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Explanation: Not a bright comet, 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko now sweeps slowly through planet Earth's predawn skies near the line-up of planets along the ecliptic. Still, this composite of telescopic images follows the comet's progress as it moves away from the Sun beyond the orbit of Mars, from late September (left) through late November (far right). Its faint but extensive coma and tails are viewed against the colorful background of stars near the eastern edge of the constellation Leo. A year ago, before its perihelion passage, the comet was less active, though. Then the Rosetta mission's lander Philae made it's historic landing, touching...

Had to do it. Had to create the thread. The game is too damned good. This thread is reserved for hardcore gamers who play Fallout 4. Norm, KC, TADSLOS and I have hijacked so many threads discussing this game, I felt we needed our own thread.Fallout 4 is amazing. The content is excessively large. There is so much to explore, you could replay this game 10 times and not find every mission or quest. The characters are so much better fleshed out than any other game I have played. Even the radio announcer of Diamond City Radio will have you...

The graffiti was found covering fuel tanks of four EasyJet planes at airports which cannot be named for security reasons. The probe comes two weeks after 130 people were killed by twisted Islamic State terrorists in co-ordinated attacks across Paris. Airports in the capital have tightened security since the horrific shootings and bombings amid fears of follow-up attacks. Airline security expert Philip Baum said: "Graffiti in itself won't hurt anybody." "But the ability of anyone to place a prohibited item near fuel tanks is a concern, of course." He added: "We know there are people working in restricted areas of...

When a sudden, powerful storm pummeled Boyle Heights in October, one poorly placed mattress wreaked havoc on the neighborhood. Los Angeles officials say the mattress was blocking a catch basin, which subsequently caused flooding that damaged a basement and several vehicles. The incident has sparked additional interest in the city's El Nino preparation and has department heads mulling a new tactic to mitigate its effects. For the first time, they are considering suspending trash pickup. ... The changes in service would affect the parts of Los Angeles that are expected to be hammered with the heaviest rainfall and most severe...

Blue Buffalo is voluntarily recalling an unspecified number of its Cub Size Wilderness Wild Chews Bones because the product has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. The recalled product was distributed starting November 19 at PetSmart stores in Michigan and eight other states. The recalled product comes individually shrink-wrapped in plastic with the UPC number 840243110087, and an expiration date of November 4, 2017, printed as “exp 110417” on the shrink-wrap. The problem was detected during routine testing at the manufacturing site, which revealed the presence of Salmonella in the product. No illnesses have been reported to date and...

The Amish are online, onscreen, and multiplying fast. In their battle with modernity, it’s tough to say who’s winning I’ve probably visited more Amish settlements than anyone. Who would venture out to the most remote corners of Montana, Maine and South Texas if they didn’t happen to be a student of Amish culture? Perhaps a peddler of pots and pans; many Amish cooks, I have noticed, gradually gave up their cast iron for stainless steel in the past 50 years... In my 25 years exploring Amish communities, I’ve witnessed changes that would be unnoticeable to the average outsider... To the...

The image is of a dog with duct tape wrapped around its mouth. The photos were posted on the Facebook wall of a South Daytona, Florida woman, according to the Associated Press.

While we think of stars as being very distant, there is one star system that is relatively close - Alpha Centauri, just 4.3 light-years away. In 2012, astronomers discovered a planet in that system; it orbited way too close to its parent star to be considered habitable, but it got a lot of attention because the exoplanet was so close to Earth. ... The mission (which is not funded right now) is called Alpha Centauri Exoplanet Satellite, or ACESat, and it would work differently than the famed Kepler telescope that has found more than 1,000 confirmed planets. Kepler looks for...

... Fabian Wosar of Emisoft has created a tool capable of decoding files encrypted by the DecryptorMax ransomware, also known as CryptInfinite. The ransomware gets its name from the fact that the "DecryptorMax" string is found in multiple places inside its source code. Additionally, the CryptInfinite moniker is also used by some researchers because the ransomware adds the CryptInfinite key to the Windows registry, using it to store a list of all encrypted files and their location on disk. According to Bleeping Computer's Lawrence Abrams, the ransomware is spread via Word documents attached to spam email. These files pose as...

