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How Unique Is Our Milky Way Galaxy?

Milky Way galaxy, the home galaxy of the Solar System, and of Earth, belongs to a rare subset among the billions that populate the cosmos.
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Air France Flight 447: Final dying moments revealed

The ill-fated Air France flight 447, which crashed into the Atlantic ocean on June 1, 2009, en route from Rio De Janeiro to Paris, killing all 228 people onboard, had plunged at nearly 11,000 feet per minute during the final few minutes even as its pilots struggled to regain control following failure of speed sensors, French authorities revealed, Friday.

Top 10 Most Well-Read Cities in America

Online retailer Amazon has released the list of top ten most well-read cities in America, with Cambridge in Massachusetts topping the list, followed by Alexandria, Virginia.
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91-Year-Old Grandma Selling Suicide Kits

Sharlotte Hydorn opened the door Wednesday morning to her surprise to find federal agents carrying a warrant. They then began seizing boxes of suicide kits from her home.
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When is Memorial Day?

Memorial Day is one of those tricky holidays that falls on a different date from year to year, but unlike Easter, which jumps all over the spring, Memorial Day is always on the last Monday in May.
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New York Ends Practice of Scrubbing Regents

One month before Regents exams begin, New York State education officials have decided to end the practice of rescoring tests to turn a just-failing grade into a passing grade.

Elizabeth Smart's Abductor Gets Life Sentence

Elizabeth Smart, who was kidnapped at knifepoint from her bed in June 2002, finally got justice after 9 years as her kidnapper Brian David Mitchell was sentenced to life in prison.

Gabrielle Giffords shooting case: Killer Jared Lee Loughner mentally unfit to stand trial

A federal judge ruled on Wednesday that 22-year-old shooter Jared Lee Loughner, who killed six people and seriously wounded Congress woman Gabrielle Giffords, was mentally unfit to stand trial. The ruling came after staff psychologist at the U.S. Medical Center for Federal Prisoners and a forensic psychiatrist certified that the Arizona killer was not mentally stable.

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