Friday, February 22, 2013

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6 underground nuclear tanks leaking 
Friday, Feb 22, 2013 05:11 PM PST
 FILE - In this July 14, 2010 photo, workers at the Hanford nuclear reservation work around a a tank farm where highly radioactive waste is stored underground near Richland, Wash. Six underground radioactive waste tanks at the nation's most contaminated nuclear site are leaking, Gov. Jay Inslee said Friday, Feb. 22, 2013. Inslee made the announcement after meeting with federal officials in Washington, D.C. Last week it was revealed that one of the 177 tanks at south-central Washington's Hanford Nuclear Reservation was leaking liquids. Inslee called the latest news "disturbing." (AP Photo/Shannon Dininny, File)The tanks in Hanford, Wash. hold a brew of radioactive and toxic waste.
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U.S. troops to set up drone base in Niger 
Friday, Feb 22, 2013 07:10 PM PST
 Did media ignore hypocrisy of drone strike policy?About 100 American troops have been deployed to the African nation to set up a drone base for surveillance missions.
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A roundup of the top photos of the day 
Friday, Feb 22, 2013 09:40 AM PST
 A roundup of the top photos of the dayA woman and young children interact with a giant television set at the Ann Riches Healing Space for young patients at the Royal London Hospital in London February 22, 2013. REUTERS/Neil Hall (BRITAIN - Tags: HEALTH SOCIETY)
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Super space germs could threaten astronauts 
Friday, Feb 22, 2013 06:38 PM PST
 Super Space Germs Could Threaten AstronautsThe weightlessness of outer space can make germs even nastier.
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Gas prices spike across California 
Friday, Feb 22, 2013 04:46 PM PST
 Will sky-high gas prices hurt Democrats?The average price of gas saw one of the largest one-month leaps since 2000.
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Original Iwo Jima monument unsold at NYC auction 
Friday, Feb 22, 2013 04:35 PM PST
 The original 12 1/2-foot (4 meter) cast stone version of Felix de Weldon's iconic statue depicting soldiers raising the U.S. flag at Iwo Jima is on display, Friday, Feb. 22, 2013. The smaller original statue, which was removed in 1947 and hidden under a tarp at the artist's studio for four decades, is expected to fetch up to $1.8 million when it goes on sale at Bonham's auction house in New York on Feb. 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)The World War II statue was expected to sell for as much as $1.8 million.
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Ride along as deep-sea Odyssey crew uncover a record 48 tons of silver 
Friday, Feb 22, 2013 02:46 PM PST
 A half-billion dollars worth of gold and silver coins leavesIn July 2012, the crew of the deep-sea recovery team Odyssey Marine Expedition (OME) unearthed a record-setting 48 tons of silver from a sunken World War II-era British naval vessel, the SS Gairsoppa. A camera crew was along for the ride, documenting the trip three miles below the surface. This Sunday, Discovery Channel viewers will [...]
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Boeing gives regulators its plan to fix Dreamliner batteries 
Friday, Feb 22, 2013 06:02 PM PST
 Logos of some Boeing 787 commercial airline clients are seen on a fuselage of the aircraft at the Singapore AirshowThe proposal includes measures to address a range of possible causes of short-circuits.
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Skier killed in British Columbia avalanche 
Friday, Feb 22, 2013 07:08 PM PST
 A group of back-country skiers was caught in an avalanche near a mountain ski resort.
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LivingSocial investors take 'pound of flesh' in financing 
Friday, Feb 22, 2013 06:20 PM PST
 Tim O'Shaughnessy, CEO and Co-Founder of LivingSocial, at Reuters Consumer and Retail Summit in New YorkThe company had to make large concessions get another $110 million.
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Arkansas makes gun-permit records private under new law 
Friday, Feb 22, 2013 05:54 PM PST
 LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (Reuters) - Arkansas on Friday became the latest state to exempt from public disclosure the names and zip codes of gun owners, those with permits to carry concealed weapons and applicants for gun permits. The measure, signed into law by the state's lieutenant governor, came in response to a New York newspaper's decision late last year to publish the names and addresses of thousands of gun permit holders on its website after 26 people were killed in a shooting rampage at an elementary school in Connecticut. ...
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Medical copter crashes in Okla., kills 2, hurts 1 
Friday, Feb 22, 2013 05:12 PM PST
 OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) รข€" The company that operates a medical helicopter that crash-landed outside an Oklahoma City nursing home early Friday, killing two people onboard and critically injuring a third, had just recently undergone an exhaustive accreditation process, officials said.
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F-35 fleet grounded after engine crack discovery 
Friday, Feb 22, 2013 03:23 PM PST
 FILE -This undated photo provided by Northrop Grumman Corp., shows a pre-production model of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. The Pentagon on Friday grounded its fleet of F-35 fighter jets after discovering a cracked engine blade in one plane. The problem was discovered during what the Pentagon called a routine inspection at Edwards Air Force Base, California, of an F-35A, the Air Force version of the sleek new plane. The Navy and the Marine Corps are buying other versions of the F-35, which is intended to replace older fighters like the Air Force F-16 and the Navy F/A-18. All versions , a total of 51 planes , were grounded Friday, Feb. 22, 2013 pending a more in-depth evaluation of the problem discovered at Edwards. None of the planes have been fielded for combat operations; all are undergoing testing.AP Photo/Northrop Grumman, File) no salesThe Pentagon is launching more in-depth evaluation of the problem.
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Sequester will hit where it hurts: air travel 
Friday, Feb 22, 2013 11:35 AM PST
 Will your air travel be impacted by spending cuts?Transportation Sec. Ray LaHood strikes a chord with his sequester warning.
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California Democrats lose supermajority in state Senate 
Friday, Feb 22, 2013 05:03 PM PST
 SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Democrats who control California's legislature lost their supermajority in the state Senate on Friday when a business-friendly moderate from the state's Central Valley abruptly resigned. Senator Michael Rubio, elected in 2010, said he was stepping down to take a job with Chevron Corp, which will leave fellow Democrats with 26 seats in the Senate. Two other Democratic-leaning seats in the 40-member Senate are vacant. Rubio had been expected to spearhead the effort to overhaul environmental laws in a more business-friendly fashion. ...
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Up to 12,000 troops to linger in Afghanistan 
Friday, Feb 22, 2013 01:24 PM PST
 Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and British Defense Secretary Philip Hammond lead their delegations during a bilateral meeting at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Defense Ministers Meetings, Friday, Feb. 22, 2013, at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium. Panetta and his NATO counterparts are considering leaving 8,000 to 12,000 troops in Afghanistan after 2014, but a dispute arose Friday between the U.S. and German defense officials over whether that contingent would be an international force or an American one. (AP Photo/Chip Somodevilla, Pool)They'll hunt down remnants of al-Qaida and help Afghan forces with their own security.
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