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Meet Cora, a young slave on a Georgia cotton plantation. Her mother ran away when Cora was a little girl, and that feeling of abandonment has haunted her ever since. When she is approached by another slave about the underground railroad, she hesitates; but then life, in the form of rape and humiliation, gives her the n... |
Permutations of grief dominate a good part of the sections devoted to the Khuranas. We watch them grope for each other; repel each other; fight, make love and then decamp from whatever solaces each has to afford the other. Theirs are the most thrilling, tender and tragic parts of the novel, which are also periodically ... |
The stories she tells begin in medias res, around 1932, in a real Parisian cafe where Sartre is intrigued by his school friend Raymond Aron’s report of a new philosophical movement, phenomenology. It concerned itself, Aron explained, not with the theoretical or moral meaning of things, but with the things themselves an... |
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The Association of Small Bombs
By Karan Mahajan
A finalist for the National Book Award, Mahajan’s novel — smart, devastating and unpredictable — opens with a Kashmiri terrorist attack in a Delhi market, then follows the lives of those affected. This includes Deepa and Vikas Khurana, whose young sons... |
One of the worst choices anyone can make is to have children, or even glancing human attachments of any kind. Landlords hate kids for being noisy, for trying to flush toys down the toilet, or — at their most devilish — testing positive for lead poisoning, which can bring down the authorities. Children and other family ... |
Patrick Sumner is handled more tenderly, but his back story comes mainly in his dreams. His addiction to opium and the guilt he feels hit against his innate decency. But, most of the time, decency and morality seem almost futile and are certainly useless against the incessant violence and pitilessness that emerge in s... |
Last August, Anne Rice posted a call to arms — on Facebook, of course — warning that political correctness was going to bring on literary end times: banned books, destroyed authors, “a new era of censorship.” “We must stand up for fiction as a place where transgressive behavior and ideas can be explored,” she proclaime... |
Dividing his work into three parts, Hertmans floats through the first and third sections as an essayist and imagist, interpreting the notebooks and visiting the sites that shaped his grandfather’s development as a man and an artist. He grapples, conjectures, chronicles and evokes. But in the middle section, he sets thi... |
Greg Hicks, former deputy chief of mission at the U.S. Embassy in Tripoli, Libya, told congressional investigators that the State Department internal review of the catastrophe at the mission in Benghazi "let people off the hook," CNN has learned.
The Accountability Review Board "report itself doesn’t really ascribe... |
Official: We knew Benghazi was a terrorist attack "from the get-go"
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(CBS News) "Everybody in the mission" in Benghazi, Libya, thought the attack on a U.S. consulate there last Sept. 11 was an act of terror "from the get-go," according to excerpts of an interview investigators conducted wit... |
A communications malfunction at a Wyoming Air Force base knocked 50 intercontinental ballistic missiles offline for 45 minutes last weekend as technicians scrambled to diagnose the problem, Pentagon officials said Tuesday.
The glitch in the underground cable system linking launch control centers at F.E. Warren Air ... |
President Obama was briefed this morning on an engineering power failure at F.E. Warren Air Force Base in Wyoming that took 50 nuclear intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), one-ninth of the U.S. missile stockpile, temporarily offline on Saturday. in their bunkers could no longer communicate with the missiles the... |
My St. Patrick's Day routine is generally the same every year -- figuring out how to avoid that big parade that doesn't like the gay people , enduring the Cranberries' "Zombie" blaring out of every bar, and fending off the surprised "Where's your green?" questions from passersby who cannot fathom why a freckled redhead... |
The calendar year is lousy with holiday minefields. New Year's Eve. Valentine's Day. And then there's spring break for fair-skinned people – that pagan debauch otherwise known as St. Patrick's Day.
I grew up in a home where our Irishness was the dominant culture, where we had mashed potatoes every night, tenors sin... |
The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that Apple will report $54.7 billion in revenue and $13.41 a share in earnings for the quarter that ended in December. Above, an Apple store in New York. (Spencer Platt, Getty Images / )
If all goes according to plan Wednesday, Apple Inc. will report record revenue. The c... |
Apple Inc. (AAPL) is being outsold in China, the world’s largest handset market, by a company less than 1 percent its size, highlighting how the lack of low-cost products limits the iPhone-maker in emerging nations.
