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Earth’s orbiting junkyard threatens the space economy: ‘It’s kind of like the Wild West’

You never see it in those lovely NASA pictures of Earth, but the space surrounding our pale blue dot is a cosmic junkyard. Debris abounds, moving at ludicrous speeds and presenting plenty of hassles for satellite operators who do business in orbit. This pollution poses an existential risk for greater commercialization of space, from the grand ambitions of Elon Musk’s

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Half century old State Road 1 bridge over I-70 to be replaced

WAYNE COUNTY, Ind. — A half century old bridge in Wayne County along State Road 1 over Interstate 70 will become history as contractors plan to rebuild that bridge later this month. The bridge built in 1962, will be closed beginning March 15th, and remain closed until November. In late March, flaggers will direct traffic on State Road 1 during

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FBI Director asked Justice officials to refute Trump’s unproven claim that Obama ordered wiretap of his phones

FBI Director James Comey asked the Justice Department this weekend to issue a statement refuting President Donald Trump’s claim that President Barack Obama ordered a wiretap of Trump’s phones before the election, according to U.S. officials, but the department did not do so. Comey made the request on Saturday after Trump accused Obama on Twitter of having his “‘wires tapped’

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President Trump’s revised travel order halts entry to US for people from six Muslim-majority nations seeking new visas

Watch Video WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed a new executive order Monday banning immigration from six Muslim-majority countries, notably dropping Iraq from January’s previous order. The new travel ban comes six weeks after Trump’s original executive order was rolled out to chaos and confusion at airports nationwide, and eventually blocked by a federal court. The new version exempts people

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Trump accusation of a wiretap echoes a 1991 conspiracy theory that Nixon was victim of a ‘silent coup’

Wikipedia In 1991, a private investigator named Len Colodny published “Silent Coup,” a sprawling revisionist history of the Watergate affair. Subtitled “the removal of a president,” the book set out to prove that President Richard Nixon was forced out of office not because of his misdeeds but because a “formidable national security party” opposed his foreign policy. The coup was

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FOX43 Sports Poll: Should college athletes be able to play fantasy sports?

Last week, the NCAA suspended five University of Richmond baseball players for taking part in Fantasy Football. While fantasy football isn’t necessarily gambling, the NCAA treats standard Fantasy leagues in the same way. The rule reads as follows: “You are not eligible to compete if you knowingly participate in any sports wagering activity that involves intercollegiate, amateur or professional athletics,

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Snow Day! Number of Foothill, Sierra Schools Closed or Delayed Monday

EL DORADO COUNTY — A number of schools in the foothills and Sierra region were either closed or delayed due to snow. See the list below: ● Black Oak Mine Unified School District – closed due to weather● Camino Union School District – closed due to weather● El Dorado Union High School District – Dorado HS and Union Mine HS

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It’s all in the tail: New theory for why some dinosaurs evolved to stand on two feet

Scott Persons / CPA skeleton of the proto-dinosaur Marasuchus, is shown in this undated handout photo. The proto-dinosaur Marasuchus is a squirrel-sized carnivore that likely walked on all fours but ran on two legs. Paleontologists at the University of Alberta have a new theory for why some dinosaurs stood on two feet instead of four. EDMONTON — Paleontologists at the

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