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Thursday, August 25, 2011

DARPA releases video of Falcon Hypersonic Technology Vehicle 2 hitting Mach 20

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DARPA releases video of Falcon Hypersonic Technology Vehicle 2 hitting Mach 20

An unmanned glider streaks over the Pacific Ocean at 20 times the speed of sound in a video released by a US defence research agency DARPA.
VIEW HERE

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Yankees Set Major League Single-Game Grand Slam Record

The New Yankees ecame the first major league team to hit three grand slams in one game.
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YouTube: http://youtu.be/4HfFJYYtOug

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Police hunt woman who launched stiletto attack on cash machine
The late-night reveller was caught on CCTV repeatedly hitting the machine in Chippenham, Wiltshire.
READ/VIEW VIDEO HERE
YouTube: http://youtu.be/pfvgkibq7GY

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Grammar fail on Old Navy's college t-shirts
Hundreds of thousands of shirts from the retailer's new college football line have been shipped to stores with the phrase "Let's Go", sans apostrophe.
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Fire at Howard Fire Department
The roof of the Shawano Avenue fire station in Howard was burning. It broke out just after 1 p.m.
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Irate woman strips naked in protest after being stopped by Customs officers at airport
Customs officers in Bermuda were in for a surprise when they asked one traveller if they could search her luggage.
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Scientists discover the diamond planet
Scientists have discovered a planet they believe is made of diamond.
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Police stop man from transporting fridge in car trunk
Police were called to a parking lot in Richmond, B.C., earlier this month where they found a man trying to load a full-sized fridge into the trunk of a four-door sedan.
READ HERE/PHOTO

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Austrian Probed for Sexually Abusing Mentally Disabled Daughters for 41 Years

An 80-year-old man was arrested Thursday on suspicion of locking up his two mentally disabled daughters in a small room for 41 years, sexually abusing them.
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Earthquake Helps Man Regain His Hearing
The earthquake that rattled a wide swath of the eastern U.S. this week may have been a blessing in disguise for a 75-year-old who regained his hearing after the 5.8-magnitude tremor hit.
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'Man kept flatmate's body on the sofa for two years'
A pensioner kept the rotting and skeletal body of his flatmate in his living room for two years or more before dumping it in the street.
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Pa. newlyweds shoplifted reception food
A couple of Pennsylvania newlyweds are behind bars after police say they were caught shoplifting food from a supermarket for their wedding reception.
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Make Godfather hearse owner an offer he can't refuse
Owner selling restored funeral coach he says was used in The Godfather movie
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Man, 95, stung some 400 times in Calif. bee attack

Police in Redondo Beach say a 95-year-old man is doing well after being stung more than 400 times by a swarm of bees.
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Watch out for waspzilla: 6.4cm long warrior wasp discovered

It resembles a creature from the Alien films and its jaws are longer than its legs. Meet the frightening creature that is the warrior wasp – a newly discovered nasty that is the stuff of nightmares.
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Funtastic Mr Fox! Young cub has the time of its life sliding down quarry conveyor belt
A disused gravel quarry became a playground for a young fun-loving fox and his family.
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Fossil redefines mammal history
A small, 160-million-year-old Chinese fossil has something big to say about the emergence of mammals on Earth.
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Robonaut R2 tweets from outer space
The first human-like astronaut robot - Robonaut 2 or R2 - has awakened at the International Space Station - and already started tweeting.
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China's culture ministry bans songs from artists including Lady Gaga, Backstreet Boys

China has banned websites from featuring 100 songs by artists from Lady Gaga to the Backstreet Boys.
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