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    New Petition Takes On Drone Medal Controversy
    A new military medal that honors drone pilots and ranks above a Bronze Star has raised the ire of many combat veterans. A new online petition urges the White House to demote the medal.
  • The LUX Dark Matter Detector is installed in the Davis Cavern of the Sanford Lab in South Dakota in March. The water tank measures 24 feet in diameter, is two stories high and will hold 71,600 gallons.
    At Old Mine, Hopes Of Striking Gold With Dark Matter
    A mile-deep mine in South Dakota was closed a decade ago. Now, it's been cleaned up and revamped as an underground science laboratory. Scientists hope the experiments thousands of feet underground will help prove the existence of dark matter.
  • Theoretical Physicist Seeks Concrete Answers In 'Genius'
    Steven T. Seagle's new graphic novel, Genius, follows once-golden physicist Ted as he grapples with family troubles and malaise at work. Reviewer Glen Weldon says Genius is an "achingly felt portrait of man coming to terms with the role chance plays in human lives."
  • A teacher addresses a mixed-race class in Little Rock, Arkansas in September 1957, where desegregation is being enforced by troops.
    Six Decades Later, Integration Remains A Work In Progress
    A federal judge in Little Rock, Ark., approved a settlement today that ends decades of litigation over school desegregation there.
  • The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer is loaded into the vehicle that would take it to the space shuttle launchpad on March 15. The $2 billion cosmic ray detector will be carried to the International Space Station on Endeavour's final flight.
    On The Shuttle, A $2 Billion Bid To Find Antimatter
    The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer will collect cosmic rays and was designed to search for antimatter created during the Big Bang. The project was nearly scrapped, but the persistence of one key researcher kept it alive. It will be carried to the space station aboard space shuttle Endeavour's final flight.
  • <strong>Walking The Walk:</strong> Fans look on as pedestrian Edward Payson Weston walks at a New York City roller rink in 1874. His unique stride was described as "wobbly."
    In The 1870s And '80s, Being A Pedestrian Was Anything But
    Huge crowds packed arenas to watch the world's best pedestrians walk in circles for six days at a time. And trainers encouraged the athletes to drink champagne — at the time considered a stimulant.
  • Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, a Republican, favors a federally subsidized expansion of Medicaid in his state.
    Defying Expectations, GOP Governors Embrace Medicaid Expansion
    Top-ranked archrivals Michigan and Ohio State faced off Wednesday night on the basketball court for the second time in this season (Michigan won in overtime to split the series).
  • Bike Lane Goes Green For Safety In College Area
    Bicycling has been in the spotlight lately in San Diego. From corrals to a new sharing program, the city seems to be moving in a more bike-friendly direction. The city's newest bike-related improvement addresses safety on the road.
  • Guadalupe Chavez in front of her trailer home in Oregon, where she moved after her sexual assault case went to trial in California.
    Despite Barriers, One Woman Breaks Silence About Farm Rape
    This is the second story in a two-part report about sexual assault of agricultural workers in the U.S.
  • Andre Geim (left) and Konstantin Novoselov won the Nobel Prize for Physics Tuesday for their work on graphene, a sheet of carbon atoms with novel electrical, physical and chemical properties.
    Ig Nobel To Nobel: Creative (And Fun) Science Wins
    Two Russian-born scientists won the Nobel Prize for Physics for their work on graphene, the strongest and thinnest substance ever discovered. But one of them, Andre Geim, also holds a more dubious honor: He won an Ig Nobel prize in 2000 for his work on the magnetic levitation of frogs.
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