Leopard tries to attack tourists inside car at Kruger National Park in South Africa
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A leopard at the Kruger National Park jumped up at a car window travelling through a game reserve in South Africa – and the moment the predator struck was captured on camera.

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Asteroid impact triggered sudden cooling on Earth 12,800 years ago
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Geologists at the University of California Santa Barbara have pinned down the start of the Younger Dryas period of rapid cooling to 12,800 years ago.

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Not guilty plea in federal court for church shooting suspect
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CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The white man accused of gunning down nine parishioners at a black church in Charleston wants to plead guilty to 33 federal charges, but his lawyer said in court Friday that he wouldn't do so until prosecutors say whether they'll seek the death penalty.

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Who needs the Fed? The rate hike cometh on its own
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As traders, market pundits and economists jaw over whether the Federal Reserve this year will lift its benchmark lending rate for the first time in almost a decade, several corners of the U.S. bond market aren’t waiting around.

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Exxon, Chevron brace for dark times ahead
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Exxon Mobil Corp. and Chevron Corp., the biggest U.S. energy producers, hunkered down for a prolonged stretch of weak prices after posting their worst quarterly performances in several years. Exxon reported its lowest profit since 2009 as crude prices fell twice as fast as the world’s largest crude producer by market value could slash expenses. […]

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The U.S. economy is on track to cap a lost decade for growth
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At this rate, it won’t be anywhere near where economists expect it to be at the end of the year. Gross domestic product expanded at a 2.3 percent annualized rate in the second quarter, according to Commerce Department figures published Thursday. While that was an improvement over the 0.6 percent pace in the first three months of […]

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Qualcomm wins appeal in $173 million ParkerVision case
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A U.S. appeals court on Friday upheld a lower court’s decision to clear Qualcomm Inc in a patent lawsuit by ParkerVision Inc, allowing it to escape a $173 million verdict for infringement. Trading in ParkerVision shares was halted on the Nasdaq after the price fell 50 percent to 23 cents. ParkerVision had accused Qualcomm of […]

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Betty White Fantasizes About Doing Terrible Things To The Dentist Who Killed …
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Undisputed American treasure Betty White feels completely torn up after Cecil the Lion's sad death at the hands of dentist Walter Palmer. Betty spoke up while promoting her new Discovery Channel programming block, Pawgust, which will be a full month of …

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Plans to spark war in India
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Islamic State is planning a spectacular attack in India, which, it believes, will trigger an Armageddon-like “end of the world”, according to its recruitment manual found in Pakistan. The document titled A Brief History of the Islamic State Caliphate …

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Whatever works, obviously …
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UFOs and Nukes author/independent researcher Robert Hastings was understandably torqued recently when someone told him he needed to check out an episode of History Channel's “Hangar 1,” the Mutual UFO Network's cable television platform for …

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