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The speed of light, roughly 186,282 miles per second, has been a rule of physics for the past 100 years. Now a team of scientists says that the rule may have been broken.

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Five years ago, honeybees began dying in large numbers and hives were becoming defunct. Spencer Michels reports on the scientists who are still trying to figure out why this is happening and what can be done to help the problem.
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While I was standing there looking at the statue, I could see all of the civil rights leaders, activists and common people standing around saying “thank you” and “it’s about time.”
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