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'The Searchers: The Making of an American Legend': 8 stories from the set
In "The Searchers," writer Glenn Frankel explores the making of the movie which is often called the best Western of all time.
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Top 10 sports biographies I wish somebody would write
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In Pictures: Gabrielle Giffords, political survivor
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Guns in government buildings? Four controversial gun rights bills in Arizona.
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What's new with Titan? Five intriguing findings about Saturn's moon
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Mexico: Border schools adjust to influx of English-speaking students
Thousands of children have arrived in Mexican schools from the US amid record deportations. One school in Northern Mexico is becoming a model for integrating this new student population.
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Editor's Blog Why we're hard-wired for best practices
Whether on Capitol Hill or in isolated desert communities, people tune into each other to find out what works. The adoption of "best practices" seems to be embedded in human nature.
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Navy SEAL accident Ariz.: Member of SEAL Team 6 killed
Navy SEAL accident Ariz.: Brett Shadle, a special warfare operator chief with the Navy's elite SEAL Team 6 died Thursday when he and another SEAL collided in midair during a parachute training exercise.
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Mars might still harbor life, say scientists
Liquid water might flow seasonally at some places on Mars, potentially supporting microbial life, say some researchers.
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'The Searchers: The Making of an American Legend': 8 stories from the set
In "The Searchers," writer Glenn Frankel explores the making of the movie which is often called the best Western of all time.
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Russian asteroid highlights astronomers' challenge: predicting such space objects
Astronomers have cataloged about 95 percent of the space objects wider than half a mile – those that could destroy civilization. But they have found less than 1 percent of the objects 100 feet across or larger, a class that includes the asteroid that flitted past Earth on Friday.
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Friday's near-miss asteroid could help track more dangerous ones
Asteroid 2012 DA14 will buzz within 17,200 miles of Earth – a record for a known object of that size. While it's no threat to hit, it might help scientists find and track others that are.
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Global warming: Yet another threat to Southwest's iconic pinyon pine?
Add to the long-studied global-warming perils of drought, insects, and wildfires, a new potential threat to the pinyon pine: dramatically lower production of seed-bearing cones.
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Global News Blog End of the world on 12/21/12? Not just yet, says the Vatican's top astronomer. (+video)
The director of the Vatican Observatory dismissed talk of a Mayan doomsday on Dec. 21, 2012, saying that the end of the Earth, if it happens, is billions of years away.
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Opinion: Beyond the 'fiscal cliff,' America's kids need more – not less – government spending
As the 'fiscal cliff' approaches, John Boehner and other lawmakers should beware of another kind of deficit – the growing opportunity deficit for low-income US children, already present by the time they enter kindergarten. Government can help with universal childcare and preschool.
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Ancient, fossilized, insect-like brain surprisingly complex
The fossilized brain, found in an extinct arthropod from China, looks very similar to the brains of today's modern insects.
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The Monitor's View: When campaign politics turn vicious, what voters can do
As the 2012 campaigns settle into a pattern of personal attacks, voters need not be passive, or even resigned. The can demand civility.
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Cosmic lens reveals galaxy from the dawn of time
This distant, ancient galaxy may have once helped clear out the murky fog that once filled the early universe, scientists added.
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Which telescopes could lose out in astronomy's big budget crunch?
Federal budget pressures in the US could force the organization that runs publicly funded observatories to divest itself of six telescopes. The list points to new priorities in astronomy.
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Romney tax returns: Could Reid’s unsubstantiated attack hurt Democrats?
Harry Reid, the Senate's top Democrat, says Mitt Romney paid no income tax for 10 years. His source, he says, is a Bain Capital investor. But he won't say who. The tactic could backfire.
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Will NASA's $2.5 billion Mars rover crash on Sunday? (+video)
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover faces a terrifying seven-minute plunge through the Red Planet's atmosphere using a first-of-its-kind landing system involving a supersonic parachute and a 'sky-crane' that will lower the rover to the Martian surface.
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Curiosity's Mars exploration: Is it worth the money? (+video)
The search for life on Mars has captivated the imaginations of many, but it is costly. Some say it's time to cut spending on NASA's Mars missions, while others say the research is important in the quest for understanding the 'meaning of life.'
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Astronomers discover oldest spiral galaxy in the universe (+video)
The discovery with Hubble Space Telescope of a spiral galaxy, long before other galaxies are known to have formed, surprised scientists
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Humanlike robot legs taking baby steps (+video)
Researchers at the University of Arizona have built a pair of legs that can walk like a baby thanks to a simple robotic nervous system.
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Bachelor's degree of doubt: Culinary student takes kitchen over cubicle
With the value of a bachelor's degree in doubt, paths around the traditional college degree are multiplying: Turner Jankins chose culinary school over other options.
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Lake on Saturn's moon could be fed by underground rivers, say scientists
The discovery of a huge methane lake at tropical latitudes on Titan could help scientists better understand the bizarre atmosphere of Saturn's largest moon,
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Tropical lake on Titan? Surprising find could solve moon's methane mystery.
Scientists have wondered whether some unseen process replenishes the lakes of liquid methane on Titan, Saturn's biggest moon. A newly found lake suggests intriguing possibilities.
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Scientists find humongous methane lake on Saturn's moon (+video)
The otherwise dry tropics of Saturn's largest moon, Titan, hold a massive lake of methane that is thought to be fed by underground channels.
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Arizona special election: About Gabrielle Giffords or President Obama? (+video)
The special election Tuesday to fill the House seat vacated by shooting victim Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is overshadowed by the memory of the tragedy, but the Republican has tried to make it about Obama's policies.
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Is it really cheaper to mine platinum from an asteroid? (+video)
A new company backed by Silicon Valley billionaires and Hollywood moguls seeks to extract precious metals from asteroids. Is doing so really cheaper than mining metals on Earth?
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