Topic: Mojave Desert
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'Phonehenge West' creator jailed: When folk art and building codes collide
The builder of a fantastical fortress in the Mojave Desert has been sentenced to jail for failing to pay for the demolition of his life's work. Why art isn't sacred in the eyes of code enforcers.
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10 myths about the Bible
A Christian Science perspective.
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Octomom in rehab after years under intense media spotlight (+video)
Octomom – mother of the longest-surviving octuplets, plus six other children, all conceived through in vitro fertility treatments – checked into rehab this week. She has been constantly in the media spotlight since her octuplets were born four years ago.
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Space shuttle Endeavour: A final 2 m.p.h. mission through Los Angeles
The space shuttle Endeavour began its 2-mph crawl through streets of Los Angeles at about 2 a.m. Friday. A retired laser scientist uses Endeavour's terrestrial crawl as a teaching moment for Los Angeles school children.
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Space shuttle Endeavour touches down (+video)
The space shuttle Endeavour landed in California on its way to its final resting place. On the way, it made a flyover in Tucson, Arizona where former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and her husband Mark Kelly, Endeavour's retired commander, were watching.
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Postcards from Mars reveal Martian bedrock (+video)
A panoramic view of Mars sent back to Earth from NASA's Curiosity rover shows a terrain scientists describe as similar to the Mojave Desert in Southern California. Curiosity will begin a four-day software upgrade over the weekend.
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Hey, is that Mars or the Mojave in NASA rover's photo?
One of the first images from the camera atop the rover Curiosity's mast shows a Mars landscape that scientists called remarkably Earth-like, as if NASA 'put a rover out in the Mojave Desert.'
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Mars rover landing site surprisingly 'Earth-like,' say scientists
Gale Crater, where NASA's one-ton Curiosity Mars rover touched down on Sunday night, looks strikingly similar to California's Mojave desert.
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Virgin Galactic: Branson eyes 2013 launch for private space travel
Virgin Galactic has 529 paid passengers so far, according to billionaire Richard Branson. The tycoon is planning on bringing his kids on the planned Virgin Galactic spaceflight.
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Giant cross on government land: Supreme Court declines cases, for now
The Supreme Court refused to take two cases in a longstanding church-state dispute over the 43-foot Mt. Soledad cross on federal lands in La Jolla, Calif. The court expects that lower courts may yet resolve the issue.
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The Daily Reckoning
Zombie apocalypse? Economic zombies thrive off of state spendingFunded by cheap credit and government spending, Bonner foresees an impending war ahead between the zombies — people who take money from the productive sector of the economy and transfer it to themselves — and the productive parts of the economy.
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Chapter & Verse
Does Oprah still have her book mojo?Many in the book world are eager to discover if Oprah's book club – after a two-year hiatus and now on the lower-profile OWN network – will still draw readers in massive numbers.
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Crosses on public land: Did Supreme Court leave legal issue in 'shambles'?
The Supreme Court agrees not to take a case on whether memorial crosses on public land in Utah violate the First Amendment. But one justice says the court has left the topic in legal limbo.
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Clean energy 'gold rush' in Mojave spurs backlash
Clean energy projects in California are thriving. But environmentalists worry about impact of clean energy companies on Mojave Desert.
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Top Picks: Johnny Depp, PBS's 'Masterpiece Mystery!,' Placido Domingo, and more
Johnny Depp's animated comedy 'Rango' comes to DVD, PBS's 'Masterpiece Mystery!' follows an Italian detective, Placido Domingo sings in a very special presentation of Verdi's Rigoletto, and more recommendations.
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Huge asteroid to buzz Earth in November
On November 8 and 9, the quarter-mile-wide asteroid 2005 YU55 will zoom past the Earth, coming within about 200,000 miles, a distance closer than our moon.
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In Pictures: Space photos of the day: Space Shuttle Endeavour
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Diggin' It
Grow resilient plants in Western gardensThe climate and lack of rain can make gardening difficult in Western states. But proper plant selection will make a big difference.
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Johnny Depp stars in 'Rango,' as a chameleon: movie review
Animated western 'Rango' stars Johnny Depp, in one of his best roles, as a chameleon.
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For town made famous by 'Erin Brockovich,' a toxic sequel?
Hinkley, Calif., battled pollution of its ground water by chromium 6 in the 1990s – a case that inspired 'Erin Brockovich.' Now the substance has escaped its containment barrier.
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Study: Baja earthquake sign of a bigger one to come?
A study by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory shows that the Baja earthquake in April acted in unexpected ways. It also could set off another major quake in three to 30 years.
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Mystery missile? Pentagon, NASA experts say it was a plane
Mystery missile: Pentagon and NASA experts say the mysterious plume off southern California Monday was probably made by a jetliner and not by some mystery missile.
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In Pictures: Space photos of the day 09/23
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Free admission: National Park Service waives fees this weekend
On Saturday and Sunday, the National Park Service will not charge entrance fees at 146 national-park sites where visitors normally pay $3 to $25 for admission.
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Can huge Mojave wind farm boost faltering wind power industry?
Construction began last week on a wind power plant in the Mojave Desert. Its developers say it will be the nation's biggest but it comes amid dimming prospects for wind power in the US.
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