Teenager Launches LEGO Shuttle Into Space

Estimated altitude for this flight was about 115,000 feet, says Raul Oaida, 18-years-old. Raul launched the shuttle, along with a video camera and a GPS tracker, by way of a large helium balloon. Flight time was about three hours--the shuttle landing about 150 miles south of where it took off.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2012/03/16/148753428/teenager-launches-lego-shuttle-into-space?ft=1&f=1007

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In Section 60, a Silent Search for Meaning

Dana Milbank, Washington Post
On a flawless spring morning, President Obama stood in the Rose Garden to urge against a hasty retreat from Afghanistan.“We have a strategy that will allow us to responsibly wind down this war,” he said Tuesday, resisting the calls for a quick exit that were prompted by the slaying of Afghan civilians by a rogue U.S. soldier on Sunday. “Already we’re scheduled to remove 23,000 troops by the end of this summer, following the 10,000 that we withdrew last year.”

Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2012/03/14/in_section_60_a_silent_search_for_meaning_275363.html

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Weekly Standard: Was This Tuesday Super Tuesday?

Each Republican presidential candidate still needs over 1,000 delegates to win the Republican nomination. William Kristol of The Weekly Standard argues that candidate Rick Stanorum's victories in Minnesota, Colorado and Missouri have upended the race.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2012/02/09/146628981/weekly-standard-was-this-tuesday-super-tuesday?ft=1&f=1057

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Violence Exposes Crisis In Latin American Prisons

Drug cartel violence, riots and fires have killed more than 400 inmates in Mexican and Central American prisons recently. The deaths underscore the problems of corruption, overcrowding, prison gangs and crumbling infrastructure that prisons face throughout the region.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2012/02/27/147503698/violence-exposes-crisis-in-latin-american-prisons?ft=1&f=1004

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