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The so-called Fast Radio Burst repeats every 157 days with the power of millions of suns and its latest barrage arrived right on time last week. Known as FRB 121102, scientists hope that studying the strange blinkering signal could unlock the secret to what FRBs are and where they come from. Fast Radio Bursts are intense pulses of radio waves that last no longer than the blink of an eye and come from far beyond our Milky Way galaxy. Their origins are unknown. . The group’s findings, to The Astronomer’s Telegram, suggest the burst is currently in its active phase...

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7, 2007 – Planning for the 2007 America Supports You Freedom Walk is well under way in the nation’s capital as well as in 41 states across the country. The inaugural America Supports You Freedom Walk, created by Pentagon employees to commemorate the attack on the building and honor the lives lost on Sept. 11, 2001, was held Sept. 11, 2005. America Supports You is a Defense Department program connecting citizens and corporations with military personnel and their families serving at home and abroad. As of today, 1,231 people have registered for the national Freedom Walk, part...

What You Should Do to Prepare for an EpidemicStock Up on Essentials and Have an 'Outbreak Plan'How To Protect Yourself Bird Flu How Would You Know If You Had Avian Flu?A Bit of Context on the Bird Flu Threat How To Protect Yourself By LARA SETRAKIAN March 12, 2006 — Will there be an outbreak of avian flu that threatens humans? Many experts disagree on when or if a human pandemic will occur, but do say there is a chance that the virus could mutate, leading to widespread infection. In that case, the best thing you and your family can...

Reporter home after 157 days as Iraq hostage By Adrian Blomfield in Baghdad and Henry Samuel in Paris (Filed: 13/06/2005) A Western reporter held hostage in Iraq was released by her captors over the weekend after five months of often solitary incarceration in a darkened cellar. Florence Aubenas of the French daily Libération was freed on Saturday and flew home yesterday to scenes of jubilation from family, friends and many ordinary citizens. Her Iraqi guide, Hussein Hanoun al-Saaedi, was also released and returned home to his family in Baghdad. "At the end of a long, painful, 157-day captivity that was...