Officials in Cambridge, Mass., have urged the family of deceased Boston Marathon bombings suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev not to ask that he be buried in a city-owned cemetery.
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Soccer Referee Dies, One Week After Being Felled By Punch
A soccer referee who was punched by a player after calling a foul on him during a recreational soccer game in Utah died Saturday night, a week after he was hit once in the face.
Solar-Powered Airplane Completes First Leg Of U.S. Flight
The Solar Impulse, an airplane traveling across the United States using only solar power, is in Phoenix today, after reaching Arizona from California Saturday.
U.S. Courts More Lenient With Offshore Cheats, Analysis Finds
The Wall Street Journal has an interesting bit of analysis today: U.S. courts tend to hand out more lenient punishments to those who hide money offshore to cheat on their taxes than they do to more mundane tax evaders.
NASA: Warming Climate Likely Means More Floods, Droughts
The Earth’s wettest regions are likely to get wetter while the most arid will get drier due to warming of the atmosphere caused by increased levels of carbon dioxide, according to a new NASA analysis of more than a dozen climate models.
Huge Solar Plane Begins Slow Flight Across The U.S.
The Solar Impulse, a solar-powered airplane with the 208-foot wing-span, has begun a slow journey across the United States.