Helicopter crashes into East River near Midtown Manhattan
A private Bell 206 with five aboard plunged into the East River off 34th Street as emergency crews fought to reach the occupants. A woman died at the scene. two women and a man were hospitalized in critical or stable condition while the pilot was uninjured. Downtime and witness accounts described the craft spinning before impact. The passengers were reported to include British citizens living in Portugal and Australia.
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Three U S scientists win Nobel for accelerating universe
Three U S born physicists Saul Perlmutter, Brian Schmidt, and Adam Riess win the Nobel Prize for discovering that the universe is expanding at an accelerating rate. Their work, based on distant supernovas, upends prior view of a slowing expansion and introduces dark energy as the unknown driving force.
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Harvard
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Nigerian suspect Abdulmutallab interrupts trial with defiant outburst
Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, charged with attempting to destroy Northwest Flight 253 on Christmas 2009, shouted a pro al Qaeda line in court as his self represented defense faced juror selection. The defendant, normally quiet, challenged jurors and questioned a potential witness while wearing a tunic and skull cap.
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