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Until recently, the public was privy only to snippets of conversations secretly recorded by the government over 30 months of the San Diego City Hall corruption investigation. But prosecutors for the first time disclosed 111 pages of dialogue in order to rebut 19 pretrial motions filed by attorneys for Councilmen Michael Zucchet and Ralph Inzunza and Las Vegas political consultant Lance Malone. With about 10 weeks until the trial is scheduled to begin, the prosecution has served up a preview of what's to come: lots of profanity-laced exchanges between strip club owner Michael Galardi and his employees about their elaborate...

MT. SIERRA NEGRA, Mexico (Reuters) - Perched on the top of one of Mexico's highest mountains is a gigantic, half-built telescope that scientists hope will reveal more secrets of the universe's early years than any before it. With a base like a launching pad and an antenna the size of a big Ferris wheel, the telescope will be able to pick up electromagnetic radiation known as millimeter waves emitted 13 billion years ago, when the first stars burst into existence, astrophysicists say. "With this we are going deeper into space and further back in time," said astrophysicist Itziar Aretxaga, yelling...