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Election 2012
2:27 pm
Wed June 6, 2012

N.D. Senate Race Could Be Next National Battleground

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Democratic Senate candidate Heidi Heitkamp greets a supporter before a town hall meeting in Minot, N.D., on May 3.
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Rep. Rick Berg, R-N.D., speaks before the state's GOP Convention in Bismarck, N.D. on March 31.
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Originally published on Wed June 6, 2012 6:29 pm

Republicans need a net pickup of four seats to win control of the U.S. Senate this November. One opportunity they see is in North Dakota, where longtime Democratic incumbent Kent Conrad has decided not to run for a sixth term.

Republican Rep. Rick Berg is expected to win the GOP nomination in next Tuesday's primary. If he does, he'll face Democrat Heidi Heitkamp.

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Music Reviews
1:44 pm
Wed June 6, 2012

Japandroids: One Part Classic Rock, One Part Punk

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Japandroids is guitarist Brian King (left) and drummer David Prowse.
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Cover of Japandroids' Celebration Rock
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Originally published on Sat June 9, 2012 11:39 am

The rock band Japandroids is two men, not from Tokyo but from Vancouver, British Columbia — guitarist Brian King and drummer David Prowse. Both of them sang and very often shouted on their 2009 LP Post-Nothing, which received a lot of praise from music blogs. Their second album is out now; it's called Celebration Rock, and I think it's the best rock record I've heard this year.

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The Two-Way
1:41 pm
Wed June 6, 2012

PHOTOS: The Enterprise Travels Up The Hudson River To Its New Home

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The shuttle was navigated through Coney Island and Staten Island from Jersey City.
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The Enterprise was only used for atmospheric testing.
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NASA's space shuttle program came to an end in August, 2011, after 30 years of service.
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The Enterprise will be hoisted by crane onto the flight deck of the retired Intrepid aircraft carrier.
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The shuttle was navigated through Coney Island and Staten Island from Jersey City.
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A flotilla surrounds NASA space shuttle Enterprise as it is carried by barge up the Hudson River en route to its permanent home at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum in New York City.
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The shuttle Enterprise made a incredible trip up the Hudson River by barge, today. The shuttle was framed by New York City's skyline and eventually it will be hoisted from the barge to its new home at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum.

Here are some pictures from the Enterprise's journey:

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Monkey See
1:15 pm
Wed June 6, 2012

Ray Bradbury: Finding Our Reflections Where We Didn't Expect Them

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This 1966 file photo shows science fiction writer Ray Bradbury looking at a picture that was part of a school project to illustrate characters in one of his dramas.
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Originally published on Thu June 7, 2012 7:19 am

Heinlein, Asimov and Bradbury; they were the tripod (invasive, moving, with lasers) on which my science fiction education was built in the 1970s. This was somewhat self-selected, because once you — or I — grew out of Danny Dunn and Journey to the Mushroom Planet and Tom Swift, Jr., they were the inevitable destinations, the planets with the heaviest gravity wells in the sci-fi solar system.

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The Two-Way
1:11 pm
Wed June 6, 2012

Economy Grew At 'Moderate Pace' In April And May, Federal Reserve Says

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Anecdotal reports from across the nation "suggest overall economic activity expanded at a moderate pace" from early April through late May, the Federal Reserve just reported.

In its "beige book" review of conditions around the country, the Fed said the only one of its 12 bank districts to report slower growth was Philadelphia.

The report also adds that:

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