Your molar roots are leftovers from Homo erectus

TALK about exploring your roots. Longer lifespans mean our adult teeth erupt later than they did in our early ancestors, but the memo didn't make it to the roots of our molars. They develop at the same pace as they did in Homo erectus. Christopher Dean...

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French-led troops seize airport in Mali Islamist bastion

BAMAKO: French-led forces Saturday wrested control of the airport at the Islamist stronghold of Gao, 1,200 kilometres (750 miles) northeast of the Mali capital Bamako, a security source said."Malian and French security forces have secured the airport of Gao and the Wanbary bridge. The two strategic points are under their control," the Malian source said.The airport is located about six...

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'Anonymous' threatens Justice Department

By Ben Brumfield, CNNupdated 6:14 AM EST, Sat January 26, 2013 | A screenshot at 3:35 a.m. ET on January 26, 2013, of the homepage of the United States federal sentencing website after it had been hacked by a group that identified itself as "Anonymous."STORY HIGHLIGHTSAnonymous is believed to be the loosely defined collective of so-called "hacktivists." The threat note said anger over the...

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Notre Dame president defends handling of Te'o case

SOUTH BEND, Ind. Top administrators at Notre Dame decided within hours of hearing about the Manti Te'o dead girlfriend hoax that it did not involve a crime and within two days had concluded there was no NCAA violation, according to a letter sent by the university president to board of trustee members on Friday. The Rev. John Jenkins told trustees that despite "the unrelenting scrutiny of hundreds...

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WH, Senators to Begin Push on Immigration Reform

The White House and a bipartisan group of senators next week plan to begin their efforts to push for comprehensive immigration reform.President Barack Obama will make an announcement on immigration during a Tuesday trip to Las Vegas, Nevada, the White House said on Friday. The Senate group is expected make their plans public around the same time, the Associated Press reported.See...

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Uncharted territory: Where digital maps are leading us

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Football: Balotelli going nowhere this month, says Mancini

MANCHESTER, United Kingdom: Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini has once again rejected speculation linking Mario Balotelli with AC Milan and admits he is struggling to add to his squad ahead of next week's transfer deadline.The Italy striker has made just seven Premier League starts this season after a string of controversial incidents.Balotelli, 22, attempted to take the club to...

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Te'o reveals biggest regret

STORY HIGHLIGHTSNEW: Te'o says he was embarrassed to discuss girlfriend upon learning she was fakeNEW: But while admitting some were misled, he says he "didn't lie" publicly Te'o has his first on-camera interview since news broke of the girlfriend hoax"I wasn't as forthcoming about (the story), but I didn't lie," he tells Katie Couric(CNN) -- He had wanted to help someone in need, this beautiful girl...

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Battery expert: "I would not fly in a Dreamliner"

(CBS News) WASHINGTON - Investigators say they still don't know what caused batteries to burn in two Boeing 787 Dreamliners, and until they figure that out and how to fix the problem, none of the planes will be allowed to fly. More than any other plane, the Dreamliner relies on lithium ion batteries to help power its advanced electrical system. They're lighter and more powerful than older battery...

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It's Official: Women Will Serve in Combat

Women will soon be able to serve in combat, as things officially changed with the stroke of a pen today at the Pentagon.At a joint news conference, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta and Joint Chiefs of Staff Charman Gen. Martin Dempsey signed a memorandum rolling back a 1994 directive prohibiting women from doing so."They serve, they're wounded, and they die right next to each...

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Genes from nowhere: Orphans with a surprising story

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S'pore retailers splurging on renovation & re-branding

SINGAPORE: Singapore retailers are spending big bucks on major renovations and re-branding to keep customers shopping at their outlets.Industry watchers say the competitive climate is forcing retailers to take a second look at their business strategy.Home-grown department store Tangs invested S$45 million in a three-year transformation on its 80th anniversary. It expanded retail space...

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Gergen: Speech deepens divisions

STORY HIGHLIGHTSDavid Gergen says historians will look on Obama's speech as an important source Obama seemed liberated to express his philosophy of government, he saysGergen says the president stressed equality in the tradition of Lincoln, KingHe says GOP is bristling at the speech, and it will likely deepen divisions in WashingtonEditor's note: David Gergen is a senior political analyst for CNN and...

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Romney to be honored Friday at D.C. luncheon

Mitt Romney will make it to Washington, D.C. for inauguration week after all. The 2012 GOP presidential nominee and his wife Ann are scheduled to attend a luncheon in their honor Friday at Washington's J.W. Marriott hotel, National Journal reported this afternoon. The reception will be hosted by two of Romney's biggest campaign fundraisers: Virginia philanthropist Catherine Reynolds and hotel...

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Pentagon to Allow Women in Combat

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta will lift a longstanding ban on women serving in combat, according to senior defense officials.The services have until this May to come up with a plan to implement the change, according to a Defense Department official.That means the changes could come into effect as early as May, though the services will have until January 2016 to complete the...

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See ya, latex: Reinventing the condom

See more in our gallery: "Prophylactic progress: The story of the condom's rise" IF I didn't already know what they were, I would have difficulty identifying the objects in front of me. There are about 20, mounted on a rack of vertical wooden pegs and illuminated into ghostly shadows by a light box beneath. They resemble elaborate sculptures in translucent resin. One looks like a thin, hollow lemon...

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Work on Bangladesh nuclear plant to start in October

DHAKA: Bangladesh will start building its first nuclear power plant by October this year after signing a loan deal with Russia to fund the construction, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina announced Wednesday.The Rooppur nuclear power plant in the country's northwest will have two reactors with each producing 1,000 megawatts and it will be built with the help of Russian state-owned nuclear giant...

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Tapper talks Benghazi and his book

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Netanyahu likely clings to job in Israel election

JERUSALEM Israel's parliamentary election ended Wednesday in a stunning deadlock between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's hard-line bloc and center-left rivals, forcing the badly weakened Israeli leader to scramble to cobble together a coalition of parties from both camps, despite dramatically different views on Mideast peacemaking and other polarizing issues. Israeli media said that with 99.8...

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Al Qaeda Commander Killed for the 3rd Time

The second in command of al Qaeda's Yemen affiliate was reportedly killed in an airstrike in Yemen in December, according to a news report by Arabic television network Al Arabiya, the third time the former Guantanamo detainee has been reported dead since 2010.According to the report, Said al-Shihri died last month after sustaining severe injuries from a joint U.S.-Yemeni airstrike...

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Sacrificing Einstein: Relativity's keystone has to go

COINCIDENCE is not generally something scientists have much truck with. If two things are genuinely unrelated, there is little further of interest to be said. If the coincidence keeps turning up, however, there must be some deeper underlying link. Then it is the job of science to tease out what it is and so explain why there was no coincidence in the first place. That makes it rather odd that a large...

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Taxi drivers in S. Korea threaten to go on strike

SEOUL : Taxi drivers in South Korea are threatening to go on a partial strike from January 30.It is in protest against a government decision to block legislation that would give them subsidies for public transport.The so-called "Taxi Bill" was passed in Parliament earlier this month, but was vetoed by President Lee Myung-bak and will go back to Parliament for another vote.If Parliament...

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Prince Harry: I killed Taliban

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