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Best Xbox 360 games of '09
No matter what genre of game you or the player on your list enjoys, you're sure to find more than a few gems for this platform.
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‘Polar Obsession’
A National Geographic photographer captures images of life in the polar reaches and the effects of climate change.
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Future of Energy
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Russian rocket blasts off
Trio of astronauts will bring the space station's permanent crew up to five. Full story
Future of Energy
While cutting greenhouse gas emissions is the best strategy to cool the planet, some say the politics and economics are unfolding too slowly. Could geo-engineering be the answer?
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‘Polar Obsession’
National Geographic photographer Paul Nicklen captures images of life in the polar reaches and the effects of climate change.
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Crew blasts off for Christmas space mission
A Russian rocket has blasted off from a cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, shuttling an American, a Russian and a Japanese to the International Space Station.
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Eight ways to cool a warming planet
Cuts to greenhouse gas emissions are widely considered the most prudent strategy to cool the planet, but some scientists say the politics and economics of this process are unfolding too slowly. Could geo-engineering be the answer?
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Pentagon: Insurgents intercepted spy videos
Insurgents in Iraq have hacked into live video feeds from Predator drones, a key weapon in a Pentagon spy system that serves as the military's eyes in the sky for surveillance and intelligence collection.
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Maine to consider cell phone cancer warning
A Maine legislator wants to make the state the first to require cell phones to carry warnings that they can cause brain cancer, although there is no consensus among scientists that they do and industry leaders dispute the claim.
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10 best Xbox 360 games of 2009
With all the incredible games that have been released for Microsoft’s Xbox 360 this year, trying to write a “Best of 2009” list feels an awful lot like trying to stick 20 pounds of sand into a 2-pound sack.
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When will plug-in cars pay off?
Automakers are promising that affordable plug-in hybrid electric vehicles will be available in the next couple of years, but a new report contends that it will be decades before the fuel savings and lower emissions make up for the high cost of batteries.
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