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  • Dark Matter Just Got More Mysterious
    Reporting in the Astrophysical Journal, scientists write of a massive collision between two galaxy clusters. By studying the cosmic remnants of that smashup, they say leftover dark matter isn't behaving as current theory predicts. Astrophysicist Andisheh Mahdavi discusses this dark matter mystery.
  • Syrian National Council leader Burhan Ghalioun attends a news conference in Paris on March 1.
    Syrian Opposition Leader Rejects Annan's Call For Dialogue
    Burhan Ghalioun says he fears Annan's visit will only amount to pointless mediation, while Syrian civilians continue to be killed.
  • This 1998 file photo shows veteran National League umpire Harry Wendelstedt, left, with his son, Hunter Wendelstedt, also an umpire.
    Harry Wendelstedt, Longtime Baseball Umpire, Has Died
    Wendelstedt, who served a National League umpire for 33 years, was perhaps best known for making one of the most disputed calls in baseball.
  • Invisible Children, the group that released the Joseph Kony video that went viral this week, has been making films about Kony for years and targeting young people as the main audience. Here, the group's co-founders, Jason Russell (left), Bobby Bailey (center) and Laren Poole, record footage in Africa in 2007.
    How Teenagers Learned To Hate Joseph Kony
    The social media campaign by Invisible Children has drawn some 60 million viewers, many of them teenagers, to a video about a mass murderer in Africa. It will be closely studied by other nonprofit groups hoping to gain attention for their cause. Lesson one: It took years to lay the groundwork.
  • Mining Company Pleads Guilty In 2007 Utah Mine Disaster Case
    The plea agreement calls for $500,000 in fines and that no criminal charges would be brought against individuals.
  • Sunrise hits the Mormon church's temple in Salt Lake City.
    Mormon Church Limits Access to Controversial Baptism Records
    The church's practice of posthumous baptism has been under fire recently after it came to light that some church members had baptized Holocaust victims. The church said from now on anyone attempting to access restricted names will have his account suspended.
  • Crippled Japanese Reactors Face Decades Of Work
    Though the immediate nuclear crisis in Japan has passed, the process of securing and stabilizing the radioactive materials from the melted-down reactors will be a long, expensive slog. Recovery workers will also need to decontaminate the area surrounding the plant.
  • Patients sit in the waiting room of a free medical clinic in Perama, Greece, run by an international aid group, Doctors of the World, last month. Official unemployment in the port town is 80 percent, and many people are unable to afford food and medicine.
    A Health Care Tragedy Plays Out In A Greek Port
    New austerity measures have put health care increasingly out of reach for many Greeks. In once-prosperous Perama, a free clinic run by an aid group is filling the vacuum left by the state.
  • VIDEO: Chilling New View Of The 1986 Challenger Explosion
    The amateur video was shot on Super 8 film at the Kennedy Space Center viewing site.
  • In his solo show, Shatner shares stories about his childhood, his father, and his lengthy acting career.
    Fresh Air Weekend: Maya Rudolph, William Shatner
    Rudolph discusses her seven seasons on Saturday Night Liveand her role in the raunchy comedy Bridesmaids. Also, actor William Shatner on the ups and downs of creating iconic characters, from starship captain James T. Kirk to lawyer Denny Crane.
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