Earth may be crashing through dark matter walls

Earth is constantly crashing through huge walls of dark matter, and we already have the tools to detect them. That's the conclusion of physicists who say the universe may be filled with a patchwork quilt of force fields created shortly after the big bang. ...

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Obama blames "terrorists" for Algeria hostage deaths

WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama said on Saturday that blame for deaths stemming from a hostage crisis in Algeria lay with the "terrorists" who had earlier taken foreigners captive at a remote gas plant.The remarks were the president's first direct comments about the protracted hostage crisis. His statement was released several hours after Algerian troops stormed the gas plant to...

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Historic D.C., hidden in plain sight

Locals reveal the D.C. you don't knowLocals reveal the D.C. you don't knowLocals reveal the D.C. you don't knowLocals reveal the D.C. you don't knowLocals reveal the D.C. you don't knowLocals reveal the D.C. you don't knowLocals reveal the D.C. you don't knowSTORY HIGHLIGHTSWashington, D.C. holds a lot of nearly hidden historyA tennis court occupies the site of the execution of Lincoln assassination...

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Algerian assault ends crisis, 23 hostages dead

Last Updated 4:18 p.m. ET AIN AMENAS, Algeria Algerian special forces stormed a natural gas complex in the middle of the Sahara desert on Saturday in a "final assault" that ended a four-day-old hostage crisis, according to the state news agency and two foreign governments. Play VideoPanetta: "We know that lives have been lost" in AlgeriaThe Algerian government says 32 militants and 23 captives were...

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Algeria Hostage Crisis Over, One American Dead

After the Algerian military's final assault on terrorists holding hostages at a gas complex, the four-day hostage crisis is over, but apparently with additional loss of life among the foreign hostages.One American, Fred Buttaccio of Texas, has been confirmed dead by the U.S. State Department. Two more U.S. hostages remain unaccounted for, with growing concern among U.S. officials...

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NASA planet-hunter is injured and resting

Lisa Grossman, physical sciences reporter(Image: NASA/Kepler mission/Wendy Stenzel)NASA's planet-hunting Kepler telescope has put its search for alien Earths on hold while it rests a stressed reaction wheel.The injured wheel normally helps to control the telescope's orientation, keeping it pointed continuously at the same patch of sky. Kepler stares at the thousands of stars in its field of view...

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Japan PM holds Algerian hostage task force meeting

TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attended a meeting Saturday of a government task force on the Algeria hostage crisis after cutting short a trip to Southeast Asia, a report said.After arriving back in Tokyo Abe headed straight to his official residence where the meeting was to be held, Kyodo news agency reported."I would like to firmly respond," Abe was quoted as saying. He called...

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American among those killed in Algeria hostage crisis

STORY HIGHLIGHTSNEW: Frederick Buttaccio was killed in Algeria, a U.S. official saysAlgeria says 12 hostages overall were killed in the wake of a military operationTerrorists are "entrenched" in a gas refinery with captives, Algerian state news says The U.S. rejects a reported prisoner exchange offer voiced by a jihadist spokesman(CNN) -- After days of chaos, drama and an untold number of deaths,...

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At least one American dead in Algerian hostage crisis

Updated at 6:41 p.m. ET An American in the Algerian hostage standoff in the Algerian desert has been killed, CBS News has learned. Fredrick Buttaccio from Katy, Texas near Houston, was an employee of the oil company BP. It is unknown how he died, but U.S. government sources tell CBS News his body has been recovered and his family has been notified. Who are the terrorists that Islamic militants...

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One American Confirmed Dead in Algeria

U.S. officials told ABC News that at least one American has been killed in the hostage standoff at an Algerian gas plant, and the family of the deceased American has been notified.An al Qaeda-linked group called the Masked Brigade and led by the one-eyed jihadi Mokhtar Belmokhtar raided the BP joint venture facility in In Amenas on Wednesday, taking an undetermined number of...

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Matching names to genes: the end of genetic privacy?

Continue reading page |1 |2 Are we being too free with our genetic information? What if you started receiving targeted ads for Prozac for the depression risk revealed by your publicly accessible genome? As increasing amounts of genetic information is placed online, many researchers believe that guaranteeing...

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Euro gains despite US economic data; yen loses

NEW YORK: The US dollar slipped against the euro Thursday despite encouraging US data on housing and jobs, while the yen slumped to new multi-year lows on speculation of new easing.The euro benefited from more positive remarks from regional leaders and solid results of a Spanish bond auction, analysts said."The Euro rallied to 1.3376 as the European Central Bank and European Union President...

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His 2nd term, America's 2nd chance?

STORY HIGHLIGHTSReeling from the turmoil of the last four years, the country may be ready to regroupPresident Obama, adopting a more assertive posture, will need to still persuade a divided country to get things doneThe economy is improving, the nation's demographics are shifting and a new America is emergingWashington (CNN) -- On the eve of the inauguration, President Barack Obama's second term may...

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Manti Te'o kept girlfriend myth alive after revelation

SOUTH BEND, Ind. Not once but twice after he supposedly discovered his online girlfriend of three years never even existed, Notre Dame All-American linebacker Manti Te'o perpetuated the heartbreaking story about her death. 13 PhotosManti Te'oAn Associated Press review of news coverage found that the Heisman Trophy runner-up talked about his doomed love in a Web interview on Dec. 8 and again in...

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