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Video: 'All My Children's' Vincent Irizarry talks Agnes Nixon for Kennedy Honors
"All My Children" actor Vincent Irizarry and legions of soap opera fans are on a mission. The actor has lent his support to the thousand of fans who would like for The Kennedy Center to honor "All...
examiner.com (1 minute ago)
Geri Spieler: Waiting 90 Days for Imminent Death
Impossible Odds, The Kidnapping of Jessica Buchanan and Her Dramatic Rescue by SEAL Team Six By Jessica Buchanan, Erik Landemalm, Anthony Flacco Released: June 10, 2013 Publisher: Atria Books (320 pages) "... spellbinding ..." The imminent possibly of being executed by a terrorist, feeling the point of a rifle at...
huffingtonpost.com (9 minutes ago)
NASA Seeks Citizen Scientists’ Input to Capture Asteroid
NASA wants to send a manned mission to an asteroid as early as 2021 but needs help from citizen scientists around the world to identify a suitable space rock to land on and explore, the US space agency said Tuesday.
rian.ru (44 minutes ago)
Students visit Challenger Learning Center
Students enrolled in the Clermont County Gifted STEM Program had the opportunity to experience a day in the life of an astronomer recently, through first-hand experience with a simulated space mission at the Challenger Learning Center of Indianapolis.
cincinnati.com (1 hour ago)
Charlie Sheen Threatens 'Anger Management' Producers -- Fire Selma Blair ... Or I'll Quit
Charlie Sheen has told "Anger Management" producers -- FIRE SELMA BLAIR ASAP OR ELSE HE'S QUITTING THE SHOW ... TMZ has learned. We broke the story -- Charlie has been on a mission to get Selma 86'd from the show because he believes she's been…
tmz.com (1 hour ago)
Bonnie's Beer of the Week: Uncommon Brewers Siamese Twin
WHAT: Uncommon Brewers has a clear vision: Make unique beer and serve it in a can. The Siamese Twin Ale hits the brewery's mission on the head with exotic flavors including coriander, kaffir lime and lemongrass. And the can? It supposedly keeps the taste fresh, allowing you to sip up the traditional Belgian-style...
santacruzsentinel.com (1 hour ago)
Soldiers welcomed home from Afghanistan mission
Fifty-two soldiers of Company C, 2-211th General Support Aviation Battalion returned to Minnesota Tuesday after an 11-month deployment to Afghanistan.
sctimes.com (1 hour ago)
Florida unveils deals in Paris
Florida Gov. Rick Scott is using this week's trade mission to the Paris Air Show to highlight new or expanded French connections to Florida.
orlandosentinel.com (1 hour ago)
The ins and outs of G-8 summit promises
Group of Eight summit participants are powerful people: the leaders of the U.S., Russia, Britain, Germany, France, Italy, Canada and Japan, plus top officials from the European Union. But they only make promises. There's no actual change until the words are pursued by individual governments or other international...
foxnews.com (1 hour ago)
Northeastern University student charged in second sexual assault near Huntington Avenue
A Northeastern University student accused of sexually assaulting a woman at knifepoint in the Mission Hill neighborhood Saturday was charged today in a second assault that occurred less than an hour later, prosecutors said. Patrick Barry, 21, is set to be arraigned on assault with intent to rape charges in West...
boston.com (1 hour ago)
Gadhafi's children likely violated UN sanctions
The committee monitoring U.N. sanctions against Libya says a son and daughter of former Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi moved from Algeria to Oman in apparent violation of a U.N. travel ban. Rwanda's U.N. Ambassador Eugene Richard Gasana, who chairs the sanctions committee, told the Security Council Tuesday that...
foxnews.com (1 hour ago)
Gadhafi's children likely violated UN sanctions
UNITED NATIONS - The committee monitoring U.N. sanctions against Libya says a son and daughter of former Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi moved from Algeria to Oman in apparent violation of a U.N. travel ban. Rwanda's U.N. Ambassador Eugene Richard Gasana, who chairs the sanctions committee, told the Security Council...
bostonherald.com (1 hour ago)
Politico Editor Jonathan Harris Mocks Journalism’s Responsibility To Serve The Public
Washington, DC juggernaut Politico has more than its share of detractors, who abhor the site's sizzle-over-steak approach and outsize influence. In an interview with The New Republic's Isaac Chotiner, founding editors Jonathan Harris and Jim VandeHei, gave those detractors a big bone to chew on by articulating their...
mediaite.com (2 hours ago)
Nebraska base opens POW/MIA forensics lab
A forensics lab has opened at Offutt Air Force Base near Omaha with a special mission: identify the remains of missing soldiers, sailors and airmen from past wars.
journalstar.com (2 hours ago)
Scott unveils Florida deal in Paris
Gov. Rick Scott is using this week's trade mission to the Paris Air Show to highlight a number of new or expanded French connections to Florida.
