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March 15, 2012 | 2:44 PM PDT
Skydiver, eyeing record, jumps from 14-mile height
Daredevil Felix Baumgartner is more than halfway to breaking 19.5-mile record, plans dangerous 23-mile jump this summer
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Play CBS Video March 15, 2012 | 11:35 AM PDT
Students prepare for the 'March Madness' of robotics
Hundreds of high school innovators from several states are at Purdue West Lafayette prepping for the Boilermaker Regional Robotics Competition. Jamie Jackson reports.
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March 15, 2012 | 9:05 AM PDT
New frog species found in NYC
The as-yet-unnamed species was found hiding in plain sight on Staten Island
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March 15, 2012 | 7:01 AM PDT
Apple stock tops $600 day before new iPad release
Some industry experts believe Apple could sell 1 million of the new iPads on Friday
Markets & Investing
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Play CBS Video March 15, 2012 | 6:54 AM PDT
Long Story Short: TSA eases screening of seniors
The TSA eases screening procedures for travelers over 75 years old. Also, a child reacts to seeing bubbles for the first time. "CBS This Morning" takes a look at some of the hot stories working their way around the web.
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March 14, 2012 | 1:18 PM PDT
Mysterious Chinese fossils may be new human species
Mysterious fossils uncovered in caves in China possess a highly unusual mix of bygone and modern human features, scientists reveal
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March 14, 2012 | 9:04 AM PDT
Nuclear bomb could save Earth from asteroid
Scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory used a supercomputer to model nukes' anti-asteroid effectiveness - results were encouraging
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March 14, 2012 | 5:30 AM PDT
Study: 3.7M in U.S. at flood risk due to warming
Climate change researchers say sea level rise over next century could leave Americans in 544 cities underwater temporarily
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March 13, 2012 | 8:02 PM PDT
Feds say Arapaho can kill bald eagles
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issues a rare permit allowing Arapaho Indians to kill two bald eagles for religious purposes
U.S.
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March 13, 2012 | 11:23 AM PDT
New debris-tracking 'Space Fence' passes key test
Prototype "space fence" designed to track Earth's burgeoning orbital debris population passed a key test recently
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March 13, 2012 | 10:57 AM PDT
High tech patent meltdown threatens the industry
As Yahoo sues Facebook, it becomes a reminder of how much technology patents have begun to hurt industry innovation
Tech
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March 13, 2012 | 10:25 AM PDT
Cheap gas not in a future with 21st century oil
Consumers should expect to pay high cost of tapping new oil reserves in difficult places to drill
Opinion
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March 13, 2012 | 8:43 AM PDT
Intelligent design discrimination trial to begin
NASA computer specialist David Coppedge alleges he was demoted and then let go because of his beliefs
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March 13, 2012 | 8:21 AM PDT
Indonesia's "nightmare zoo" under fire
Critics lash out at scandalous, unsanitary conditions facing animals at Indonesia's largest zoo
World
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March 13, 2012 | 8:20 AM PDT
Suffering at Indonesia's "nightmare zoo"
Animals at Indonesia's largest zoo face scandalous, unsanitary conditions
World
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Play CBS Video March 12, 2012 | 3:25 PM PDT
Can a Fukushima-like nuclear disaster happen in New York?
On Sunday, anti-nuclear activists held a vigil for the victims of Fukushima and a demonstration to shut down the Indian Point nuclear power station which protestors say is an even larger threat than Fukushima.
U.S.
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March 12, 2012 | 11:27 AM PDT
Nobel scientist who warned of thinning ozone dies
F. Sherwood Rowland crusaded against the use of man-made chemicals that were harming earth's atmospheric blanket
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March 12, 2012 | 8:52 AM PDT
Does Google market Android to cheapskates?
Google tries to shake up Android app sales to keep the attention of developers, but the problem may be with customers
Tech
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March 12, 2012 | 7:38 AM PDT
Suit: NASA worker fired over intelligent design
"Team lead" David Coppedge alleges he was demoted and then let go because of his beliefs
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Play CBS Video March 12, 2012 | 5:57 AM PDT
Long Story Short: Halle Berry gets engaged
Nicolas Sarkozy's 15-year-old son is suspected of pelting a policewoman. Also, actor Olivier Martinez confirms his engagement to Halle Berry. "CBS This Morning" takes a look at some of the hot stories working their way around the web.
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March 12, 2012 | 5:06 AM PDT
Watchdog names "Enemies of the Internet"
Reporters Without Borders cites nations that curtail freedom on the Internet, persecute dissent, engage in propaganda
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March 10, 2012 | 1:57 PM PST
Amateur footage of Challenger explosion found
Jeffrey Ault, then 19, recorded the space shuttle's destruction in 1986 with a Super 8mm camera
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March 10, 2012 | 9:38 AM PST
Web star, 85, didn't know what "going viral" was
Her piece in N.D. paper about new Olive Garden eatery caught fire online, and the fuss took her aback
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March 9, 2012 | 9:05 AM PST
Island nation Kiribati considers moving populace
Leaders of Pacific archipelago have endorsed a plan to buy 6,000 acres on Fiji as insurance against global warming
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March 9, 2012 | 6:49 AM PST
Solar storm shakes Earth's magnetic field
No reports of problems with electrical systems after spectacular resurgence of solar activity
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