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Today's Most Popular News: Space shuttle seen from above Mass. company making diesel with sun, water, CO2 AP IMPACT: Past medical testing on humans revealed African dictator's son orders luxury superyacht Facts overshadowed in debate over union bill Madoff to NY magazine: Government a Ponzi scheme The Bitter Side of Diet Soda: Strokes 'Monster' Solar Storm Erupts On the Sun Higher Vitamin D Intake Could Cut Cancer Risk Michelle Obama gets a Republican boost on obesity Last veteran of WWI dies in W. Va. at age 110 Farrakhan: Libya's Gadhafi remains a friend GOP governors undermine Obama's agenda in states Weekend attacks leave at least 28 dead in Mexico UK, Germany fly secret missions into Libya Police allow protesters to remain at Wis. Capitol 'Free Libya' chants heard in city near capital `King's Speech' reigns with best-picture Oscar China uses whistles, water, police on protests Soldier impersonators target women in web scams Space shuttle seen from above Sun, 27 Feb 2011 09:59 am PST The Upshot - On Thursday, the space shuttle Discovery blasted into space for its final mission. People around the world watched the liftoff, but only a lucky few got to see the shuttle from the skies. Passengers on a flight from Orlando, Florida to Richmond, Virginia were treated to an unexpected kind of entertainment when they saw the [...] Full Story Top Mass. company making diesel with sun, water, CO2 Sun, 27 Feb 2011 06:15 pm PST AP - A Massachusetts biotechnology company says it can produce the fuel that runs Jaguars and jet engines using the same ingredients that make grass grow. Full Story Top AP IMPACT: Past medical testing on humans revealed Sun, 27 Feb 2011 06:15 pm PST AP - Shocking as it may seem, U.S. government doctors once thought it was fine to experiment on disabled people and prison inmates. Such experiments included giving hepatitis to mental patients in Connecticut, squirting a pandemic flu virus up the noses of prisoners in Maryland, and injecting cancer cells into chronically ill people at a New York hospital. Full Story Top African dictator's son orders luxury superyacht Sun, 27 Feb 2011 04:01 pm PST AP - The son of Equatorial Guinea's dictator of 30 years commissioned plans to build a superyacht costing $380 million, nearly three times what the country spends on health and education each year, a corruption watchdog said Monday. Full Story Top Facts overshadowed in debate over union bill Sat, 26 Feb 2011 04:04 pm PST AP - The facts have been overshadowed by rhetoric at the Wisconsin Capitol, where protesters and politicians have been engaged in a tense standoff over the governor's proposal to strip most public employees of their collective-bargaining rights. Full Story Top Madoff to NY magazine: Government a Ponzi scheme Sun, 27 Feb 2011 08:49 pm PST AP - Wall Street swindler Bernard Madoff said in a magazine interview published Sunday that new regulatory reform enacted after the recent national financial crisis is laughable and that the federal government is a Ponzi scheme. Full Story Top The Bitter Side of Diet Soda: Strokes Sun, 27 Feb 2011 04:20 pm PST LiveScience.com - Drinking diet soda is associated with a 50-percent increase in stroke risk, according to a study presented earlier this month at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference in Los Angeles. Full Story Top 'Monster' Solar Storm Erupts On the Sun Sat, 26 Feb 2011 08:00 am PST SPACE.com - The sun unleashed a powerful flare Thursday (Feb.24) that – while not the strongest solar storm ever seen – let loose a massive wave of magnetic plasma in a dazzling display. Full Story Top Higher Vitamin D Intake Could Cut Cancer Risk Sun, 27 Feb 2011 08:47 pm PST HealthDay - SUNDAY, Feb. 27 (HealthDay News) -- A new study says it takes far more vitamin D than initially thought to dramatically cut the risk of several major diseases, including breast cancer. Full Story Top Michelle Obama gets a Republican boost on obesity Sun, 27 Feb 2011 05:12 pm PST AFP - Two prominent Republicans came to the defense of First Lady Michelle Obama, breaking ranks with some of their party's top stars who have taken jabs at her campaign against obesity. Full Story Top Last veteran of WWI dies in W. Va. at age 110 Sun, 27 Feb 2011 09:43 pm PST AP - Frank Buckles, who lied about his age to get into uniform during World War I and lived to be the last surviving U.S. veteran of that war, has died. He was 110. Full Story Top Farrakhan: Libya's Gadhafi remains a friend Sun, 27 Feb 2011 06:15 pm PST AP - Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan says Moammar Gadhafi has always been a friend and he won't distance himself from the Libyan dictator. Full Story Top GOP governors undermine Obama's agenda in states Sun, 27 Feb 2011 06:15 pm PST AP - Their ranks swollen after the last election, Republican governors from Florida to Alaska are undermining President Barack Obama's agenda at every turn ahead of the Democrat's 2012 re-election campaign. Full Story Top Weekend attacks leave at least 28 dead in Mexico Sun, 27 Feb 2011 07:49 pm PST AP - Suspected drug-related violence left at least 28 people dead across Mexico over the weekend, including 14 killed by gunmen in bars in the country's north, authorities said Sunday. Full Story Top UK, Germany fly secret missions into Libya Sun, 27 Feb 2011 08:15 pm PST AP - British and German military planes swooped into Libya's desert, rescuing hundreds of oil workers and civilians stranded at remote sites, as thousands of other foreigners are still stuck in Tripoli by bad weather and red tape. Full Story Top Police allow protesters to remain at Wis. Capitol Sun, 27 Feb 2011 07:00 pm PST AP - The occupation of the Wisconsin Capitol by protesters fighting efforts to strip public workers of union bargaining rights carried on Sunday after police decided not to forcibly remove demonstrators and end a nearly two-week-long sit-in. Full Story Top 'Free Libya' chants heard in city near capital Sun, 27 Feb 2011 06:24 pm PST AP - With residents shouting "Free, free Libya," anti-government rebels who control this battle-scarred city nearest to the capital deployed tanks and anti-aircraft weapons Sunday to brace for an attack by troops loyal to Moammar Gadhafi. The Obama administration offered "any type of assistance" to Libyans seeking to oust the longtime leader. Full Story Top `King's Speech' reigns with best-picture Oscar Sun, 27 Feb 2011 10:03 pm PST AP - "The King's Speech" was crowned best picture Sunday at an Academy Awards ceremony as precise as a state coronation. The monarchy drama won an expected four Oscars, and predictable favorites claimed acting honors. Full Story Top China uses whistles, water, police on protests Sun, 27 Feb 2011 03:53 pm PST AP - Large numbers of police — and new tactics like shrill whistles and street cleaning trucks — squelched overt protests in China for a second Sunday in a row after more calls came for peaceful gatherings modeled on recent democratic movements in the Middle East. Full Story Top Soldier impersonators target women in web scams Sun, 27 Feb 2011 01:44 pm PST AP - Con artists are targeting women on Facebook in what's becoming an all-too-common ruse: They steal photos of soldiers to set up profiles, profess their love and devotion in sappy messages — and then ask their victims to cut a check. Full Story Top

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