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"Big Bang" machine set to yield surprises GENEVA (Reuters) - Scientists could begin garnering information on the origins of the universe in the coming months as the world's biggest particle collider starts moving to full power next year, a project leader said Monday.
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PRI's The World - November 23, 2009
PRI's The World - November 20, 2009 Today on The World What if the US loses in Afghanistan? Also, a visit to one of many rural town in Mexico caught in the crossfire of that country's drug war; And how India's power companies are battling widespread electricity theft.
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UK Iraq war inquiry to open hearings The UK's official Iraq war inquiry is to begin its public hearings, with leading civil servants and a former spy chief giving evidence.
China executes tainted milk pair China executes two people over a scandal involving tainted milk powder that resulted in six children dying, state media say.
Concern grows over rising U.S. debt Government notes, bills and bonds will be on sale as Washington tries to finance its spending habits. Senior business correspondent Bob Moon talks with Kai Ryssdal about increasing worries over what the government owes and how much that debt costs.
News Corp may shun Google for Bing There are reports that Microsoft has been talking to News Corp about a deal that would keep the media company's content on Bing and off Google. Joel Rose reports.
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(Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve this month asked nine banks that were part of "stress tests" conducted earlier this year to submit plans to repay money injected under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), Bloomberg said, citing a person familiar with the situation.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Stork Craft Manufacturing Inc is voluntarily recalling more than 2.1 million baby cribs in the United States and Canada due to a potential suffocation hazard, U.S. safety officials said on Monday.
BEIJING (Reuters) - China on Monday accused a U.S. congressional advisory panel of bias for a report in which it said the Chinese government appeared increasingly to be piercing U.S. computer networks to gather useful data for its military.
WOSU News
Fairfield County Sheriff Dave Phalen says one of his deputies happened upon dozens of cars in a field.
The face of Central Ohio suburbia is changing. In some suburbs planners and developers are moving away from cookie-cutter sub-divisions to something called "walkable urbanism" - projects filled with apartments, condos, quaint shops and offices.
Some Ohio legislators are pushing a scenario that would let them partially fill a hole in the state budget with money from slot machines at racetracks...even though the gambling plan is currently on hold because of a court order.
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AMPATUAN, Philippines (Reuters) - Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo placed two southern provinces and a city under emergency rule on Tuesday after 24 people were killed in the worst-ever election related violence in the country.
Business
HONG KONG (Reuters) - The dollar recouped some of its overnight losses on Tuesday, while Asian shares slipped as investors shrugged off upbeat U.S. home sale data and took light profits on recent rallies.
Arts & Culture
In three days a Hilliard-Davidson High School senior will travel to Carnegie Hall to accept a national art award. WOSU reports, for Kyle Boganwright, art is more than a hobby, it's therapy for his mental illness.
Opinion
It's the first Tuesday in November - Election day across Central Ohio and the nation. WOSU Commentator and local historian Ed Lentz explains how this day has changed .or remained the same over the years.