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Monday, August 6, 2012

Morning Digest: Historic Curiosity probe lands safely on Mars

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08/6/2012

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Historic Curiosity probe lands safely on Mars

PASADENA, California (Reuters) - NASA's Mars science rover Curiosity landed safely late on Sunday after hurtling through the pink Martian skies at the start of a two-year quest for signs the Red Planet once hosted key ingredients for life..

Sacked Syrian premier defects to Jordan: source

AZAZ, Syria (Reuters) - Syrian Prime Minister Riyad Hijab has been sacked, state television reported on Monday, and an official source in Amman said he has defected with his family to neighboring Jordan..

Stock index futures signal mixed open

PARIS (Reuters) - Stock index futures pointed to a mixed open on Wall Street on Monday, with futures for the S&P 500 up 0.17 percent, Dow Jones futures down 0.11 percent and Nasdaq 100 futures up 0.43 percent at 04.45 a.m. EDT..

Russian female punk band trial hurtles towards verdict

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Three young women from the punk band Pussy Riot could face sentence this week in a trial over their "protest prayer" in a church that has transfixed Russia and opened President Vladimir Putin to new accusations of a crackdown on dissent..

Caribbeans look to dominate short distances

LONDON (Reuters) - Caribbean runners bid to expand their dominance of the shorter track distances on Monday, after Jamaica's Usain Bolt ran the second quickest 100 meters ever to swat aside any doubt that he is still the fastest man on Earth..

Electronic Arts sues Zynga, says it copied "Sims" game

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Video game publisher Electronic Arts Inc sued Zynga Inc on Friday, accusing the social gaming company of copying key elements of EA's "The Sims Social" game for Zynga's own title, "The Ville.".

Rover to probe whether Mars was life-friendly in the past

PASADENA, California (Reuters) - NASA plans to follow up a decade-long search for Mars' lost water with a mission to learn whether the Red Planet once harbored other ingredients necessary for life..

Getting "randy" on the trampoline

LONDON (Reuters) - If you've overheard the trampolinists at the London Games talking about a randy, rudolph and a barani you might be forgiven for wondering who is this amorous, red-nosed reindeer hungry for a spicy Indian meal?.