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Mississippi River blamed for giant 1811 quakes

July 29, 2010 – 3:10 am

A map of seismic activity on the North American plate, with the yellow circles showing 200 years of seismicity.Massive earthquakes that struck the town of New Madrid, Mo., in 1811 can be traced to the actions of the mighty Mississippi River thousands of years earlier, a new study in the journal Nature suggests.

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Alien planets locked in close embrace

July 29, 2010 – 2:47 am

An artist's conception shows multiple gas giants in orbit around an alien star. A recently detected planetary system has two gas giants in "the tightest system that's ever been discovered."Two distant alien planets around a dying star have been discovered locked in the closest orbital embrace ever seen, a new study has found.

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‘Limbo’ is heaven to play

July 29, 2010 – 2:45 am

While everyone is busy talking about how 3-D is going to revolutionize gaming, a little 2-D game is lighting the summer on fire.While everyone is busy talking about how 3-D is going to revolutionize gaming, a little 2-D game is lighting the summer on fire.

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Report: Decade warmest on record, indicators gloomy

July 29, 2010 – 2:34 am

Not only was the past decade the warmest on record, but climate indicators being tracked globally are worsening, scientists reported Wednesday in their annual “State of the Climate.”

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What your phone app doesn’t say: It’s watching

July 29, 2010 – 2:18 am

Your smart phone applications are watching you — much more closely than you might like.

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Sprint posts first subscriber gain in three years

July 29, 2010 – 2:07 am

Sprint Nextel gained subscribers in its latest quarter, the first such gain in three years, as it continued to improve customer service and retention, the company said. Sprint Nextel said Wednesday that it gained subscribers in its latest quarter, the first such gain in three years, as it continued to improve customer service and retention.

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Panda diplomacy: China to send two to Japan

July 29, 2010 – 1:57 am

China has announced plans to send two of its prized giant pandas to Japan, the latest installment of panda diplomacy aimed at warming the two countries’ often-strained relations.

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‘World’s oldest Twitter user’ Ivy Bean dies at 104

July 29, 2010 – 12:07 am

Ivy Bean met pop star Peter Andre through Twitter, after confessing she was a fan of his music.Ivy Bean, the Internet-famous centenarian heralded as world’s oldest Twitter user, passed away last night at her retirement home in Branford, England. She was 104.

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Plankton, base of ocean food web, in big decline

July 28, 2010 – 11:53 pm

A microscope reveals marine diatom cells, which are an important group of phytoplankton in the oceans.Despite their tiny size, plant plankton found in the world’s oceans are crucial to much of life on Earth. They are the foundation of the bountiful marine food web, produce half the world’s oxygen and suck up harmful carbon dioxide.

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Apple sued over overheating iPads

July 28, 2010 – 11:14 pm

Apple's popular iPad goes to shutdown mode too quickly in the heat outdoors, according to a lawsuit filed against the technology company.A trio of Northern Californians is suing Apple because their iPads reportedly overheat too quickly in the sun.

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