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Three Commuter Jets Avert Midair Collision Near Washington DC Airport: Report

U.S. Airways said it will assist the federal officials in investigating a report which said that three commuter jets came close to within seconds of a midair collision at the Reagan National Airport on Tuesday, after air traffic controllers mistakenly cleared two outbound flights in the direction of another plane that was coming in to land.
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Man Injured In Ballston Beach Shark Attack Near Cape Cod In Truro, Could Be A White Shark

A man was attacked by a shark on Cape Cod's Ballston beach while he was body surfing on Monday afternoon. This 40-year-old man was believed to be about one third of a mile offshore when the whale bit him on both his legs, according to local reports. He was rushed to the Cape Cod Hospital immediately and was then transferred to the Massachusetts general hospital in Boston later during the day.
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Bucking NRA-Backed Law, Democrats Want To Ban Online Sales Of Ammunition

On the heels of a gruesome theater shooting in Colorado and with estimates that 48,000 Americans could be killed by guns in the next four years, two Democratic lawmakers have proposed a legislation to ban the online sales of ammunition in order to prevent potential mass murderers from stocking up.
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North India Hit by Worst Blackout in a Decade

Grid failure left more than 300 million people without power in New Delhi and much of northern India for hours on Monday in the worst blackout for more than a decade, highlighting chronic infrastructure woes holding back Asia's third-largest economy.
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Queer Science, From Alan Turing To Sally Ride

We may think of academics as a liberal, open-minded lot, but lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender scientists have had as rocky a road to acceptance in the scientific community as in other segments of society.
Drudge Report Exposed: Front Page Linked To Old Stabbing Story From Salt Lake City

Drudge Report Exposed: Front Page Linked To Old Stabbing Story From Salt Lake City

The Salt Lake City Police Department was flooded from phone calls from reporters on Friday after the Drudge Report linked a story about how a man stopped another man's stabbing rampage in a Salt Lake City. Though the linked article from the Drudge Report front page was clearly published on April 26, many reporters did not take notice and published the news as if it had occurred the night before.

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