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  SpaceX delivers world’s 1st inflatable room for astronauts
  

  Associated Press | April 18, 2016 10:25 am

  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX has made good on a high-priority delivery: the world’s first inflatable room for astronauts. A SpaceX Dragon cargo ship…
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  Putin plays up Russia-US cooperation in space
  

  Associated Press | April 18, 2016 9:12 am

  MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday highlighted the ability of Russia and the United States to cooperate closely in space, despite all…
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  SpaceX’s recovered rocket back at port after sea landing
  

  Associated Press | April 18, 2016 1:33 am

  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The rocket that made a historic landing at sea last week is back at its home port. SpaceX’s recovered 15-story…
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  Some sleep in cars after 2 nights of quakes kill 41 in Japan
  

  Associated Press | April 17, 2016 6:16 pm

  OZU, Japan (AP) — The wooden home barely withstood the first earthquake. An even stronger one the next night dealt what might have been the…
• Environmental groups sue over pollution from airliners
  

  Associated Press | April 17, 2016 12:05 pm

  WASHINGTON (AP) — A coalition of environmental groups sued federal regulators Tuesday over long-sought pollution standards for airliners and cargo planes. The Center for Biological…
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  Reprieve for NASA’s planet-hunting Kepler spacecraft
  

  Associated Press | April 17, 2016 7:45 am

  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — To astronomers’ relief, NASA’s planet-hunting Kepler spacecraft has won another reprieve. The spacecraft — responsible for detecting thousands of planets…
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  World’s wild tiger count rising for first time in
  

  Associated Press | April 17, 2016 6:37 am

  NEW DELHI (AP) — The world’s count of wild tigers roaming forests from Russia to Vietnam has gone up for the first time in more…
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  Drowning history: Sea level rise threatens US historic sites
  

  Associated Press | April 17, 2016 2:51 am

  With scientists forecasting sea levels to rise by anywhere from several inches to several feet by 2100, historic structures and coastal heritage sites around the…
• Hurricane forecast pioneer Bill Gray dead at age 86
  

  Associated Press | April 16, 2016 4:19 pm

  FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — Bill Gray, a pioneer in hurricane forecasting, died Saturday in Fort Collins, according to his longtime assistant. He was 86.…
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  Sean Parker plays coy as Screening Room VOD debate heats up
  

  Associated Press | April 16, 2016 6:01 am

  LAS VEGAS (AP) — The spotlight was on Sean Parker and the Screening Room at CinemaCon in Las Vegas this past week, but while the…
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  Legal group poised to quiz Clinton aides about email server
  

  Associated Press | April 15, 2016 11:24 pm

  WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department has agreed to a conservative legal group’s request to question several current and former government officials about the creation…
• Obama backs effort to give consumers options on cable boxes
  

  Associated Press | April 15, 2016 7:16 pm

  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama threw his weight Friday behind an effort to give consumers more choice when it comes to the cable boxes…
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  Microsoft sues US over secret demands for customer data
  

  Associated Press | April 15, 2016 3:25 pm

  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Microsoft is suing the government over a federal law that lets authorities examine its users’ email or online files without their…
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  Virtual Reality Check: A look at the 10 best VR experiences
  

  Associated Press | April 15, 2016 1:45 pm

  LOS ANGELES (AP) — After spending time with the recently released consumer editions of the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive virtual reality systems, here are…
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  Virtual Reality Check: Reporter spends week with VR system
  

  Associated Press | April 15, 2016 12:33 pm

  LOS ANGELES (AP) — I’m no stranger to virtual reality. For the past three years, I’ve been reporting on and experiencing the evolution of modern…