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Thursday, October 31, 2013

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‘Masters of Light’ Receive Nobel in Physics

The three scientists awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics Tuesday all developed new ways of harnessing light for different technological applications that are now used all the time, every day, all over the world.

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Nation Jul 21

Puerto Rico governor will not seek reelection, but won’t resign

By Danica Coto, Associated Press

Politics Jul 21

Mexico says US noted advance in migration enforcement

By Amy Guthrie, Peter Orsi, Associated Press

World Jul 21

President’s party leads Ukraine election, exit poll says

By Yuras Karmanau, Associated Press

World Jul 21

1,800 firefighters battle wildfires in central Portugal

By Associated Press

Health Jul 21

Mark Bittman’s recipe for McBitty’s Bean Burgers

By Mark Bittman, Megan Thompson, Melanie Saltzman

Nation Jul 21

Heat, humidity grips East Coast as central US sees reprieve

By Philip Marcelo, Associated Press

World Jul 21

Female suicide bomber strikes hospital in Pakistan, 9 killed

By Ishtiaq Mahsud, Associated Press

World Jul 21

Audio shows UK navy trying to thwart Iran from seizing ship

By Aya Batrawy, Gregory Katz, Associated Press

World Jul 21

Japan’s ruling coalition secures upper house majority

By Mari Yamaguchi, Kaori Hitomi, Associated Press

World Jul 21

Hong Kong residents deface Chinese emblem in latest protest

By Alice Fung, Yanan Wang, Associated Press

Politics Jul 20

AP Fact Check: Trump and Dems on an incendiary week

By Hope Yen, Amanda Seitz, Calvin Woodward, Associated Press

Politics Jul 20

Mueller’s testimony poses risk for Trump, but also Democrats

By Lisa Mascaro, Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press

Health Jul 20

How to exercise in the summer without heat exhaustion

By Scott Lear, The Conversation

Nation Jul 20

Hot weather is intensifying hold on much of East, Central US

By Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press

World Jul 20

War-weakened South Sudan tries to prepare for Ebola

By Sam Mednick, Associated Press

World Jul 20

Famed architect Cesar Pelli dies at 92

By Jennifer Peltz, Susan Haigh, Associated Press

Nation Jul 20

Nation marks 50 years after Apollo 11’s ‘giant leap’ on moon

By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press

World Jul 20

Iran tanker seizure linked to earlier act by UK marines

By Gregory Katz, Associated Press

Buzz Aldrin sets up a seismology experiment during the Apollo 11 mission to detect lunar "moonquakes." Photo by NASA

Science Jul 19

Why a sustainable future may depend on humans returning to the moon

By Nsikan Akpan

Judy Woodruff interview with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif

World Jul 19

WATCH: Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says military conflict with U.S. not ‘inevitable’

By Layla Quran