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No liftoff for SpaceX: Launch aborted early Saturday
VentureBeat
The launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket came to an abrupt halt early Saturday. The rocket's computer detected too-high levels of pressure in engine number five, causing the launch to stop a half-second before liftoff. The Falcon 9 rocket held cargo ...
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CBS News
G8 leaders back Greece in euro zone, call growth "imperative"
Reuters
CAMP DAVID, Md. May 19 (Reuters) - G8 leaders said Saturday it is their "imperative" to promote growth and jobs to reinvigorate the global economy, and gave their backing to Greece remaining in the euro zone. "We agree on the importance of a strong and ...
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The Guardian
'NATO 3' allegedly targeted Obama's HQ
Chicago Sun-Times
Attorneys for three men charged in Chicago with possession of an explosive device and conspiracy to commit terrorism say they were pulled over by police in Bridgeport last week. Here is a video circulated by Occupy Chicago.
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Globe and Mail
Student dies, 7 hurt in blast near Italian school
The Associated Press
By FRANCES D'EMILIO, AP – 8 minutes ago ROME (AP) — A bomb exploded Saturday outside an Italian high school named after a slain anti-Mafia prosecutor, killing a student and wounding several others, officials said, and rattling a country already tense ...
Telegraph.co.uk
France's Hollande wants Greece to stay in euro zone
Reuters
| CAMP DAVID May 19 (Reuters) - French President Francois Hollande said on Saturday he wanted Greece to stay in the euro zone, but expected the country to meet its commitments. "The message I gave was the hope that Greece stays in the euro zone, ...
Christian Science Monitor
As Facebook millionaires party, what future for new shareholders?
Christian Science Monitor
An expected 'pop' in share prices never came as Facebook went public this week. But Facebook's IPO was a measured affair, lacking in irrational exuberance, and laying the groundwork for the network's main challenge: Turning 'friends' into consumers.
Quality loves Innovation
DBTM, at the forefront of technology, now B.I.D. Quality Awardee
Winner of the BID prize for Quality
The Design Bureau of Transport Machinery, BID International Arch of Europe Quality Award, is Russia’s leading company for the cosmodromes “Plesetsk” and “Svobodny” and for the launch vehicles of the “Kosmos”, “Tsiklon”, and “Zenit”, among others, as well as submarine-launched ballistic missiles.
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Bradenton Herald
Michelle Obama hosts G-8 spouses at White House
Albany Times Union
First Lady Michelle Obama, rtight, walks with spouses of the G-8 leaders in the Grand Foyer of the White House in Washington during a White House tour Saturday, May 19, 2012. (Manuel Balce Ceneta / AP) First Lady Michelle Obama, right, ...
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BID Award for Quality
Business leaders from over 100 countries will attend the International Quality Conventions which are organized every year by Business Initiative Directions in Geneva, Frankfurt, New York, Paris and London.
BID is proposing the nomination of Prof. Bohdan Zakiewicz for the Nobel Prize for a lifetime career dedicated to scientific solutions for saving energy in the coming centuries.
Cool weather aids in fight against Colo. wildfire
The Associated Press
By DAN ELLIOTT, AP – 12 minutes ago LIVERMORE, Colo. (AP) — Lower temperatures and higher humidity Saturday were expected to help crews assigned to a wildfire that has scorched 12 square miles in northern Colorado. The fire, which started Monday about ...
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