Burn Note lets you send self-destructing emails

Fictional spies aren't the only ones who can send and receive self-destructing messages. A new web service called Burn Note can do just that, and you don't even have to deal with exploding electronics once the countdown is over. Burn Note lets you send password-locked messages that automatically get deleted after a few seconds. Its creator,...

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Train Kills Pedestrian At Level Crossing

A man has been killed after being struck by a train at a level crossing in Stoke-on-Trent, British Transport Police said. The pedestrian was hit by a cross-country service on a crossing near Wedgwood station in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. A spokeswoman said: "Officers from British Transport Police and Staffordshire Police attended...

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Egypt sent back U.S. request to lift travel

Egypt's justice minister said on Tuesday he had sent back a letter from the U.S. ambassador that asked for an end to a travel ban on Americans being investigated for alleged illegal funding of pro-democracy groups. U.S. officials have warned the escalating dispute could imperil some $1.3 billion in annual U.S. aid to Egypt's military,...

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Florida highway pileup kills at least 10 people

  A long line of cars and trucks collided one after another early Sunday on a dark Florida highway so shrouded in haze and smoke that drivers were instantly blinded. At least 10 people were killed. When rescuers first arrived, they could only listen for screams and moans because the poor visibility made it difficult to find victims in...

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Sarkozy details measures for growth, jobs

 President Nicolas Sarkozy used a primetime television interview on Sunday to flesh out a flurry of measures to boost employment and competitiveness which he hopes to rush through France's parliament before a presidential election in April. Sarkozy, who is running far behind Socialist challenger Francois Hollande in opinion polls for...

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Canadian Lego Man Goes to Space

The Geo Quiz is going into space – by way of Toronto.Two Canadian teenagers in Toronto made big headlines this week.That’s because they successfully launched a man into space.A man made of Lego blocks, that is.This Lego man was attached to a homemade contraption, equipped with video camera, and tethered to a weather balloon.After...

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Republican Candidates Court Miami’s Cuban Vote

  There’s a political truism in Miami: Cuban Americans always vote Republican.But four years ago, that voting bloc started to fray. Candidate Obama captured about a third of the Cuban vote in Miami.Now the right-wing Miami Cuban establishment has a warning for their community: President Obama is soft on the Castro brothers.Republican...

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