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Researcher - Faint Writing Seen on Shroud of Turin

Seeded on Fri Nov 20, 2009 8:23 PM EST (The New York Times)

ROME (AP) -- A Vatican researcher has rekindled the age-old debate over the Shroud of Turin, saying that faint writing on the linen proves it was the burial cloth of Jesus.

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NORAD may ground costly 9/11 air defense system

Seeded on Fri Nov 20, 2009 11:55 AM EST (Raw Story)

The government is to review an air defense system established after the September 11, 2001 attacks to determine whether the costly program is still necessary, the New York Times reported Friday.

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The Illustrated Man: How LED Tattoos Could Change The Face of Humanity

Seeded on Fri Nov 20, 2009 11:41 AM EST (Wired News)

In Ray Bradbury's book, The Illustrated Man, the man of the title is covered with moving, shifting tattoos. If you look at them, they will tell you a story.

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Tiny Elk Horn Iowa Has the Electric Charging Stations Ready and Waiting for Electric Vehicles

Seeded on Fri Nov 20, 2009 11:26 AM EST (The New York Times)

ELK HORN, Iowa (AP) -- Hoping to see the USA in your Chevrolet Volt or Nissan Leaf? The tiny Iowa town of Elk Horn will have plenty of electric charging stations and no wait -- if you can get there.

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Army Limits Media Access at Palin Event at NC Base

Seeded on Fri Nov 20, 2009 11:14 AM EST (The New York Times)

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- The U.S. Army will allow the media limited coverage of Sarah Palin's appearance at Fort Bragg, but will bar reporters from interviewing her or her supporters on the post, officials said Thursday.

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Military Experiment Seeks to Predict PTSD

Seeded on Fri Nov 20, 2009 11:05 AM EST (The New York Times)

TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. (AP) -- Two days before shipping off to war, Marine Pfc. Jesse Sheets sat inside a trailer in the Mojave Desert, his gaze fixed on a computer that flashed a rhythmic pulse of contrasting images.

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Some Lawmakers Send Few Minorities to Military Academies

Seeded on Fri Nov 20, 2009 10:57 AM EST (The New York Times)

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) -- As the nation's military academies try to recruit more minorities, they aren't getting much help from members of Congress from big-city districts with large numbers of blacks, Hispanics and Asians.

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Peruvian Police - Gang Killed People for Their Fat

Seeded on Thu Nov 19, 2009 11:42 PM EST (The New York Times)

LIMA, Peru (AP) -- A gang in the remote Peruvian jungle has been killing people for their fat, police charged Thursday, draining it from their corpses and offering it on the black market for use in cosmetics.

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Swine Flu Vaccine Program Rapidly Turning Into National Fiasco With Deadly Consequences

Seeded on Thu Nov 19, 2009 10:01 PM EST (The New York Times)

ATLANTA (AP) -- When the nation's swine flu vaccination program began in early October, health officials predicted it was going to be ''messy.'' They were right. The program has been plagued with problems and information gaps:

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Texas Governor Refuses Clemency for Condemned Man

Seeded on Thu Nov 19, 2009 7:14 PM EST (The New York Times)

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) -- Gov. Rick Perry refused to spare a man facing execution Thursday evening for his role in a fatal robbery, rejecting a parole board recommendation that the death sentence of 34-year-old Robert Lee Thompson be commuted to life in prison.

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Now For Sale at Fire Sale Prices: Thousands of People's Genomes

Seeded on Thu Nov 19, 2009 7:05 PM EST (discovermagazine.com)

DeCode Genetics, a genome sequencing and drug development company, found out the hard way that predicting disease risk simply by reading someone's genes isn't so straightforward. On Tuesday, deCode filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Delaware.

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News of the Weird: Back-to-nature sex, with vegan condoms and hand-cranked personal vibrators

Seeded on Thu Nov 19, 2009 6:43 PM EST (Yahoo! News)

For some consumers, good environmental citizenship is important even when choosing among sex accessories.

