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Chaos Continues In Spain's Catalonia Region Over Independence Vote

11:46pm October 26, 2017

by Lauren Frayer

The Catalan parliament met in Barcelona after another day of political chaos in the fight between the Spanish government and secessionists pursuing independence for Catalonia.

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Police officers examine the crime scene where a Ukrainian lawmaker was wounded and his bodyguard killed in Kiev late Wednesday night.

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Apparent Assassination Attempt Injures Ukrainian Lawmaker, Kills 2 People

11:55am October 26, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

The blast outside a TV studio in Kiev on Wednesday night also wounded two other people. Ihor Mosiychuk, a member of the country's nationalist party, is already laying the blame with Moscow.

Solo Airline Passenger Given VIP Treatment On The Way To Crete

7:39am October 26, 2017

The Jet2 plane that was flying from Glasgow, Scotland, to the Greek island of Crete, normally carries 189 passengers. Karon Grieve said the experience of being the only passenger was "surreal."

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Oscar-Winning Cinematographer Walter Lassally Dies At 90

6:17am October 26, 2017

by Joanna Kakissis

Walter Lassally was the cinematographer on the 1964 film Zorba the Greek, for which he won an Academy Award. Lassally traveled the world telling epic stories through intimate images.

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The owner of a Jerusalem auction house holds up a note on happiness written by Albert Einstein in 1922. The note, which Einstein gave to a courier in lieu of a tip, sold for $1.56 million on Tuesday to an anonymous buyer.

Einstein's Note On Happiness, Given To Bellboy In 1922, Fetches $1.6 Million

12:29pm October 25, 2017

by Laurel Wamsley

The physicist had just won the 1921 Nobel Prize when he scribbled his theory of happy living on a piece of hotel stationery and handed it to the courier at the Imperial Hotel Tokyo.

Bill Browder, chief executive officer of Hermitage Capital Management, takes his seat as he arrives for a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in July.

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Putin Critic Says He's Afraid The Kremlin Would 'Wipe Me Out One Way Or Another'

1:49am October 25, 2017

by Heidi Glenn

Bill Browder, who has been trying to expose corruption in Russia, says he does not feel safe knowing the Kremlin has issued an international arrest warrant for him via Interpol.

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A scans of the astrolabe reveal not only the emblems on its face (left) but also the degree markings (right) that would have aided sailors in navigation.

Left By Explorer's Armada, Shipwreck Yields 'Earliest Known' Marine Astrolabe

7:28pm October 24, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

Sunk off Oman, the ship once sailed in the fleet of Vasco da Gama, who found a sea route from Europe to India. Now, researchers say an artifact found on board is a 500-year-old navigation tool.

Mama celebrates her 50th birthday on May 3, 2007, with fruit and vegetables at the Burgers Zoo in Arnhem, Holland.

Watch The Moment A Dying Chimpanzee Recognizes An Old Friend

3:19pm October 24, 2017

by Barbara J. King

We may all tear up watching this elderly chimpanzee reunite with a friend at the end of her life — a testament to the complexity of animal thinking and feeling, says anthropologist Barbara J. King.

Cambridge Site Crashes After Posting Stephen Hawking's Thesis

6:19am October 24, 2017

Cambridge officials say by late Monday, Hawking's Ph.D thesis had been viewed more than 60,000 times. He adds, "Other popular theses might have 100 views per month."

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A runner passes a ghostly sculpture on display between Bondi Beach and Tamarama Beach in Sydney.

This Halloween: What Does It Mean To Call Something 'Spooky'?

6:18am October 24, 2017

by Leah Donnella

Scared, fine. Frightened, sure. But spooked? This week, we dive into the racial history behind one of Halloween's most fraught descriptors.