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Liftoff! Liftoff! Liftoff!
Instead of a few expensive missions, NASA's Discovery Program is launching many (relatively) cheap ones: to an asteroid, to a comet and toward the sun. Eight have been picked so far.

Gunbattles kill at least four, hurt 24 in Jamaica
A weekend of police fighting with criminal gangs in the capital, Kingston, forces the closure of the downtown shopping district.

Sara Fritz
Higher fuel efficiency rules might be on the horizon
WASHINGTON -- When I bought my first gas-guzzling sport utility vehicle in 1994, I assumed Congress would soon make these huge vehicles obsolete by imposing stricter fuel standards. Seven years later, however, I'm considering buying another, even bigger SUV.National headlines
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