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Monthly Archives: October 2009

Divers probe Mayan ruins in Guatemala lake

October 31, 2009 – 4:19 am

Scuba divers are exploring the depths of a volcanic lake in Guatemala to find clues about an ancient sacred island where Mayan pilgrims flocked to worship before it was submerged by rising waters.

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Racy MySpace pics spark school lawsuit

October 31, 2009 – 2:39 am

Two sophomore girls sue their Indiana school district after they are punished for posting sexually suggestive photos on MySpace during their summer vacation.

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Brutal behavior in attacks not uncommon, author says

October 31, 2009 – 1:42 am

It’s easy to dismiss something shocking and horrific as a random act of brutality.  But when a 15 year-old girl was gang raped last Saturday behind a high school in Richmond, Calif., it was an extreme example of behavior that is all too common, according to some experts’ chilling research.

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Halloween sky will offer its own Great Pumpkin

October 31, 2009 – 1:10 am

On the morning of Nov. 1, the reddish-orange orb of Mars will pass through the middle of the Beehive star cluster. This map shows the sky as you face southeast, about halfway between horizon to the zenith (the point directly overhead) at 4 a.m. ET from mid-northern latitudes. The field of view is 5 degrees, similar to a 10x50 binocular. Remember how  Linus would wait every Halloween for the Great Pumpkin? Well, this year there is a nice big orange pumpkin of sorts right in the middle of the Beehive star cluster in Cancer.

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Reports: N. Korea behind cyberattacks on U.S.

October 31, 2009 – 12:44 am

The North Korean government was the source of high-profile cyberattacks in July that caused Web outages in South Korea and the United States, news reports said Friday.

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3,000 images combine for Milky Way portrait

October 30, 2009 – 11:53 pm

Axel Mellinger, of Central Michigan University, created this panorama of the Milky Way from 3,000 individual photographs that he melded together with mathematical models.A new panoramic image of the full night sky — with the Milky Way as its centerpiece — has been made by piecing together 3,000 individual photographs.

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2 parachutes malfunctioned in NASA test flight

October 30, 2009 – 11:16 pm

The Ares I-X test rocket lifts off successfully from Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla.NASA says two of three parachutes malfunctioned in the test flight of a prototype moon rocket earlier this week.

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Hebrew, Hindi, other scripts get Web addresses

October 30, 2009 – 9:55 pm

The nonprofit body that oversees Internet addresses approved the use of Hebrew, Hindi, Korean, Chinese and other scripts not based on the Latin alphabet in a decision that could make the Web dramatically more inclusive. The nonprofit body that oversees Internet addresses approved Friday the use of Hebrew, Hindi, Korean and other scripts not based on Latin characters in a decision that could make the Web dramatically more inclusive.

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iPhone comes to China without key feature

October 30, 2009 – 7:59 pm

Apple's iPhone is making its long-awaited formal debut in the world's most populous mobile phone market, without a key feature and at higher prices than widely available black market models. Apple’s iPhone made its long-awaited formal debut in the world’s most populous mobile phone market, without a key feature and at higher prices than widely available black market models.

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7 ghoulish archaeological discoveries

October 30, 2009 – 7:04 pm

Remember the haunted house in grade-school where your hand was guided into a bowlful of “brains”? Those skinned grapes have nothing on what  scientists have dug up over the years.

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