news-press.com (3 hours ago)
Ruben Amaro on Cliff Lee: 'I want to win with him, not without him'
Ruben Amaro Jr. is on a mission. It is to let the Phillies players feel that their futures are the team is safe. Cliff Lee included.
nj.com (4 hours ago)
It's Just MEC Now
National outdoor retailer Mountain Equipment Co-Op is shedding its image of being a store just for the granola-eating, sandal-wearing, mountaineering-type. The Vancouver-based retailer unveiled a new logo Tuesday in its first major rebranding since the co-operative was founded more than 40 years ago. The redesigned...
huffingtonpost.com (4 hours ago)
Miss Iowa says disability doesn't define her
Born without part of left arm, woman on mission to prove she's 'just like everyone else.'
usatoday.com (4 hours ago)
Is This The New Key To Retiring Well?
The media world is buzzing about retirement. We're hearing about it now from people whose major mission used to explaining housekeeping or the federal debt. Some British researchers, meanwhile, have concluded that working is good for your long-term health. It's important to remember that programmatic sloth in old...
huffingtonpost.com (5 hours ago)
The Library Test Kitchen At Harvard
Jeffrey Schnapp is on a mission to save our libraries. As the director of both the Berkman Center for Internet and Society and the metaLab (at) Harvard, he typically spends his days grappling with the urgent questions of the wired world, but right now, his most pressing concern is more concrete. In a rapidly...
huffingtonpost.com (5 hours ago)
Man charged with tossing wife off cruise ship
A California grand jury has indicted a Florida man on charges he strangled his ex-wife and tossed her off a cruise ship in Italy. The Orange County Register (http://bit.ly/1bP1wIl ) says 55-year-old Lonnie Kocontes, of Safety Harbor, Fla., didn't enter a plea at his arraignment Monday. He was indicted Friday on a...
foxnews.com (5 hours ago)
Mali to sign deal with Tuareg rebels
Bamako will sign a deal with Tuareg rebels on Tuesday that is expected to pave the way for nationwide polls next month, a Mali government envoy told AFP. After 10 days of often tense negotiations in Burkina Faso, a deal has been reached that will allow the Malian army to enter the key northern town of Kidal --...
foxnews.com (6 hours ago)
11-Year-Old Zachary Maxwell's Hidden Camera Documentary Exposes School Lunch
It’s the documentary that audiences and film critics are eating up. In a covert six-month mission to expose the inside world of school lunches, 11-year-old Zachary Maxwell made “Yuck: A 4th Grader’s Documentary About School Lunch” when he was a fourth-grader at a New York...
abcnews.com (6 hours ago)
Nasa selects newest class of astronauts who could lead mission to Mars
Members of Nasa's newest astronaut class, a group that includes the highest number of women since the program began more than 50 years ago, have been speaking about their selection. The agency's 21st astronaut class, announced on Monday, includes four women and four men, who made it through a pool of 6,100...
guardian.co.uk (7 hours ago)
France St-Louis added as Olympic assistant chef de mission
The Canadian Olympic Committee confirmed Tuesday morning that France St-Louis will be the assistant chef de mission at the 2014 Sochi Olympic Winter Games.
cbc.ca (7 hours ago)
Meet The New NASA Astronauts Who May Take Humanity To Mars
Nasa has selected its next class of astronauts, indicating that they may be the first humans to travel to Mars. The new group of four male and four female astronaut's is Nasa's first class of astronauts to be selected in three years. The space agency said that more than 6,100 people applied for the position, and...
huffingtonpost.com (10 hours ago)
Tiny Submarine May Search For Life In The Ocean's Of Europa
In The Guardian's remarkable last interview with sci-fi legend Iain Banks, the Culture author briefly listed the things he wished he'd be able to live see. "I'd love to see what's going to happen next," he said. "What's happening in the oceans of Jupiter's moon, Europa." Europa fascinates scientists, because many...
huffingtonpost.com (10 hours ago)
NYPD Commissioner Slams NSA Secrecy
New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly slammed the Obama administration for its handling of the National Security Administration scandal -- but not because he thinks the government was overextending its reach. The city's top cop argued that the public would have been more amenable to the idea of the NSA spying on...
huffingtonpost.com (10 hours ago)
Girija Vyas to help poor and generate employment
Implementing the government`s livelihood mission aimed at allaying poverty in urban areas would be a priority, the new Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, Girija Vyas said on Tuesday.
india.com (10 hours ago)
Boeing will expand its complex in St. Louis
Although the trip doesn’t end until this coming weekend, Gov. Jay Nixon said Monday that Missouri’s trade mission to Europe already has been “busy and productive.”
newstribune.com (12 hours ago)