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Palin's book comes with bag of nuts at Santa Cruz bookshop

Seeded on Thu Nov 19, 2009 6:30 PM EST (mercurynews.com)

SANTA CRUZ -- By golly, a downtown bookstore has found a way to poke fun at former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and draw attention to her new book released this week, "Going Rogue: An American Life."

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Former U.S. Ship Captured by Pirates This Time Repels Pirates with Sonic Blaster, Bullets

Seeded on Wed Nov 18, 2009 1:12 PM EST (Wired News)

Months after its skipper was rescued at sea by the Navy, the U.S.-flagged container ship Maersk Alabama repelled an attack by suspected pirates today off the northeast coast of Somalia.

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Video: Tricked-Out Copter Becomes DIY Bomber

Seeded on Wed Nov 18, 2009 1:07 PM EST (Wired News)

While hanging out at the Dubai Air Show, Danger Room pal Steve Trimble got to sit in on a strangely fascinating briefing by a Lebanese officer.

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Senate Defeats GOP Filibuster Of Court Nominee

Seeded on Wed Nov 18, 2009 1:21 AM EST (npr.org)

Democrats on Tuesday crushed a Senate filibuster against a controversial appeals court nominee, demonstrating to Republicans they can't stop President Barack Obama from turning the federal judiciary to the left.

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The Money Man's Best Friend - Blue Dogs

Seeded on Mon Nov 16, 2009 11:37 PM EST (The Nation)

The Obama administration promised to reform the financial system and make it safe for the rest of us, but recent Congressional action is more likely to reset the fuse for another explosive calamity.

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Overdue library books returned half century later - Nets library $1000

Seeded on Mon Nov 16, 2009 11:28 PM EST (Yahoo! News)

PHOENIX – A high school librarian in Phoenix says a former student at the school returned two overdue books checked out 51 years ago along with a $1,000 money order to cover the fines.

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Drilling for Scotch whiskey on frozen continent

Seeded on Mon Nov 16, 2009 11:21 PM EST (Yahoo! News)

WELLINGTON, New Zealand – A beverage company has asked a team to drill through Antarctica's ice for a lost cache of some vintage Scotch whiskey that has been on the rocks since a century ago.

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Study - Injured Uninsured Almost Twice as Likely to Die in ER

Seeded on Mon Nov 16, 2009 10:38 PM EST (The New York Times)

CHICAGO (AP) -- Uninsured patients with traumatic injuries, such as car crashes, falls and gunshot wounds, were almost twice as likely to die in the hospital as similarly injured patients with health insurance, according to a troubling new study.

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Nov. 16, 1904: Vacuum Tube Heralds Birth of Modern Electronics

Seeded on Mon Nov 16, 2009 4:55 PM EST (Wired News)

1904: British engineer John Ambrose Fleming invents and patents the thermionic valve, the first vacuum tube. With this advance, the age of modern wireless electronics is born.

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Mystery of world's worst mass poisoning solved

Seeded on Mon Nov 16, 2009 1:43 PM EST (Raw Story)

Researchers have pinpointed the source of what is probably the worst mass poisoning in history, according to a study published Sunday.

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Group Urges Gov't to Invest in Electric Cars

Seeded on Mon Nov 16, 2009 1:35 PM EST (The New York Times)

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A group of automakers, utilities and battery makers is urging the federal government to make a major investment in electric transportation.

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Fed Cracks Down on Gift Card Abuses

Seeded on Mon Nov 16, 2009 1:29 PM EST (The New York Times)

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Federal Reserve on Monday proposed new rules to protect consumers from unexpected costs or restrictions on gift cards. More than 95 percent of Americans have received or purchased gift cards, the Fed said.

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British Prime Minister Apologizes for Thousands of Kids Shipped From Britain to Austrailia

Seeded on Sun Nov 15, 2009 8:01 PM EST (The New York Times)

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) -- Prime Minister Kevin Rudd apologized Monday to thousands of impoverished British children shipped to Australia in past centuries with the promise of a better life, only to suffer abuse and neglect thousands of miles from home.

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