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01/22/12
ST. MAARTEN:
Teenage sailor completes solo trip around the world
Laura Dekker of The Netherlands as she stepped off her 38-foot yacht, "Guppy" Sunday
morning 01/22/12 in the harbor of St. Maarten. The solo sailing around the world took
518 days. She started the journey when she was 15. The Dutch government repeatedly
tried to stop the venture because she was a child. Dekker may be the youngest person
to make a solo voyage around the world, but it will not be recognized by the editors of
the Guiness Book. They said they stopped doing it because it was encouraging some
reckless young people to consider the attempt.
BULLETIN OF THE ATOMIC SCIENTISTS:
Moves it's iconic 'Doomsday Clock' 1 minute closer to midnight
The "Doomsday Clock" was reset last year to 6 minutes before "midnight." On Tuesday,
01/10/12, it was moved one minute closer. The symbolic clock signals the danger of a
nuclear holocaust and has been published yearly since 1947 by the Bulletin of the Atomic
Scientists Magazine. The group's Science & Security Board also includes the threat of
climate change in its calculations. It made particular note of the Fukushima Nuclear
Generating Plant disaster in Japan last year and what it called "failing leadership" on
nuclear issues. The clock appears on the cover of every issue of the magazine.
(Graphic courtesy Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists)
FOR SALE: HISTORIC ARTIFACT:
JFK’s hearse going on the auction block
The 1963 Cadillac hearse that carried the body of President John F. Kennedy from
Parkland Hospital in Dallas to Love Field on November 22, 1963, where the casket
was put on board Air Force One for the flight back to Washington, D.C. Currently
privately owned, it will be auctioned next month.
(File photo)
TIME MAGAZINE:
The person of the year is the 'Protester'
The cover of Time magazine's Person of the Year edition, 2011.
(Photo courtesy Time)
LOS ANGELES TIMES:
Military drones being used in US for domestic policing
A US military Predator drone. This one is seen armed with Hellfire missiles, capable of taking
out ground targets. The Los Angeles Times reported Sunday 12/11/11 that in at least 2 dozen
instances in recent months, the military has deployed unarmed versions of the Predator on the
request of local law enforcement agencies in several states for surveillance or crime scene
monitoring. The deployments have raised concerns that employing Predators in such cases
raises serious federal legal issues, in that Congress never authorized the aircraft for such
uses, collectively referred to as "mission creep."
(File photo)
PAKISTAN:
US drones operating in its air space will be shot down
TEHRAN:
Revolutionary Guard commander says Iran will not return downed US drone
Calls overflight a 'hostile act'
Iran state television displays what it says is a sophisticated US drone
On the left, 2 members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard are seen inspecting what they claim
is a downed RQ-70 US drone. On the right, is an artist's rendering of the super-secret aircraft.
Iran claims to have brought it down by "electronic ambush" and brought it down intact. It
appeared to be undamaged. US military officials would not comment, but initial reaction by
some security experts highly doubt Tehran's claim; that the craft they showed was no more
than "a parade float" and they showed the video "for propaganda purposes." The Pentagon
has acknowleged the loss of the plane. If Iran did in fact retrieve it in whole or in pieces, it
would represent a serious breach of US military secrets. It was lost on the Afghan-Iran border.
(Left: Photo grab from Iranian State TV. Right: Artist's rendering courtesy Lockheed Martin)
HARRIS INTERACTIVE SURVEY:
62% of Americans watch over 3 hours of TV daily
JAPAN:
11 luxury roadsters wrecked in costly crash
3 of the 11 expensive sports cars that ended up wrecked on a Japanese freeway Monday. They
were being driven by a group of luxury car enthusiasts on an outing when one of them tried a
maneuver that set off the pricey pile-up. Severely damaged or totaled where 8 Ferrari's, 2
Mercedes and a Lamborghini, collectively worth somewhere north of $1-million. A Japanese
traffic cop commented wryly that those involved were "a gathering of narcissists".
(Photo grab from NTV via AP)
UNITED NATIONS:
A child is born Monday 10/31/11 & the world's population is now 7 billion...& growing
Meet the 7 billion person on earth as of 10/31/11. She is Danica Camacho, born Monday in
Fabella Maternity Hospital in Manila, Philippines to her mother, Camille. Demographers admit
that there is no way of knowing precisely who the 7 billion person is, and that Danica is simply
"representative" of the event. Population scientists are increasingly concerned that the world's
population explosion puts increasing strains on natural resources, particularly potable water.