China Wireless Technologies Ltd. (2369) is one of four domestic suppliers outselling Apple in China ... |
Meet Auntie Pippa! Kate's sister travels to Kensington Palace with boyfriend Nico for a cuddle with her newborn nephew
Future king left the Lindo Wing at St Mary's Hospital in London tonight
Prince William drove Kate and his son away from the hospital
They arrived at Kensington Palace shortly afterwards
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Prince William, Catherine Duchess Of Cambridge and royal baby leaving Kensington Palace Credit: Rex USA
His Royal Highness is on the move! After their first night at home as a family, Kate Middleton and Prince William left Kensington Palace with their newborn son past noon on Wednesday, July 24. The brand-new famil... |
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are the proud new parents of the Prince of Cambridge, and once William’s two weeks of paternity leave is up, Kate will call on the help of her parents, who own a Georgian manor just outside London.
Kate is foregoing royal tradition as she moves into her parents’ most recently-purch... |
Prince Harry, Queen Elizabeth Meet Royal Baby; Did They Talk Names With Kate and William?
Uncle Harry and Great Grand-Mum just met their favorite new little boy! Both Prince Harry and Queen Elizabeth met with Prince William, Kate Middleton and the two-day-old royal baby at Kensington Palace in London the morning We... |
A Monroe County woman says she spent nearly four months in jail because a roadside drug test falsely labeled a bag of cotton candy as methamphetamine.
RELATED: 'The Drug Whisperer' | Drivers arrested while stone cold sober
Dasha Fincher filed a lawsuit in federal court Thursday against Monroe County, the two de... |
A Georgia woman is suing after the GBI found that the blue substance in her car that led to her spending three months in jail was not methamphetamine — it was cotton candy.
According to Macon-based WMAZ-TV, Dasha Fincher has filed a lawsuit in federal court against the board of commissioners in Monroe County, two d... |
She was one of the early heroines of flight history – a female pilot who became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
But in 1937, Amelia Mary Earhart also became of one of aviation's enduring mysteries, disappearing over the South Pacific while on the final leg of a journey to circumnavigate the g... |
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OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Amelia Rose Earhart has completed the round-the-world journey that her namesake never finished nearly eight decades ago.
The 31-year-old pilot completed the 24,300-mile journey Friday when her single-engine plane landed at Oakland International Airport, where she was greeted by her parents an... |
Photo: Jane Tyska / AP/Oakland Tribune-Bay Area News Group Image 1 of / 5 Caption Close Image 2 of 5 Amelia Rose Earhart, left, is greeted by twins Addison, and Natalie Boland, 7, right, of Thousand Oaks, Calif., after arriving at North Field in Oakland, Calif., on Friday, July 11, 2014.... |
The knot is tied! Jeff Goldblum said "I do" for a third time on Saturday, Nov. 8, when he married longtime love Emilie Livingston after more than three years of dating, his rep confirms to Us Weekly.
The Jurassic Park star, 62, and Livingston, 31, exchanged vows in front of friends and family at L.A.'s Chateau Marm... |
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — Grammy-winning salsa singer Marc Anthony has married his Venezuelan model girlfriend at a seaside resort in the Dominican Republic.
FILE - In this May 20, 2012 file photo, singer Marc Anthony, left, and Shannon De Lima attend the "Sports Spectacular" in Los Angeles, Californ... |
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Jennifer Lopez claims to have moved on from Marc Anthony, but reports suggest that she wasn’t being entirely honest about that. When news broke that Marc was supposedly getting married to his on-again/off-again girlfriend Shannon De Lima, Jennifer reportedly throw a hissy fit about it.
A source explains to Star, “J... |
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Mary Tyler Moore could turn the world on with her smile, but perhaps the greatest episode of the Mary Tyler Moore Show found her fighting a losing battle to keep that smile from spreading across her face. In “Chuckles Bites the Dust,” the team from the WJM newsroom—where Moore’s Mary Richards... |
Mary Tyler Moore, known for the Dick Van Dyke Show and Mary Tyler Moore Show, died on Wednesday. She was 80.
