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Police helicopter mysteriously crashes through the roof of a local pub in Glasgow

It was 8:20 pm when the helicopter took off from a Glasgow helicopter on a call out. The crew aboard the helicopter were involved in the search for a suspected trespasser on the railway lines one mile south of the …

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The future of transportation in magnetic levitation; trains capable of averaging 300mph

Magnetic levitation or maglev for short is the system of making a vehicle, more frequently than not a train, hover over the ‘track’ and travel by the use of magnets. Magnetic levitation has the potential to move trains more quickly …

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John von Neumann’s 84-year-old problem solved by graduate students

A famous math problem that has puzzled mathematicians for decades has met its solution by Cornell Univ. researchers. Graduate students Yash Lodha and Justin Moore, the University’s professor of mathematics, detailed a geometric solution for the von Neumann-Day problem, first …

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For many Fukushima evacuees, most are unlikely to ever return home

Among the thousands of evacuees from the ghost town of Fukushima, many are beginning to realize that they will likely never return to the town following the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster. Unfortunately for those many evacuees, the government hasn’t …

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This November 11 counties in Colorado will vote on a proposal to secede from the state

A growing number of people in rural counties around Colorado have begun an active campaign towards a secession of Colorado. Many are simply complaining that their government is out of touch with their local communities. But Colorado isn’t the only …

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The Congolese army take another step forward in the fight against the M23 rebels.

One year ago, the Congolese army abandoned their posts and fled from the fight of an advancing rebel army. This past Monday, they succeeded in taking back the fifth, rebel-held town, in what appears to be a turning point in …

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Latest Nevada School Shooting Reignites National Debate over Gun Control

Earlier on October 21st, a 12-year-old middle school student pulled out a semi-automatic handgun, then preceded to wound two classmates before shooting his math teacher and ultimately killing himself.  The chaotic scene occurred at a Nevada middle school in the …

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Most Dangerous Nuclear Cleanup Operation Underway

It’s been over two years since the fatal 2011 tsunami hit the Fukushima power plant, causing several explosions in the process due to the knocked out cooling systems. Japanese officials acknowledged that the plant had been leaking radiation into the …

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Car chase on Capitol Hill leads to fatal result

Just days following the government shutdown, a woman and her child were driving just outside the White House on Capitol Hill when the woman suddenly decided to ram her way through a White House checkpoint. One officer tried to stop …

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Imminent U.S. government shutdown to affect many federal agencies

With no foreseeable budget compromise in the immediate future, the U.S. government is currently heading towards a likely shutdown, where many federal agencies will have to place the majority of their employees on furlough; the government term for temporary unpaid …

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