(Photo courtesy AP)
The 7 countries with the most people now, and predicted for 2050. The United States
will drop from 3rd ranking to 4th in that time and India will supplant China as the world's
most populated nation. Nigeria is expected to make the biggest leap, from 7th to 3rd,
ahead of the US. Officials warn that the steep rise in the number of people in the world
will put severe pressure on already seriously strained food and potable water supplies.
(Graphic courtesy the UN via Reuters)
CHICAGO:
Woman gives birth 7 hours after finishing marathon
27-year-old Amber Miller of Westchester, Illinois, a stay-at-home mom, holding her newborn
daughter, June, delivered 7-hours after Miller completed her 8th marathon. Time? 6 hours and
25 minutes. She alternated between running and walking every 2 miles on the advice of her
doctor. The marathon on Saturday 10/08/11 came 8 days before her due-date. Mom, who
was exhausted by it all, and daughter, are doing fine. It was daughter June's first marathon.
(Photo grab from video courtesy NBC Chicago)
BRAZIL: Miss Angola Leila Lopes wins Miss Universe 2011
Miss Angola Leila Lopes is crowned Miss Universe 2011 by Miss Universe 2010,
Ximena Navarette of Mexico. Contestants from 89 nations particpated.
(Photo courtesy AP)
CENSUS: Census: South, West lead US in marriages, divorces
Country wrestles with spike in food stamp use
REPORT: With claims soaring, Social Security disability on verge of insolvency
CALIFORNIA: '57 Ferrari Testa Rossa auctioned for record $16.4 million
This 1957 Ferrari Testa Rossa prototype sold by autioneers Gooding & Company for
$16.4 million during an event in Monterey, making it the most expensive car ever
sold at auction. The identity of the buyer, described only as "a collector with a
passion for fine automobiles", was not disclosed.
(Photo courtesy Gooding & Co.)
STUDY: Kids today really are less creative
FCC: Report shows dearth of local reporting
MARYLAND: Two more civilian planes intercepted near Camp David
President Barack Obama is seen walking across the White House lawn toward Marine One
which took him to nearby Camp David 07/09/11. He was at the Presidential retreat when, in
two seperate incidents, private planes entered restricted air space around the retreat. Both
planes were intercepted by F-15 fighter jets, escorted out of the area and forced to land. This
was the third and fourth time in a month that private planes have flown into the restricted air
space. On Saturday, July 2, another private plane got to within six miles of Camp David before
being intercepted by an F-15. And on June 11, there was another similar incident. President
Obama was at Camp David during all 4 incidents.
(Photo courtesy AP)
Rare Stradivarius violin sells for record 9.8 million pounds ($15.9 million) at auction
The Stradivarius "Lady Blunt violin, circa 1712. It once belonged to the granddaughter
of English poet, Lord Byron. It sold Monday 06/20/11 in an on-line auction. setting a
record for Strads; four times the previous high price for one of these instruments. The
buyer prefered to remain anonymous. The seller was the Nippon Music Foundation.
The proceeds are to go for Japanese earthquake and tsunami disaster relief.
(Photo courtesy Business Wire)
SIGN HER UP! Foul ball mom definitely in a league of her own
While holding her 8 month-old son Jerry (with protective headgear), Tiffany Goodwin
snagged a foul-ball during a Double-A minor league game between her home-town
Fredericksburg, Virginia Flying Squirrels and the visiting Harrisburg Senators. The
guy with the black glove receiving a lesson in how to catch a ball is her husband,
Allen. Now that's multi-tasking!
(Photo courtesy Richmond-Times Dispatch via AP)
END TIMES DELAYED?: Radio host who started it says judgment Day now coming in Oct.
Many people adopted the view that Saturday, May 21, 2011, would be the beginning of
the end of the earth, which adherents believed would take place over the next 5 months,
culminating on October 21, 2011 in a fiery cataclysm. The movement, which has many
historical predecessors who all similarly predicted and then lived through "the end times"
has its roots in a popular Christian radio program, as advertised above. Unusually
frequent seismic and meteorological events over the past year or so were seen as
foretelling events. But May 21, 2011 came and went, and apparently, so did another
"end times" prediction. Now the radio preacher says it's coming in October.
(Photo courtesy AP)
'JetMan' does Grand Canyon flight — quietly
Yves Rossy, the guy the call "JetMan" apparently did not want an audience for his flight
over the Grand Canyon, which was performed Saturday 05/07/11. This video montage
posted on YouTube. Rossy, who invented the jet pack, which he straps to his back,
has also flown over the English Channel.
