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August 19, 2008
Cloned Meat: It's What's for Dinner?
Cloning is usually the stuff of science fiction or Hollywood cinema, but if some in the food industry have their way, cloned animals could be the stuff you eat for dinner.

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In an effort to understand some of the basic tenets of physics, scientists and engineers fired a beam of protons around a 17-mile tunnel -- a successful first run for the world's most powerful particle accelerator.
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Internet search giant Google on Tuesday unveiled its first foray into the global mobile phone market, introducing the T-Mobile G1, informally known as the "Google phone."
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Rising oil prices and improvements in battery technology are fueling new interest in developing electric cars. Spencer Michels reports on how industry giants and start-up car companies alike plan to release new vehicles by 2010.
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