He has succeeded in creating a "star in a jar," a tiny flash of hot plasma. "The temperature of the plasma is around 200 million degrees," Olson says modestly, "several times hotter than the core of the sun."

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A rogue economist, Stephen Dubner, explores the hidden side of pricing on generic drugs and finds that the main-street pharmacies mark up their offerings by 975 percent!

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An Ohio seventh-grader was being held Thursday on 128 felony counts in connection with a crime spree that targeted homes, businesses and vehicles. Andrew Riley was in juvenile detention and facing delinquency counts of burglary, theft, vandalism and witness intimidation.

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As his family and neighbors focused on rebuilding homes and lives battered by Hurricane Rita, few gave much thought to Larry Euglon's long absence. In fact, he never left. The skeletal, mummified remains of the 51-year-old recluse were recently discovered lying on his bed inside his home

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This guy was on his way to attend a social gathering that his parents were hosting at their river house. on his way he noticed a flock of buzzards eating some roadkill on the side of the road. They all flew away except for one that flew in front of his car.

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Media conglomerate Viacom Inc. said on Tuesday that it was suing Google Inc. and its Internet video-sharing site YouTube for more than $1 billion over unauthorized use of its programming online.

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A man stole $28 million worth of diamonds from an Antwerp bank where he had been a trusted customer for a year. Prosecutors say the suspect broke into safety deposit boxes in an ABM Amro bank in the city's diamond quarter last week. He made off with diamonds weighing 120,000 carats, police said.

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The villa now stands alone in a 30ft deep man-made pit in Chongqing city, reports Jinbao Daily. The Chongqing Zhengsheng Real Estate Company wants to turn the area into a £40m 'Broadway' square, including apartments and a shopping mall.

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Three workers at a Texas gas field were unaccounted for Monday after a pipeline ruptured and exploded, touching off a spectacular super-heated inferno that ignited several small brush fires and forced officials to cut power to about 30,000 people in the surrounding area.

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Authorities evacuated more than 200 homes as a fast-moving brush fire scorched more than 500 acres of parched hillside Sunday and crept into backyards, Orange County fire officials said.

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