At 4:43 pm EST, SpaceX successfully launched their next resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS). In addition to a seamless launch, SpaceX landed the first stage of their Falcon 9 rocket on an autonomous drone ship for the very first time. 1st stage has landed on Of Course I Still Love You https://t.co/tdni53IviI — SpaceX (@SpaceX) April 8, 2016 This was… Read More
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Incumbent Sen. Rob Portman (R., Ohio) has a considerable cash advantage over Democrat Ted Strickland, the former governor of Ohio who is running to unseat him in the November election.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Florida Gov. Rick Scott, responding to a viral video showing him being cursed at by an activist at a coffee shop, has brewed the frothy fracas into a full-force Floridian feud.
Instead of ignoring the exchange that had been viewed more than 2 million times on ...
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There's a new bot in town (Tokyo, specifically), and while it might not be as cute as Nao, as creepy as Spot and BigDog, or as anthropomorphic as Atlas, it might be more practical than all of them. It walks on two legs, but not like a man, or even a bear. This one, designed by Alphabet-owned Schaft Inc, has its own uniquely robotic form of locomotion. Read More 
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Conservative donors are throwing their weight and cash behind retired U.S. Marine Corps Gen. James Mattis in an attempt to pressure him into the presidential race to slow Donald Trump's momentum.
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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - The Oklahoma Ethics Commission accepted the resignation Friday of its executive director and named the organization's deputy director to replace him.
Commission members accepted the resignation of Executive Director Lee Slater, effective June 30, and named Deputy Director Ashley Kemp to take over as executive director ...
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BMW just launched a new car-sharing service called ReachNow that will enable Seattle residents to access 400 cars that they can pick up and drop off pretty much wherever they like, as long as that's not on the outskirts of town. Eventually, the idea is to expand into cities nationwide. BMW's isn't a revolutionary concept at this point. Daimler has a similar service… Read More 
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SAN ANTONIO (AP) - The Latest on the shooting at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (all times local):
1:35 p.m.
A spokesman for Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland says military-issued and personal firearms are heavily restricted on the base and that it's not clear whether a gunman involved in a murder-suicide was ...
Uber driver Michael Spelletz is launching a new ride sharing service with a twist: all the drivers and passengers will be women. Chariot for Women will be active in the Boston area on April 19. But does the world need another ride sharing service? Especially one so specific? It turns out maybe it does. "The premise is the same as all the other ride sharing services," Pelletz said in… Read More 
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Forty-three percent of students are not making payments toward their student loans, raising concerns that millions of them may never repay, the Wall Street Journal reported.
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This week, Tesla revealed its newest model; the HTC Vive VR headset dropped; the internet saw the largest leak of private documents ever; and Facebook's chatbot plans were revealed. Here are the top tech stories from this week. Read More 
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SEATTLE (AP) - A lobbying campaign to save Washington's charter schools spent nearly $1.9 million to influence the public and state lawmakers, according to documents filed with the state.
The campaign got the results advocates were looking for, as the state now has a new charter school law and lawmakers ...
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Rumors are flying today that to nobody's surprise, EMC and by extension its new sugar Daddy Dell are looking to dump dowdy Documentum, the company's enterprise content management product. It's worth noting up front that in email to EMC asking for a comment on the story, a spokesperson had this to say: "Not commenting on speculation." You can't get much… Read More 
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The Hillary Clinton campaign used a static noise machine to drown out the Democratic presidential frontrunner's speech during a fundraiser in Colorado Thursday.
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Mayors from Massachusetts and Rhode Island have announced a partnership aimed at reducing illegal gun trafficking and gun violence.
Boston Mayor Marty Walsh joined Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza, both Democrats, and law enforcement officials at the New England Regional Gun Violence Summit in Providence.
Walsh announced ...
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You've waited long enough — the time to act is now. Like, right now. Today is the last day to get tickets to Disrupt NY 2016 at the discounted early-bird price of $1,995 per ticket, $1,000 less than the full retail price of $2,995 that takes effect tomorrow. Read More 
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