"Big Bang" collider repairs to cost up to $29 million

HELIUM leakage destroyed 59 magnets, expensive repair job " GENEVA (Reuters) - Repairing the giant particle collider built to simulate the "Big Bang" could cost up to 35 million Swiss francs ($29 million), the...

$255 million coastal restoration plan gets federal OK

"WASHINGTON -- Louisiana's hopes for repairing and restoring its tattered coast took a major step forward Thursday as the Bush administration approved the state's plan to use $255 million in federal money for more than 100 conservation and diversion projects, including major...

Student dig unearths ancient gum

"A 5,000-year-old piece of chewing gum has been discovered by an archaeology student from the University of Derby. Sarah Pickin, 23, found the lump of birch bark tar while on a dig in western Finland. Neolithic...

Nevada Guard Aids Border Patrol

When Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano visited the maintenance garage at the Nogales Border Patrol Station on Tuesday, she applauded the efforts of the Nevada National Guard.

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