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Olympic medalists span the decades.
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AP - The Phoenix spacecraft has tasted Martian water for the first time, scientists reported Thursday. By melting icy soil in one of its lab instruments, the robot confirmed the presence of frozen water lurking below the Martian permafrost. Until now, evidence of ice in Mars’ north pole region has been largely circumstantial.

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The rapper says she may adopt kids – after her new album and dance-show appearance
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Indicted Sen. Ted Stevens of Alaska pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges of scheming to conceal thousands of dollars worth of gifts from an oil-services company.

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Veteran Juli Inkster leads the Women’s British Open by one shot as the opening round draws to a close at Sunningdale.
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I believe this election has put a lot of people in a strange place. It’s a place that I’ve never personally been before. Put simply, I couldn’t care more, and I couldn’t care less.

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Reuters - A full solar eclipse will sweep across the Arctic and Siberia before ending in western China, where it will kick off the month in which Beijing hosts the Olympic Games.
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Nasa’s Phoenix Mars lander spacecraft identifies water in a sample of soil collected on the planet for the first time.
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The world’s geologists have dug out their maps and stuck them together, producing the first truly global resource on rocks.
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Playbill - Ripcords, a new musical drama about war profiteering in World War II, and choices to be made in the 1950s, will jump into the The New York International Fringe Festival Aug. 10-24 at the Bleecker Street Theatre.
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