(VIdeo courtesy swissinfovideos)
INSURANCE INSTITUTE: Leaf, Volt earn top safety ratings in crash tests
Watch the actual crash tests of both cars.
(Raw video courtesy the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety via ABC News)
LEGO RECORD:
The world's tallest tower built entirely of Legos has been erected in a shopping mall
parking lot in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Standing 102 feet high, braced with guy wires and
using over half a million legos, it took 4 days to erect. Some 6,000 volunteers helped
snap the blocks together into construction "bricks".
(Raw video courtesy SkyNews)
WASH.POST/ABC POLL: 53% of Americans now support gay marriage
PENNSYLVANIA: Suburban Philly man stoned to death because he was gay
MISSIONS ACCOMPLISHED: Discovery home for good
The space shuttle, Discovery touched down at the Kennedy Space Center 03/09/11
at 3-minutes before noon, completing both a mission to the International Space Station
and a 27-year run. It will now be decommissioned and prepped for delivery to an as-yet
to be announced museum site for permanent display. The three other shuttles in the
fleet will also ultimately head for displays in various venues.
(Photo courtesy NASA)
FLORIDA: 'Secret' space plane launches after delay
Resembling a dolphin, the Air Force's not-so-secret unmanned space plane, seen nestled in its
launch pod, which was mounted on a huge Atlas 5 rocket. Known as the OTV-2 (Orbital Test
Vehicle #2) and identified with the name X-37B, the plane was finally successfully launched
03/05/11 after repeated delays caused by glitches and bad weather. Other details about
the launch, flight and mission remain classified.
(Photo courtesy space.com)
COLUMBIA: Seizes 'narcosub' capable of reaching coast of Mexico
Columbian special forces in the foreground, the so-called "narcosub" in the background.
Unlike previous models seized that could only partially submerge, this one represents
a new challenge in the war on drugs in that it is fully submersible and capable of sailing
long distances unseen. 99-feet long and made of fiberglass, the sub is powered by
twin diesel engines, has air conditioning and a periscope and is designed for a crew
of six. It's estimated to be able to hold up to eight tons of illegal drugs. Authorities
were led to the makeshift shipyard in the jungle by an informant.
(Photo courtesy EPA)
Andy Warhol self-portrait fetches $17 million
Andy Warhol's self-portrait sold at auction in London at twice the price
anticipated 02/16/11. One of 11 self-portraits, it was created in 1967
and was purchased by an anonymous bidder.
(Photo courtesy Christies)
MISSISSIPPI: License plate proposed to honor KKK leader
They are still fighting the Civil War in the South, where the Stars and Bars appear on
government-issued material, like license plates. (Southerners prefer to call the Civil War
"The War Between the States"). In Mississippi, specialty CV plates, paying tribute to
"Sons of Confederate Veterans" have been in use for years, but a new proposal would
prominently include the name of Confederate General, Nathan Bedford Forrest, who has
the distinction of being a founding member of the Ku Klux Klan movement.
(Photo courtesy AP)
HIGHEST CIVILIAN AWARDS: Obama praises winners of Medal of Freedom
Cellist Yo-Yo Ma is presented with the 2010 Presidential Medal of Freedom in a ceremony
in the East Room of the White House. Another recipient, George H.W. Bush can be seen
in the background to the right. In all, 15 people received the nation's highest civilian
award from President Barack Obama Tuesday.
(Photo courtesy Reuters)
Boy slips past Vatican security guards to greet pope
A few tense moments during Pope Benedict's weekly general audience in
Pope Paul VI Hall at the Vatican Wednesday 02/02/11. A young boy got
by security guards, intent on giving the Pontiff a hug. Amused guards
carried him off.
(Photo courtesy Getty Images and Reuters)
CONSUMER ALERT: TripAdvisor gets kudos for list of dirtiest hotels
SCOTLAND: Climber falls 1,000 feet off cliff — and lives!
Adam Potter, age 36, holds a map of the area where he fell from the summit of
a mountain called Sgurr Choinnich Mor in the Scottish Highlands. Potter said
he slipped and fell over a precipice and then slid or bounced off one outcropping
after another. He survived with multiple injuries, including a broken back in
three places. Potter said he still hopes to climb Mt. Everest later this year.
