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March 2, 2011 12:35 PM

Apple's Jobs, on sick leave, appears at iPad event

Apple CEO Steve Jobs briefly emerged from his medical leave and walked on stage to standing ovation Wednesday to unveil the second-generation of the popular iPad.

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March 2, 2011 12:00 AM

Apple's iPad 2 is unveiled

Steven Jobs continues his indefinite medical leave, but there is no break from innovating at Apple. Apple executives unveil the iPad 2 today.

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February 24, 2011 7:31 AM

Space shuttle Discovery fueled for final flight

A space shuttle that has racked up an impressive list of firsts is about to add one more -- it will soon become the first in NASA's fleet to be retired.

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February 19, 2011 9:06 PM

Cosmic census finds crowd of planets in our galaxy

Scientists have estimated the first cosmic census of planets in our galaxy and the numbers are astronomical: at least 50 billion planets in the Milky Way. At least 500 million of those planets are in the not-too-hot, not-too-cold zone where life could exist.

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February 10, 2011 1:09 PM

3M deploys fast electric car charging stations at Maplewood campus

3M is deploying two fast charging stations for electric cars on its Maplewood campus, anticipating electric vehicles will become more common in coming years. The stations can juice up a car in about four hours.

by Martin Moylan

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February 10, 2011 8:19 AM

iPhone-starved states welcome new gadget

Previously excluded from the iPhone club because of AT&T's at-best spotty coverage in this part of the country, cell-phone users in areas of the Dakotas, Montana, Nebraska and Wyoming can now get the phone through the nation's largest wireless carrier, Verizon Wireless.