Final Space Shuttle Spacewalk Tests Robotic Prospects
Astronauts completed the last spacewalk of NASA’s shuttle era by retrieving a broken pump from the ISS and installing a robot demo called Dextre. The $22.6 million toy-like playset awaits future robotic satellite refueling stations. This marks the final American spacewalk for over a year.
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Sherwood Schwartz Creator of Brady Bunch Gilligan's Island dies at 94
Sherwood Schwartz writer creator of Gilligan's Island and The Brady Bunch has died at age 94. He passed away at Cedars Sinai Medical Center after an intestinal infection and multiple surgeries. His wife Mildred and children were at his side. His nephew and fellow writer Douglas Schwartz recalled his impact on early television.
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Sherwood Schwartz
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Cedars: Sinai Medical Center
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al Schwartz
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McConnell proposes staged debt limit plan amid stalemate
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell floated a three stage approach to raise the debt ceiling. The plan would start with a $700 billion increase before August 2 with Obama proposing non binding spending cuts of equal size. Subsequent $900 billion increases would follow. Democrats hold the votes to avert a veto override.
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Kentucky
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Congress
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Betty Ford Remembered at Bipartisan Memorial
Betty Ford was remembered in Palm Desert at a bipartisan memorial honoring her work against addiction and her role in promoting equal rights for women. Speakers including Rosalynn Carter and Cokie Roberts praised her candor, energy, and public advocacy while noting her fight with breast cancer and her creation of the Betty Ford Center. Former President George W. Bush and Hillary Clinton attended, joined by Michelle Obama, Nancy Reagan, and Maria Shriver along with Ford’s four children.
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George W. Bush
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Betty Ford
St. Margaret's Episcopal Church
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Calif
California
Maria Schriver
White House
Cokie Roberts
Ford
Carter
Roberts
Gerald R. Ford
Washington
Maria Shriver
Children Share in U S Drops to Record Low and Affects Economy
The 2010 census shows children now make up 24 percent of the U S population, the lowest on record, with immigrants and minority births boosting youth. Projections see 23 percent by 2050 as the elderly share rises toward 20 percent, stressing health care and pension systems.
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Washington
America
United States
Afghan leader Hamid Karzai's half brother slain in Kandahar
Ahmed Wali Karzai, a powerful figure and ally to President Hamid Karzai, was killed at his fortified Kandahar home by a close associate. The shooting, claimed by the Taliban and prompting questions on regional stability, leaves Karzai without a key southern backer. The gunman Mohammad, a trusted security figure, shot him during a suspected papers signing.
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Afghanistan
Hamid Karzai
U.S
Ahmed Wali Karzai
Sardar Moham
Mad
Wali Karzai
Tooryalai Wesa
Mohammad
Wesa
Ahmad Wali Karzai
Soldier PTA Medal of Honor for heroics in Afghanistan
President Barack Obama awarded Sgt 1st Class Leroy Arthur Petry the Medal of Honor for grabbing a live grenade under enemy fire in Afghanistan despite being wounded. The act saved his comrades and marked only the second living active duty service member from Iraq and Afghanistan to receive the honor.
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U.S. Army
Leroy Arthur Perry
Santa Fe
N.M
Afghanistan
White House
Washington
Leroy Arthur Petry
Iraq
Petry
Rangers Heroic Rescue in Afghanistan May 2008
On May 26 2008 in Afghanistan Army Ranger Petry and teammates attacked an insurgent compound. Petry took fire as grenades exploded and lost a hand while saving two comrades. Overall U S military deaths in Afghanistan exceeded 1552 by Tuesday.
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