(Photo courtesy mirror.co.uk)
REPORT: Greenland ice sheet saw record melt
Water runs off glacial ice that is melting at a record rate in Greenland.
Researchers said the area lost to the melt-off was approximately
the size of France, the largest loss of ice in the area since records
started being kept in 1979.
(File photo from 2009)
Armed hero nearly shot wrong man in Ariz.
Conservatives scoff at attempted linkage to shooting
Political parallels seen between Arizona shooting and Oklahoma City bombing
Tucson shooting victims, fatally wounded included, from left, 63 year-old U.S. District Court
Judge John Roll...30 year-old Gabe Zimmerman, Congresswoman Giffords' Director of
Community Outreach...and third grader Christina-Taylor Green, age 9.
(Photos, from left undated file photo, AP and the Green family)
Also killed in the Tucson massacre were, from left, 79 year-old Phyllis Schneck,
Dorwin Stoddard, age 76, and 76 year-old Dorothy Morris.
(Photos provided by Schneck family, Mountain Avenue Church of Christ and The Arizona Republic)
NYT: Bloodshed puts focus on vitriol in politics
Politicians split on meaning of Giffords shooting
NEW MEXICO: No pardon for Old West outlaw Billy the Kid
New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson, citing "historical ambiguity,"
refused Friday to extend a pardon to wildwest outlaw, Henry McCarty,
better known to Western lore as Billy the Kid. He was shot to death
in 1881 at the age of 21.
(Photo courtesy Getty Images)
Woman who inspired WWII's ‘Rosie the Riveter’ dies
Geraldine Hoff Doyle was operating a metal stamping machine when
a UPI photographer took her picture wearing a polka-dot bandana.
The photo was the basis for the iconic war-effort poster. She died
of age-related causes in a Lansing, Michigan hospice at the age of 86.
(Composite image courtesy Los Angeles Times)
USPS: In 2011, all first-class stamps will be 'forever'
Reagan, Barbara Jordan among new postage stamps
Former President Ronald Reagan and former Texas Congresswoman
Barbara Jordan are among the new honoree stamps for 2011 that
the United States Postal Service unveiled Tuesday.
(Composite photo by WydeWorld.com from USPS handouts)
TROUBLING NEW FINDINGS: Nearly half of all elderly in U.S. will face poverty
A new study contradicts assumptions about growing old in America, including the
one that most elderly will lead fairly comfortable lives. The Washington University
of St. Louis report also says the findings cut sharply across racial lines.
(File photo)
OOPS: $100 bill's new facelift is faulty
The Federal Reserve has stopped printing the redesigned $100 bill because of
multiple faults. The Feds printers have repeatedly failed, due to the very complex
anti-counterfeiting design. CNBC quoted officials as saying $110-billion of the new
and flawed bills are unusable and sitting in huge piles in Fed vaults in Texas and D.C.
(Photo courtesy Federal Reserve)
ON A REALLY SOUR NOTE: $1.9 million Stradivarius stolen in London sandwich shop
A photo of the stolen Strad, circa 1690. It is noteworthy in that it has a
longer body than most violins when Antonio Stradivarius was experimenting
with different designs. It's valued at $1.9-million. Also taken in the black
case containing the Strad were two expensive bows.
(Photo courtesy mailonline.uk)
SOLAR CAT: It's 100 feet long by 50 feet wide and runs on 38,000 solar cells
The Turanor Planet Solar catamaran cost $17.5-million to build and was a
featured attraction at the Climate Change Summit in Cancun.
It was photographed while docked in Miami.
(Photo courtesy planetsolar.org)
ART WORLD STUNNED: Staggering Picasso trove turns up in France
A known and documented cubist painting by Pablo Picasso. 271 works by the modern master,
including similar cubist works, lithographs, water colors, even notebooks filled with sketches, all
previously unknown, have been revealed by a retired French electrician, Pierre Le Guennec, who
claims Picasso gave the works to him in the early 1970's when Le Guennec did electrical work
on Picasso's various homes in Southern France. The art work, collectively believed to be worth
at least $80-million, was stored in Le Guennec's garage. An investigation has been launched
by French authorities into just how Le Guennec came to possess so many works.
Pablo Picasso died in 1973.
(Image courtesy Daily Mail, U.K.)
Pink diamond sells for record $46M at auction
A Southeby's employee holds the "Pink Champagne" diamond ring that sold
at auction in Geneva. It was expected to go for no more than $38-million.
