On Nov. 28, 1953, Frank Olson, a bland, seemingly innocuous 42-year-old government scientist, plunged to his death from room 1018A in New York’s Statler Hotel, landing on a Seventh Avenue sidewalk just opposite Penn Station. Olson’s ignominious end was written off as an unremarkable suicide of a depressed... (www.nypost.com)

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BANGKOK (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of protesters converged in Bangkok on Sunday to give Thailand's military-backed government an ultimatum: either call elections or face more pro-democracy demonstrations over the coming week. (feeds.reuters.com)

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - California-based SpaceX said it conducted a successful engine test for its Falcon 9 launch vehicle on Saturday, marking a key milestone on the way to the inaugural launch of a commercial rocket President Barack Obama hopes will one day ferry astronauts to the International Space Station. (www.newsvine.com)

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March 13: NBC’s Lester Holt speaks with CNBC’s John Harwood. (Nightly News) (nightly.newsvine.com)

Alfredo Aceves has more to worry about than the competition for the No. 5 starter spot in the Yankees' rotation. (www.newsvine.com)

Tens of thousands of Italians stage a protest in central Rome against the government of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. (news.bbc.co.uk)

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gregg writes "HM Cancri has been confirmed as a binary system of two white dwarfs orbiting each other so closely that they complete one orbit every 5.4 minutes; they are separated by a mere 8 Earth diameters. 'These are the burnt-out cinders of stars such as our Sun, and contain a highly condensed form of helium, carbon and oxygen. The two white dw... (rss.slashdot.org)

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BANGKOK (AP) -- Thousands of red-shirted anti-government protesters converged on the Thai capital Saturday, giving the government an ultimatum to dissolve Parliament or face mass marches on key spots in the city.... (hosted.ap.org)

Too much cancer screening, too many heart tests, too many Caesarean sections. A spate of recent reports suggest that too many Americans -- maybe even President Obama -- are being overtreated. As a medical journal editorial said this week about Obama's recent checkup, Americans need to realize that "more... (www.nypost.com)