam takeout containers
GreenspaceSandwiches, milkshakes and other food items frequently packaged in foam takeout containers will have to be packaged in other materials under a bill that cleared the state Senate on Thursday. SB 568 by Sen. Alan Lowenthal (D-Long Beach) would prohibit........ -
Spotify live in U.S.; a vision realized for Sean Parker of Napster fame
L.A. Times Tech BlogSpotify in now playing in the U.S. The online music service, hugely popular in Europe, is now live in the States. But to actually start using Spotify, users need to be invited in -- a very Google-esque move. Well, that is unless you're willing to sign-... -
Manchester City announces roster for U.S. tour
The Fabulous ForumManchester City Coach Roberto Mancini announced his roster for the Herbalife World Football Challenge on Thursday. Mancini's team will meet the Galaxy at the Home Depot Center on July 24. Midfielder David Silva, a member of the 2010 World Cup-winning........
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