The Kepler probe, which was launched more than a year ago, has found, within 6 weeks of operation outside our solar system, five new solar systems in the Milky Way and identified over 700 bodies that could be new planets.
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The ball used in the FIFA World Cup final between Spain and Netherlands was being auctioned for charity and raised 74,000$. The money will go to Nelson Mandela Charity organization and will be used to promote education, relief of poverty of children and the support of programs that mitigate the impact of the HIV AIDS pandemic in Africa.
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Richard Lucas, A bus driver from Buffalo, was driving his bus on Monday morning when he suddenly notice smoke coming from one of the houses. He stopped the bus and walked to the house, inside the house all 10 people living there were a sleep and Richard was shouting and knocking on the doors till they woke up and ran outside.
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American Red Cross and Red Cross Racing are giving away a 2011 Ford Fiesta to one lucky winner donor thanks to a donation made by the Ford Motor Company. In addition Red Cross Racing-themed prizes will be given including T-shirts, hats and a miniature die-cast Red Cross car.
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Solar powered plane left Switzerland 2 nights ago for a first 24 hours test flight. The plane, which was able to fly during the night after getting enough energy from the sun during the day, climb to 28,000 feet and reached top speeds of over 75 mph.
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The Russian government decided to create 9 new nature reserves and 13 national parks covering a total area of over 3.8 million ha in addition to marine buffer zones of over 1 million ha. Polar bears, walruses, sea otters, and other endangered species will all benefit from the new protected areas.
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Samsung launched to the Indian this month the world’s first solar-powered cell phone, The Solar Guru E1107 which can be charged whenever and wherever the sun is shining. This new mobile phone is all about energy efficiency in design, charging, and consumption.
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Joan R. Ginther (63), from Las Vegas, won a 7 figures lottery prize for the fourth time now. Joan won this time $10 million, the top prize in Texas Lottery’s $140,000,000 Extreme Payout scratch-off ticket. This winning will be added to her previous wins which total at $20.4 million.
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This new breakthrough design brings us a car which is driven by a conventional front-wheel drive, and can fit in a regular sized garage and is capable to turn into light aircraft by folding out its wings. The spec of this vehicle is quite impressive both on land and up in the sky with runway distance of 500m, top flight speed of 185Kph flight distance of 740 km were on the ground its fuel consumption is less than 8 liter per 100km which makes it environmental transportation both on the ground and in the air.
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Chris Lomen, just started his 4000 miles rollerblading journey for charity. The journey, which started at St. Croix Preparatory School, and can end once Lomen will raise 100-thousand dollars.
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