DIAMONDS

Ridiculed crystal work wins Nobel for Israeli

Israeli scientist Daniel Shechtman (C) reacts as he arrives at a news conference at Israel's Technion Institute of Technology in the northern city of Haifa
An Israeli scientist who suffered years of ridicule and even lost a research post for claiming to have found an entirely new class of solid material was awarded the Nobel Prize for chemistry on Wednesday for his discovery of quasicrystals.

DR Congo diamond firms need $300 mln: official

A worker at the Botswana Diamond Valuing Company displays a rough diamond
Democratic Republic of Congo needs to invest some $300 million in its industrial diamond mining operations to revive a flagging sector and boost government revenue, a top mining official said.
Gene Simmons of the band Kiss and actress Shannon Tweed arrive at the Blu-ray disc launch party for the 1983 classic film ''Scarface'' in Los Angeles, California

Gene Simmons and Shannon Tweed's Marriage, After 28 Years (PHOTOS)

Kiss frontman Gene Simmons, 62, and the Playboy model Shannon Tweed, 54, finally exchanged vows they wrote themselves at the Beverly Hills Hotel on Saturday, in the presence of 400 guests including Hugh Hefner, Bill Maher and Simmons' fellow Kiss members, Paul Stanley.
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Diamond Planet

Planet Made of Diamonds Likely to Have Oxygen, Carbon

In what can be called a gem of a discovery, astronomers have found a rare planet made of diamonds, which would likely have oxygen apart from carbon. The carbon-based planet lies 4,000 light years away in the constellation of Serpens in our Milky Way galaxy.
Diamond Planet

Diamond Planet Found Orbiting a Pulsar [PHOTOS & VIDEOS]

Listen up ladies (and any gentlemen with a spaceship), astronomers say they have discovered an exotic planet seemingly made of diamonds that's five times the size of Earth and with more mass than Jupiter. And get this, the diamond-crystal planet was discovered in our own Milky Way galaxy.
U.S. Rep. Ron Paul speaks during the Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans

Ron Paul to Bernanke: 'Do You Think Gold is Money?'

Longtime Federal Reserve antagonist U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, was at it again on Wednesday, criticizing Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, the head of world's most powerful central bank, for a faltering economic recovery and suggested the country would be better off investing in gold.

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