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Stargazers dazzled by 'super moon'
Seeded on Sun May 6, 2012 8:17 PM EDT (National Nine News)
ninemsn readers have sent in photos of the 'super Moon' that dazzled skygazers over the weekend.The moon passed closer to the earth than at any other time of the year, making it appear substantially larger and brighter.While this narrow orbit happens annually, a full moon made th …
Scientists watch black hole feast on unlucky star
Seeded on Thu May 3, 2012 8:41 AM EDT (National Nine News)
Scientists have witnessed the rare spectacle of a supermassive black hole devouring a star that had ventured too close — an event that occurs about once in 10,000 years, they reported on Wednesday. Matter-sucking black holes normally lurk dormant and undetected at the cent …
Couple born hours apart die within days
Seeded on Sat Apr 28, 2012 7:29 PM EDT (National Nine News)
A US couple born just hours apart at the same hospital have died within days of each other, when the wife passed away while visiting his body at a funeral home. Ronald Clark Oman died on April 16, only weeks after being diagnosed with cancer. His wife of 58 years, Linda, died t …
Off Topic: The Group for Off-Topic Discussion Threads, Revisited
Sun Feb 20, 2011 8:28 PM EST
I created the group Off Topic just over two years ago for a specific purpose. Here's what the original group guidelines said: The short and the sweet of it: this group exists solely for the purpose of having a place to take off-topic discussions yet remain linked to the arti …
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Stop Spamming Groups!
Fri Dec 25, 2009 9:21 PM EST
Okay folks, this has really got to stop. I just spent much of the last hour visiting most of the Newsvine groups to which I belong in search of articles and seeds that I've missed over the past couple of months. The search was fruitful but it was also frustrating.
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Off Topic: The Group for Off-Topic Discussion Threads
Sun Dec 21, 2008 2:09 PM EST
The short and the sweet of it: this group exists solely for the purpose of having a place to take off-topic discussions yet remain linked to the article under which it began. Kinda the equivalent of "You wanna take it outside, buddy?" or "Let's chat over coffee after the meeting …
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