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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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In Pictures: Space photos of the day: Moonwalking
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Editor's Blog
Bad news is loud. Good news rulesIf you look behind the often dire headlines and examine the long-term trends, you'll see that crime is falling, lifespans are increasing, and poverty is ebbing. In other words, there's solid evidence for hope.
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Patrick Moore's show 'The Sky at Night' popularized astronomy in the UK
Patrick Moore was the presenter for the long-running BBC show 'The Sky at Night.' Moore had held the job for more than 50 years.
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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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Moon rocks discovered in Minnesota, but more rocks missing
The Minnesota National Guard said it found some missing Apollo 11 moon rocks. The discovery in Minnesota now leaves 11 states, including Massachusetts, Texas and Wisconsin, still missing their Apollo 11 moon rocks.
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Mysterious moon water: Did solar winds create lunar water?
These findings suggest that other airless bodies in the solar system may also possess water on their surfaces, investigators added.
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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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Shuttle Endeavour heading to L.A. to retire: why some neighbors are ruffled (+video)
In the logistical maneuvering to move space shuttle Endeavour the 12 miles from Los Angeles airport to the California Science Center downtown, 395 street trees will come down. Frustration abounds.
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Why 'Fly Me to The Moon' was sung at Neil Armstrong memorial (+video)
Jazz singer Diana Krall sang "Fly Me To The Moon" at Neil Armstrong's memorial service Thursday. The song has a history with Armstrong, and the moon landing.
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Neil Armstrong will be buried at sea
A public memorial service for the first person on the moon, Neil Armstrong, will take place on September 13 at the Washington National Cathedral.
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Across America, tributes to Neil Armstrong (+video)
As a blue moon rose Friday, people across the country celebrated the life of Neil Armstrong, who in 1969 became the first human to set foot on the moon.
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Blue moon: A cosmic wink at Neil Armstrong memorial service
The blue moon Friday is on the same day of a private memorial service for Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon. A blue moon occurs when there's a second full moon in one calendar month. It won't happen again until July 2015.
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The Monitor's View: Neil Armstrong: A giant leap for modesty
The humility of Neil Armstrong after his moonwalk is a model for a balanced approach to giving credit for great achievements.
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Obama hails Neil Armstrong as an American hero (+video)
Neil Armstrong, the first human to set foot on the moon, 'delivered a moment of human achievement that will never be forgotten,' said President Obama in a statement marking the astronaut's passing.
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One small step: Was Neil Armstrong misquoted?
The millions worldwide who watched the Apollo moon landing in 1969 heard Commander Neil Armstrong say, rather ungrammatically, "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." But a 2006 analysis of the audio indicates that the astronaut did not omit the definite article.
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Neil Armstrong, first man on the moon, passes away (+video)
Astronaut Neil Armstrong, the first human to set foot on the moon, is remembered by his family as a 'reluctant American hero.'
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NASA's pioneering astronauts: Where are they now? (+video)
Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon, was one of 300 astronauts. What became of some of the more famous ones?
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Neil Armstrong: modest man, large footprint in time and space
Neil Armstrong's walk on the moon July 20, 1969, marked the high point of US manned spaceflight, but the commander of the Apollo 11 mission was wary of the celebrity that came with it.
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Mars rover aces social networking, but will it inspire study of science?
The rover Curiosity, with nearly 900,000 Twitter followers, had a strong Internet presence even before its launch to Mars. Scientists hope this will lead to more student interest in science – and more funding.
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Stephen Colbert offers a tip of the hat to NASA's Mars Rover (+video)
NASA administrator and veteran astronaut John Grunsfeld appeared on the Colbert Report on Wednesday, where he discussed the planned landing of NASA's Curiosity Mars rover, which is scheduled to land on the Red Planet on Sunday night.
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Culture Cafe
'Follow the Leader' documentary features 16-year-olds dreaming of the presidency'Follow the Leader' director Jonathan Goodman Levitt discusses capturing the story of three teenagers who strive to hold the highest office in the land.
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From the Monitor's archives: Man walks on moon (+video)
Friday marks the 43 anniversary of the Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin's historic landing on the surface of the moon. This is the front-page story that ran in the Christian Science Monitor on Jul 22, 1969.
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Apollo 11: See the first photo ever taken by someone on the moon
On the 43rd anniversary of the Apollo moon landing, here is the first photo taken by Apollo 11 commander Neil Armstrong after exiting the landing module on the moon.
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SpaceX launch: private industry inspires new generation of rocketeers (+video)
SpaceX launch a reminder that NASA isn't the only game in town anymore. Aspiring engineers, rocket designers, space geeks look to 'New Space' companies to boldly go where only governments used to go.
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Amazon CEO Bezos will hoist mammoth, antique rocket engines from seafloor (+video)
Using high-tech sonar, an expedition spearheaded by Bezos has discovered what he claimed were discarded engines from the Apollo 11 mission lurking 14,000 feet deep.
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Amazon's Jeff Bezos to search for sunken Apollo 11 engines (+video)
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos says that his deep-sea sonar expedition in the Atlantic has located the five engines used to launch Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins to the moon in 1969, and he plans to bring at least one of them to the surface.
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