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When social sharing goes wrong: Regretting the Facebook post

The case of Justin Carter, the Texas teen who has been jailed near San Antonio since February, started when he posted a Facebook message saying he would go "shoot up a kindergarten."

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NASA Mars rover Curiosity begins delayed road trip

Martian mountain, here Curiosity comes. The NASA rover has officially kicked off its long-delayed road trip to Mount Sharp, a trek that involves rolling over rocky landscapes.

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BBC: Build me a brain

Some researchers are trying to understand the brain by starting to build one. At Reading University's newly constructed Brain Embodiment Laboratory, researchers plan to connect cultures of living human neurons to robots - to give meaning to their neural activity.

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NASA shuts down space telescope orbiting Earth

NASA is sending the reliable Galaxy Evolution Explorer into a retirement that will end with a fiery re-entry into Earth's atmosphere in about 65 years.

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Minn. highways rank 42nd in national highway study

Minn. highways rank 42nd in national highway study

A new report on the state of the nation's highways shows improvement across much of the country, but not in Minnesota.

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Hawaii hiking trails to be on Google Street View

Hawaii's volcanoes, rainforests and beaches will soon be visible on Google Street View.

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NASA launches sun-watching satellite from Calif.

NASA has launched a satellite on a mission to examine a little-studied region of the sun that it hopes will improve space weather prediction.

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Microsoft tweaks Windows 8, blamed for PC slump

Microsoft is trying to reverse slumping PC sales and quiet growing criticism of its flagship operating system with the release of a revised version of Windows 8.

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Feedly, Digg racing to replace Google Reader

With just days remaining before Google pulls the plug on its Reader RSS feed service, reality is sinking in.

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Super full moon shines brightly this weekend

Super full moon shines brightly this weekend

A "supermoon" rises this weekend. The biggest and brightest full moon of the year graces the sky early Sunday as our celestial neighbor swings closer to Earth than usual.

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