(Photo courtesy Reuters)
A TOAST: World’s oldest champagne uncorked, tastes like honey
Most expensive decanter of whiskey sells at auction for $460,000
NOVA SCOTIA: Elderly couple gives away $11.2 million lottery win
Allen and Violet Large of Lower Truro, Nova Scotia won big money in July.
Since then, they've given most of it away, to family, friends, hospitals and
volunteer and community groups. It's their way of Livin' Large.
(Photo grab from CTV video)
NYC: Lawmakers probe street harassment of women
Typical street scene in Manhattan as construction workers, on lunch break,
view the scenery. Women came forward to testify before a NYC Council
committee that being harassed by catcalls, wolf whistles and lewd verbal
come-ons is a daily experience and that it not only makes them feel
uncomfortable, but unsafe as well.
(Photo courtesy AP)
AUCTIONED: Bond’s Aston Martin sells for $4.1 million
It may have only been a car in a movie, but it is one-of-a-kind, and it fetched
a handsome price in London, $4.1-million. The specially-built Aston Martin
was featured in the James Bond films, "Goldfinger" and "Thunderball."
(Photo courtesy AP)
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: Islamic court rules it's OK to beat wife if no marks left
The highest court in the UAE says it's acceptable to beat not only the
wife, but the children as well, as long as no physical marks remain.
(Posed photo courtesy Corbis via mailonline.uk.co.)
SCIENTISTS: Big earthquake likely for London
SCIENTIST'S WARNING: Coral reefs face second major global die-off
According to scientists quoted by the New York Times, the die-off of
coral reefs this year, world wide, will be worse than the record die-off
year of 1998. When coral dies, it gets bleached white.
(File photo)
Number of uninsured Americans hits record high
More Americans living in poverty
Behind a soup kitchen counter somewhere in the U.S., a family helps to serve meals
to other families who are poverty-stricken. More and more Americans living in poverty
are families with children, and more and more are living on the streets in their cars
and in homeless shelters. One in seven Americans, or nearly 44-million people live
in poverty, an increase of some 5-million in one year alone. All races and ethnic
groups are affected. Many are "working poor" who can't make ends meet on
minimum or low wages. Just over 20% of all American kids live in poverty.
(File photo deliberately blurred for personal privacy)
Analysts agree: Poverty measure is flawed
AND THE WINNER IS... ALL 3: Super-cars split $10 million in X Prize race
One of the three so-called "super-cars" that won the "Automotive X Prize" for fuel
efficiency. Known simply as "Very Light Car #98," sponsored by Edison2,
it registered an average of 102 miles per gallon.
(Photo provided by Progressive Insurance)
U.S. highway deaths hit lowest level since 1950
This is the major reason that the number of people killed on U.S. highways
has hit a low rate not seen in 60 years. Technological improvements
to vehicles like anti-lock brakes are also credited.
(Photo courtesy AP)
DINOSAUR?: Internet wiping out printed Oxford Dictionary
Becoming extinct?
(Photo courtesy Oxford University Press)
Docs remove nails, needles from Sri Lankan maid
As a policeman takes notes, a nurse tends to L.G. Ariyawathi who returned to
Sri Lanka with 24 nails and needles imbedded in her body. She spent five months
working for a family in Saudi Arabia, which she said routinely tortured her. Most
of the needles and nails were inserted into her hands while hot she said, but they
were also pushed into her forehead, knees and ankles. This is not the first time
that people from other countries, working as domestics, have complained of abuse
by Saudi families, but it may be the most cruel allegation. The Sri Lankan
government is to file an offiical protest with the Saudi government.
(Photo courtesy Reuters)
Empire State Building to get new, tall, neighbor
An artist's rendering of the new structure that will compete with the Empire State Building
for New York City's skyline. NYC Council, with the blessing of Mayor Michael Bloomberg,
has approved the new construction, casting aside the objections of the Empire State
Building's owners. The new tower, to be called 15 Penn Plaza, would be 67 stories and
1190 feet tall, compared to the Empire State at 102 stories and 1454 feet tall.
(Illustration courtesy Getty Images)
Anne Frank tree in Amsterdam falls over in heavy wind, rain
The 150-year old chestnut tree seen silhouetted through
the attic window of the house in Amsterdam where Anne
Frank was secreted with her family before being found by
the Nazi's during WWII.
