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Today's Blogs - Yahoo! News: ‘Star Wars’ fans’ short film to air as national TV commercial Archive reveals early 1900s aerial photography of U.S. cities Afghan bomb disposal expert defuses suicide bomber’s vest Weather radar shows giant ‘storm’ of dust, bugs in Texas Life as a Syrian refugee: A look inside the world’s second largest refugee camp

‘Star Wars’ fans’ short film to air as national TV commercial  Monday, Jul 01, 2013 10:54 AM PDT The "Star Wars" saga is so ingrained in our collective consciousness that even a potato chip container is enough to spawn some hilarious and impressive fan films. A few months ago, Pringles potato chips and Lucasfilm asked fans to create an original short film set in the Star Wars universe using the snack food as [...] Full Story	Top
Archive reveals early 1900s aerial photography of U.S. cities  Monday, Jul 01, 2013 08:35 AM PDT A number of panoramic photographs from more than 100 years ago shows how one man's creative thinking helped influence photography—especially aerial photography. In 1893, photographer George R. Lawrence inherited a camera studio and launched his new company with the motto, "The Hitherto Impossible in Photography is Our Specialty." Lawrence was particularly interested in aerial photography, [...] Full Story	Top
Afghan bomb disposal expert defuses suicide bomber’s vest  Monday, Jul 01, 2013 07:43 AM PDT An Afghan bomb disposal expert defused a would-be suicide bomber's explosives-laden vest in Jalalabad on Sunday. Afghan security forces captured the bomber before he was able to blow himself up. They then tied him up to prevent him from detonating the bomb attached to his chest. Before the suicide bomber could be interrogated, a bomb [...] Full Story	Top
Weather radar shows giant ‘storm’ of dust, bugs in Texas  Monday, Jul 01, 2013 06:08 AM PDT Forecasters in Texas thought something was wrong with their equipment late last week when radar showed a massive area of rain and strong storms stretching from Dallas to Austin on a dry summer day. "It looked like it was raining," Jennifer Dunn, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Dallas-Fort Worth, told the Austin [...] Full Story	Top
Life as a Syrian refugee: A look inside the world’s second largest refugee camp  Monday, Jul 01, 2013 04:09 AM PDT On The Radar Well over a million people have fled Syria to escape the war, and as more people continue to seek safety in refugee camps in bordering countries, the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees says it is a challenge to meet the Syrian refugees' "basic needs" and "ensure their dignity." In an exclusive interview [...] Full Story	Top

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