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One of many samples given to governors and heads of state, it had probably been sitting in a box for 30 years. It's one of several moon rocks that have gone missing. Nine states are still looking for their pieces, according to trackers.

The publisher says it released the book because the WikiLeaks founder received a six-figure advance but then changed his mind and kept the money. In the memoir, Assange says he did not sexually assault two women who have accused him of rape.

Sens. Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Mark Udall (D-CO) say the Justice Department is essentially using secret law when it comes Patriot Act, and in the long-run that could undermine the public's confidence in the intelligence community.

Diplomats from the U.S. and many other nations have walked out of the United Nations General Assembly as the Iranian president runs through a long list of what he says are crimes committed by other nations. The U.S. calls his comments "despicable."

Cantaloupe has been implicated in two multistate outbreaks of food-borne illness this year. Eight people have died in the latest outbreak; illnesses are expected to climb, CDC says, because listeria can live in the gut for up to two months before a person gets sick.

The City Council voted unanimously to ban pet shops from selling dogs and cats unless the animals come from shelters or rescue groups. The move comes after authorities seized more than 500 dogs from a Quebec puppy mill.

In Africa, some ranchers shoot wildlife to keep them from eating the grass out from under their cattle. But it turns out some wildlife, like zebra, actually help cattle graze — by clearing fibrous grass stalks away and promoting the new shoot growth that cows crave.

Chronic fatigue syndrome is by all accounts a difficult illness – there's no known cause and consequently no test to detect it. Though a series of recent studies have shown there's no link with the XMRV virus, some advocates insist more research on it is needed.

If these results are correct then we would have to go back and start rebuilding pretty much all of modern foundational physics.

At one point during trading, the Dow Jones and the S&P were down close to 4 percent.