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  San Jose approves $82 million private airport terminal for Silicon Valley elite

  By Sean Hollister on April 17, 2013 10:37 pm + 18 comments

  Google's Larry Page, Sergey Brin and Eric Schmidt need a place to store their private planes, and Continue reading…

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  Life, death, and Mars: The New Yorker's definitive account of the Curiosity rover

  By Dante D'Orazio on April 17, 2013 03:20 pm + 1 comments

  The Curiosity rover, NASA's most ambitious Mars mission to-date, has received plenty of attention Continue reading…

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  How 9/11 prepared Boston's hospitals for the marathon bombings

  By Casey Newton on April 17, 2013 01:14 pm + 16 comments

  The Boston Marathon bombings shocked the world on Monday, but local hospitals were well prepared to Continue reading…

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  Billionaire T. Boone Pickens claims extortion and cyber bullying from his son's tell-all blog

  By Jacob Kastrenakes on April 17, 2013 10:18 am + 19 comments

  A simple Blogspot journal is the center of a $20 million extortion claim and the alleged cyber Continue reading…

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  How New York is designing the perfect subway car

  By Matt Brian on April 17, 2013 06:58 am + 68 comments

  New York transit authorities have come up with what they believe is the ideal car interior. In the Continue reading…

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  Why indie rock is showing up in 'Game of Thrones'

  By Jeff Blagdon on April 17, 2013 05:45 am + 29 comments

  If you were taken aback by the indie rock outro during the closing credits of Sunday night’s Continue reading…

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  Lego rebuilt its empire by playing nice with big brands and suing knock-offs

  By Carl Franzen on April 16, 2013 06:25 pm + 31 comments

  Building a toy empire isn't all fun and games. Just ask the people in charge of Lego, the plastic Continue reading…

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  Guantanamo Bay hunger striker given voice by The New York Times

  By Aaron Souppouris on April 16, 2013 08:14 am + 68 comments

  Over the past weeks, dozens of detainees at the controversial Guantanamo Bay detention camp have Continue reading…

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  Microsoft touts energy savings from new smart campus technology

  By Casey Newton on April 15, 2013 02:59 pm + 10 comments

  Data-driven tweaks to corporate facilities can save millions of dollars in energy costs, and Continue reading…

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  Cancer victim's face restored with 3D-printed prosthesis

  By Aaron Souppouris on April 15, 2013 05:49 am + 18 comments

  When surgeons removed a tennis ball-sized tumor from Eric Moger's face, he also lost an eye and Continue reading…