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How dangerous are near-Earth asteroids? 5 key questions answered.
On Feb. 15, asteroid 2012 DA14, discovered a year ago, cleared Earth by a scant 17,200 miles. The same day, a smaller, unrelated asteroid that no one saw coming exploded 12 to 15 miles above Russia’s Chelyabinsk region. Events that day highlight the risk that near-Earth objects (NEOs) can pose – although to some extent, humans can counter them.
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Iran hangs spies it says worked for US, Israel
Iran hangs spies: Two Iranian men were executed Sunday, convicted of working for the CIA and Israel's Mossad spy agency.
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Iran's presidential race: 'Wild card' entry creates dilemma for Khamenei
Controversial candidates like former President Rafsanjani could draw high voter turnout, but may challenge the supreme leader's ability to control the process of replacing Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
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Giant snail invasion forces Floridians to walk for their lives
The African giant land snail, a notorious invasive species, is attempting to establish itself in Florida, say officials.
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Briefing
How dangerous are near-Earth asteroids? 5 key questions answered.
On Feb. 15, asteroid 2012 DA14, discovered a year ago, cleared Earth by a scant 17,200 miles. The same day, a smaller, unrelated asteroid that no one saw coming exploded 12 to 15 miles above Russia’s Chelyabinsk region. Events that day highlight the risk that near-Earth objects (NEOs) can pose – although to some extent, humans can counter them.
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Dreams of Barack Obama's half-brother inspire run for Kenya political seat
Malik Obama faces Kenyan voters March 4 for governorship of rural county. But competition will be fierce among better known locals. US president tells his sibling to develop 'thick skin' for political run.
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Hawaii's Inouye was current longest-serving senator, war hero
As a senator, Inouye became one of the most influential politicians in the country, playing key roles in congressional investigations of the Watergate and Iran-Contra scandals.
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Influential Hawaiian senator Daniel Inouye dies (+video)
Daniel Inouye, the president pro tempore of the Senate, the longest-serving senator, and a World War II hero, died Monday after a brief hospitalization. Inouye was a senator for Hawaii since 1963.
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Mystery continues: Why is the sun 'too round'?
New measurements show the shape of our sun is 'too round' to match the theories about the forces at work on the sun.
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Amelia Earhart search to continue despite lack of hard evidence (+video)
Amelia Earhart, whose 115th birthday is celebrated on Google's home page Tuesday, disappeared with her navigator over the Pacific Ocean in 1937. A new search for her remains has returned nothing definitive.
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Search for missing Amelia Earhart's plane wreckage begins in Honolulu
On the 75th anniversary of the aviator's disappearance somewhere over the Pacific, a team of scientists and historians hope to find out what really happened to Amelia Earhart.
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Tsunami debris: Dock from Japan floats 5,000 miles to Oregon (+video)
Beside the dock, there are 1.5 million tons of tsunami debris still floating in the Pacific. A Harley Davidson in a crate arrived in British Colombia. A soccer ball from Japan washed up in Alaska.
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Eyes are on the sky during transit of Venus
Across the United States, the general public has caught astronomy fever as they watch this once-in-a-lifetime event.
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What the transit of Venus tells us about alien planets (+video)
The transit of Venus will help astronomers on the hunt for planets outside of our solar system.
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The new clue that could solve the Amelia Earhart mystery (+video)
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has joined scientists and aviation archaeologists in unveiling a renewed search for the wreckage of the plane flown by Amelia Earhart as she attempted to circle the globe in 1937.
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Iran offers rare praise for 'the Great Satan' (+video)
Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei directed rare praise at the United States, welcoming a speech by President Obama that aimed to cool war rhetoric surrounding Iran's nuclear program.
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High turnout in Iran elections could end 'paranoia' of leaders
While full results of Friday's Iran elections have yet to be released, the regime has trumpeted an official turnout of 64 percent as a public vote of confidence after the tumultuous 2009 election.
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Debris from tsunami to reach West Coast, join Great Pacific Garbage Patch
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch will soon include debris from the Japanese tsunami, while one million to 2 million tons of lumber, construction material, refrigerators, TVs, fishing boats and other fragments from Japanese coastal towns make their way across the Pacific.
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Dream job? Live in a capsule in Hawaii eating astronaut food.
Has it always been your dream to live like an astronaut without actually going into space? Now is your chance. Scientists at Cornell and the University of Hawaii are looking for participants for a study on nutrition in space.
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Iran and US: Could they talk war into happening?
Analysts warn about the dangers of rhetoric as the stage appears set for a highly volatile year with both the United States and Iran preparing for elections.
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How nuclear scientist's assassination will affect Tehran's strategy
In Iran's eyes, the assassination of another Iranian nuclear scientist is proof that the West's carrot-and-stick policy has become solely punitive – giving Tehran little reason to compromise.
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How are planets born? LkCa 15 could give scientists first-ever peek.
A newly discovered planet-candidate circling star LkCa 15 could provide astronomers with a first-ever look at a gas-giant planet as it grows. It could help prove or debunk current theories.
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What NASA hopes to learn from Juno spacecraft on Jupiter mission
Jupiter, perhaps more than any object in the solar system, is thought to hold the key to understanding planet formation. On Friday, NASA sends the Juno spacecraft hurtling toward Jupiter to probe the planet's constituent parts.
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Pearl Harbor skull unearthed, may be Japanese pilot
Pearl Harbor skull: An excavation crew dredging the harbor recently made the startling discovery of the skull, which archeologists believe is from one of the Japanese aviators in the surprise attack.
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A Singular Woman: The Untold Story of Barack Obama’s Mother
Barack Obama's mother was bright, generous, ambitious, naive, and chronically disorganized – an unusual woman who broke the mold long before her son made history.
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Asteroid discovery record set last month, using Hawaii telescope
Asteroid discovery record of 19 objects in one night was set on Jan. 29. The asteroid discovery record was accomplished using a powerful telescope on the Hawaiian island of Maui.
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