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APTOPIX Britain Tough Guy
A competitor emerges from a water obstacle at the annual Tough Guy event, Perton, England, Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012. Tough Guy claims to be the world's most demanding one-day survival ordeal. First staged in 1986, it has been widely described as "the toughest race in the world", with up to one-third of the starters failing to finish in a typical year.(AP Photo/Jon Super)
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Private supply ship flies by space station in test (Photo Gallery)
The world's first private supply ship flew tantalizingly close to the International Space Station on Thursday but did not stop, completing a critical test in advance of the actual docking.
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Joplin remembers deadly tornado, 1 year later (Photo Gallery)
A year after a massive tornado tore through Joplin, thousands of people touched by the storm's fury made a somber march through some of the hardest-hit neighborhoods in a town dedicated to remembering its losses but also committed to what is certain to be a long, slow recovery.
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Private supply ship rockets toward space station (Photo Gallery) (Video)
A first-of-its-kind commercial supply ship rocketed toward the International Space Station following a successful liftoff early Tuesday, opening a new era of dollar-driven spaceflight.
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Golden Gate celebrates 75th with help of engineers (Photo Gallery) (Video)
The Golden Gate Bridge was heralded as an engineering marvel when it opened in 1937. It was the world's longest suspension span and had been built across a strait that critics said was too treacherous to be bridged.
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Photos: Millions view 'ring of fire' eclipse (Photo Gallery) (Video)
Millions in Asia and the western United States watched as a rare "ring of fire" eclipse crossed their skies early Monday.
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(New) Cougar reluctant to leave trap after being released (Photo Gallery)
Wildlife agents were ready to release a captured cougar back into the wild northeast of Arlington, Wash., but it didn't want to go.
Technology
Solar plane begins 1st transcontinental flight (Photo Gallery)
An experimental solar-powered airplane took off from Switzerland on its first transcontinental flight Thursday, aiming to reach North Africa next week.
Entertainment
Tommy Lee Jones wants to know about Smith's Moscow kiss (Photo Gallery)
Will Smith may not want to talk about what happened last week in Moscow, but Tommy Lee Jones sure does.
Local & Regional
Salem police look for link between murder-suicide and man's death (Photo Gallery) (Video)
As police investigate the murder-suicide case that claimed the lives of five people, they are also looking into the killing of another man nearby.
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Testimony: Boy, 10, fed two 'caged' autistic boys (Photo Gallery) (Video)
Alayna Higdon's 10-year-old son took the stand Wednesday in her and her boyfriend's trial. The couple is accused of keeping two boys locked behind what prosecutors call a cage.