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6 Free (Or Almost Free) Things To Do In Kansas City This Weekend
What is truly free? Lunch? Hardly. Love? In theory.Certainly, a great deal of advice is free, if you don’t count the price to be paid for following the…
Europeans Are Running Late After Clocks Slow Down By Almost 6 Minutes
Europeans seem to be running later than usual recently, it's not their fault — it's the clocks.An electric grid linking 25 European countries, has experienced a shortage of power supply since mid-January. This power supply shortage has caused all the non-quartz electric clocks in Europe to slow down by almost six minutes over the past month and a half.
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Astronaut John Young, Who Flew In Space 6 Times, Dies At 87
One of NASA's most accomplished astronauts died Friday. He flew in space six times, including a moon landing, and later headed the office that chose crews for space shuttle missions.
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How Missouri's Josh Hawley wields his own flavor of populism on Capitol Hill
The senior U.S. senator from Missouri is known for his raised fist in solidarity with Trump supporters on January 6, and he was the first Republican senator to object to the 2020 election results. He's also positioned himself as a champion of working class Americans.
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6-Figure Price Tag Expected For Rare Apple-1 Computer At Auction
The very first Apple computer — an Apple-1 — was really only a circuit board. But for computer geeks and tech-lovers, that board could become a collectors item when it goes up for auction.
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Volcanoes In Iceland, Papua New Guinea Keep Residents On Edge
Two eruptions a half a world apart have caused evacuations and aviation warnings, but so far no injuries.
From Aztecs To Oscars: Popcorn's Beautiful, Explosive Journey
Long before it fueled moviegoers, popcorn helped lay the foundation for the Aztec empire. In our video, we look at popcorn under a microscope, where the rock-hard kernel's fluffy secret is revealed.
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Aztec Gold: Watch The History And Science Of Popcorn
Popcorn has been around at least 4,000 years. The Aztecs even had a word for the sound of kernels popping — totopoca. On National Popcorn Day, ponder the story of this beloved snack.
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Search For Escaped Convicts In New York Shifts After Possible Sighting
A person reported seeing two men near a railroad line in the southern part of the state near the border with Pennsylvania.
Police Capture Prison Escapee David Sweat, Ending Weeks-Long Manhunt
Police say the convicted murderer who escaped from a prison in New York earlier this month, has been shot but captured alive. Just days ago, his accomplice, Richard Matt, was fatally shot by police.
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