DNA - NASA plans to tow asteroid into Earth's orbit for astronauts to explore, Apr 06, 2013

 "President Barack Obama and NASA are planning for a robotic spaceship to lasso a small asteroid and park it near the moon. The US president is proposing to spend an initial 100 million dollars to explore it in 2021, the New York Daily News reported. US Senator Bill Nelson (D-Fla.), a former astronaut, revealed the “audacious” plan Friday after meeting with NASA scientists. “It really is a clever concept,” Nelson said in Orlando."
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INDIA EXPRESS - Thane building collapse: 65-year-old woman rescued, death toll hits 72, Apr 06, 2013

 "Rescuers continued to recover more bodies from the debris of the seven-storey illegal under-construction building that collapsed in Thane, taking the death toll to 72 today. According to the Regional Disaster Management Control (RDMC) sources, the mishap left 72 people dead including 33 men, 22 women, and 17 children. Of the 60 injured, 36 have been admitted to hospitals in Thane, Kalwa and Mumbra. The seriously injured have been shifted to JJ and Sion Hospitals in Mumbai. A 65-year-old woman, identified as Kutibi Shaikh, was rescued after being trapped in the debris for almost 30 hours, they said. She was admitted to the CSM hospital here last night in a state of shock but is stable, doctors said."
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BOSTON GLOBE - 1 dead, kids OK in N. Illinois school bus crash, Apr 06, 2013

 "WADSWORTH, Ill. — One person died and dozens of elementary school children were taken to hospitals Friday after a school bus crash in northern Illinois left two cars mangled and the bus on its side. All 35 people aboard the bus survived the crash that happened around 8 a.m. in Wadsworth, 45 miles north of Chicago, Lake County Sheriff Mark Curran Jr. said. The bus driver may have run a red light, Curran said, adding that the bus driver was speaking with authorities as part of their investigation. Barbara Taylor, who lives nearby, heard the collision."
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INDIA TIMES - Daniel Craig, Rachel Weisz in Love Triangle, Apr 06, 2013

 "Craig, who has played British spy 007 in the last three James Bond films including the box office hit "Skyfall," last appeared on Broadway in 2009 alongside Hugh Jackman in "A Steady Rain."   The Mike Nichols-directed production will be the Broadway debut for Weisz, who won an Oscar for the 2005 film "The Constant Gardener" and praise for her stage performances in "Suddenly, Last Summer" and "A Streetcar Named Desire" in London.   Weisz is currently starring in the Disney box office hit "Oz the Great and Powerful.""
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DAILY TELEGRAPH - Indonesia hit by 7.2 magnitude earthquake, Apr 06, 2013

 "A MAJOR 7.2 earthquake struck the eastern Indonesian province of Papua, the US Geological Survey said, sending panicked crowds running into the streets. There were no immediate reports of damage and no tsunami warning was issued after the quake struck on land at 1.42pm local time today at a depth of 75km, 272km west-southwest of provincial capital Jayapura, the USGS said.  ''Based on all available data a destructive Pacific-wide tsunami is not expected and there is no tsunami threat to Hawaii,'' the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre has posted on its website."
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BARACK OBAMA seeks deal, proposes cuts to Social Security, Apr 05, 2013

"WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama's proposed budget will call for reductions in the growth of Social Security and other benefit programs while still insisting on more taxes from the wealthy in a renewed attempt to strike a broad deficit-cutting deal with Republicans. The proposal aims for a compromise on the fiscal 2014 budget by combining the president's demand for higher taxes with GOP insistence on reductions in entitlement programs. But the plan was already encountering negative reviews from top Republicans for its insistence on revenue and from liberals and labor for its effect on the social safety net. Obama would reduce the federal government deficit by $1.8 trillion over 10 years, according to a summary from the Obama administration provided Friday. The president's budget, the first of his second term, incorporates elements from his last offer to House Speaker John Boehner in December. Congressional Republicans rejected that proposal because of its demand for more than a $1 trillion in tax revenue. "
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