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The first small steps taken in Neil Armstrong's childhood home inspired a giant leap for mankind
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WAPAKONETA, Ohio (AP) — Inside Neil Armstrong's boyhood home, at the top of a creaky stairway, sits his bedroom where he launched model airplanes out of the rear window to measure how far they'd fly.
Hanging in the room now are autographed photos of astronauts who've visited the privately kept house to see where Armstrong& ... (full story)
Appeals court says fishermen's claim in lobster defamation suit raises First Amendment questions
SCARBOROUGH, Maine (AP) — A federal appeals court signaled that it might not allow a lawsuit brought by fishing industry businesses and trade groups against a California aquarium to proceed because of the case's potential impact on free speech.
The New England-based plaintiffs sued the Monterey Bay Aquarium for defamation ... (full story)
Man charged with setting Spokane's largest wildfire went to prison for killing his father
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SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — A man who went to prison for killing his father in 2010 has been charged with intentionally setting the largest of the wildfires that have destroyed hundreds of buildings in and around Washington state’s second-largest city and forced tens of thousands of people from their homes.
Aaron F. Farina ... (full story)
At colleges, the AI boom means everyone wants to dabble in computer science
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With no background in coding, Faith Maeba, a psychology major, was reluctant when her mother first suggested she enroll in classes on artificial intelligence.
But the senior at Virginia Commonwealth University began to see it differently as she looked into graduate psychology programs that explore human behavior in the workplace ... (full story)
New York school pauses plan to deploy humanlike AI robot teacher after backlash
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NEW YORK (AP) — A school district in a rural corner of upstate New York is hitting pause on plans to deploy an AI-powered, humanoid robot in the classroom after state education officials, teachers and local residents raised concerns, including the maker's ties to a company that produces hyper realistic sex bots.
The Salama ... (full story)