22.02.2012

Feds charge US mine boss with fraud, highest-ranking to face prosecution in deadly blast

CHARLESTON, W.Va. - The superintendent of the West Virginia coal mine where an explosion killed 29 men was charged Wednesday with conspiracy to defraud the federal government, becoming the highest-ranking employee to face criminal prosecution in an investigation that appeared to be moving steadily up the corporate ladder.

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22.02.2012

Santorum to be on hot seat in Republican debate, the first in almost a month

WASHINGTON - It's been almost a month since the last Republican presidential debate, and once again the race for the party's nomination is vastly different than it was when Mitt Romney efficiently put the boots to his biggest threat, Newt Gingrich, during a Florida faceoff.

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22.02.2012

Philadelphia science museum's 200-year-old robotic automaton has link to Scorcese's 'Hugo'

PHILADELPHIA - An Academy Award-nominated movie is casting a bright spotlight on an unusual machine at The Franklin Institute in Philadelphia.

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