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Heidi Harley
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5 years ago
Oil prices rose about 2 percent on the final day of the year on Monday, mirroring gains in stock markets, but were on track for the first annual decline in three years amid lingering concerns of a persistent supply glut. Hints of progress on a possi...
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Heidi Harley
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5 years ago
Dry, mild and gusty weather is expected for the 118th annual Mummers Parade in Philadelphia on Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2019.
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Heidi Harley
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5 years ago
Dry, mild and gusty weather is expected for the 118th annual Mummers Parade in Philadelphia on Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2019.
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Heidi Harley
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5 years ago
Roadworks may soon be a thing of the past as small robots will be sent down pipes to make repairs instead of digging up roads. Four universities in the UK are working together to develop a collection of “insect-like” robots that will fix and inspect...
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Heidi Harley
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5 years ago
In a special "Meet the Press" episode dedicated to global warming, NBC's Chuck
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Heidi Harley
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5 years ago
An injection capable of halting the progress of Alzheimer’s could be available to patients within a decade, Britain’s leading dementia organisation predicts. The Alzheimer’s Society says a series of recent breakthroughs in treatments that disrupt har...
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Heidi Harley
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5 years ago
A NASA spaceship is zooming toward the farthest, and quite possibly the oldest, cosmic body ever photographed by humankind, a tiny, distant world called Ultima Thule about four billion miles (6.4 billion kilometers) away. The US space agency will ri...
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Heidi Harley
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5 years ago
The popularity of Fortnite, the phenomenon that forced some into video-game rehab, gave gamemaker Tim Sweeney a $7.2 billion fortune this year. Autry Stephens has $11.4 billion after his closely held Endeavour Energy Resources LP attracted bids that...
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Heidi Harley
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5 years ago
Before we ring in 2019, it’s time to take a look at what some of 2018’s hottest social trends told us about America’s economy. Adult dorms and jade rollers may prove to be fads, but they also say something about growth, labor markets and demographic...
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Heidi Harley
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5 years ago
LAUREL, Md. — The sleeping bags are rolled out and the videos are cued up for a New Year’s celebration of cosmic proportions here at Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Laboratory, but the star of the show is still a mystery. That’ll change on...
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Heidi Harley
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5 years ago
The initial games were mostly local, mobile titles and didn’t include any from industry giants Tencent Holdings Ltd. or Netease Inc. The notice of approvals was posted online by the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Televisi...
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Heidi Harley
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5 years ago
If the goal is to sink a U.S. carrier, couldn’t Russia saturate a carrier’s defenses with a volley of conventionally-armed hypersonic missiles like the Mach 5-plus Khinzal?
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Heidi Harley
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5 years ago
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2018 Was A Milestone Year For Climate Science (If Not Politics)&
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Heidi Harley
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5 years ago
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Game of Thrones isn't returning until April 2019, but if you're in the mood for some show- related news to hold you over, we've got you covered. Brett Ratcliffe, a University of Nebraska entomologist and professor, decided to n...