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Earth Day 2013: 10 quotes about planet Earth
Earth Day is April 22. There is no shortage of famous musings on what Carl Sagan once called our 'pale blue dot.' Here are 10 of our favorite things said about planet Earth.
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Not just sexy Kim Jong-un: 5 times the Onion has fooled foreign media
When the People's Daily, the Chinese Communist Party's official newspaper, took as straight news The Onion's declaration that stout North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un was 2012's "Sexiest Man Alive," it became the biggest foreign media outlet to be fooled by the satirical American newspaper. But it is not the first. Here are several other foreign news sites that took Onion fiction as newsworthy fact.
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In Pictures: After the Space Shuttle
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In Pictures: Space photos of the day: Astronauts of the Past
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In Pictures: Space photos of the day: John Glenn
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The Monitor's View: NASA and Obama's budget: the politics and ideals of human space exploration
Negative reaction to the president's initial plan for NASA has forced him to backpedal a bit and offer a schedule for human spaceflights to Mars and an asteroid. He now needs to work more closely with Congress to set long-term, deep-space missions.
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Florida 'Space Coast' sees economic hardship in Obama plan
Local residents and former astronauts say Obama's decision to end NASA’s moon program will harm the Space Coast economy and put the US behind Russia and China.
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Should nations fly to the moon together?
As exploring the heavens becomes more expensive, many experts think it is time for nations to band together to push humanity to the next threshold of space exploration.
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In Pictures: Remembering the lunar landing
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In Pictures: NASA's journey into the universe
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Top five political conspiracy theories
The 'birther' allegation that President Obama wasn't born in the US is nothing new. America has a long tradition of political accusations gaining traction.
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Where should NASA go next: moon or Mars?
The moon is closer, but a Mars mission could be the Apollo 11 of this era.
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Apollo lunar rocks still offer clues to scientists
If not for a St. Louis scientist and a few of his colleagues, NASA may never have collected moon rocks.
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Spacewalk No. 2 unfolds on 40th moon anniversary
NASA begins 202nd spacewalk by Americans since the Apollo 11 lunar excursion.
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From our files: 'One Giant Leap'
The Monitor's editorial from July 1969 on the accomplishments of the Apollo 11 mission and moon landing
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Apollo 11 at 40: Restored video helps savor the accomplishment
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Rocket Men: The Epic Story of the First Men on the Moon
Forty years later, another look at man’s first walk on the moon.
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Second-graders brighten Obama's Daschle-dashed day
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For kids: Down on the turkey farm
These native American birds find a home in the Alabama countryside.
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The bald eagle's wings of freedom
The noble bird is an ideal symbol of America.
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Essay: The moon we all share
No matter where we are or what we do, the same silvery satellite shines on all of us.
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