Wednesday, April 11, 2012

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Everything you need to know about the Titanic's 100th anniversary
Mary Beth Crocker Dearing and her husband Tom Dearing from Newport Ky. pose for the media in period costume as they wait to board the MS Balmoral cruise ship in Southampton, England, Sunday, April 8, 2012. Nearly 100 years after the Titanic went down, a cruise with the same number of passengers aboard is setting sail to retrace the ship's voyage, including a visit to the location where it sank. The Titanic Memorial Cruise is set to depart Sunday from Southampton, where the Titanic left on its maiden voyage. The 12-night cruise will commemorate the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the White Star liner. With 1,309 passengers aboard, the MS Balmoral will follow the same route as the Titanic. Organizers are trying to recreate the onboard experience minus the disaster from the food to a band playing music from that era.Organizers said people from 28 countries have booked passage, including relatives of some of the more than 1,500 people who died when the Titanic collided with an iceberg and sank on April 15, 1912.(AP Photo/Alastair Grant)The 100th anniversary of the Titanic expedition is under way.



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Zimmerman solicits donations online
Zimmermansplit2-gifTrayvon Martin shooter George Zimmerman has apparently launched a website—TheRealGeorgeZimmerman.com—to relay a message thanking his supporters, and to collect donations via PayPal for his living and defense expenses.



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Study: 'Obamacare' would raise deficit
The forum will look at what the administration has done for women's jobs and economic securityReigniting a debate about the bottom line for President Barack Obama's health care law, a leading conservative economist estimates in a study to be released Tuesday that the overhaul will add at least $340 billion to the deficit, not reduce it.



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W.H. rejects Israeli president's personal appeal for spy
Israelis protest in front of the US embassy in Tel Aviv to call for the release of Jonathan Pollard, in 2011The White House on Monday rejected Israeli President Shimon Peres's personal appeal to commute convicted Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard's life sentence.



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'Simply hypocrisy': Obama camp slams Romney remarks
Romney Calls Obama 'Hide and Seek' CandidatePresident Barack Obama's re-election campaign manager Jim Messina on Monday accused Mitt Romney of "hypocrisy" for his attacks on the president as a member of a coddled, out-of-touch, Harvard-educated elite.



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Police say Tulsa shooting suspects confessed: report
Alvin Lee Watts and Jacob Carl England are seen in a combination of undated pictures released to Reuters by Tulsa County Sheriff's OfficeTwo white men accused of shooting five black people in Tulsa, Oklahoma, killing three of them, have confessed to authorities, media reports said on Monday, citing police and court documents.



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Romney faces lengthy to-do list as likely GOP pick
FILE - In this Feb. 1, 2012, file photo Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney talks to reporters on his campaign plane en route from Tampa, Fla. to Minnesota and Nevada. Romney faces a daunting to-do list as he transitions into the role of likely Republican presidential nominee: raise more money, hire more people to work states critical in the fall race, hone his message for broad-spectrum appeal, while fending off GOP challengers who refuse to quit, thinking about a running mate, and refining a strategy to win the 270 electoral votes needed for the White House. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)Mitt Romney faces a daunting to-do list as he transitions into the role of likely Republican presidential nominee.



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U.S. tells North Korea not to carry out nuclear test
A soldier stands guard in front of the Unha-3 (Milky Way 3) rocket sitting on a launch pad at the West Sea Satellite Launch Site, during a guided media tour by North Korean authorities in the northwest of PyongyangThe United States urged North Korea on Monday not conduct a nuclear test or launch a satellite and called on China to exert its influence over its neighbor to try to ward off such "provocative actions."



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Jurors being seated in Hudson family murder trial
FILE - In this Sept. 27, 2011 file photo, singer and Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Hudson speaks in Chicago. On Monday, April 9, 2012, a judge will question potential jurors as jury selection begins in earnest at the Chicago trial of William Balfour, the man accused of murdering Hudson's mother, brother and 7-year-old nephew in 2008. Testimony begins April 23. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)The first full day of jury selection in the Chicago trial of the man accused of killing singer and actress Jennifer Hudson's family ended Monday without the seating of a full jury.



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March's heat melts records
March's Heat Melts RecordsYou likely felt it, but now it’s official that March 2012 was the warmest March on record for the lower 48 states, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.



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Wash. man on the run finds time to update Facebook
In this undated photo taken by the Washington state Department of Corrections and provided by the Port Angeles Police Department, Travis A. Nicolaysen is seen. The Port Angeles man is on the lam but still updating his Facebook page. Nicolaysen, 26, escaped from officers in two foot chases Wednesday, April 4, 2012, and a dragnet that included a police dog tracking him through a residential neighborhood. The Peninsula Daily News reports he's been convicted of five felonies, including domestic violence, burglary and theft of a firearm. (AP Photo/Department of Corrections)He's on the lam, but Travis A. Nicolaysen still had time to update his Facebook page.



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Senator faces fire from the right in Ind. primary
Republican U.S. Senator Lugar of Indiana addresses supporters in a cafe in Crawfordsville, IndianaConservative groups the National Rifle Association and the Club for Growth launched an attack ad assault on Sen. Dick Lugar Monday as the Indiana Republican heads into a difficult GOP primary race.



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U.S., Brazil uncork new booze protection deal
Bottles of liquor are shown on shelves at a state-run liquor store, Wednesday, March 7, 2012, in Seattle. Washington state begins the process of fully privatizing its alcoholic beverage business on Thursday when a public auction of state-run liquor stores opens online, marking a historic change for a state that has tightly controlled its booze since the end of Prohibition. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)This calls for a toast: The United States and Brazil took a big step Monday toward protecting some of their best-known exports—Bourbon and Tennessee whiskeys and the sugarcane-derived cachaça.



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Does cyberbullying law punish free speech?
Cyberbullying has led to many unfortunate tragedies for teenagers.Arizona lawmakers will review a recently passed anti-cyberstalking bill after critics raised concerns that it's so broad it could authorize arrests for online "trolls" who write mean comments on social media and news sites.



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'#Facegram' news sparks Twitter storm
A photo illustration shows a picture of a flower taken with the photo-sharing application Instagram on the screen of an Android mobile phone in Los AngelesFacebook's announcement on Monday it had agreed to acquire Instagram--the popular social photo application for iPhone and Android devices--for $1 billion cash sparked a loud reaction online.



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Maryland Mega Millions winner comes forward
A woman holds cash and lottery tickets while standing in line to play the lottery in Los AngelesA Maryland winner of a share of the record U.S. $656 million Mega Millions lottery has come forward, the Maryland Lottery said on Monday.



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First planetary system discovered with more planets than ours
Scientists may not be having much success in the search for extraterrestrial life, but astronomers seem to have no difficulty in picking up the presence of new planets. Specifically, an astronomer at the University of Hertfordshire has discovered the presence of multiple … Continue reading

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You can now get your own chocolate 3D printer for $4,600
Some 3D printers can print out jawbones, teeth, and guitars; others can print something far yummier — pieces of chocolate. Last year, a group of scientists from the U.K.'s University of Exeter built a printer that can make chocolatey works of art.

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iBrain can ‘read your mind’; enlists Stephen Hawking
A team of California scientists have developed the world's first portable brain scanner, and it may soon be able to "read a person's mind," playing a major role in facilitating medical breakthroughs. "This is very exciting for us because it allows us to have a window into the brain. We're building technology that will allow [...]

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Elephant on Mars Sculpted by Lava Flow
The dried flood of lava over the surface of Mars has created the spitting image of the eye and trunk of an elephant.

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