A treat is in store for sky watchers Monday, as a large asteroid will fly close to Earth. “Close,” of course, is relative. The asteroid, called 2004 BL86 will come about 745,000 miles (1.2 million kilometers) from Earth, or about three times as far away as the moon at 11:19 a.m. ET, according to NASA.
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Paris’ lawsuit against Fox News an empty threat
Experts on both sides of the Atlantic say that Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo’s threat to take Fox News to court is largely empty.
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Michael Moore explains snipers are ‘cowards’ tweet
Shortly after his tweet proclaiming “snipers aren’t heroes” netted a barrage of criticism, documentary filmmaker Michael Moore tried to explain where that sentiment came from — his war veteran father.
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Several Disneyland employees diagnosed with measles
A spokeswoman for the Orange County Health Care Agency has confirmed that “several” Disneyland employees have been diagnosed with measles.
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Brain scans could help doctors better predict your behavior
Forget horoscopes or fortune tellers. There’s a new way to tell your future, and it involves a much more reliable medium: human neuroscience.
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Robo-wings: Military drones that mimic hawks and insects
Picking through the rubble of war-damaged buildings in combat zones, looking for enemies, survivors, booby traps or worse is one of the most dangerous jobs in the military.
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Why Facebook parenting can backfire
Just about every day on Facebook, I see posts by parents asking for advice related to their children. Granted many of my friends are parents, but I imagine you see similar posts when you log on as well.
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Gospel music legend Andrae Crouch dies
Andrae Edward Crouch, a seven-time Grammy winner and gospel music legend, died Thursday at a Los Angeles-area hospital, following complications from a Jan. 3 heart attack, said a family statement on the singer’s Facebook page.
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ISIS repeats a threat; NYPD, other law enforcement on high alert
New York City Police Department officials and other law enforcement personnel across the United States were alerted to a new threat from ISIS after the terror group released a video message Saturday calling for its followers to “rise up.”
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Opinion: To start the year right have ‘the talk’ with your aging parents
You need look no further than the glut of beautiful, young and immortal vampires and permanently incapacitated zombies overpopulating our culture to see that America has issues when it comes to aging.