Indian Spacecraft Snaps Spectacular Portrait of Mars

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This spectacular view of Mars from India’s Mangalyaan spacecraft shows active dust storms in the Red Planet’s northern hemisphere. This photo was released on Sept. 29, 2014, less than a week after the Indian Mars orbiter arrived at the planet.

India’s first spacecraft to visit Mars has beamed home its greatest photo of the Red Planet yet, a view that reveals the planet from pole to pole.

The new photo of Mars from India’s Mangalyaan probe was unveiled today (Sept. 29) by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). It shows Mars as a red globe in space, with the planet’s southern ice cap clearly visible, while a huge dust storm blankets part of the northern region. “Something’s brewing here!” ISRO officials wrote in a Twitter post for the Mars orbiter.

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First Case of Ebola Confirmed in the United States: CDC

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The United States now has one confirmed case of Ebola, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Tuesday, marking the first domestic appearance of the deadly virus that has ravaged swaths of continental Africa.

The as-yet unidentified patient is located in Dallas, officials say, effectively confirming a statement issued on Monday by Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas. The organization said that an unnamed patient was being tested for Ebola and had been placed in “strict isolation” due to the patient’s symptoms and recent travel history.

The British Are Spending $20 Billion On Illegal Drugs And Prostitutes

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British households are spending about $20 billion per year on drugs and prostitutes, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) released on Tuesday.

British statisticians have estimated sales of illegal drugs and sexual services before, but this is the first time it has been officially added to figures on Britain’s economic spending.

Taco Bell Says Doritos Locos Tacos Have Created 15,000 Jobs

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Taco Bell’s Doritos Locos tacos have been a big hit product, but assertions that they’re responsible for the creation of 15,000 new jobs are a textbook illustration of the difficulty in making macro-inferences from micro-phenemona:

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Doctor Pleads Guilty to Ordering Unnecessary Chemotherapy and Billing Medicare

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Dr. Farid Fata, owner of hematology and oncology offices in the Detroit area and in Lapeer, was accused of ordering chemotherapy for patients who didn’t need or couldn’t benefit from the physically taxing cancer treatment.

A doctor accused of putting patients through unnecessary chemotherapy pleaded guilty Tuesday to 13 counts of health care fraud, two counts of money laundering and one count of conspiracy to defraud the U.S., according to court records.

U.S. District Judge Paul D. Borman was scheduled on Tuesday to hear arguments on a motion from Farid Fata’s lawyers seeking to suppress evidence gained from the Oakland County doctor’s email account.

Windows 9 Rumor Roundup: Everything We Know So Far

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Windows 9. Threshold. Or just plain Windows. Whatever Microsoft ends up calling its next operating system, it’s shaping up to be another big change from the Windows that came before it.

Only this time, Microsoft is looking to mollify its user base—especially in the enterprise—instead of scaring people away. If months of leaks and rumors are accurate, Microsoft will undo some of the most drastic changes in Windows 8, but it will also kick off a major transformation for Windows—one that’s long overdue.

How Do Kissing, Snoring And Other Things Sound In Different Languages?

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Iraq Kurds Attack ISIS Jihadists, Retake Villages

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Kurdish peshmerga forces mustering to travel to the nearby front lines where they are facing off against Sunni ultra-fundamentalists who have seized Mosul and Tikrit

Kurdish troops launched offensives against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) jihadist group on three fronts in northern Iraq on Tuesday, senior officers told AFP.

Troops struck before dawn against a town on the Syrian border, north of jihadist-controlled second city Mosul, and south of key oil hub Kirkuk, the commanders said.