AP controversy shows test of striking a security balance

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Kepler or not, we'll find life

Meg Urry says loss of the planet-finding Kepler satellite would be huge for NASA, which is furiously trying to fix it--but one way or another, it's a matter of time before we find signs of life on other worlds

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Latest Deadly Tornado Tests Oklahoma Town's Mettle

For tornado-prone Oklahoma City suburb, latest deadly storm brings new test of town's mettle

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Father of Chechen shot by FBI suspects son was tortured

GROZNY, Russia (Reuters) - The father of a Chechen immigrant killed during questioning over his links with one of the Boston Marathon bombings suspects said on Thursday he plans to travel to the United States where he suspects his son was tortured and killed.

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Jon Gruber on one reason to keep taxing corporate income

MIT economist Jon Gruber writes in:Nice piece on the corporate tax. But you don't mention one important issue and to my mind the main argument for the corporate tax: if you don't tax corporate income, then you don't tax the earnings until it is released to shareholders. That is akin to the problem with taxing foreign income -- you give an incentive for companies to hoard the money rather than

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