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	The Perils of Launching Rockets in China The Atlantic On Friday morning in China, a rocket blasted off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in the Sichuan province with a pair of navigation satellites bound for orbit around Earth. As the rocket climbed higher and higher, the four strap-on boosters that launched with it began to fall away. This is supposed ... Rocket Booster Falls from Sky and Explodes in Chinese Town After Satellite Launch - Space.com Full Coverage Flag as irrelevant
	Cardinals pivot in hunt for potential closer MLB.com In Colorado, Davis will take over closing duties from Greg Holland, another free agent whom the Cardinals may now pursue. St. Louis has also explored the cost of acquiring Alex Colome from Tampa Bay and has remained open to pivoting its search toward a setup man who could grow into a closer. Flag as irrelevant
	Suspect in Kansas 'swatting' death charged with involuntary manslaughter The Guardian Tyler Barriss made his first court appearance in Kansas via video link from jail on Friday, following his extradition from Los Angeles. The 25-year-old is also charged with giving false alarm and interference with a law enforcement officer. Bond was set at $500,000. A message left for the local public ... Flag as irrelevant
	Spartak Moscow embroiled in fresh racism storm after Twitter post SkySports Spartak Moscow are at the centre of a racism storm after captioning a video of three black players training with the words "see how the chocolates melt in the sun". The post, which has subsequently been deleted, was released on the club's official and verified Twitter account on Saturday and included ... Flag as irrelevant
	Oprah vs Trump in 2020? Aljazeera.com Still smarting from somehow forfeiting the White House to a popular TV celebrity, bruised and bemused Democrats are longing, it seems, for another popular TV celebrity to win it back soon. So, the chatter about President Oprah has begun in earnest and could, in time, gather inexorable momentum. Flag as irrelevant
	Edgar Ray Killen, convicted in 'Mississippi Burning' killings, dead at 92 Reuters (Reuters) - Edgar Ray Killen, the preacher and Ku Klux Klansman convicted and sent to prison more than 40 years after he plotted the 1964 slayings of three civil rights activists in the "Mississippi Burning" case, died on Thursday night at the age of 92, Mississippi correction officials said. Flag as irrelevant

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	Boxed in talks to be acquired by Kroger for $500 million TechCrunch New York-based Boxed, the startup for buying food and household items in bulk, is in talks to be acquired by Kroger for about $500 million. Other retailers are also expected to be making bids. The news was first reported by Forbes and confirmed to TechCrunch by a source with knowledge of the ... Flag as irrelevant
	These concepts are the most exciting cameras Canon's brought to CES in years The Verge Tucked in a corner on a shelf at Canon's booth are the two most exciting cameras the company has brought to CES in years. They're not wholly unique ideas (and one of them doesn't even work yet), but compared to the iterative releases and myriad of camcorders that usually make up Canon's ... Flag as irrelevant
	Some Plants Grow Well in Martian Soil Sky & Telescope To see how terrestrial plants might fare in Martian soil, students at Villanova University last semester conducted the Red Thumbs Mars Garden Project. They obtained simulated Martian soil, made from volcanic basalts similar to those on Mars, and mixed it with other compounds to make it about 90% ... Flag as irrelevant
	'Dreamer' lives in limbo as Washington battles over immigration Reuters In his fourth-floor walkup apartment in an artsy, working-class section of Brooklyn, Rodriguez obsesses over his future starts as soon as he wakes each morning and checks his phone for the latest headlines about the Obama-era program rescinded by Republican U.S. President Donald Trump. Flag as irrelevant
	Missing four-year-old British girl found with mother in Spain The Guardian A four-year-old girl who went missing with her mother has been found safe and well in Spain, a high court judge has said. Elliana Shand, also known as Elliana Richards, who has been missing with her mother, Jessica Richards, since last summer, is the subject of care proceedings. At a hearing in the ... Flag as irrelevant
	The legendary Kyogre is now in Pokémon Go Polygon Pokémon Go players can now fight against Kyogre, the water-type legendary from the Hoenn region. The Pokémon will be featured in Raid battles worldwide from today, Jan. 12, through Feb. 14 at 1 p.m. PT. Kyogre first appeared in Pokémon Sapphire, the 2003 Game Boy Advance game. The Pokémon ... Flag as irrelevant
	Leonardo DiCaprio to star in Quentin Tarantino's Charles Manson movie The Guardian According to Variety, the Oscar winner will play an aging actor in 1969 Los Angeles and his life will intersect with the murders. Reports have suggested that the structure will resemble a Pulp Fiction-esque ensemble piece. Vanity Fair claims the script follows a TV actor who wants to make it in the film ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Guardian view on Germany's coalition deal: Merkel in the balance The Guardian This week, official data in Berlin showed the workshop of Europe's economy returning to something like full speed. Output has registered its best monthly rise since 2009, while Germany's trade surplus has widened the way it did in the days before the eurozone crisis. Now even the nearly four-month ... Flag as irrelevant

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	'Mississippi Burning' killer and former Ku Klux Klan leader dies in prison The Guardian Edgar Ray Killen, a former Ku Klux Klan leader who was convicted for the 1964 "Mississippi Burning" killings of three civil rights workers, has died in prison at the age of 92. Killen was serving three consecutive 20-year terms for manslaughter when he died at 9pm on Thursday inside the Mississippi State ... Flag as irrelevant
	Saudi women score right to watch men's soccer in stadiums Reuters A Saudi woman arrives to watch the soccer match between Al-Ahli against Al-Batin at the King Abdullah Sports City in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia January 12, 2018. REUTERS/Reem Baeshen. On Thursday, Jeddah held Saudi Arabia's first car exhibition aimed at women, a few months after Saudi Arabia ... Flag as irrelevant
	Firearms discovery in London prompts dispatch of armed police The Guardian Armed police were sent to a suspected brothel in south London on Saturday after firearms were discovered inside and two men fled to the rooftop. Scotland Yard officers were executing a warrant at the address in Edgeley Lane, Clapham, at around 7am on Saturday, when the men climbed on to the roof ... Flag as irrelevant

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