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Victim's family still seeks finality a year after killing at church
A year has passed since a man apparently upset at the workers running the food pantry at an Ellicott City church gunned down a minister and an office worker, police say, before taking his own life. St. Peter's Episcopal Church marked the anniversary...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Christianity, Anglicanism, Shootings, Ellicott City
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American dream goes sour for Kazakhs charged over bombings
Reuters* Two Kazakh students face up to five years in jail * Both suspected of impeding bombing investigation * Central Asia homeland produces oil, run with firm hand By Mariya Gordeyeva ALMATY, May 2 (Reuters) - Going to study in America was a dream come...Tags: Science and Technology, Students, Prisons, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, Mathematics
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Pinning down the physics of bubbles
Bubbles are a serious business. While they're beloved as a childhood pastime and a bathtub luxury, the physics behind the delicate, iridescent clusters remains remarkably complex. Now mathematicians have pinned down the ephemeral physical processes that...
Tags: Science and Technology, Science, University of California, Berkeley
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Soliloquy: Advice from a well-worn mother
I became a mother in 1979. I had two children in the ’80s, two in the ’90s and one in 2000, so my childbearing years span four decades, two centuries and two millennia. I feel I’ve earned the right to give motherly advice, so here...Tags: Family
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Dozens killed as quake hits Iran, Pakistan
TEHRAN, Iran -- An earthquake toppled homes and shops on both sides of the Iran-Pakistan border Tuesday, killing dozens of people and causing skyscrapers to sway in Dubai. It also forced Iranian officials -- for the second time in less than a week --...Tags: Tehran (Iran), Burj Khalifa, Iran, Natural Disasters, Armed Forces
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Stephen Hawking talks about unified theory and his biggest 'blunder'
This post has been corrected. See the note below for details.Humans are on the cusp of discovering how the universe works on its biggest and smallest scales, Stephen Hawking said during a lecture Tuesday in Los Angeles. The renowned theoretical physicist made his name studying black holes, massive structures that...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Science and Technology, University of Cambridge, Science, Cosmology
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Dark matter being explored in SD
Deep in the former Homestake Gold Mine in Lead scientists have set up a multimillion dollar experiment with the hopes of detecting one of the mysteries of the universe — dark matter. Mentioned in Star Trek and computer games, dark matter sounds...Tags: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Science and Technology, Fiction, Science
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Space telescope astrophysicist probes space, spreads the word
Jason Kalirai doesn't just reach for the stars. He pulls them close and studies them — and encourages others to do so, as well. For two years, Kalirai, an award-winning astrophysicist at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, worked...
Tags: Science and Technology, Science, NASA, Astronomy, Space Programs
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Lasers, microwave deployed in high-speed trading arms race
Reuters* Microwave trading networks launched from London to Frankfurt * Secretive rivals race to shave milliseconds off trading times * Laser technology developed for U.S. military to be used By Eric Onstad LONDON, May 1 (Reuters) - Laser beams and microwave...Tags: Science and Technology, Laser Technology, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Economy, Business and Finance, Technology
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Edward Frieman dies at 87; leading figure in American science
Edward A. Frieman, a leading figure in American science for decades as a researcher with wide-ranging interests, a top-level governmental advisor on defense and energy issues, and director of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego, has...Tags: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Science and Technology, Central Intelligence Agency, Bodies of Water, Colleges and Universities
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School Notebook: LI mock trial champs
NewsdayWilliam Floyd High School, once again, is the mock trial champ of Long Island. A 15-student team from the Mastic Beach school beat Our Lady of Mercy Academy in Syosset last month to win the 2013 Long Island Regional Championship at the Suffolk County...Tags: Science and Technology, Students, Mastic Beach, West Islip, Cerebral Palsy
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Going the Arab way
Khaleej TimesArab thought, Arab writers, Arab science, Arab politics! The 23rd Abu Dhabi International Book Fair (ADIBF), which came to an end on Monday evening, took a sharp turn towards the Arab book industry. "I had a good time today touring the Abu Dhabi...Tags: Science and Technology, Book, Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Literature, Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates)
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