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Today's Most Popular News: Tiny spy planes could mimic birds, insects Mass. company making diesel with sun, water, CO2 Buckles, last WWI doughboy, dies at 110 in W.Va. AP IMPACT: Past medical testing on humans revealed '61 memo claims Ted Kennedy sought to rent brothel Jane Russell, star of '40s and '50s films, dies Gene therapy raises hope for a future AIDS cure Space shuttle seen from above Authorities: Man persuaded moms to abuse kids The Bitter Side of Diet Soda: Strokes Cubs Open PA Announcer Job To Fans Gaddafi’s media strategy backfires Hope as rare rhino calves filmed in Indonesia Famed Magnetic Boy Is Probably Just Very Sticky 'Men' crew to be paid; Sheen calls it 'a start' Doctors want teenagers banned from tanning salons Wis. gov. to outline ultimate intentions in budget China's holdings of US debt larger than reported Kids left alone before deadly Texas day care fire GOP reality check: Obama looking tougher to beat in 2012 Tiny spy planes could mimic birds, insects Mon, 28 Feb 2011 05:19 pm PST AP - You'll never look at hummingbirds the same again. 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 Buckles, last WWI doughboy, dies at 110 in W.Va. Mon, 28 Feb 2011 06:39 pm PST AP - He didn't seek the spotlight, but when Frank Buckles outlived every other American who'd served in World War I, he became what his biographer called "the humble patriot" and final torchbearer for the memory of that fading conflict. 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 '61 memo claims Ted Kennedy sought to rent brothel Mon, 28 Feb 2011 06:39 pm PST AP - An FBI file contends that a young Edward M. Kennedy arranged to rent a brothel for a night while visiting Chile in 1961, a year before he was elected to the Senate. Full Story Top Jane Russell, star of '40s and '50s films, dies Mon, 28 Feb 2011 06:52 pm PST AP - She was the voluptuous pin-up girl who set a million male hearts to pounding during World War II, the favorite movie star of a generation of young men long before she'd made a movie more than a handful of them had ever seen. Full Story Top Gene therapy raises hope for a future AIDS cure Mon, 28 Feb 2011 06:39 pm PST AP - In a bold new approach ultimately aimed at trying to cure AIDS, scientists used genetic engineering in six patients to develop blood cells that are resistant to HIV, the virus that causes the disease. Full Story Top 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 Authorities: Man persuaded moms to abuse kids Mon, 28 Feb 2011 06:39 pm PST AP - A Michigan man built an online profile posing as a good-looking single dad and caring psychologist and persuaded mothers across the country to sexually assault their children as a form of therapy, then send him the images of the attacks, authorities said Monday. Full Story Top The Bitter Side of Diet Soda: Strokes Mon, 28 Feb 2011 03:45 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 Cubs Open PA Announcer Job To Fans Mon, 28 Feb 2011 11:11 am PST The Chicago Local - The Chicago Cubs announced a contest that would give fans the opportunity to become the team's new public address announcer. According to the job listing, those who apply must have "strong vocal talent, excellent enunciation skills" and a "strong knowledge … Full Story Top Gaddafi’s media strategy backfires Mon, 28 Feb 2011 12:48 pm PST The Cutline - Libya has never been a friendly place for foreign journalists. A media ban kept reporters away as the uprising against strongman Muammar Gaddafi began on Feb. 17, and officials of the Gaddafi regime blasted journalists entering opposition-controlled areas last week as "outlaws" and al-Qaeda sympathizers. Such hardball tactics, along with rambling speeches aired on Libyan [...] Full Story Top Hope as rare rhino calves filmed in Indonesia Mon, 28 Feb 2011 02:48 am PST AFP - Hidden cameras have captured proof that Javan rhinos are breeding in Indonesia's Ujung Kulon National Park, the last redoubt for the endangered mammals, conservationists said Monday. Full Story Top Famed Magnetic Boy Is Probably Just Very Sticky Mon, 28 Feb 2011 03:45 pm PST LiveScience.com - A 7-year-old Serbian boy named Bogdan is attracting media attention for his apparent ability to attract other things, such as silverware, remote controls, plates and even a large frying pan. The objects seem to miraculously stick to the boy's skin. Bogdan's family claims he's magnetic, and an MSNBC reporter who filmed him in action says it's true. Full Story Top 'Men' crew to be paid; Sheen calls it 'a start' Mon, 28 Feb 2011 08:43 pm PST AP - Warner Bros. Television agreed Monday to pay the crew of "Two and a Half Men" for half of the eight episodes of TV's top-rated comedy that were canceled by producers upset about the off-screen antics of star Charlie Sheen. Full Story Top Doctors want teenagers banned from tanning salons Mon, 28 Feb 2011 04:03 am PST AP - The American Academy of Pediatrics wants teenagers banned from tanning salons to reduce their risk of skin cancer. Full Story Top Wis. gov. to outline ultimate intentions in budget Mon, 28 Feb 2011 07:15 pm PST AP - Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's explosive proposal to take nearly all collective bargaining rights away from most public workers represents just one piece of his vision for the state's future. Now he's ready to reveal the rest. Full Story Top China's holdings of US debt larger than reported Mon, 28 Feb 2011 02:07 pm PST AFP - China's holdings of US bonds reached $1.16 trillion at the end of December, almost $270 billion more than previously estimated, new data showed Monday. Full Story Top Kids left alone before deadly Texas day care fire Mon, 28 Feb 2011 09:07 pm PST AP - A Houston home day care operator left the kids she was caring for without adult supervision, while a stovetop burner was on, before a blaze that killed four children and injured three others, according to an arrest affidavit made public Monday. Full Story Top GOP reality check: Obama looking tougher to beat in 2012 Mon, 28 Feb 2011 01:40 am PST Politico - Just four months after posting historic election gains, Republicans are experiencing a reality check about 2012: President Barack Obama is going to be a lot tougher to defeat than he looked late last year. Full Story Top

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