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A woman rests on a stretcher after being rescued from the collapsed garment factory.

Midday Roundup: Miraculous escape from garment factory rubble

Newsworthy | Garment factory miracle. Crowds gathered at the site of the collapsed Bangladesh garment factory cheered Friday as rescuers freed a woman trapped in the rubble for 17 days. The seamstress, identified with the single…

President Barack Obama waves as he walks away from the podium after a new conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House.

Midday Roundup: Obama slow walks Syrian ‘red line’ decision

Newsworthy |  No rush. During a news conference this morning, the 100th day of his second term, President Barack Obama said he would take his time to consider whether Syria…

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell

Midday Roundup: Two men confess to making McConnell recording

Newsworthy |  Confessing misdeeds. The Courier-Journal in Louisville, Ky., reports two men have confessed to recording a campaign meeting at Senate Minority Leader Mitch…

SPACE EXPLOITS: Astronauts wave to the crowd prior to space mission.
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Into red space

Science |  China’s ambitious space program may serve both national pride and military

Felix Baumgartner

Jump from space's edge provides collective moment

Space |  ROSWELL, N.M. (AP)—Felix Baumgartner stood alone at the edge of space, poised in the open doorway of a capsule suspended above Earth and wondering if he…

Space-bound

Space-bound

Space |  A piece of missionary history goes with astronaut Patrick Forrester and the space shuttle Discovery

Failure to launch
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Failure to launch

Space |  Will proposed cuts in space programs leave the United States vulnerable?

The moon or bust
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The moon or bust

Space |  NASA works to finish the ISS so it can go to the moon instead

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