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Three-man Soyuz crew departs for space station

In a photo provided by NASA the Soyuz TMA-04M rocket launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 carrying Expedition 31 Soyuz Commander Gennady Padalka, NASA Flight Engineer Joseph Acaba and Flight Engineer Sergei Revin to the International Space Station.  (AP Photo/NASA, Bill Ingalls)

ALMATY, Kazakhstan (AP) — A three-man crew blasted off from a space center in southern Kazakhstan Tuesday morning on board a Russian-made Soyuz craft for a four-and-half-month stay at the International Space Station.

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AP Exclusive: Secret case against Pakistan officer

In this Friday, May 11, 2012 photo, Pakistani supporters of the banned Islamist organization Hizbut Tahrir, chant slogans and hold a banner that reads, "the state-sponsored abduction of Hizbut Tahrir spokesman Naveed Butt cannot stop the emergence of caliphate," during a protest in Lahore, Pakistan. A Pakistani army general accused of plotting with a shadowy Islamist organization to attack military headquarters has written a manifesto from his prison cell, calling on the army to sever its anti-terror alliance with the United States which he says is forcing the country to fight its own people. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (AP) — From his prison cell, a senior Pakistani officer accused of plotting with a shadowy Islamist organization to take over the military released his political manifesto: His call was for the army to sever its anti-terror alliance with the United States, which he contends is forcing Pakistan to fight its own people.

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Houston lawyer on quest to find missing moon rocks

This April 23, 2012, photo shows a piece of rock that Rafael Navarro, a former Colombian toy manufacturer, contends came from the moon, in Buffalo, Texas. Navarro has placed rock fragments in the accompanying small plastic box for sale on eBay and is seeking $300,000 for them. Joe Gutheinz, a former investigator for NASA who practices law outside Houston, is investigating this claim as he hunts for moon rocks, now-missing samples collected by the dozen American astronauts who walked on the lunar surface between 1969 and 1972. (AP Photo/Michael Graczyk)

BUFFALO, Texas (AP) — The dark suit and tie Joe Gutheinz wore set him apart from other customers inside a Texas eatery where the usual attire is jeans and cowboy hats.

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NM regulators settle with recycler over tire mess

SOCORRO, N.M. (AP) — A settlement has been reached between the New Mexico Environment Department and a tire and rubber recycling facility near Socorro over solid waste violations.

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NM regulators settle with recycler over tire mess

SOCORRO, N.M. (AP) — A settlement has been reached between the New Mexico Environment Department and a tire and rubber recycling facility near Socorro over solid waste violations.

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