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Thursday, July 21, 2011  Final farewell: Last shuttle lands, ending 30-year era that put hundreds in orbit, lab in sky

Wednesday, January 05, 2011  Newly elected speaker John Boehner hailed the Republican Party's return to control of the House Wednesday, vowing a more open legislative process but acknowledging that "a great deal of scar tissue has built up on both sides of the aisle."

Monday, June 28, 2010  Robert C. Byrd, the longest serving member of the U.S. Senate, a fiery orator and hard-charging power broker who steered billions of federal dollars to his beloved West Virginia, died Monday. He was 92.

Wednesday, July 22, 2009  Longest total solar eclipse of the 21st century covers parts of Asia in near darkness

Tuesday, July 21, 2009  Thousands throng to tiny village in eastern India to witness rare solar eclipse