MERRILLVILLE, Ind. -- A group of lawmakers dreaming of bringing a professional sports team to northwestern Indiana is pushing a bill that would create a panel to pursue that goal. Democratic state Rep. Donna Harris of East Chicago tells the Post-Tribune of Merrillville (http://trib.in/1OkGIQi ) that her bill would create a 19-member panel to study the possibility of bringing a pro team to the heavily populated region. Harris is the widow of State Rep. Earl Harris, who died last spring and had long dreamed of bringing an NFL team to the area. Her legislation already has bipartisan support, with two...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — It looks like Gov. Scott Walker’s gun deer hunt is a bust, at least so far. Walker spokeswoman Laurel Patrick said he hunted on Sunday and Monday. He tweeted Sunday that he was “looking for a buck” in Vilas County and posted a picture of snow-covered woods. He tweeted again Monday that he was “back at it,” with another picture of snow-dusted trees. Later Monday he tweeted that it was snowing but his view was amazing and included another picture of the woods.

Jesse Lee Peterson of BOND (Brotherhood Organization of a New Destiny) has a new book out titled: "The Antidote: Healing America From the Poison of Hate, Blame and Victimhood." It looks like a good read. I realize that FR is not the place to advertise or plug products but I thought this would be of interest to Freepers. Link to amazon.com - Jesse Lee Peterson's new book

The sickness spread at funerals. The Fore people, a once-isolated tribe in eastern Papua New Guinea, had a long-standing tradition of mortuary feasts — eating the dead from their own community at funerals. Men consumed the flesh of their deceased relatives, while women and children ate the brain. It was an expression of respect for the lost loved ones, but the practice wreaked havoc on the communities they left behind. That’s because a deadly molecule that lives in brains was spreading to the women who ate them, causing a horrible degenerative illness called “kuru” that at one point killed 2...

The Friday edition of "The Five" were having their "Turkey Of The Year" nominees.If anyone watched it, you had to have wondered why none of the five hosts nominated Hillary Clinton. What makes anyone a Turkey? Let's see, someone who continues to make a turkey/jackass of him/herself every time they speak and "Attempt To Tell The Truth"? Who else but Hillary Clinton should win the award for "Turkey Of The Year". Maybe no one on "The Five" wanted to be honest in fear of their lives if they all agreed it was Hillary?

The fate of a network of alternative “co-op” health plans started under ObamaCare remains uncertain going into 2016, after half of them collapsed amid deep financial problems. The co-ops are government-backed, nonprofit health insurers propped up with over $2 billion in taxpayer loans. Twelve of the 23 co-ops established under the Affordable Care Act, though, have gone or are expected to go under by the end of the year, leaving customers who used them scrambling for coverage and taxpayer money at risk. But, as lawmakers on Capitol Hill demand answers on what’s being done, the Obama administration is offering few...

I currently have netflix for both dvds and streaming. Streaming doesn't seem to have alot of choices. Was thinking about signing up for Amazon Prime. I currently get my kindle books and vitamins there. Anyone here have input on the diff between AP and NF and if one is better than the other? Thanks!

At the 1889 National Hobo Convention in St. Louis, a strict ethical code was established for all hobos to follow. Here are some tips we could all use, no matter what you carry in your rucksack. 1. YOU DO YOU. "Decide your own life, don't let another person run or rule you." 2. SHOW SOME RESPECT. "When in town, always respect the local law and officials, and try to be a gentleman at all times." 3. DON'T BE AN OPPORTUNIST. "Don't take advantage of someone who is in a vulnerable situation, locals or other hobos." 4. GET A JOB. "Always...

What you are about to see will probably get pulled from the airways, but not before you have a chance to watch and listen to what Egypt has to say about obama. This may well be the most damning comments ever.