The National Academy of Sciences is casting more doubt on whether the Obama administration’s European-based missile defense shield can protect the United States and recommends scrapping key parts of the system.
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More doubts cast on European missile defense plan
Grammy winner Mary J. Blige is expected to sing the national anthem at this year’s Kentucky Derby.
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Mary J. Blige to sing national anthem at Derby
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Google Inc announced a stock split designed to preserve the control of co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin over the world’s No. 1 Web search engine, asking investors to trust their long-term vision. The surprise decision, which its board unanimously approved, came as the company exceeded Wall Street’s profit expectations but revealed a worrying 12 percent drop in search advertising rates – the second consecutive quarterly decline. Shares of Google, which finished Thursday’s regular session at $651.01, rose to $653 in after-hours trading. …
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Google stock split helps Page, Brin maintain grip
Democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi’s party won almost all the seats it contested in Myanmar elections, becoming the main opposition force in the national parliament, official results showed Tuesday.
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Suu Kyi’s party sweeps landmark Myanmar polls
This is what the U.S. government imagines would happen if terrorists set off a nuclear bomb just blocks away from the White House: The explosion would destroy everything in every direction within one-half mile. An intense flash would blind drivers on the Beltway miles away. A radioactive cloud would drift toward Baltimore.
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Gov’t report: DC nuke blast wouldn’t destroy city
The Communist Party replaced one of China’s most powerful and charismatic politicians Thursday following a weeks-long scandal unleashed when one of his trusted aides, a mob-fighting former police chief, fled to a U.S. consulate.
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China replaces once-powerful boss of Chongqing
The Christian Science Monitor – The suicide rate among active-duty soldiers hit an all-time high in 2011. But there are signs that rates among reservists and members of the National Guard are stabilizing after years of steady increase.
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Army report: Suicide rate sets record; some alcohol abuse up 54 percent
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AP – Despite suffering severe injuries in the worst air race accident in the U.S. in more than a half a century, some victims have told their lawyer they would like to attend future races.
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Safety of popular air shows, races under scrutiny
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AP – Failure by Congress’ debt-cutting supercommittee to recommend $1.2 trillion in savings by Wednesday is supposed to automatically trigger spending cuts in the same amount to accomplish that job.
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Congress may try blocking cuts if debt panel fails
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AP – Thanks to Albert Pujols’ monster night, the St. Louis Cardinals have done exactly what they set out to do in the NL championship series: Erase the Milwaukee Brewers’ home-field advantage.
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Pujols powers Cards past Brewers to tie ALCS 1-all
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