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VW Scandal Widens to Include CO2 Emissions

http://www.bbc.com/news/business-34712435

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Ornithomimus: Dinosaur Fossil With Preserved Tail Feathers and Skin Found in Alberta, Canada

Paleontologist Aaron J. van der Reest found the fossil, thought to be 75 million years old. It is the most complete feathered specimen found in North America, Cretaceous Research science journal said.

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Jerusalem: Archaeologists Discover Remains of Acra in City Parking Lot

After 10 years of excavations, an Israel Antiquities Authority team unearthed a section of the 2,000-year-old Greek fortress. Researchers have searched for the ruins for more than a century.

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University of Tokyo: Scientists Say They Have Developed a Glass Almost as Strong as Steel

The school's Institute of Industrial Science used gas to mix alumina, an oxide of aluminum, and silicon dioxide to make a stronger glass. The findings were published in Nature earlier this month.

JaredBusch

@mlnews said:

University of Tokyo: Scientists Say They Have Developed a Glass Almost as Strong as Steel

The school's Institute of Industrial Science used gas to mix alumina, an oxide of aluminum, and silicon dioxide to make a stronger glass. The findings were published in Nature earlier this month.

Is this the formulae?
http://ehartwell.com/BlogArchive/myImages/2002/TransparentAluminum.jpg

dafyre

@JaredBusch No. That one looks more like transparent aluminum.

JaredBusch

@dafyre said:

@JaredBusch No. That one looks more like transparent aluminum.

Oh yes, not to be confused with Aluminum Glass. My bad.

scottalanmiller

Honduran firm feeds crocodiles owned by 'drug's clan'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-34720634

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Pakistan factory collapse 'kills 16' with many trapped
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-34720251

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Sinai plane crash: Bomb fears prompt Sharm flights suspension
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-34724604

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Federal Aviation Administration: Agency Issues Ground Stop to Plane Arrivals at San Diego Airport

"We are allowing departures but we are not landing aircraft due to the active shooter situation under the approach path," the agency said about how the shooting has affected the San Diego airport.

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Marksville, Louisiana: City Marshals Fatally Shoot 6-Year-Old Boy in Pursuit of Father in Car, Officials Say

Jeremy Mardis, 6, was killed and his father Chris Few is in critical condition after he fled in his car, central Louisiana authorities said, adding that police were attempting to serve Few a warrant.

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Oak Lawn, Illinois: Police Arrest School's Volleyball Coach for Shooting Video in Girls' Locker Room

Police said they arrested Richards High School volleyball coach Raymond W. Van Syckle Sunday, after a female student recovered an unattended cellphone in the locker room recording her.