'Super-Jupiter' Discovery Dwarfs Solar System's Largest Planet
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SPACE.com - 19-Nov-2012
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This exoplanet is 13 times the mass of Jupiter and is a good test case for planet formation, scientists say...
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msnbc.com - 50 minutes ago
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SPACE.com - 5 hours ago
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 Future astronauts may pull space pizzas from a 3D printer if a new NASA-funded project proves feasible...
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SPACE.com - 5 hours ago
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 This flight simulator modeled from the Viper spacecraft featured in the Battlestar Galactica television show can flip and spin completely in any direction...
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Fox News - 20 minutes ago
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He went from python hunter to treasure hunter. A Florida man who participated in a recent python hunt in the Everglades wound up taking home the gold when he discovered an antique, gem-studded amulet which, is estimated to be from sometime between the 17th to 19th centuries...
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Fox News - 20 minutes ago
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While Attorney General Eric Holder is taking heat for his department's seizure of reporter records, the U.S. attorney who is personally overseeing those investigations is himself starting to face complaints that he's gone too far in pursuing leaks. ...
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TIME.com - 35 minutes ago
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What’s In That Big Mac? More Than You Think TIME.com Sections → What’s In That Big Mac? More Than You Think By May 24, 2013 Send to Kindle Getty Images Related Huffington Post USA Today CBS News ...
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CNN.com - 35 minutes ago
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The latest problems with the IRS witch hunt, the seizure of phone records from The Associated Press, the conflicting Benghazi stories and disastrous attempts to enforce Obamacare may all seem unrelated, but they are not. ...
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TIME.com - 35 minutes ago
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Qatar and Saudi Arabia are backing different rebel factions bent on overthrowing Bashar Assad ...
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CNN.com - 2 hours ago
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Will Bunch says many kids seeing their parents come home from Afghanistan weren't even born when the war started. Al Qaeda and bin Laden have been taken care of: Why are we still there?...
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Reuters - 4 hours ago
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 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A long-growing backlog of U.S. military veterans' disability claims, which has stoked congressional anger, has dipped in recent weeks, however tentatively. ...
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Reuters - 4 hours ago
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Justice Department said on Friday that senior officials including Attorney General Eric Holder vetted a decision to search an email account belonging to a Fox News reporter whose story on North Korea prompted a leak investigation. ...
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Reuters - 8 hours ago
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 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Across-the-board budget cuts have created Furlough Friday in Washington and elsewhere, as the one-day closing of four federal agencies forced an unpaid day off for 115,000 workers. ...
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Reuters - 8 hours ago
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ANNAPOLIS, Maryland (Reuters) - President Barack Obama urged the future leaders of the U.S. military on Friday to stamp out sexual assault from their ranks, warning that a few individuals could undermine the strongest military in the world. ...
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Reuters - 8 hours ago
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CONCORD, New Hampshire (Reuters) - Seeking to raise money for the New Hampshire Republican Party, state chairwoman Jennifer Horn recently called the party's national boss, Reince Priebus, with a question: Could he get Rand Paul to visit? ...
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New Statesman - 12 hours ago
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 As one of the school’s scholarship exam questions shows, young boys are encouraged to think that humanity, compassion, even sense are secondary to winning. This is how we’ve ended up with politicians who will enact any policy, no matter the human cost, just so their party will win. How will you defend the murder of civilians when you’re Prime Minister? Pupils competing for a scholarship to Eton...
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Reuters - 1 hour ago
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(Reuters) - News Corp said on Friday it will write down the value of its Australian and U.S. publishing assets by up to $1.4 billion, as the company prepares to split its business between its newspaper and entertainment operations. ...
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Reuters - 1 hour ago
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(Reuters) - US Airways Group and American Airlines , seeking approval for a merger that would create the world's largest airline, are warning lawmakers that a requirement to divest certain airport slots would lead to less service for small and medium-sized cities, sources close to the effort told Reuters. ...
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Reuters - 1 hour ago
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - The stock market's break in its recent rally this week left investors wondering if they're seeing a turning point or just a blip in the upward path. ...
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Reuters - 1 hour ago
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(Reuters) - The former chief executive of a failed U.S. bank in Norfolk, Virginia, and three others were convicted Friday of conspiracy to commit bank fraud and other charges in connection with a scheme to conceal loan losses that contributed to the bank's collapse in 2011. ...
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Reuters - 5 hours ago
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Visa Inc and MasterCard Inc, opening another front in an eight-year battle over credit card fees paid by retailers, on Friday asked a federal judge to declare that the fees do not violate antitrust law. ...
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The Washington Post - 3 hours ago
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As it tries to win a bidding war over Sprint, Dish Network has made no secret that it is drumming up national security concerns over a rival’s offer for the nation’s third-largest wireless carrier. In newspaper ads this week, Dish compared the $20 billion offer by Japan’s SoftBank to the controversial 2006 efforts by a Dubai company to acquire U.S. seaports, a proposal foiled by security concerns...
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Reuters - 6 hours ago
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(Reuters) - Google Inc intends to finance, build and help operate wireless networks from sub-Saharan Africa to Southeast Asia, hoping to connect a billion or so people in emerging countries to the Internet, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. ...
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Reuters - 6 hours ago
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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Automattic, the company that operates blogging service WordPress.com, announced a $50 million investment from hedge fund Tiger Global on Friday. ...
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Reuters - 6 hours ago
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LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc has submitted a formal proposal to buy Hulu, joining a growing list of bidders for the video service owned by News Corp and Walt Disney Co, two sources with knowledge of the bid told Reuters on Friday. ...
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Reuters - 6 hours ago
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 SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Amazon is once again shaking up traditional publishing models. This time, it's giving fans a chance to add their own personal touches to their favorite fiction - and get paid in the process. ...
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Reuters - 11 hours ago
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FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German business software maker SAP said it was revamping its management to sharpen its focus on cloud computing as demand for the service which saves clients money grows. ...
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Reuters - 1 hour ago
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - An unmanned Delta 4 rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Friday to put a multi-use, broadband communications satellite into orbit for the U.S. military. ...
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Science 2.0 - 5 hours ago
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 I recently read an article about an individual that had been struck by lightning , while it was interesting to read about the experience it was disturbing to read some of the comments that followed and their gross misunderstanding of lightning. In particular the following comment illustrates the problem. Lightning happens when a really huge negative charge builds up in the ground, corresponding...
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Science 2.0 - 5 hours ago
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The human intestinal tract is the home of a diverse array of bacterial colonies, settling in as soon as their host begins life. While these colonies were considered to merely coexist with the host for their own survival, decades of study have shown the interaction between bacteria and host is mutually beneficial. The bacterial colonies benefit by finding their home in the host, while the host...
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Science 2.0 - 5 hours ago
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 Subscribe to the newsletter [x] Stay in touch with the scientific world! > > > Arctic 2013 By May 24th 2013 03:00 PM More Articles About Patrick Retired engineer, 60+ years young. Computer builder and programmer. Linguist specialising in...
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Science 2.0 - 5 hours ago
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 Ernie Pyle, the iconic embedded World War II embedded journalist killed by Japanese machine gun fire in 1945, made famous the adage, "There are no atheists in foxholes." He was making a point that it's better to be safe than sorry when your life is on the line - not letting the Devil get you cornered, he wrote, was the justification for a soldier who dug round foxholes. Atheists are a tiny...
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Reuters - 5 hours ago
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Venus and Jupiter, the two brightest planets in the sky this month, will be joined by tiny Mercury for a rare celestial show this weekend. ...
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