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Monday, April 22, 2013  Investigators gathering evidence in the Boston Marathon bombing attack are focusing on the trip to a volatile part of Russia that suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev made last year. Meanwhile his younger brother Dzhokhar is in the hospital with a gunshot wound to the neck.

Wednesday, April 17, 2013  Federal regulators say a project to turn weapons-grade plutonium into commercial nuclear reactor fuel is making good progress despite being billions of dollars over its original projected price tag.

Wednesday, April 10, 2013  The Obama administration's budget slashes funding for a plutonium reprocessing project in South Carolina and questions the viability of the multi-billion-dollar effort.

Thursday, April 04, 2013  The president of a company hired to build a South Carolina facility to turn weapons-grade plutonium into nuclear reactor fuel says he's worried the project won't be adequately funded.

Monday, March 11, 2013 

Friday, February 15, 2013  A little too close for comfort.

Friday, February 15, 2013  Meteor falls in Russia's Chelyabinsk region; 500 injured by explosions

Friday, February 15, 2013  A meteor exploded in the sky above Russia on Friday, causing a shockwave that blew out windows injuring hundreds of people and sending fragments falling to the ground in the Ural Mountains.

Monday, December 31, 2012  A new law signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin banning Russian children from being adopted by families may prevent other orphans from ending up in good homes.

Friday, November 09, 2012  Changing times: Politicians' tears seen more often as winners and losers dare to show emotions

Monday, August 20, 2012  Madonna sued in Russia for millions after speaking out for gay rights during concert

Wednesday, August 15, 2012  Dozen cities to see rallies for Russia's anti-Putin punk rockers in wave of global support

Thursday, March 22, 2012  The South Carolina Philharmonic hosts a Masterworks concert performance  as part of its Music For A Cause series to benefit Harvest Hope Foodbank.

Thursday, July 28, 2011  A top Russian space official says his agency plans to sink the mammoth International Space Station into the Pacific Ocean in 2020.

Wednesday, May 11, 2011  US, others to clinch Arctic search-and-rescue pact - and tiptoe on some climate, oil questions