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• Get the sunnies out - hottest temperature of 2016 recorded with great weather tipped to continue

  17-07-2016 23:57
  
  It could be 34 degrees by Tuesday!
  
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• Pokemon Go officially launches in Canada, crashes app's servers

  17-07-2016 22:31 via cbc.ca
  
  Prospective Pokemon trainers can officially download the mobile gaming sensation Pokemon Go in Canada as of Sunday afternoon.
  
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• SpaceX to try again to send docking ring for space taxis to station

  17-07-2016 21:14
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - Elon Musk's SpaceX will make a second attempt on Monday to deliver one of two docking rings to the International Space Station, a crucial step in enabling U.S. commercial space taxis to ferry astronauts to the orbiting lab, NASA said on Sunday.
  
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• SpaceX takes another shot at launching station docking port

  17-07-2016 20:03
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX takes another shot Monday at launching a critical space station docking port for astronauts.
  
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• Known for ancient fossils, N.L.'s Mistaken Point now a UNESCO World Heritage site

  17-07-2016 15:15 via cbc.ca
  
  A Newfoundland ecological reserve that bears the oldest known evidence of multi-cellular life is now a World Heritage Site.
  
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• Boeing aims for supersonics and Mars at outset of second century

  17-07-2016 14:50
  
  SEATTLE (Reuters) - The Boeing Co marked its centennial on Friday with plans to sharpen its focus on innovation, including ambitious projects for supersonic commercial flight and a rocket that could carry humans to other planets.
  
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• SpaceX to Launch Cargo Mission, Try Rocket Landing Tonight: Watch Live

  17-07-2016 14:33
  
  SpaceX will attempt to land its Falcon 9 rocket during the launch of a cargo mission toward the International Space Station early Monday morning (July 18), and you can watch all the action live. SpaceX's two-stage Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to lift off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at 12:45 a.m. EDT (0445 GMT) Monday with the company's robotic Dragon cargo capsule aboard. About 10 minutes later, the booster's first stage will try to touch down softly back at Cape Canaveral.
  
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• Armed men in Armenia seize police station, demand politicians' release

  17-07-2016 12:44
  By Hasmik Mkrtchyan and Andrew Osborn YEREVAN/MOSCOW (Reuters) - Armed men seized a police station and hostages in Armenia's capital Yerevan on Sunday, demanding Armenians take to the streets to press their demands for the release of opposition politicians they said had been jailed unfairly. One of their main demands was to free Jirair Sefilian, an opposition politician whom the authorities have accused of plotting civil unrest. Armenia's security service said one policeman had been killed and t
  
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• 1,000mph car

  17-07-2016 12:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Andy Green says the Bloodhound 1,000mph supersonic car project has to file a mountain of paperwork before it can go racing in South Africa next year.
  
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• War on TV piracy: Are cable companies fighting the right battle?

  17-07-2016 11:00 via cbc.ca
  
  The cable companies are suiting up in their war on piracy. But in the digital age, where illegal copies of movies and TV shows abound online, a court battle or threatening letters may not do much to curb the problem.
  
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• Armed men seize police station, hostages in Armenia - security service

  17-07-2016 10:47
  A group of armed men seized a police station in Armenia's capital Yerevan along with an unknown number of hostages on Sunday morning, the country's security service said. Negotiations were underway to resolve the situation peacefully, the security service said, accusing the hostage takers' supporters of spreading false rumours on the internet that an armed uprising against the government was underway. Armenian news agencies reported that the armed men were demanding the release of Jirair Sefilia
  
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• Quake of magnitude 5.0 hits Tokyo and eastern Japan, no major damage

  17-07-2016 07:21
  An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.0 struck eastern Japan on Sunday and shook buildings in Tokyo, officials and witnesses said, but there was no danger of a tsunami and no immediate report of injuries or major damage. The US Geological Survey (USGS) put the epicentre of the quake 44 km (27 miles) northeast of Tokyo at a depth of about 44 km. There were no were immediate reports of damage. Earthquakes are common in Japan, one of the world's most seismically active areas, which accounts for a fif
  
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• Quake jolts Tokyo region; no tsunami warning issued

  17-07-2016 06:45
  TOKYO (AP) — A moderately strong earthquake has rattled the Tokyo region, but there are no immediate reports of damage or injuries.
  
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• Brexit Brain Drain? Fears Talent Will Leave UK

  17-07-2016 06:02
  Scientists in the UK received €8.8bn (£7.4bn) in research funding from the EU from 2007 to 2013, according to the Royal Society - more than the €5.4bn the government contributed over the same period. Longer term, that €3.4bn gap in scientific funding will have to be met by the UK government to maintain investment in research and development. Two of the biggest scientific projects on the continent - the European Space Agency and CERN (which operates the Large Hadron Collider)
  
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• Many elderly people are receiving and using prescription medications inappropriately

  17-07-2016 06:00
  
  (Wiley) A new study from Belgium indicates that the majority of community-dwelling elderly adults are taking prescription medications inappropriately. The study, which is published in the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, also found a link between underuse -- not taking essential medications -- and an increased risk of dying or needing to be hospitalized.
  
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• Malnutrition, shaping up to be a first world problem

  17-07-2016 06:00
  
  (Monash University) Australian researchers have discovered that a bad diet has consequences on your immune system even before you notice an increase in body weight. Mice were fed a Western-style high fat diet for nine weeks. They structure and function of their immune cells was found to have been altered in the absence of weight gain.
  
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• Trump presents 'partner' Pence, but no doubt who's the star

  17-07-2016 00:56
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump presented running mate Mike Pence to the nation Saturday, hailing the Indiana governor as his "first choice" and "my partner in the campaign." But he left no doubt in a sometimes awkward event that Pence's role will surely be as sidekick to the businessman-turned-reality-star-turned-politician at the top of the ticket.
  
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