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CNN 2010-05-31

It was worse right back there where it's super thick, man. I've never seen anything like it. It just rolled in on. Its quite unreal. Oh man, look at that streak. Look at the holes off of those. It's thick, thick, thick. Like mud. That's unreal. This

AP 2012-01-26

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Are we alone ?And it ties into all the big questions: how do we get here ? where are we going ?Are we a part of a bigger picture? But for the longest time ,the question was taboo to science . Before the Mid-1990s ,it was considered somewhat embarassi

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Divisions Surface at UN Climate Change Talks

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Hundreds of rescuers are continuing to try to find survivors of the accident, even though the chances of anyone still being alive are fading by the day. The president of the Korea Rescue Association says the search will intensify in the next three da

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US Nuclear-Powered Submarine Runs Aground An accident has occurred on one of the U.S. Navy's nuclear powered attack submarines in the Pacific Ocean. The Navy says the sub, for reasons not yet known, h

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The death toll of South Koreas capsized ferry has risen to 273, as divers searched the sunken ferry amid slower tidal currents. 31 passengers remain missing. No survivor had been reported since 172 people were saved from the ship on April 16th. South

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