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Yuri Gagarin, First Man In Space [PHOTOS]

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Retired Air Force Major Predicts UFO Sightings at Royal Wedding

The upcoming royal wedding between Prince William and Kate Middleton is expected to be viewed by more than a billion people worldwide -- and possibly a few extraterrestrials, according to at least one former military officer. George Filer, a retired Air Force major, runs the National UFO Center and says it's common to see...

'Call of Duty: Black Ops' Sells Record $360 Million in 24 Hours

(Nov. 11) -- The numbers are in, and "Call of Duty: Black Ops" has beaten not only the previous installment in the series and James Cameron's "Avatar," but everything else as well, earning it the title of biggest entertainment launch of all time. The video game sold 5.6 million units, making it a total of $360 million, in...

Remembering Theodore Sorensen

(Nov. 1) -- Theodore Sorensen, former speechwriter for President John F. Kennedy, died Sunday at 82 from complications from a stroke he suffered a week ago. Sorensen drafted Kennedy's 1961 inaugural speech, in which the president famously said, "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your...

Yellow Dirt: Uranium's Legacy in Navajo Country

(Sept. 21) -- Yazzie Mesa on the Navajo reservation in Arizona is not nearly as dramatic as the spindly rock spires and sandstone arches in Monument Valley to the west, where classic John Wayne movies were filmed. Nor is it as imposing as Comb Ridge, the sheer-walled mass rising high to its east that slashes through 80...

Background on Cold War

The Cold War (often dated 1947–1991) was a sustained state of political and military tension between the powers of the Western world, led by the United States and its NATO allies, and the communist world, led by the Soviet Union, its satellite states and allies.

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