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NASA braces for ‘7 minutes of terror’ Mars plunge
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save PASADENA, Calif. — NASA’s most high-tech Mars rover on Sunday zeroed in on the red planet where it will attempt a tricky celestial gymnastics routine during a “seven minutes of terror” plummet through the atmosphere.…
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NASA braces for ‘7 minutes of terror’ Mars plunge
PASADENA, Calif. — NASA’s most high-tech Mars rover on Sunday zeroed in on the red planet where it will attempt a tricky celestial gymnastics routine during a “seven minutes of terror” plummet through the atmosphere. The Curiosity rover was poised to hit the top of the Martian atmosphere at 13,000 mph. If all goes according…
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Remembering the worst disaster in state history
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save FORT COLLINS — As time fades, Barb Anderson knows fewer people will recall the worst natural disaster in Colorado history. But she and other volunteers are determined not to let Coloradans forget the Big Thompson flood, which…
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Remembering the worst disaster in state history
FORT COLLINS — As time fades, Barb Anderson knows fewer people will recall the worst natural disaster in Colorado history. But she and other volunteers are determined not to let Coloradans forget the Big Thompson flood, which claimed 144 lives on July 31, 1976. “We had friends and neighbors who we lost on that day,” said Anderson,…
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Opinion: Is Romney gutsy enough to pick N.J. Gov. Christie?
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Here is a fact causing Republicans to wonder why Mitt Romney isn’t the runaway favorite in his campaign to unseat Barack Obama: No U.S. president since Franklin Roosevelt has won re-election when the unemployment rate…
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Opinion: Is Romney gutsy enough to pick N.J. Gov. Christie?
Here is a fact causing Republicans to wonder why Mitt Romney isn’t the runaway favorite in his campaign to unseat Barack Obama: No U.S. president since Franklin Roosevelt has won re-election when the unemployment rate was more than 7.4 percent. So why isn’t Romney the clear favorite? Because Obama remains more popular personally than one…
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U.S. storms kill 12, cause wide power outages
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save WASHINGTON (AP) — Violent storms swept across the eastern U.S., killing at least 12 people and knocking out power to millions of people on a day that temperatures across the region are expected to reach…
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U.S. storms kill 12, cause wide power outages
WASHINGTON (AP) — Violent storms swept across the eastern U.S., killing at least 12 people and knocking out power to millions of people on a day that temperatures across the region are expected to reach triple digits. The Mid-Atlantic region had already been experiencing 100-degree temperatures before Friday evening’s violent storms. More than 3 million…
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Generous, family-man Chaney was drawn to entertaining early on
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Leonidas F. Chaney was born in 1883 on April Fool’s Day to parents who were profoundly deaf. He not only became fluent in sign language, he also became a master at pantomime. It was a…
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Generous, family-man Chaney was drawn to entertaining early on
Leonidas F. Chaney was born in 1883 on April Fool’s Day to parents who were profoundly deaf. He not only became fluent in sign language, he also became a master at pantomime. It was a skill that would serve him later on the silent screen. Chaney’s father, Frank, was a barber, and his mother, Emma,…