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NASA wants backyard astronomers to help track asteroids

By Deborah Zabarenko

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - NASA called on backyard astronomers and other citizen-scientists on Tuesday to help track asteroids that could create havoc on Earth.

The U.S. space agency has already identified 95 percent of the potentially planet-killing ... [READ MORE]

Mexico detains FBI Ten Most-Wanted fugitive in beach resort

CANCUN (Reuters) - Mexican authorities on Tuesday arrested a former U.S. university professor, who recently was added to the FBI's 10 most-wanted list and faces sex crimes charges in the Philippines.

Walter Lee Williams, 64, was arrested in the southern beach resort of Playa del Carmen. The FBI said he was an anthropology and gender studies professor at the University of Southern California until 2011.

Using academic research as a guise, Williams traveled in the Philippines and elsewhere in Southeast Asia to have sex with underage boys, according to the FBI. The bureau said it had identified 10 victims between ages 9 and 17.

The Quintana Roo state attorney general's office said police found Williams [READ MORE]

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Two men with international ties added to FBI 'most wanted' list By David Ingram WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The FBI added two people on Monday to its list of most-wanted fugitives: a Mexican laborer accused of killing a woman in Louisiana and a former U.S. university professor charged with committing sex crimes in the Philippines. The ... [READ MORE]	Relatives urge Florida to issue permit for exhumations at school By Saundra Amrhein TAMPA, Florida (Reuters) - Relatives of boys who died at a Florida reform school urged the state on Friday to issue a permit allowing investigators to exhume human remains found on the grounds of the school, which has long been plagued with accusations of abuse and myste... [READ MORE]
Relatives urge Florida to issue permit for exhumations at school By Saundra Amrhein TAMPA, Florida (Reuters) - Relatives of boys who died at a Florida reform school urged the state on Friday to issue a permit allowing investigators to exhume human remains found on the grounds of the school, which has long been plagued with accusations of abuse and myste... [READ MORE]	Greeks strike over state TV closure as backlash grows By Karolina Tagaris and Renee Maltezou ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek workers stage a nationwide strike on Thursday, forcing hospitals to work on emergency staff and disrupting transport, in protest against the sudden death of state broadcaster ERT, switched off in the middle of the night by t... [READ MORE]
Asteroid the size of a small truck buzzes Earth: NASA By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - An asteroid the size of a small truck zoomed past Earth four times closer than the moon on Saturday, the latest in a parade of visiting celestial objects that has raised awareness of potentially hazardous impacts on the planet. ... [READ MORE]	Daft Punk holds off Alice in Chains, Fogerty for Billboard No. 1 By Piya Sinha-Roy LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - French electro-dance music duo Daft Punk held onto the top spot for a second week on the Billboard 200 album chart on Wednesday, staving off new entries from veteran rockers Alice in Chains and John Fogerty. Random Access Mem... [READ MORE]

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Czech capital on alert as floods swamp central Europe

Noah's Ark theme park wants to show the Flood was 'plausible'

Noah's Ark theme park wants to show the Flood was "plausible"

World's Oldest Bird Fossil Uncovered in Chinese Museum

A century on, Stravinsky's 'Rite' still summons the caveman

A century on, Stravinsky's "Rite" still summons the caveman

Searchers find body of second child killed in Minnesota mudslide

Universal delays release of 'Jurassic Park 4'

Sixty years after his death, Jim Thorpe's family feuds over body

U.S. returning looted Tyrannosaurus skeleton to Mongolia

Elephant poaching on rise in chaos-hit Central African Republic

New Dinosaur Species Discovered

Two million-year-old creature had mix of ape, human traits

World's Oldest Dinosaur Embryos Discovered in China

"Evil Dead" slashes cave men, dinosaurs for big box office win

Insight: Silent or supportive, conservatives give gay marriage momentum

Large asteroid heading to Earth? Pray, says NASA

Hundreds of Dinosaur Egg Fossils Found in Spain

Rail dig may have found London's lost "Black Death" graves

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