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7:00 am
Tue December 13, 2011

Captured Drone May Have Limited Benefit For Iran

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This photo released by Iran's Revolutionary Guards purports to show the U.S. RQ-170 Sentinel drone that went down earlier this month in Iran.
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The USS Pueblo, seen in this undated photo, was captured while on a surveillance mission Jan. 22, 1968, by North Korean patrol boats.
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The crew of the Pueblo, more than 80 men, was held for nearly a year in North Korea. Their ship was turned into a floating museum near Pyongyang.
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Yugoslav army experts check the wreckage of a downed American F-117 aircraft in the village of Budjanovci on March 28, 1999. Some experts say technology in China's J-20 fighter may have come from this F-117.
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China has denied reports that Pakistan allowed it to examine the wreckage of this specially modified U.S. Black Hawk helicopter that malfunctioned during the May 2, 2011, raid that killed Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
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This photo released by Iran's Revolutionary Guards purports to show the U.S. RQ-170 Sentinel drone that went down earlier this month in Iran.
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People inspect the remains of the U-2 spy plane flown by American pilot Francis Gary Powers, which was shot down over Soviet airspace on Aug. 6, 1960.
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Originally published on Wed May 23, 2012 9:12 am

Iranian officials have crowed they are mining "priceless technological information" from a CIA spy drone that went down days ago inside Iran's borders, broadcasting triumphant images of what they said was the craft on state TV.

But many experts say the loss of the RQ-170 Sentinel drone — like the U-2 spy plane shot down over the Soviet Union in 1960 — may have more value as propaganda than as a treasure trove of technological secrets.

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The Two-Way
6:20 am
Tue December 13, 2011

Top Stories: Sandusky In Court; Death Toll Grows In Syria

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Good morning.

Our early headlines:

-- Sandusky's Accusers May Testify Today In Hearing About Penn State Scandal.

-- Report: Homelessness Among Children Up 38 Percent Since 2007.

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The Two-Way
6:05 am
Tue December 13, 2011

Happening Now: Update On Search For 'God Particle'

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Scientists in Switzerland are this hour reporting on "the status of their searches for the Standard Model Higgs boson" — the so-called "God Particle" that we posted about Monday.

It's thought that the Higgs gives matter mass. The search for it is one of the biggest stories in science.

The event is being webcast here.

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The Two-Way
5:45 am
Tue December 13, 2011

Report: Homelessness Among Children Up 38 Percent Since 2007

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More than 1.6 million American children were homeless at some point in 2010, the nonprofit National Center on Family Homelessness reports today, adding that the number is about a 38 percent increase from 2007.

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Latin America
5:44 am
Tue December 13, 2011

Venezuela President Appears In Nativity Scene

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A Nativity scene in Caracas features the traditional baby Jesus born in a manger. But those standing nearby include a figure of President Hugo Chavez. The scene also makes a case that Chavez should qualify as a wise man. It includes a miniature cable car, symbolizing infrastructure improvements for which the president wants to be known.

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