NADESHDA Tolokonnikova, Pussy Riot Member, Denied Parole, Apr 26, 2013

"MOSCOW, April 26 (Reuters) - A Russian court refused to release from prison one of two jailed members of the Pussy Riot punk band so that she can look after her young daughter. The court on Friday rejected Nadezhda Tolokonnikova's appeal for parole eight months after she was handed a two-year prison sentence for the band's performance of a "punk prayer" in Moscow's main Russian Orthodox cathedral. Tolokonnikova, 23, has been serving her sentence for "hooliganism motivated by religious hatred" in a prison colony in central Russia, about 550 km (350 miles) southeast of Moscow."
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SYRIA News, Apr 26, 2013

They may be fighting for Syria, not Assad. They may also be winning: Robert ... The Independent Recep Tayyip Erdogan may condemn Assad but the nearest Turkish frontier station a mile and a half away stays open, the only border post still linking Turkey and government-controlled Syrian territory. One of the officers refers to an old story about... See all stories on this topic »

SKY News: President' praise for George W Bush, Apr 26, 2013

"President Barack Obama has lauded George W Bush for facing a storm of terrorism head on, putting ideology aside as his predecessor opened a new library that makes his case for history. With all US living presidents at his side, Mr Bush admitted some of the choices he made were unpopular, but said he had always been driven to spread freedom, in two tumultuous terms marked by the Iraq War and the September 11 attacks. World leaders who were closest to Mr Bush were also in Dallas to honour their former comrade-in-arms, including former Prime Minister, John Howard, who was in Washington on September 11, and Britain's Tony Blair. President Obama, who had flagrant foreign and economic policy disagreements with Mr Bush, chose to dwell on the qualities of the 43rd president's character, and spoke of a special bond with one of the few men alive who sat in the Oval Office."
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U.S. News - US tourists swim for 14 hours after ship sinks off St. Lucia, Apr 26, 2013

 "SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The fishing trip off the rugged north coast of St. Lucia was supposed to last all day, but about four hours into the journey, the boat's electric system crackled and popped. Dan Suski, a 30-year-old business owner and information technology expert from San Francisco, had been wrestling a 200-pound marlin in rough seas with help from his sister, Kate Suski, a 39-year-old architect from Seattle. It was around noon April 21."
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NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC - New Evidence Unearthed for the Origins of the Maya, Apr 25, 2013

 "Nicholas Mott National Geographic News Published April 25, 2013 Civilizations rise and fall, often in dramatic fashion. Their origins, though, are subtler and tend to be overlooked or poorly understood. In the case of the Maya, a new paper in Science magazine sheds surprising light on that murky early period. The classic period of the lowland Maya in Mesoamerica (A.D. 300 to 950) is a popular topic in archaeology, but little is known about the early preclassic era (before 1000 B.C.). Scientists are typically split between two theories on the subject: Either the Maya developed directly from an older "mother culture" known as the Olmec, or they sprang into existence independently. Takeshi Inomata, professor of anthropology at the University of Arizona and a National Geographic research grantee, disagrees with both theories. In his work at the archaeological site of Ceibal in Guatemala, he has unearthed evidence for a more complex origin story."
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NBC News - Einstein's gravity theory passes toughest test yet, Apr 25, 2013

 "By Clara Moskowitz Space.com An extreme pair of superdense stars orbiting each other has put Einstein's general theory of relativity to its toughest test yet, and the crazy-haired physicist still comes out on top. About 7,000 light-years from Earth, an exceptionally massive neutron star that spins around 25 times a second is orbited by a compact, white dwarf star. The gravity of this system is so intense that it offers an unprecedented testing ground for theories of gravity."
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SYRIA News, Apr 25, 2013

US says Syrian government has twice used chemical weapons, 'red line' Assad ... Montreal Gazette WASHINGTON - U.S. intelligence has concluded with "varying degrees of confidence," that the Syriangovernment has twice used chemical weapons in its fierce civil war, the White House and other top administration officials said Thursday. However ... See all stories on this topic »

LA TIMES - Placentas provide clues about autism risk at birth, study says, Apr 25, 2013

 "Researchers believe they have come up with a way to tell whether a newborn infant has a higher-than-normal risk of developing autism -- by looking for abnormalities in the placenta shortly after birth. The abnormalities in question are called trophoblast inclusions, or TIs. They are created when the placenta doesn’t develop properly, and they are a marker for various genetic abnormalities. When a placental sample is examined on a slide under a microscope, TIs appear as dark blobs."
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