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Though the actress was known for portraying sunny and upbeat characters on screen, her personal life was marred with tragedies. Moore, who was divorce... |
Mary Tyler Moore was a sitcom star who redefined what a sitcom could be, both onscreen and behind it. She was an actress who became a producer, a Hollywood mogul who worked hard to change her industry. Moore, who died Wednesday at the age of 80, was a TV icon in the 1960s and ’70s whose on-screen persona radically chan... |
Television great Mary Tyler Moore, the beloved star of “The Dick Van Dyke Show” and “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” died Wednesday in Connecticut, her publicist confirmed. She was 80.
“Today, beloved icon, Mary Tyler Moore, passed away at the age of 80 in the company of friends and her loving husband of over 33 years,... |
Mary Tyler Moore, who died Wednesday at age 80, was the second great woman of television. Lucille Ball only preceded her in time; in cultural impact, both in front of and behind the camera, as comedians and producers, they were peers, each presenting and enacting, each in her own way, a picture of a strong woman, etern... |
"Just to watch her grow was such a thrill for me. She left an imprint on television comedy."
Mary Tyler Moore’s big career break came in 1961 when she was cast as Dick Van Dyke’s wife Laura on The Dick Van Dyke Show. Here Van Dyke, now 91, remembers his friend of six decades, who died Wednesday at age 80….
She ... |
Honoring Mary Tyler Moore’s Lifelong Dedication to Animals
Written by Amy Skylark Elizabeth |
With the passing of Mary Tyler Moore, the world has lost a legend in the entertainment industry, and animals have lost a passionate and long-time activist.
From her groundbreaking television series, the Mary Tyler ... |
The licking habits of Boston Bruins left winger Brad Marchand are about to change after coach Bruce Cassidy ordered him to stop using his tongue on the faces of opposing players.
Cassidy told reporters prior to Sunday’s game against the Tampa Bay Lightning that he met with Marchand on Saturday shortly after the 29-... |
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WINNIPEG — Paul Maurice says he saw it long before the underlying metrics pointed out that he owned one of the NHL’s top lines.
And we’re not talking Kyle Connor, Mark Scheifele and Blake Wheeler.
When you think of elite lines in the NHL, there are sever... |
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New Symbol For Healthful Eating: Hello Plate, Goodbye Pyramid
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It's a pretty safe bet that not many people will mourn the demise of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's food pyramid — the 20-year-old symbol of the department's dietary guidelines — when it's officially ... |
The USDA unveiled — well, there wasn't really a veil involved — its new healthful-eating icon this morning.
It is, as was expected, a plate:
A huge improvement over the baffling MyPyramid icon that it replaces, MyPlate is as easy as pie to understand; its designers smartly saved the fine print about how to actu... |
Goodbye food pyramid, and hello "My Plate."
The US Department of Agriculture, with an assist from first lady Michelle Obama, launched a new visual guide designed to help Americans have balanced diets in an era of high concern about obesity among adults and children.
As familiar as the food pyramid has been to g... |
MyPlate illustrates the five food groups that are the building blocks for a healthy diet using a familiar image – a place setting for a meal. Before you eat, think about what goes on your plate, in your cup, or in your bowl. |
Russia Set To Redefine Treason, Sparking Fears
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Russia's parliament has approved an expanded legal definition of high treason, prompting accusations that President Vladimir Putin's government wants to further crack do... |
Russian President Putin's work 'not affected' by injury
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Vladimir Putin's spokesman has admitted that Russia's president is suffering from an injury, but denied media reports that it is affecting his work.
Dmitry Peskov said the president had "pulled a muscle",... |
Did Vladimir Putin's flight with a flock of cranes end up grounding him? The Russian president's spokesman says no.
In recent weeks, Putin has rarely left his official residence, sparking speculation that illness or injury had laid him low.
On Thursday, the respected newspaper Vedomosti cited unnamed Kremlin-co... |
“We are still doing an investigation.”