(File photo)
Fire destroys shoes of Nazi victims
The burned-out barrack at the Nazi death camp in Majdanek, near Lublin in
southern Poland, where a fire Monday 08/09/10 destroyed some 7,000
shoes of victims of the extermination camp. As in other death camps from
the era, converted into museums, the shoes were displayed as a record
of the 79,000 people who were murdered there. The fire was believed to
be accidental, due to faulty electrical wiring.
(Photo courtesy European Pressphoto agency)
U.S. attends Hiroshima memorial for first time
August 6, 2010 marked the 65th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima
by the United States. For the first time, the U.S. officially participated in memorial
services in Japan. Pictured is a Cenotaph in front of which thousands of people
gathered in memory of the victims of the bombing in 1945.
(Photo courtesy Reuters)
Double-blade helicopter breaks air speed record
The Sikorsky X2 experimental helicopter sports counter-rotating rotors
and a new tail design. In flight testing going on this summer, it broke
the previous record of 249 miles per hour in level flight. It is designed
to cruise at 288.
(Photo provided by Sikorsky)
Scam traffics in kids' social security numbers
Brazil kidnapping ring used Web to find victims
Police agencies admit to saving body scan images
(Advisory: his MSNBC video report is 5-minutes long)
Escalade most stolen vehicle
According to the Highway Loss Data Institute, this is the most oft-stolen vehicle
in America, GM's Cadillac Escalade. The SUV has been at the top of the
most-stolen list for six of the past seven years.
(Photo courtesy GM)
Vast floating garbage islands threaten China's Three Gorges Dam
A sign of China's progress? Effluence floats in huge islands close to the world's
largest dam, threatening its intake mechanisms.
(Photo courtesy AP)
Pilot ejects just before Canadian F-18 jet crashes
Dramatic video of the crash of a Canadian Air Force jet fighter 07/23/10
as it was reheasing for a weekend airshow in Alberta.
(Video report courtesy Global National TV News, Canada)
Reputed neo-Nazi leading immigrant-hunting patrols in Ariz.
This is what intolerance looks like. His name is J.T. Ready, a reputed
Neo-Nazi who is leading a group of his heavily-armed extremist followers,
looking for 'illegals' along Mexico's border. He is a member of the National
Socialist Movement, an organization that believes only non-Jewish, white
heterosexuals should be American citizens and that everyone who isn't
white should leave the country "peacefully or by force."
(Photo provided by J.T. Ready & published by AP)
This is also what intolerance looks like. He is Mark Williams, a spokesman for
the Tea Party Express. His group was kicked out of the National Tea Party
Federation after he published what he said was a "satire," a fictional letter
from what he called "Colored People to President Lincoln."
(Photo courtesy Getty Images)
Racism Charges: National Tea Party Federation expels Tea Party Express
Paul says he owes success to tea party
Paul draws backlash to comments about poverty
Iowa billboard linking Obama, Hitler removed 
The billboard erected in Mason City, Iowa equated President Barack Obama
with Adolph Hitler on the left and Vladimir Lenin on the right. After being up
for about a week, it was removed Wednesday, following numerous complaints.
(Photo courtesy AP)
Report: TV may be teaching us to overreact
Moon may have more water than believed
SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched successfully
A successful launch of the Falcon 9 on its maiden voyage. The private project
is designed to run commercial flights to the International Space Station.
The rocket was launched from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Staion.
(Photo courtesy Ben Cooper/Spaceflight Now)
Shuttle successor succeeds in first test flight
1794 silver dollar sells for record $7.85 million
Believed to be America's oldest silver dollar, this coin was sold by its
owner in a private transaction in May. It is the world's most expensive coin.
(Photo courtesy AP)
Scientists create 1st bacteria strain from man-made DNA
Seeking Clues, Paris Examines Security After Huge Art Theft
An image of two of the art works stolen 05/19/10 from the Museum of Modern Art in
Paris. On the left is a work by Henri Matisse titled 'Pastoral.' On the right is Pablo
Picasso's 'Pigeon With Green Peas.' The thief simply entered through a broken window.
(Composite file photo image by WydeWorld.com)
Buffalo billboard petitions president for "a freakin' job"
The billboard was put up on the presidential motorcade route that Obama
traveled in Buffalo, New York on May 13, 2010. It was erected by INAFJ.org.
(Photo courtesy Yahoo!News)
Official: Painting found in storage is a Raphael
This 12 x 16 inch oil painting, long thought to be a fake, has been
certified as a Raphael original. It was found tossed into the basement
of a northern Italian palace. Inititial value was set at $40-million.
(Photo courtesy EPA)
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