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Testing space elevator theories

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Engineers compete and test the potential reality of the science fiction concept of space elevators. The AP's John Mone on why leaving the Earth, may not require rocket science

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Lava flows from volcano

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Fewer earthquakes have been recorded in the Philippines' lava-spilling Mayon volcano, but magma continues to build up inside and any lull in activity could be followed by a bigger eruption, scientists said Saturday.

Cash registers ring for Boxing Day

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Cash registers are ringing as shoppers search for Boxing Day bargains. Retail analysts believe the annual blitz will be a big day for retailers, but add it could be tempered by online shopping and sales that have been going on since October and November.

Soviet-era Afghan playground

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A graveyard of Soviet military hardware in the heart of Kandahar city must surely be one of the world's strangest playgrounds. Children clamber over rusting tanks and play hide-and-seek among dozens of abandoned vehicles.

Plot exposes vulnerabilities

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A terror analyst says the Christmas Day plane plot highlights certain vulnerabilities in security systems in the U.S. and overseas.

Charlie Sheen arrested

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Star of Two and a Half Men arrested on assault charges

How to get out of the debt trap

Passenger tried to blow up flight

A Northwest Airlines passenger landing in Detroit on Friday tried to blow up the flight but the explosive device failed, two U.S. national security officials said.

Pope attack footage

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A woman jumped the barriers in St. Peter's Basilica and knocked down Pope Benedict XVI as he walked down the main aisle to begin Christmas Eve Mass on Thursday. Two Americans, Marybeth Burns and Steve Burns, captured that moment on their cameras

Roast the perfect turkey

Lucy Waverman shows you how to prep and carve your bird this holiday

Why you save: A bedtime story

Because only dumb bunnies buy things on a credit card that they can't afford to pay back right away