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Dozens killed in Rajasthan bus crash At least 33 people have died in the western Indian state of Rajasthan after a bus swerved off a bridge and plunged into a river, according to local police. Seven others were injured and taken to hospital in Sawai Madhopur district, 235 miles (375km) south of Delhi. The bus had been trying to overtake ...
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| Do Partridges Really Live in Pear Trees? Here's the truth behind the turtle doves, French hens, and other birds in the famous song "The Twelve Days of Christmas." The lucky recipient in the classic Christmas carol "The Twelve Days of Christmas" got 23 birds over the course of the holiday season. Hopefully they didn't live in a studio apartment.
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| The Truth About Those 'Alien Alloys' in The New York Times' UFO Story Points one and two are weird, but not all that compelling on their own: The world already knew that plenty of smart folks believe in alien visitors, and that pilots sometimes encounter strange phenomena in the upper atmosphere - phenomena explained by entities other than space aliens, such as a ...
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| More than 100 killed in Philippine mudslides and floods as storm hits A tropical storm in the Philippines has triggered mudslides and floods killing more than 100 people with dozens of others missing, police and disaster officials said on Saturday. The casualties, most of which occurred on Friday, were all on the main southern island of Mindanao, they said.
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| Broadcasters release box sets to tackle slump in festive viewing figures British broadcasters that have seen festive audiences slump in recent years as viewers have turned in droves to the US streaming giants Netflix and Amazon are planning to fight back this Christmas with the help of their own archives. Families have been increasingly giving up on the traditional custom of ...
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| Moments when central banks turned markets in 2017 Speaking on the sidelines of the Communist party congress in Beijing, Zhou, who is soon to stand down as PBoC governor, said: "If we are too optimistic when things go smoothly, tensions build up, which could lead to a sharp correction, what we call a 'Minsky moment'. That's what we should particularly ...
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| Alternate shot: Sergio Garcia and Jordan Spieth left marks on 2017 Whenever there is a pressing topic in golf, not everyone agrees on the same course of action. When that happens, we poll our scribes in a format we like to call Alternate Shot. ESPN.com senior golf writer Jason Sobel: As far as the 2017 golf year is concerned, I'm giving the entire proceedings a solid B+ ...
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| California wildfire the largest in the state's recorded history A California wildfire that has killed two people and seared its way through cities, towns and wilderness northwest of Los Angeles became the largest blaze ever officially recorded in California on Friday, authorities said. The Thomas fire took only 2 ½ weeks to burn its way into history books as unrelenting ...
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| US judge tosses verdict against AbbVie in AndroGel case U.S. District Judge Matthew Kennelly in Chicago ruled that the findings by the jury that rendered the verdict in July in favor of Oregon resident Jesse Mitchell were "logically incompatible." The jury awarded Mitchell $150 million in punitive damages even though it did not award him any compensatory ...
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| SpaceX rocket dazzles in California sky as it carries 10 satellites into space "It was very cool." The same rocket carried Iridium satellites into orbit in June. That time, the first stage landed on a floating platform in the Pacific ocean. This time, the rocket was allowed to plunge into the sea. It was the 18th and final launch of 2017 for SpaceX, which has contracted to replace Iridium's ...
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