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  • Laboratory in a can monitors red tide off Maine

    The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts deployed a garbage can-size canister in the waters off southern Maine last month to collect and transmit data about toxin-producing algae blooms, known as red tides, that appear in the Gulf of Maine each ...

  • Newfound Lake boat ramp closing for repairs

    BRISTOL, N.H. (AP) - New Hampshire Fish and Game officials are closing the Newfound Lake boat access ramp at Wellington State Park after Memorial Day weekend for ...

  • Metro-North Conn. train outage expected for days

    BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) - The Metro-North commuter rail line says crews will spend days rebuilding 2,000 feet of track, overhead wires and signals damaged in a derailment and crash in ...

  • Feinberg All money to bombing victims next month

    MILTON, Mass. - The administrator overseeing efforts to provide financial help to victims of the Boston Marathon bombings says he will keep to the June 30 date for release of donated money.Kenneth Feinberg spoke at the commencement of Curry College on Sunday. He said he is determined to deliver all available money to victims of the bombings and their families next month.He advised the graduating ...

  • Could Cavs trade entire draft for shot at Nerlens Noel MAY 19

    11:25 AM ET 05.19 | Suppose the Cavs end up with the No. 3 pick. They could offer their entire draft (all four picks) for No. 1, and that team could still draft someone such as Otto Porter at No. 3. Nerlens Noel is ideal for the Cavs, a team on a mission to improve its defense. He blocks shots, 4.4 per game. He can rebound, 9.5 per game. He influences the game defensively with a 7-4 wing span. ...


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Robinsin Crusoe on Mars [DVD]

Robinsin Crusoe on Mars [DVD]

Because it is the closet planet to Earth, Mars has always held a special attraction to both scientists and science-fiction writers. The red planet is so close and yet so far, and it has long captured the imaginations of those who would dare to ruminate on what lies bey ... ...

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  • Report Bobcats changing name back to Hornets MAY 19

    11:18 AM ET 05.19 | The Charlotte Bobcats are in the process of changing their name back to "Hornets," a source with knowledge of the situation told CBSSports.com's Will Brinson, including arranging digital assets that would allow a return to their original nickname. There is no timetable for the switch though NBA commissioner to be Adam Silver told Bobcats season ticket holders ...

  • Nate Robinson unlikely to be a Bull next season MAY 19

    11:10 AM ET 05.19 | During the NBA playoffs, Nate Robinson took his game to new heights -- from his heroics in a historic triple-overtime win over Brooklyn and vomiting on the sideline while playing with the flu, to his clutch performance in the Bulls' Game 1 win over the Heat and getting his own postseason "BIG" commercial -- and cemented his status as much more than a novelty ...

  • Making mentally ill defendants ready for trial

    mock trial involving people who have been deemed mentally incompetent to participate in a real one. In mental hospitals across the country, psychiatrists ...

  • Washington scandals intrude on Massachusetts Senate race

    The troubles could make it harder for Republican candidate Gabriel Gomez to turn the focus of the race back to jobs, the economy and the budget as he tries to tie his rival, longtime Democratic Congressman Edward Markey, to the nation's sluggish ...

  • Damaged trains being removed from wreck site

    BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - Commuter trains damaged in a crash in Connecticut were being removed Sunday in the first step to making repairs and restoring service, the agency that runs Metro-North ...

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