— President Obama, Sept. 25, 2012
In any kind of confused overseas event, initial reports are often wrong. But the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya, in which four Americans were killed, including the ambassador, is a case study of how an admin... |
U.S. intelligence officials knew within 24 hours of the assault on the U.S. Consulate in Libya that it was a terrorist attack and suspected Al Qaeda-tied elements were involved, sources told Fox News -- though it took the administration a week to acknowledge it.
The account sharply conflicts with claims on the Sund... |
Within 24 hours of the 9-11 anniversary attack on the United States consulate in Benghazi, U.S. intelligence agencies had strong indications al Qaeda–affiliated operatives were behind the attack, and had even pinpointed the location of one of those attackers. Three separate U.S. intelligence officials who spoke to The ... |
Authorities in Jacksonville, Fla., have identified a Maryland man as the perpetrator of a mass shooting Sunday during a video game tournament.
“The single suspect in this case is a white male,” Jacksonville Sheriff Mike Williams said at a news conference Sunday night. “We believe the suspect to be 24-year-old David... |
Toshiba Sharon, an announcer for the video game tournament from Philadelphia talks to members of the media about what he saw during Sunday's mass shooting across the street from the Jacksonville Landing... (Associated Press)
Toshiba Sharon, an announcer for the video game tournament from Philadelphia talks to membe... |
The 24-year-old man who killed two people before turning the gun on himself at the Jacksonville Landing Sunday had a history of being emotionally distant, according to the gamers who played him. Court records show that he had previously been hospitalized in psychiatric facilities.
His parents filed for divorce 13 y... |
EA Sports has canceled upcoming “Madden”events after two gamers were murdered at a Jacksonville mall during a competition. (AP)
EA Sports has canceled upcoming “Madden” qualifiers in wake of Sunday’s mass shooting tragedy that left two gamers dead and 11 others injured when a man opened fire during a video game tou... |
The most jarring element of the delayed September jobs report, due out Tuesday, may be the fact that it isn’t coming on a Friday. Job growth was likely steady but unremarkable in the month heading into the government shutdown. Economists expect little change in the nation’s unemployment rate as the economy closed out t... |
U.S. employers added just 148,000 jobs in September, suggesting the job market was weakening before a 16-day partial government shutdown.
Still, the September gain was enough to lower the unemployment rate, which comes from a separate survey. The Labor Department says the rate fell to 7.2 percent, from 7.3 percent ... |
WSJ’s Sudeep Reddy offers a rundown of what market watchers should pay attention to in this particularly jobs report:
Jobless Rate, Payrolls and Revisions
The consensus forecast among economists, based on a Dow Jones Newswires survey, puts the unemployment rate unchanged at 7.3% in September and the payroll gai... |
JUBA/ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - South Sudan’s government and rebels finally began talks to end weeks of bloodletting on Friday after days of delay as the United States ordered out more of its embassy staff.
Marines and sailors with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response help U.S. citizens into a ... |
Initial meetings in Addis Ababa between mediators and the warring parties in South Sudan have been "fruitful," Ethiopia's foreign minister has said.
Tedros Adhanom said direct talks between the two sides, aimed at ending the violence, would begin on Saturday.
Fighting between supporters of President Salva Kiir ... |
JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — The U.S. Embassy in South Sudan is evacuating more of its personnel because of a deteriorating security situation.
Displaced people wade through mud as they get off a river barge from Bor, some of the thousands who fled the recent fighting between government and rebel forces in Bor by boat ... |
Ex-Cop Christopher Dorner Shops For Scuba Gear 2 Days Before Murders (VIDEO)
Christopher Dorner -- Shops for Scuba Gear 2 Days Before Murders (VIDEO)
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Alleged cop killerwent to a Southern California sporting goods store 2 days before he began his murder spree to purchase scuba equipment ... and TMZ... |
Police say they have received more than a 1,000 leads from the public in the search for former LAPD officer and murder suspect Christopher Dorner.
A fugitive former Los Angeles police officer wanted in connection with a deadly shooting rampage may have had help in his efforts to flee to Mexico as a massive manhunt ... |
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A Florida man in his 20s is in custody after he allegedly stole $18,000 from two different banks while disguised as an elderly man, according to a criminal complaint.
