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Hubble reveals Ring Nebulas true shape

New observations by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have revealed the real shape of the Ring Nebula. The glowing gas shroud around an old, dying, Sun-like star is like a doughnut, scientists suggested. "The nebula is not like a bagel, but rather, it's like a jelly doughnut, because it's filled with material in the middle," said C. Robert O'Dell of Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn. ...
‘Poor reading culture not peculiar to Nigeria’

Those who feel that poor reading culture is peculiar to Nigerians may have to think again. A Nigerian author based in the United Kingdom, Mr. Femi Onasanya, says in the western world, those who read after leaving school or the university constitute about 20 per cent of the ...
A true warrior loving father

The British soldier beheaded in broad daylight was the 25-year-old father of an adorable little boy and a star in his battalion’s corps of drums - who survived the war in Afghanistan only to be slain by extremists at home.Lee "Riggers" Rigby - described as "cheeky and humorous" and a "loving father" to 2-year-old Jack - joined the army in 2006 and was ...
Comments reflect Hashimotos true nature

A person cannot escape their true nature. Someone of low character, even if they rub shoulders with the political elite, cannot become a politician in the truest sense. Toru Hashimoto, head of Japan Restoration Party and mayor of Osaka, is a prime ...
“You know a lot of people say that if you dig long enough and hard enough you will get to China and that may be true. But what they don’t tell you is that if you dig long enough and hard enough in a conversation you get to a friend.”

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Movie Review

The Return of the Living Dead [Blu-Ray]

Dan OBannons Return of the Living Dead is a gleefully irreverent, semi-successful faux sequel to George A. Romeros seminal Night of the Living Dead (1968), which single-handedly invented the modern zombie film and helped reinvigorate the horror genre ... ...

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Cruel twist for murdered soldier

MURDERED soldier Lee Rigby's girlfriend was flying back to the UK from serving in the Afghanistan warzone, after the 25-year-old was hacked to death on the streets of ...
Obama in heated exchanges with Code Pink anti-war protester

1 of 2. Protester Medea Benjamin, co-founder of the Code Pink activist group, interrupts U.S. President Barack Obama as he speaks about his administration's counter-terrorism policy at the National Defense University at Fort McNair in Washington, May 23, ...
Weird Al is at Mystic Lake in August

Parody master Weird Al Yankovic will return to the Twin Cities on Aug. 3 to headline Mystic Lake Casino. Tickets are $39 and $31 and will go on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 25, through Ticketmaster. Shows going on sale Friday, May 24, through Etix (unless otherwise noted) include: -- New York indie rockers Vampire Weekend; 7:30 p.m. Aug. 5; Orpheum Theatre; $35; on sale at 10 a.m. through ...
Braves rookie catcher takes long strange road to major league glory

Atlanta Braves pinch hitter Evan Gattis (24) celebrates after putting his team ahead of the Los Angeles Dodgers with a two-run home run in the eighth inning of a game on Saturday, May 18, 2013, in Atlanta. (John ...
Mana candidate true man of the people

New Mana candidate for Ikaroa-Rawhiti, Te Hamua Nikora, says he is a different breed of politician who can engage young Maori with political issues and be a true man of the people. "I'm different in that I've never been a politician but I've been politically thinking my whole life. I'm different in that I dress the same, I walk the same and I talk the same as the people on the coalface," he said ...

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We must define the nature and scope of this struggle, or else it will define us. Neither I, nor any President can promise the total defeat of terror. What we must do is dismantle networks that pose a direct danger.

Barack Obama

The U.S. president was speaking on his administration's counter terrorism policy.

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Kahala Mandarin Oriental Hawaii Hotel

This 5 star resort hotel is about 10 minutes drive from Waikiki, around from Diamond Head. The hotel was the ...

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Man found hanging at St. Petersburg theatre

A workman who disappeared from St. Petersburg's Mariinsky Theatre in December was found hanging in the theatre's attic, investigators said.

The body of the 22-year-old man was found hanging from a rope.

Investigators believe he hanged himself.

The legendary Mariinsky Theatre opened a new $700-million stage earlier this month in a gala ceremony attended by President Vladimir Putin.

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