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Say cheese! NASA Mars rover photographs own shadow
74 mins ago
Even robots like to have fun. NASA's rover on Mars showed off its playful side by snapping a picture of its own shadow. It's the latest self-portrait since the rover, named Opportunity, landed on the red planet in 2004.
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Facebook launches iPhone camera app
58 mins ago
Facebook's rocky initial public offering hasn't stopped life at the world's biggest online social network. On Thursday, the company unveiled a camera app for the iPhone.
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Private supply ship flies by space station in test
1 hour 58 mins ago
The world's first private supply ship flew tantalizingly close to the International Space Station on Thursday, acing a critical test in advance of the actual docking.
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Rich-poor divide reopens at UN climate talks
2 hours 16 mins ago
U.N. climate talks ran into gridlock Thursday as a widening rift between rich and poor countries risked undoing some advances made last year in the decades-long effort to control carbon emissions that scientists say are overheating the planet.
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Facebook shares stabilizing, but probes mount
7 hours 2 mins ago
Facebook's initial public offering is the subject of two congressional inquiries and mounting lawsuits as the social network enters its fifth day of public trading.
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Solar plane begins 1st transcontinental flight
7 hours 45 mins ago
An experimental solar-powered airplane took off from Switzerland on its first transcontinental flight Thursday, aiming to reach North Africa next week.
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Yahoo seeks to shake up search, Web browsing
13 hours 46 mins ago
Joining the battle to redefine Internet search, Yahoo is taking aim with a new browser enhancement it calls "Axis."
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HP's missteps culminate in loss of 27,000 jobs
13 hours 49 mins ago
Hewlett-Packard CEO Meg Whitman has quantified the painful price that must be paid for the missteps of her predecessors as she tries to turn around the Silicon Valley pioneer. The bungling will wipe out 27,000 jobs so HP can save enough money to lift its earnings and invest in the development of more profitable products and service.
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Iowa man with zebra, parrot in truck gets DUI
An Iowa man stopped outside a Dubuque bar with a small zebra and a parrot in his truck has been charged with drunken driving.
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Panel examining flaws in food-for-troops contract
The Pentagon and the company that supplies U.S. troops in Afghanistan with food and water are locked in a billion-dollar billing dispute that illustrates the flawed management of contracts for battlefield support, ...
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Health
Person visited neonatal units before TB diagnosis
A person with an active case of tuberculosis who visited two Northern California neonatal intensive care units had a valid reason to be there and had not been diagnosed at the time, ...
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