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Diplomats in D.C. owe hundreds of thousands in parking tickets

Stem cell hope for elderly patientsA new era in regenerative treatment for the elderly could be on the way after a stem cell breakthrough, scientists said. ..

Amnesiac cellist astounds doctors with musical memory

German musician who lost nearly all memory after contracting herpes encephalitis can learn new pieces of music
Large parts of the cellist's medial temporal lobes were wiped out by a virus, leaving him unable to recall much of his past. Photograph: Pete Saloutos/Corbis
A professional cellist who lost nearly all of his memory after a virus destroyed parts of his brain has astonished doctors with his remarkable recall of music.
The 71-year-old, known only as PM, had played with a major German orchestra before contracting the infection that devastated his brain's memory centres in 2005...

NASA nearly ready to launch Mars super rover
SUV-size robotic rover set to lift off for Martian surface Nov. 25 http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/922171...ging+Technologies+News%29

RADIATION STORM AND CME ALERT: A solar radiation storm is in progress around Earth. At the moment, the storm is classified as minor, which means it has little effect on Earth other than to disturb HF radio transmissions at high latitudes. Energetic protons, which make up the bulk of the storm, were accelerated in our direction earlier today by shock waves in a CME racing away from the sun at about 1000 km/s (2.2 million mph). According to analysts at the Goddard Space Weather Lab, the CME itself will reach Earth on Nov. 28th around 14:23 UT (+/- 7 hours). http://spaceweather.com/