Daredevil Felix Baumgartner broke three records today when he took a supersonic leap from a capsule on the edge of space. The Austrian broke the speed of sound but said he didn't feel anything in his pressure suit.


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A 15-year-old Alabama boy is in critical condition today after he was shot in the head by a friend during prank that police said went terribly wrong. Jesse Rainey, 15, and seven male friends were spending the weekend at an unoccupied home that belonged to the...


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How soon could ocean waters lap at Jefferson’s Feet? Manila already flooded regularly by the ocean; St. Petersburg, Russia, has immense new sea wall Nature’s Edge Notebook #36 Observation, Analysis, Reflection, New Questions How soon could ocean waters be lapping at Thomas Jefferson’s memorial on...


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Notorious police checkpoint in Texas stops celebs.


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She can't bend or flex her toes. Walking is nearly impossible without wearing a brace. It's a hard reality for 16 year-old Alexis Hanford who has always been an active athlete, swimming, playing basketball, soccer, and lacrosse. Two months ago while swimming with her sister at Lake Leonard in Redwood Valley, CA. The former varsity lacrosse player contracted a rare strain of flesh-eating bacteria after falling into the water while going off a rope swing.


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Putin loyalists likely to win Russian local elections amid opposition claims of vote fraud


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Occupy London activists disrupt St Paul's Cathedral service to denounce corporate greed


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Neuropsychiatrist and Nobel laureate Eric Kandel's recent book on the brain, art and the creative process is a fascinating look into the brand new area of research called "neuroaesthetics." Just as fascinating is his perspective on turn-of-the-century Vienna, the city of his birth, which later expelled him for being Jewish.


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Daredevil Felix Baumgartner has landed safely after a supersonic leap from a capsule on the edge of space. The Austrian lifted off this morning from Roswell, New Mexico, in a giant helium balloon that climbed 24 miles above the earth.


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Emotions are on edge as police in Colorado hunt for the killer of Jessica Ridgeway, who was found dismembered on Wednesday. An attempted kidnapping near the 10-year-old's home turned out to be a misunderstanding, police said.


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