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San Onofre execs made 'Star Trek'-themed video

Managers at the San Onofre nuclear generating plant made a "Star Trek"-themed video stressing safety two years before the plant was shut down in the wake of a radiation leak, officials said. A two-minute video segment with managers in costumes resembling those in the original "Trek" series was filmed in ...

NASA head views progress on asteroid lasso mission

Surrounded by engineers, NASA chief Charles Bolden inspected a prototype spacecraft engine that could power an audacious mission to lasso an asteroid and tow it closer to Earth for astronauts to explore. Bolden checked on the progress Thursday a month after the Obama administration unveiled its 2014 budget that proposes ...

California Gov. Jerry Brown speaks to researchers and scientists during a call to action on climate change, at the Water, Energy and Smart Technology Summit and Showcase at NASA Ames Research Center, Thursday, May 23, 2013 in Mountain View, Calif. Brown warned scientists and policymakers Thursday that they are losing the war on climate change and urged them to become advocates for the planet.  (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

Gov. Brown keeps pressing climate change crusade

Gov. Jerry Brown warned scientists and policymakers Thursday that they are losing the war on climate change and urged them to become advocates for the planet. "We've got a big challenge. It's daunting," Brown said. "This is not just about science, this is about activism." A team of climate change ...

Miami Heat forward LeBron James (6) gestures during the second half of Game 1 in their NBA basketball Eastern Conference finals playoff series against the Indiana Pacers, Wednesday, May 22, 2013 in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

James, Bryant voted to All-NBA first team

LeBron James was a unanimous pick for the All-NBA team and Kobe Bryant earned his record-tying 11th first-team selection. James received all 119 votes for the first team from a panel of sportswriters and broadcasters throughout the U.S. and Canada. Joining the league's MVP and Bryant on the first team ...

In this May 2013 photo provided by Google, Daniel Orellana of the Charles Darwin Foundation collects seashore imagery with the Street View Trekker at the Los Humedales wetland area on Isabela Island in the Galapagos. Few have laid eyes on many of the volcanic islands of the Galapagos archipelago that remain closed to tourists. But soon the curious will be able to explore these places that inspired Charles Darwin's theory of evolution from their computers or mobile devices. Google Maps sent crews armed with backpack-mounted Street View cameras and underwater gear to the Galapagos, and will be bringing the islands' natural wonders to the Internet. (AP Photo/Google)

Google to add Galapagos Islands to Street View

Few have explored the remote volcanic islands of the Galapagos archipelago, an otherworldly landscape inhabited by the world's largest tortoises and other fantastical creatures that inspired Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. Soon it will take only the click of a mouse or finger swipe on a tablet to explore some ...

Calif. prof's assignment raises ethics questions

A San Francisco State University professor considering a run for Oakland mayor is drawing scrutiny for a class assignment that asked students to create a political campaign ad and gave them the option of developing it for him. Joe Tuman said he would use the ad if it were good, ...

FILE - This May 15, 2013 file photo, Chris Yerga, engineering director of Android, speaks about Google play at Google I/O 2013 in San Francisco. The new service offers a lot of eye candy to go with the tunes. The song selection of around 18 million tracks is comparable to popular services such as Spotify and Rhapsody, and a myriad of playlists curated along different genres provides a big playground for music lover. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Review: Google music plan solid, serendipitous

Google's new music service offers a lot of eye candy to go with the tunes. The song selection of around 18 million tracks is comparable to popular services such as Spotify and Rhapsody, and a myriad of playlists curated along different genres provides a big playground for music lovers. The ...

A police man stands guard in front of a crime scene in, Brno, Czech Republic, Thursday, May 23, 2013. An American man suspected of killing four people is on the run in the Czech Republic and likely armed, officials said Thursday. Brno Police spokeswoman Petra Vedrova identified the man as Kevin Dahlgren, born in 1992. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Czech police seek US man suspected of 4 murders

An American man is suspected of killing a family of four and is on the run in the Czech Republic and likely armed, officials said Thursday. The bodies of the four victims — identified by neighbors as a married couple and their two sons — were found by firefighters who ...

FILE - This March 17, 1973 file photo shows released prisoner of war Lt. Col. Robert L. Stirm being greeted by his family at Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield, Calif., as he returns home from the Vietnam War.  In the lead is Stirm's daughter Lori, 15; followed by son Robert, 14; daughter Cynthia, 11; wife Loretta and son Roger, 12. On Thursday, May 24, 2013, some 200 former POWs, almost all of them former pilots, will reunite for a three-day celebration at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library & Museum in Yorba LInda, Calif., that coincides with the 40th anniversary of a star-studded White House dinner hosted by President Nixon to honor their sacrifice.  At the time, Nixon was embroiled in Watergate, but the former prisoners, now in their 60s and 70s, credit him with their freedom and have no qualms about expressing their loyalty for the 37th president.  This photo won the Pulitzer Prize for News Photography in 1973. (AP Photo/Sal Veder, File)

Nixon library hosts 40th reunion for Vietnam POWs

U.S. Navy Lt. Mike McGrath was just 27 years old, with a wife and two toddler sons in the U.S., when he was shot down and taken prisoner on his 179th bombing mission during the Vietnam War. McGrath spent almost six years in North Vietnamese prisons, enduring torture and beatings ...

Solar Impulse, piloted by André Borschberg, takes flight during the second leg of the 2013 Across America mission, at dawn, Wednesday, May 22, 2013, from Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix. The solar powered aircraft is scheduled to land at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport on Thursday May 23. The plane's creators, Bertrand Piccard and Borschberg, said the trip is the first attempt by a solar airplane capable of flying day and night without fuel to fly across America. (AP Photo/Matt York)

Solar plane completes 2nd leg of trip in Texas

A solar-powered plane has landed in Texas, completing the second leg of a trip across the United States. The Solar Impulse is making the first attempt by a solar airplane capable of flying day and night without fuel to fly across the U.S. The plane landed early Thursday at Dallas-Fort ...

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