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Hubble reveals Ring Nebulas true shape

New observations by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have revealed the real shape of the Ring Nebula. The glowing gas shroud around an old, dying, Sun-like star is like a doughnut, scientists suggested. "The nebula is not like a bagel, but rather, it's like a jelly doughnut, because it's filled with material in the middle," said C. Robert O'Dell of Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn. ...
Comments reflect Hashimotos true nature

A person cannot escape their true nature. Someone of low character, even if they rub shoulders with the political elite, cannot become a politician in the truest sense. Toru Hashimoto, head of Japan Restoration Party and mayor of Osaka, is a prime ...
“You know a lot of people say that if you dig long enough and hard enough you will get to China and that may be true. But what they don’t tell you is that if you dig long enough and hard enough in a conversation you get to a friend.”

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Cruel twist for murdered soldier

MURDERED soldier Lee Rigby's girlfriend was flying back to the UK from serving in the Afghanistan warzone, after the 25-year-old was hacked to death on the streets of ...
Obama in heated exchanges with Code Pink anti-war protester

1 of 2. Protester Medea Benjamin, co-founder of the Code Pink activist group, interrupts U.S. President Barack Obama as he speaks about his administration's counter-terrorism policy at the National Defense University at Fort McNair in Washington, May 23, ...

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Trekkies

Did Gene Roddenberry know? Did he have any idea what he was unleashing when he created "Star Trek," a sci-fi TV series that started in 1966 and was canceled after three years of dismal ratings? Did he understand the implications of his actions, that hordes of die-hard fans would devote their lives to his personal vision of a better future? Did he know it would create an entire subculture that is ... ...

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Weird Al is at Mystic Lake in August

Parody master Weird Al Yankovic will return to the Twin Cities on Aug. 3 to headline Mystic Lake Casino. Tickets are $39 and $31 and will go on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 25, through Ticketmaster. Shows going on sale Friday, May 24, through Etix (unless otherwise noted) include: -- New York indie rockers Vampire Weekend; 7:30 p.m. Aug. 5; Orpheum Theatre; $35; on sale at 10 a.m. through ...
Braves rookie catcher takes long strange road to major league glory

Atlanta Braves pinch hitter Evan Gattis (24) celebrates after putting his team ahead of the Los Angeles Dodgers with a two-run home run in the eighth inning of a game on Saturday, May 18, 2013, in Atlanta. (John ...
Mana candidate true man of the people

New Mana candidate for Ikaroa-Rawhiti, Te Hamua Nikora, says he is a different breed of politician who can engage young Maori with political issues and be a true man of the people. "I'm different in that I've never been a politician but I've been politically thinking my whole life. I'm different in that I dress the same, I walk the same and I talk the same as the people on the coalface," he said ...
Star Wars Lego Model Is Worlds Largest

The unveiling of a massive Lego model in Times Square has brought new meaning to the saying that everything is bigger in New York City. The model of the Star Wars X-Wing Starfighter - the largest Lego model ever built - was given its public debut on Thursday. Made out of a whopping 5.3 million Lego pieces, the craft weighs in at nearly 46,000lbs and is 43 feet (13.1 metres) long. Its wingspan ...
Pittsburgh on the Hudson Wrong city in NY City campaign logo

Weiner, the candidate who infamously resigned from the U.S. Congress two years ago in a sexting scandal, unveiled a video announcing his mayoral candidacy and a campaign logo on his website on ...

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We must define the nature and scope of this struggle, or else it will define us. Neither I, nor any President can promise the total defeat of terror. What we must do is dismantle networks that pose a direct danger.

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The U.S. president was speaking on his administration's counter terrorism policy.

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EU regulators seek tax transparency from companies

The European Commission said Thursday that it is working on a proposal to require corporate giants with operations in the European Union to publicly report profits, taxes paid and subsidies received on a country-by-country basis.

Representatives of the 27 member-states agreed to seek ways to prevent multinationals from avoiding their obligations by channeling profits through subsidiaries in low-tax jurisdictions such as Ireland and Luxembourg.

The detailed reporting requirements that EU banks will face starting in 2015 should be extended to non-financial firms, Commissioner Michel Barnier said Thursday in Amsterdam.

"We will expand these reporting obligations to large companies and groups," he said.

Currently, fewer than 10 percent of the largest enterprises in the EU provide country-by-country financial data on a regular basis, Barnier said.

The issue came to the fore this week with the publication of a US Senate report showing that Apple Inc. paid a tax rate of just 2 percent in Ireland, whose official corporate rate is an already low 12.5 percent.

Ireland permits companies to incorporate in the Emerald Isle without becoming tax resident.

Dublin's EU partners have often complained about Ireland's low rate of corporate tax, which they see as giving the country an unfair advantage in attracting foreign investment. ...