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Father, Son Jump From Interstate Overpass to Avoid Crashing Semi, Survive

LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A man and his teenage son jumped from an Interstate 65 overpass Friday to avoid being struck by an oncoming semitrailer, police said. Both fell 60 to 70 feet to the pavement below, said Sgt. Rich Kelly of the Indiana State Police. Matthew M. Johnston, 14, fractured …

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Teachers, Toymakers, Planetariums Await Solar System Overhaul

WASHINGTON – The idea that our nine-planet solar system may soon join the obsolete world of eight-track tapes and slide rules should send science teachers, textbook writers and toymakers back to the cosmic drawing board. “Does it make our products obsolete?” asked Kim McLynn, spokeswoman for Illinois-based Learning Resources, which …

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Opening of Romanian Secret Police Files Becomes National Obsession

BUCHAREST, Romania – In Internet chats, TV talks shows and cafe conversation, the topic is on everybody’s lips: The opening of files by Romania’s dreaded secret police that have been buried since the fall of communism 17 years ago. The documents contain a portrait of a paranoid state that forced …

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