Abraham Maghen, who is in his mid-20s, allegedly went to a Pembroke Pines, Fla., bank on May 2, "wearing a mask resembling an elderly individual," ac... |
CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (AP) — A Marine posted at the main gate of a North Carolina base shot and killed a colleague inside a guard shack Tuesday, a military spokesman said.
Camp Lejeune spokesman Nat Fahy said the shooting occurred at around 5:30 p.m. Law enforcement and emergency personnel attempted to revive the shoo... |
A new access control complex at Camp Lejeune features a gate entrance with a canopy over traffic as well as other security improvements.
Story last updated April 9, 11:03 p.m. EDT
WASHINGTON — A Marine sentry at Camp Lejeune, N.C., who shot and killed a fellow Marine likely did so accidentally, the Pentagon sai... |
Ali Abdullah Saleh is in Riyadh for treatment amid speculation over his rule, two days after he was injured in attack.
Protesters have been calling for the ouster of President Saleh since February [Reuters] Yemen's president Ali Abdullah Saleh is in Riyadh for medical treatment, after he was injured in an attack on... |
With the departure of President Ali Abdullah Saleh for medical treatment in Saudi Arabia, Yemenis now have a chance to resolve the political crisis that has bedevilled the country since February.
Contrary to the official story that he merely suffered scratches and/or a slight head wound in the explosion on Friday, ... |
Many details of Apple Inc.'s new iPhone are already widely known, but expectations are high for the fourth-generation smartphone's official unveiling this week at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference.
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As he has in the past, Chief Executive Steve Jobs will be kicking off the annual event wit... |
In a few hours from now Steve Jobs will kick off the 2010 World Wide Developers Conference--one of Apple's premiere events. Fast Company.com will be liveblogging the keynote (10am PST), so check back then. In the meantime, here are our our guesses as to what's in store.
The new iPhone for 2010
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For the first time Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl has described in his own words the brutal conditions he endured as a Taliban prisoner for five years, a time during which he said he was kept in constant isolation. Bergdahl also claims he attempted to escape about a dozen times including once where he was able to evade his captors... |
Washington (CNN) House Speaker John Boehner said Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl is "innocent until proven guilty" after the U.S. military charged him with desertion and misbehavior before the enemy, but emphasized in an exclusive interview with CNN's Dana Bash that he was more concerned about the circumstances of his release.... |
Well-Versed: 'Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse' Is A Fun, Warm-Hearted Treat
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It's hard to fathom that the same Sony Pictures that, in 2012, decided the best way to expand the appeal of its live-action Spider-Man franchise was to start over with less... |
Did you ever think you could be Spider-Man? This gorgeous take on the Marvel superhero knows you can — that everyone can. The great power always comes by accident, that famous spider-bite origin story; it’s what you do with that power, of course, that really counts.
It’s a hard lesson for a 13-year-old Brooklyn boy... |
“You don’t feel as real if you don’t see yourself reflected in the media.” — the late African-American comics and cartoon creator Dwayne McDuffie
Back in February, I put that quote at the beginning of my review of “Black Panther.” (And yes, as someone pointed out on Twitter, 2018 has been so long and exhausting tha... |
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CLOSE Spiders collide! Miles Morales is the Spider-Man of his reality and meets other heroes from different dimensions to save the world. Sony Pictures Animation, Arizona Republic
The world doesn't need another Spider-Man movie, right? Wrong. "Into the Spider-Verse" is proof.
Spidey senses are tingling in "Spid... |
FILE - In this Dec. 11, 2010 file photo, former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards is seen in Raleigh, N.C. Edwards and federal prosecutors are arguing over whether the money used to cover... (Associated Press)
FILE - In this Dec. 11, 2010 file photo, former Democratic presidential candidate John Edward... |
Washington (CNN) -- Former Democratic vice presidential nominee and two-time presidential candidate John Edwards pleaded not guilty Friday to conspiracy and campaign law violations, acknowledging that he had "done wrong," but denying that he broke the law.
His plea came hours after a federal grand jury indicted him... |
After leaving the country together for Mexico, Allentown teen Amy Yu found herself Sunday back in the Lehigh Valley, and Kevin Esterly, her 45-year-old traveling companion for more than a week, was phoning his wife from a prison in Miami.
