ASTRONAUT RECOUNTS NEAR-DROWNING ON SPACEWALK
By MARCIA DUNN In this March 4, 2013 photo made available by NASA, European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano participates in an Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit fit check in…
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2 RUSSIANS TURN CABLE GUYS IN RECORD SPACEWALK
By MARCIA DUNN In this image from video made available by NASA, cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin approaches a hatch on the International Space Station, about 7 hours into a spacewalk with…
MUSK’S ‘HYPERLOOP’ TRANSPORT IDEA HAS SCI-FI FEEL
By JUSTIN PRITCHARD An image released by Tesla Motors, is a conceptual design rendering of the Hyperloop passenger transport capsule. Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk on Monday, Aug. 12, 2013 unveiled…
INVENTOR MUSK TO SHARE PLANS FOR HIGH-SPEED TRAVEL
By MARTHA MENDOZA File- This June 15, 2012 file photo shows SpaceX CEO and Chief Designer Elon Musk pausing during his commencement speech for Caltech graduates in Pasadena, Calif. Twice…
FATHER KILLS SON, HIMSELF AT YWCA OFFICES IN NH
Police assemble outside the YWCA Sunday, Aug. 11, 2013 in Manchester, N.H. The state attorney general’s office said Muni Savyon, 54, of Manchester used a handgun to fatally shoot his…
US MILITARY EVACUATES EMBASSY PERSONNEL FROM YEMEN
By DEB RIECHMANN and LOLITA C. BALDOR FILE – In this Sunday, Aug. 4, 2013 file photo, a Yemeni soldier stops a car at a checkpoint in a street leading…
NEW US PENALTIES WILL GREET IRAN’S NEW LEADER
By BRADLEY KLAPPER In this picture released by the official website of the Iranian supreme leader’s office, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, left, gives his official seal of approval to…
WIS. AIR SHOW LEADS FIGHT AGAINST FEDERAL FEES
By M.L. JOHNSON FILE – In this July 27, 2011, file photo, people stand in line for a tour of the cockpit aboard “Fifi,” a Boeing B-29 aircraft, at the Experimental…