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| Mothballed telescope gets new life as asteroid hunter | | | CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA will reactivate a mothballed infrared space telescope for a three-year mission to search for potentially dangerous asteroids on a collision course with Earth, officials said on Wednesday. |
| Tevez City pressure too much | | | Juventus striker Carlos Tevez talks to CNN about the pressure at Manchester City and his new challenge at his new club. |
| Jeter Leads Yankees to 9-1 Rout of White Sox | | | Derek Jeter ended a slump with two hits and two RBIs, Alex Rodriguez reached base twice in an eight-run fourth inning and the New York Yankees battered the Chicago White Sox 9-1 on Monday in a game interrupted nearly two hours by rain. |
| Military concerns over Syria mission | | | Concerns exist within the ranks of the military over the outcome of the kind of strike the president is considering against Syria, and those concerns are coupled with worries about strains on an already stretched military. |
| Riff Two (Sucked) Thumbs Up | | | For the self-identified cineaste, new parenthood doesnt mean just seeing a lot fewer movies; it means no longer trusting your judgment about the rare movies you do get to see. |
| Doctors get good and bad safety news on diabetes drugs | | | AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Diabetes pills known as DPP-4 therapies got a mixed safety report on Monday as studies showed they did not raise the risk of heart attacks but might be linked to heart failure, where the heart fails to pump blood adequately. |
| The 30-Minute Interview David J. Galullo | | | Mr. Galullo is the chief executive of Rapt Studios, a company based in San Francisco that designs corporate interiors for clients like Adobe, Google and the North Face. |
| The 30-Minute Interview Lesley Bamberger | | | Mr. Bamberger is the chief executive of the Kroonenberg Groep, a large Dutch real estate development and investment company founded in 1956 by his grandfather, Jacob Kroonenberg. |
| New mammal discovered | | | A small mammal with fluffy red-orange fur, a short bushy tail, and an adorable rounded face has leapt onto the raccoon family tree. |
| Human-powered helicopter flies into aviation history | | | July 11 - A team from Toronto has won the long-coveted Sikorsky prize by using human power alone to fly an aircraft. The team, called AreroVelo Inc., achieved the feat on June 13, securing a $250,000 prize that has been on offer for 33 years, but never before awarded. Rob Muir reports. |
| Bigger and healthier European men grow 11cm in a century | | | LONDON (Reuters) - The average height of European men grew by a surprising 11 centimeters from the early 1870s to 1980, reflecting significant improvements in health across the region, according to new research published on Monday. |
| Sesame Street Widens Its Focus | | | With its usual silliness, Sesame Street is introducing serious concepts about nature, science, math and engineering to its target audience of children too young to read. |
| Greens use Keystone XL backers' words to undermine pipeline | | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Environmental groups on Thursday used statements by supporters of the proposed Canada-U.S. Keystone XL pipeline to undermine the argument that Canada's tar sands will be developed without the project, so the impact on greenhouse gases will be the same. |
| Russian MPs want to fly to Washington to sway Syria vote | | | NOVO-OGARYOVO, Russia (Reuters) - Russian lawmakers want to travel to Washington to urge the U.S. Congress not to back President Barack Obama's plan for military strikes on Syria, the speaker of the upper house of parliament told President Vladimir Putin on Monday. |
| Watch CNN FC episode 16 | | | Champions League veterans Owen Hargreaves and David Ginola discuss the game between Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund. |
| Japan PM pledges speedy, comprehensive Fukushima moves | | | TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Monday the government will take prompt, comprehensive steps to clean up the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant amid growing concerns about the plant operator's ability to handle it. |
| Central American coffee farmers fear ruin from rust fungus | | | EL PARAISO, Honduras/PEREZ ZELEDON, Costa Rica (Reuters) - Central American coffee industry officials say the region's arabica crop is weathering an outbreak of leaf-rust fungus, but try telling that to small-hold farmers like Graciela Alvarenga. |
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