Both were picked up Saturday at Playa del Carmen, a resort town in the Mexica... |
FILE - This combination of photos provided by the Allentown, Pa., Police Department shows Amy Yu, left, and Kevin Esterly. On Saturday, March 17, 2018, authorities said the missing Pennsylvania teenager... (Associated Press)
FILE - This combination of photos provided by the Allentown, Pa., Police Department shows A... |
Various flashbacks radiate from that hotel room as Snowden, who was then only 29, recounts his life story. He tells of the injury that ended his Special Forces training when he was 20, of attending the CIA's training course, of the little bit of James Bond work he did in Geneva. |
Filmmaker Oliver Stone can be hit-or-miss. With the biographical film Snowden — a chronicle of what the infamous American whistleblower Edward Snowden did to unsettle the U.S. spy machine by leaking state secrets — Stone hits a bullseye.
This may not rank with his classics such as Platoon, JFK, Nixon, Wall Street a... |
Few would debate that the story of Edward Snowden’s life is as compelling as it is controversial. Based on Oliver Stone’s biopic, Snowden, it would also seem to be inherently non-cinematic. By opting to go with a straightforward account of the title character’s adult years (spanning a roughly ten year period from the e... |
Alexander Litvinenko’s accusation that Vladimir Putin was a paedophile may have been one of the motives for the Russian government to order his assassination, a report into the former Russian spy's death has found.
Sir Robert Owen’s inquiry looked at the former FSB agent’s “highly personal attacks” on the Russian P... |
LONDON (AP) — President Vladimir Putin probably approved a plan by Russia's FSB security service to kill former agent Alexander Litvinenko, who died three weeks after drinking tea laced with poison at a London hotel, a British judge said Thursday.
Marina Litvinenko, widow of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko,... |
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The murder of ex-Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko in 2006 in the UK was "probably" approved by President Vladimir Putin, an inquiry has found.
Mr Putin is likely to have signed off the poisoning o... |
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Sir Robert Owen, the Inquiry Chairman, published his Report into the death of Alexander Litvinenko on 21 January 2016. Please click on the link below to view the Report.
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Scientists are now contemplating the fabrication of a human genome, meaning they would use chemicals to manufacture all the DNA contained in human chromosomes.
The prospect is spurring both intrigue and concern in the life sciences community because it might be possible, such as through cloning, to use a synthetic ... |
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At Harvard today, an invitation-only group of about 150 scientists, lawyers, and entrepreneurs, met to discuss if and how to construct from scratch an entire human genome – the heritable genetic material that in nature is transferred from parents to children.
The meeting was orig... |
A secret Harvard meeting has raised concerns about scientists going too far with synthetic life; surely this image of a robot Frankenstein perfectly matches the text below. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
About 150 scientists assembled at Harvard on Tuesday for an off-the-record, no-media-allowed discussion of how to... |
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Eighteen days of protests have brought an end to three decades of rule by Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. The dramatic events have been watched by Egypt's neighbours and the wider world.
Here is the reaction of some governments around the world.
United States President Barack Obama
The people of Egypt hav... |
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Hosni Mubarak has stepped down as president of Egypt, after weeks of protest in Cairo and other cities.
The news was greeted with a huge outburst of joy and celebration by thousands ... |
Mohamed el-Katatni, former leader of the parliamentary bloc of the banned Muslim Brotherhood, says Egyptians have achieved the main goal of their popular uprising.
"I salute the Egyptian people and the martyrs," el-Katatni tells Reuters. "This is the day of victory for the Egyptian people."
With Hosni Mubarak s... |
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Hosni Mubarak quit the Egyptian presidency and handed power to the military on Friday, a day after declaring he would stay in power until September. Mubarak reportedly left Cairo for the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh.
Here's what world leaders and ... |
Washington, Wahlberg Are Bad Boys, And Whatcha Gonna Do?
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2 Guns Director: Baltasar Kormakur
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Running Time: 109 minutes Rated R for violence throughout, language and brief nudity With: Denzel Washi... |
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