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Pastor, Mentor And Social Activist: Remembering Gordon Cosby

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The Rev. Gordon Cosby died March 20 at 95.

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Cosby served as a chaplain in the 327th Glider Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division in World War II.

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The Rev. Gordon Cosby died on March 20 at the age of 95.

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Cosby leads the troops of the 101st Airborne Division in a worship service on Christmas in Bastogne, Belgium, in 1944.

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Cosby walks with a friend in the Adams Morgan neighborhood of Washington, D.C., in this undated photograph.

By Lily Percy

When the Rev. Gordon Cosby founded Church of the Saviour in the late 1940s, it was one of the first interracial churches in the still-segregated District of Columbia. Cosby, who died last month at the age of 95, is remembered not only for his work as a pastor, but also for his commitment to social change.

5:21 pm

Sun April 14, 2013

Mars Rovers Go Quiet, As Sun Blocks Transmissions

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The rover Curiosity and other NASA spacecraft at Mars are now in a radio blackout, as the sun is interfering with transmissions. Curiosity took this self-portrait by combining 66 exposures in February.

By Bill Chappell

Originally published on Sun April 14, 2013 5:31 pm

Communications between the Earth and Mars are on hiatus for several weeks, thanks to interference from the sun. That means NASA's orbiters and rovers that study Mars will be left to their own devices until radio signals can once again travel between the two planets.

Known as "solar conjunction," the problem arises when the orbit of planets places the sun directly between them.

4:40 pm

Sun April 14, 2013

As Arctic Ice Melts, It's A Free-For-All For Oil ... And Tusks

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After being frozen for thousands of years in a Siberian riverbed, this pristine mammoth tusk is a financial boon to the hunter who found it.

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After being frozen for thousands of years in a Siberian riverbed, this pristine mammoth tusk is a financial boon to the hunter who found it.

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A tusk hunter scours the coast of Bolshoy Lyakhovsky Island in northern Russia. Lured by rising prices for mammoth ivory, hundreds of men cross the frozen Arctic seas each spring to search for it along eroding shorelines.

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Originally published on Tue April 23, 2013 11:47 am

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It's widely known that the world's icecaps are melting. While most people are focused on what we're losing, some have considered what might be gained by the disappearance of all that ice.

In 2008, the U.S. Geological Survey released a report estimating that 13 percent of the world's remaining undiscovered oil and 30 percent of the remaining undiscovered natural gas could be in the Arctic.

4:01 pm

Sun April 14, 2013

A Brief History Of Secret Recordings

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Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky is the latest victim in what has become a tradition in American politics.

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This frame from an FBI videotape used during his trial shows then-Washington Mayor Marion Barry allegedly lighting a crack cocaine pipe in a hotel room on Jan. 18, 1990.

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By Linton Weeks

Originally published on Mon April 15, 2013 9:57 am

Secret recordings are becoming a tradition in American politics.

Like buttons, bunting and backslapping at barbecues, surreptitious audio and/or video surprises continue to pop up in political settings — with more and more frequency.

2:15 pm

Sun April 14, 2013

Beer Bust: Yankees Rename 'Craft Beer' Stand At Stadium

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The New York Yankees' "Craft Beer Destination" met with derision online, after fans noted the beers were all MillerCoors products — and one of them is a cider. The stand now has a new title, the "Beer Mixology Destination."

By Bill Chappell

Originally published on Wed April 17, 2013 3:39 pm

The baseball season is still young, but the New York Yankees have already faced harsh public criticism. No, we're not referring to their lackluster record. Instead, the Yanks were accused of trying to hoodwink beer drinkers with a new "Craft Beer Destination" concession stand at their Bronx stadium.

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