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Vatican Looks for Signs of Alien Life

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Pope Benedict XVI
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The Vatican considers the possibility of extraterrestrial life -- and ponders the implications for the Catholic Church. Scientists from the Vatican Observatory recently hosted a five-day conference of astronomers, physicists and biologists to explore the issue. Said one Jesuit priest: "How can we rule out that life may have developed elsewhere?"
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World's Priciest Beer to Be Auctioned

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Hindenburg beer and pitcher
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The toast of the auction circuit this week is a bottle of beer recovered from the famous Hindenburg crash in New Jersey more than 70 years ago. The modest drink, which still bears a Lowenbrau label, is expected to become the most expensive beer ever sold, the auction house says.
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Filmmaker Gets $69,000 for Razed Home

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Neville Presho's home in 1976
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Neville Presho's home in 1976

A judge awards damages to a filmmaker who returned to his home on an Irish island after a six-year absence and found it had been demolished and turned into a parking lot. Neville Presho doesn't plan to rebuild. "You could build a really nice chicken coop with that sort of money," he says, "but you'd have no money left over to buy the chickens."
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King Tut's Tomb to Get Face-Lift

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Father Ends Fight to Keep 'Baby RB' Alive

Britain's High Court says a 1-year-old boy born with a severe neuromuscular disease can be removed from life support. The child's father was fighting to keep him alive but changed his mind after a weeklong court hearing. The child's mother had earlier agreed with hospital officials that her son's suffering should be ended.
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Footage Shows Militants With US Ammo

Video broadcast by Al-Jazeera shows insurgents with what appears to be U.S. ammunition in Afghanistan. The militants said they took the weapons from two remote American outposts, the television station says. Though the video didn't show large amounts of ammunition, insurgents will likely use it as propaganda.
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