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Photo: Chewbacca shows up to New York Mets vs. Washington Nationals game

Roll over Einstein: Pillar of physics challenged. Subatomic particles seem to move faster than speed of light

Female tiger in 'love triangle' kills her mate at the El Paso zoo

"Once in a lifetime event" -- Check out the supernova in the Big Dipper constellation!

TIME article: Why Some Languages Sound So Fast

Scientists in US warn NASA the amount of space junk orbiting Earth is at tipping point

Quake risk to reactors greater than thought

Gorgeous shot of wave breaking behind surfer at the Wedge in Newport Beach

Two photos of damage in North Carolina from Irene, in Hatteras and Nag's Head

Is this the coolest watch ever made? The 1923 Packard even has a star map!

2 million ordered to leave as Irene takes aim

Bobcat fleeing mountain lion climbs Giant Saguaro Cactus, stays put for 6 hours (photos)

A diamond-pointed sun reflection on Heart Lake in the Red Mountains of Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

Ocracoke Island, North Carolina is where I spent much of my childhood -- now it's being evacuated ahead of Hurricane Irene

Photo: a Polish Crested rooster at the Illinois State Fair

5.9 magnitude earthquake centered northwest of Richmond, Va

Next issue of Luciole will include tribute to Scott Wannberg; you can submit poems, photos, memories, anything

Sad to announce, Luciole's dear mighty contributing poet and friend Scott Wannberg has passed

Sent in by Scott Evans, a 2 for 1 deal for Blue Moon Literary & Art Review issues

Incredible images of the Milky Way, home to over 200 billion stars and 50 billion planets

London overtakes New York as top fashion capital

Fun while it lasted: Twitter CondeElevator shuts down (hilarious conversations in publishing house Condé Nast's elevators)

World Bank: Global food prices near 3-year highs, piling pressure on world's poor

Burned horse makes remarkable recovery; Suki now gives hope to human burn victims

Vitamin D may improve pancreas function

American painter Cy Twombly has died. Known for his abstract works using repetitive lines, scribbles, references to ancient empires

Picasso drawing stolen from San Francisco's Weinstein Gallery

Special event today, sent in by Luciole friend Andrea Shipley: Exene Cervenka's Moonlight Hootenanny!

Abandoned dog Naki'o outfitted with four prosthetic paws

Aerial view of the Glastonbury Festival. Luciole's Ellyn Maybe will perform Sunday!

Scientists take temperature of long-gone dinosaurs

13,000-year-old image of ancient mammoth found on bone fragment in Florida

Congrats to Luciole's wonderful poet goddess Ellyn Maybe! She and her band leave for Glastonbury today!

Humans May Have 'Magnetic' Sixth Sense

Controller halts pay for California lawmakers

North Carolina man robs bank of $1 to get medical care in jail

Asking too much of U.S. consumers? "Cut down on debt / boost spending as home values tumble and gas prices soar"

The new "dirty dozen" list of high-pesticide residue produce, plus 12 "clean" veggies

Right next to where I grew up: Blackbeard artifacts exhibit opens at NC museum

Borders staves off closing of six bookstores

Guam mulls going its own way

Progress in fight against cancer of ovaries, breasts

Please come "like" the Luciole Press fan page on Facebook

Luciole friend Lawrence Lebo is conducting a blues singing performance course

Government cuts rates for hard-to-insure patients

Shuttle Endeavour gone forever from space station

Is There a Social Media Tech Bubble? (For example, Facebook has just been valued at 100 billion dollars)

Photo: Japanese sea nettles at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach

Explosive energy: Black hole jets in "Centaurus A" captured in all their glory

Dog with two broken legs finds owner after tornado

CDC's 'zombie apocalypse' advice an Internet hit

When Doomsday Isn't, Believers Struggle to Cope

Photo: sunset over the flooding Mississippi river in Vicksburg

NYC exhibit celebrates 'romantic' Alexander McQueen

American Indians say code name "Geronimo" offensive but not surprising

Meteor Shower Spawned by Halley's Comet Peaks Friday

New York bookstore stocks only one book, with the author as cashier -- "Ed's Martian Book"

Cool photo: a petunia is seen through a raindrop falling off a leaf

Jennifer Egan wins fiction Pulitzer Prize

Designer and environmental educator Nancy Judd creates wearable art out of recycled materials

Did you know there was a short-term uproar about John McCain not being born in the US?

Report: Book "Three Cups of Tea" inaccurate

Wolves to come off endangered list within 60 days

Some bacteria in grocery meat resistant to antibiotics: study

A Statement From Exene Cervenka, sent in by Luciole friend/contributor Andrea Lund

Natural wonders take spotlight in National Geographic feature

Big Dipper's Stars Pour on the Shine in Northern Sky

New diets for cows, sheep could cut emissions

Japan disaster sparks social media innovation

How Elizabeth Taylor silenced the censors

Painless Diabetes Monitor Talks to Smartphone

Bronx Zoo's missing cobra speaks out on Twitter

Runway to Green: Green plan for fashion industry

Technicolor dream planet: Earth as you've never seen it before

For my mother, who would've loved this story: Elizabeth Taylor buried with Richard Burton's last love letter

Docs warn about Facebook use and teen depression

Now starring in a Facebook ad near you... it's YOU (and they're not paying a penny)

Texas find suggests earlier settlers in North America

Nine-year-old loses leg while saving little sister’s life

Firefly quote from Luciole friend/contributing poet Ellyn Maybe

Art in motion: Sonia Delaunay textiles on view

Help Luciole's wonderful poet Ellyn Maybe and her band in their epic journey to make it to the Glastonbury Festival!

Atlanta's giant panda cub appearing in public

Scientists lack complete answers on radiation risk

Benlysta: First New Lupus Drug in 50 Years Wins FDA Approval

Group seeks forest restoration to cleanse planet

Photo: "Moment the tsunami wave rolled into San Francisco Bay"

Medical Groups Warn Of Climate Change's Potential Impact on Health

Diane von Furstenberg Honors Women at New York Fashion Week

Ingredient in cannabis restores taste for cancer patients

U.S. Must Take Space Storm Threat Seriously, Experts Warn

Planet could be 'unrecognizable' by 2050, experts say

Verse from Emily Dickinson

Temperature swings 100 degrees in one week in Oklahoma town

Calif. gov's newest ally? A 'fur ball' with charm named Sutter

NYU fellow quits after tweets about Logan assault

Sweet photo of two Samoyeds at Westminster

My grandmother was from the Cherokee res. in Oklahoma, so this is interesting for me to see: "Hispanics now outnumber Native Americans in Okla. "

Billion dollar boost for US health research?

All best wishes to CBS correspondent Lara Logan, who revealed she was victim of sex attack while covering Egypt protests