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The last major remnant of Saddam Hussein's nuclear program — a huge stockpile of concentrated natural uranium — reached a Canadian port Saturday.
Community college classes in the old mall movie theater. A DMV office across from the Starbucks. Maybe a local library between the Victoria's Secret and the Gap.
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Kyle Busch survived a drag race with Carl Edwards, and won at Daytona International Speedway under caution Saturday night.
Residents of Nice, France, where actress Angelina Jolie awaits the birth of her twins, aren't impressed by celebrity. Stars who escape there aren't hounded by autograph-seekers.
When staffers at a Brooklyn hospital spotted a middle-aged woman lying face-down on a waiting room floor last month, it hardly seemed like cause for alarm.
Scientists today can only dream of having a robotic explorer like EVE from the Disney/Pixar film "WALL-E." But some researchers are working on autonomous spacecraft, airships and rovers that can cooperate intelligently while exploring distant worlds.
A quest for the top spot makes a heck of a good excuse to get out and explore our country's little towns and back-road byways.


