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Seven US Marines were killed and seven more wounded when a mortar round exploded while still in its launch tube during a training exercise in Nevada, the military said Tuesday.

The unmanned Dragon space capsule set off from the International Space Station Sunday for the cargo-laden return trip to Earth after successfully delivering its first commercial payload, NASA said.

Fifty years after their sun-soaked paeans to surfing first took a nation's juke boxes by storm, the Beach Boys are back with a new album, "That's Why God Made the Radio", a wistful wink at 1962.

Opening a new era in private space flight, the US company SpaceX on Tuesday became the first commercial outfit to launch its own craft toward the International Space Station.

HAWTHORNE, California (Reuters) - Tesla Motors Inc on Thursday showed off a prototype of its Model X, a battery-powered SUV that represents the company's bet that consumers will buy a range of electric vehicles spun from a common platform.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Space Exploration Technologies, a startup space transportation firm hired by NASA to fly cargo to the International Space Station, is delaying a planned February 7 test flight to allow more time to prepare for the mission, a company spokeswoman said on Tuesday.

(Reuters) - Iconic California surf band The Beach Boys will reunite in 2012 to release a new album and embark on a 50-date worldwide tour celebrating their 50th anniversary, the band said on Friday.

60 Spy Pond Lane Caryn L. Gillis and James M. Gillis to George W. Bell and Cedrine J. Bell, $650,000

That sense of timelessness runs through every aspect of the bar. It's first evident in the books on a shelf in the hostess stand: ``The Iliad,'' ``The Orwell Reader,'' ``The Dimensions of Robert Frost.'' It continues through the design. The husband-and-wife team of Stephen and Allison Sheffield of Sheffield Interiors created a space that suggests a sprawling living room, what with several arrangements of couches and armchairs, scattered ceramic vases and piles of books, handsome walnut bureaus, and elegant modular tray tables.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - A prototype passenger spaceship developed by privately owned Space Exploration Technologies arrived in Florida on Sunday for launch on a practice cargo run to the International Space Station, officials said on Monday.

HAWTHORNE, New York (Reuters) - A lawyer facing a divorce hearing this week bludgeoned his wife to death with a furniture leg and shot his two children in their bed before killing himself at their home in an upscale New York City suburb, police said on Wednesday.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Singer Marc Anthony on Thursday denied rumors that secret affairs with other women broke apart his marriage to "American Idol" superstar Jennifer Lopez earlier this year.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - One day after a magazine claimed that their marriage was in trouble, Hollywood super couple Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith appeared together in public Wednesday, smiling broadly for cameras and fans.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Space Exploration Technologies, a privately owned firm developing a space taxi with U.S.-government backing, plans to launch its second test capsule on November 30 and send it all the way to the International Space Station, a company manager said on Thursday.

Superstar singer and actress Jennifer Lopez will split with her musician and actor husband, Marc Anthony, after seven years of marriage, the couple revealed to People magazine in a joint statement Friday.

Superstar singer and actress Jennifer Lopez will split with her musician and actor husband, Marc Anthony, after seven years of marriage, the couple revealed to People magazine in a joint statement Friday.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Space Exploration Technologies is building a rocket with twice the lift capacity of NASA's space shuttle that will also cut launch costs, the company's chief executive said on Tuesday.

Scott Schmitt is the face of Nevada's new generation of hopeful entrepreneurs. He was a construction foreman at City-Center for nearly four years, a 35-year-old native of upstate New York who earned up to $118,000 a year plus benefits.

For economy to thrive, leaders must usher in new industry in cohesive way . In his State of the State address today, Gov. Brian Sandoval will reveal how he plans to balance the state budget, which is billions of dollars short of the funding needed to maintain current services. Those with interests at stake are bracing for cuts, the fifth such round and likely the deepest since Nevada's economy flat-lined.Sandoval is expected to give his vision for the future, and Nevada can avoid similar straits in the future. The governor has signaled his plan involves creating an environment to attract new businesses and industry.

Beef possibly contaminated by E .coli recalled by California company. A California company is recalling approximately 34,373 pounds of organic ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli bacteria, federal officials said Thursday.