| Pakistan treating 2 brothers who become paralyzed each night Posted: 06 May 2016 10:23 AM PDT  ISLAMABAD (AP) — The two brothers have come to be known as the "solar kids" and their case has completely mystified Pakistani doctors.
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| Donald Trump and Paul Ryan to meet amid escalating tensions Posted: 06 May 2016 10:05 AM PDT  Presumptive Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and House Speaker Paul Ryan reportedly plan to meet next week to clear the air and possibly unify the divided party. Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus told Fox News' Sean Hannity about the scheduled meeting just hours after Ryan — the nation's highest-ranking Republican — revealed Thursday that he was not ready to endorse Trump's White House run at this time. "Both Donald Trump and Paul Ryan are meeting next week to talk about these things," Priebus said to the Fox News host.
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| 'Boaty McBoatface' sinks as UK names research ship Posted: 06 May 2016 08:51 AM PDT  Britain will name a new polar research ship "Sir David Attenborough" despite a public vote which was in favour of the joke name "Boaty McBoatface". Science Minister Jo Johnson said the £200 million (250 million euro, $290 million) 15,000 tonne vessel will be named after the veteran naturalist and broadcaster, but said the ship's yellow marine submarine will instead be called "Boaty McBoatface". The furore erupted when the Natural Environment Research Council launched an online poll in March asking members of the public to choose a name for its new ship.
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| SpaceX successfully lands rocket's first stage after space launch Posted: 06 May 2016 12:32 AM PDT  SpaceX successfully landed the first stage of its Falcon 9 rocket on a floating platform in the Atlantic Ocean early Friday after launching a Japanese communications satellite into orbit. Shouts of "USA, USA, USA" and applause from the ground control crew greeted the feat, only the second time it has been accomplished by SpaceX, the company headed by Internet entrepreneur Elon Musk. SpaceX had not expected to land the first stage successfully because of the returning rocket's high speed, but streaming video captured a picture-perfect touchdown.
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| Canadian wildfire grows tenfold, forces more evacuations Posted: 05 May 2016 10:31 PM PDT  By Rod Nickel and Liz Hampton CONKLIN/LAC LA BICHE, Alberta (Reuters) - A catastrophic wildfire that has forced all 88,000 residents to flee Fort McMurray in Alberta, Canada exploded tenfold in size on Thursday, cutting off evacuees in camps north of the city and putting communities to the south in extreme danger. The out-of-control blaze has burned down whole neighborhoods of Fort McMurray in Canada's energy heartland and forced a precautionary shutdown of some oil production, driving up global oil prices. Three days after the residents were ordered to leave Fort McMurray, firefighters were still battling to protect homes, businesses and other structures from the flames.
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| Insurer says child told Paterno in '76 Sandusky molested him Posted: 05 May 2016 07:09 PM PDT  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A judge said that insurers in litigation with Penn State claim a boy told football coach Joe Paterno in 1976 that he had been molested by Jerry Sandusky, Pennlive.com reported Thursday.
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| Former Texas Gov. Perry endorses Trump, says open to running mate role: CNN Posted: 05 May 2016 05:21 PM PDT  Former Texas Governor Rick Perry has endorsed Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and is open to being his running mate, CNN reported on Thursday. In September, Perry was the first member of the initially crowded Republican field to drop out of the 2016 White House race, following a failed bid in the 2012 race. The longest-serving governor in Texas history had languished near the bottom of the 17-strong Republican presidential pack since entering the current race in June.
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| White House says Hillary can handle classified briefings. Trump? Eh. Posted: 05 May 2016 03:53 PM PDT  Since 1952, the parties' nominees for president have received classified national security briefings. The FBI may be investigating whether Hillary Clinton's private email server arrangement endangered top-secret materials, but the White House is confident she will properly handle any classified information she might get in CIA briefings arranged for the two parties' presidential nominees. Since 1952, the U.S. intelligence community has given classified briefings to the Democratic and Republican nominees.
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| Paul Ryan ‘just not ready’ to support Donald Trump Posted: 05 May 2016 02:25 PM PDT  Paul Ryan holds a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington March 17, 2016. (Photo: Gary Cameron/Reuters)
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