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Repair Work Preceded Deadly Metro Crash: Circuitry Lost Ability to Detect Trains Following Maintenance, Investigators Say

Five days before last week's deadly Red Line accident, Metro did maintenance on a component of a train control system designed to prevent crashes, and the system's circuitry failed to work properly after the work was complete, investigators said today.

Female Farmers Sprouting: More Md., Va. Women Lead Farms

More Md., Va. Women Turning to Agriculture, Bringing Organic Meat And Harvests of Heirloom Vegetables to Markets in the D.C. Area

Experts Suspect System Failure, Operator Error in Metrorail Crash

Experts familiar with Metro's operations focused last night on a failure of the signal system and operator error as likely causes of yesterday's fatal Red Line crash.

Breaking: DC Metro Crash Kills 9, the Latest Updates

I'm in the DC Metro area, about an hour out from Dupont Circle, at the Glenmont end of the Redline, past Glenmont Station on the side of the Metro where the accident happened.

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Excerpt from: The East, the West, and Sex - A History of Erotic Encounters

Sometime in 2006, a foreign English teacher in Shanghai posted a message on the Internet in which he bragged about how easy it was for him to have sex with young Chinese women, mostly his former students. "I was with Star on Saturday," the teacher wrote.

The Devil Is in the Digits: Evidence That Iran's Election Was Rigged

Since the declaration of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's landslide victory in Iran's presidential election, accusations of fraud have swelled.

A Different Iranian Revolution

WE look over this wall of marching people to see what our friends in the United States are saying about us. We cannot help it — 30 years of struggle against the Enemy has had the curious effect of making us intrigued.

Recession Leads to More People Buying Seeds, Trying to Grow Vegetables

In 1784, an Englishman named David Landreth opened a seed store in downtown Philadelphia, confident that newly independent Americans would also want the freedom of growing their own food.

Herschel telescope 'opens eyes'

Europe's new billion-euro Herschel space observatory, launched in May, has achieved a critical milestone. The telescope has opened the hatch that has been protecting its sensitive instruments from contamination.

Memorial Funds Established for Family of Slain Holocaust Museum Guard

Three funds have been created for the family of Stephen T. Johns, the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum guard shot and killed Wednesday.

Good News Wednesday: On This Day: Bill Wilson Founds Alcoholics Anonymous in 1935

On June 10, 1935, Bill Wilson and his friend Dr. Robert Smith set out to find the best way to reform alcoholics, and Alcoholics Anonymous was born.

Good News Wednesday: (Belated) Happy Birthday Sir Tim Berners-Lee, Inventor of the World Wide Web

Known as the inventor of the World Wide Web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee's work to develop html, http, and the url system changed the way the world used computers. Today Berners-Lee continues his work with the Internet, now focused on developing the Semantic Web.

Happy Birthday, Michael J. Fox, Actor and Parkinson's Disease Advocate

Michael J. Fox is the rare actor who had success as a child, adolescent and adult, then channeled his ambition into seeking a cure for Parkinson's after being diagnosed with the degenerative disease at age 30.

Recession Takes a Toll on Freelance Livelihoods: The Self-Employed Depression

On a rainy morning in April, Lisa Feuer took the subway to the Brooklyn Dojo, a martial-arts studio where she was scheduled to teach a mommy-baby yoga class. Outside, streams of water poured from awnings into the collars of passers-by.

Some Notes about Judaism, its offspring and rebelliousness

First, some background notes about Judaism, particularly about the "streams" of Judaism.

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Let's Rethink Blaming Others: A Newsvine Meta Primer

We're experiencing another Meta Explosion oubreak lately, a cyclical occurrence that doesn't get any easier no matter how many outbreaks anyone's experienced.

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30 Brilliant Typefaces For Corporate Design

Designing a beautiful, legible typeface is hard work and takes time and patience. The type family has to convey a message clearly and effectively, regardless of the setting in which it is used.

Slide Show: The Hidden Face of Nefertiti

Using computed tomography, researchers uncover the original molds for the royal sculpture

Hybrid help: Can Bill Gates make the electromagnetic combustion engine a reality?

It's no wonder inventors are racing to develop the best type of engine to power tomorrow's fleet of hybrids as automakers rush to get enviro-friendly cars on the road and consumers are tempted by a new $7,500 tax incentive being offered for buying one.

6 Hidden Environmental Truths Revealed (mapping gallery)

Illustrations provide insight on sustaining humanity and alternative energy spending. From Atlas of the Real World

Cure For Honey Bee Colony Collapse?

For the first time, scientists have isolated the parasite Nosema ceranae (Microsporidia) from professional apiaries suffering from honey bee colony depopulation syndrome. They then went on to treat the infection with complete success.

Skype Founders Seek to Buy It Back: Why eBay May Say Yes

Skype (Skype reviews), the popular peer-to-peer digital calling service, may be in the hands of new owners soon: its original owners.

Typesetting the biggest prime

Typesetting the biggest prime Responding to a query from an NPR science correspondant about prime numbers, Hoefler & Frere-Jones researched the lengths involved when typesetting the largest known prime number, which has almost 13 million digits.

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