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Risky Business: Last Shuttle's Rescue Plan - Shuttles called magnificent, but delicate and risky.




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Photos: 30 Years of Space Shuttle Missions - NASA Shuttle Atlantis, 30 years of space shuttle missions from Columbia to Challenger, Discovery, Atlantis, Endeavour, Enterprise to last launch, last mission, end of program




Bittersweet: Space Shuttle's Spectacular Last Launch - NASA launched space shuttle Atlantis on its final flight. The sendoff was spectacular. What happens next for America in space is not clear.




10, 9, 8.... The Man Behind the Countdown - George Diller may have one of the most recognized voices of the last quarter century. He has been doing countdowns for space shuttle launches since 1988. You have probably never seen him.




Tabloid Accused of Hacking Terror Victims - News of the World, the London tabloid owned by Rupert Murdoch, is now accused of trying to hack the cell phones of victims of the London bus bombings of 2005. British Prime Minister David Cameron has called in Scotland Yard to investigate the paper.




Facebook Starts Video Calls, Group Chat - Teams with Skype to expand ways to connect.




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Watch: Space Shuttle: A Brief History - ABC News' Ned Potter on the shuttles' triumphs and tragedies.




Last Shuttle Launch: NASA Enters Its Own Black Hole - As the Atlantis space shuttle blasted towards Space today, NASA laid to rest its famed Space Shuttle Program and entered what some in Congressional space committees are calling a "critical period" and "uncertain era." Experts just call it "The Gap."




Man Gets Windpipe Made From Stem Cells - Swedish doctors transplant a lab-made trachea into a patient in a medical first.




The Final Four: Space Shuttle Crew - The astronauts of space shuttle Atlantis call themselves the 'final four.' They are scheduled to be the last astronauts ever to fly a shuttle mission. Here, their thoughts.




Shark Attack: First by Vicious, Small Species - Shark attacks are a rarity, despite sharks' fearsome reputation. A 2009 attack on a swimmer in Hawaii by a small cookiecutter shark is the first documented by that species.




Watch: Space Shuttle Atlantis: NASA's Last Shuttle Launch - NASA sends shuttle to space for the last time after a 30-year legacy.




Watch: Shuttle Launch: Clouds in the Sunshine State - ABC News' Ned Potter weighs in on the weather conditions at Cape Canaveral.




Watch: App Lets Shoppers Preview Fireworks - Smartphone app scans 'quick response' codes to display fireworks sample.




Watch: Man Shoots Movie With Cell Phone - Budding filmmaker JW Griffiths wins Nokia's short film contest.




Watch: Large Lizards Threaten Florida Wildlife - Nile monitor lizards feed off protected birds' eggs.




Watch: Bad Romance: Scammers Use Match.com - 'Handsome' admirers tried to convince Match.com member Holley to give them cash.




Watch: Unhealthy Oceans: Marine Life in Peril - New report finds pollution and over-fishing could lead to mass extinctions.




Watch: Bear-Chasing Dogs - Wildlife officials are using man's best friend to keep bears out of the suburbs.




Watch: What's Popping? Summer Solstice, Megan Fox - Daniel Sieberg takes a look at what's trending online.




Watch: Spaceships of Tomorrow Get Audience Launch - Texas museum displays spacecraft that may soon travel to the moon or Mars.




Watch: Diving Into Chile's Volcanic Ash - Watch as divers venture into an ash-filled lake in Argentina.




Watch: Target Practice on Human-Like Robots - Police in Florida use new technology to practice shooting at moving targets.




Watch: Tech Gadgets for the Guys - Dick DeBartolo's high tech gift ideas for Father's Day.




Watch: Therapy Dog Shoots His Own Video - Mastiff's masterpieces get thousands of hits online.




Watch: 'Shadow Internet' for Democratic Movements - U.S. confirms it's helping provide Internet in nations fighting for democracy.




Watch: Apple Faces Lawsuit Over iCloud Name - Arizona communications company files suit over trademark infringement.




Watch: Green Commute: Doctor on Horseback - Florida chiropractor rides her horse to work once a month.




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Watch: Father's Day 2011 Gift Ideas - ABC's Andrea Smith with the high-tech gadgets for Father's Day.




Watch: Shadow Internet - The United States is finding ways to get internet access to rebels.




Watch: Computer Tech Allegedly Spies on Women - California man, 20, suspected of installing spyware on victims' laptops.




How to Profit From Online Advertising - Online video advertising is poised to grow 52 percent in ad dollars this year. So how can producers snag some of those brand dollars? We asked Miles Beckett, CEO of EQAL and the creator of LonelyGirl15, for best practices in...




How to Use Video on Facebook - Video can help a brand stand out on Facebook and draw more fans. The New Media Minute asked Jennifer Kattula, head of agency marketing at Facebook, how brands small and large can best use video on the social site. Here...




Massachusetts Tornado Track Seen from Space - The Berkshire mountains of Massachusetts are a very pretty part of the world. They are not rugged, but meteorologists say tornadoes tend to break up when they pass over hilly terrain, undone by "friction" with the ground. That's partly why...




Photos: Andy Casagrande's Cutting-Edge Wildlife Cinematography - Nat Geo Wild's "Killer Shots" premieres this Friday, July 8. Go behind the scenes with Andy Casagrande, one of the world's top wildlife cinematographers, as he shoots great whites, lions, cheetah and polar bear.




Photos: A Storm on Saturn, as Big as Earth - A storm on Saturn as big as Earth, a spectacular solar flare, and images of the cosmos from the Hubble Space Telescope.




Photos: Sam Heath Fits 71 Smaller Bubbles Inside Giant Bubble - Bubbleologist pops record for most bubbles inside a larger bubble




Photos: Google Doodle: Happy July 4 - The July 4 Google Doodle includes fireworks, baseball and a rainbow to celebrate Independence Day. Other past Google 'doodles' have honored Les Paul, space exploration, the oceans, and the Royal Wedding.




Photos: Rare Ducklings Hatch at NY Zoo - Baby animals: Rare Chinese merganser ducklings hatch at New York's Central Park Zoo. There are fewer than 2,500 believed to survive in the world




Photos: Never Before Seen Titanic Images - The doomed ocean liner Titanic is being celebrated now, a hundred years after its launch from Harland & Wolff, then the largest shipyard in the world, on May 31, 1911. Less than a year later it would hit an iceberg and sink on its maiden voyage.




Photos: Massive, Ancient Wombat Discovered - Palaeontologists say they have unearthed the remains of a prehistoric marsupial called a diprotodon at a dig at Burketown in north-west Queensland's Gulf of Carpentaria region.




Photos: Volcano! Lightning, Ash Fill Skies in Chile - Puyehue Volcano Fills South American Skies With Ash, Lightning. 3,500 evactuated.




Photos: Mariah Carey's Baby's Diva Behavior - Mariah Carey Tweets Photo of Baby Monroe




Photos: Jesus Resurrected on a Utility Pole? - Man in North Carolina sees image of Jesus on a pole.

Photos: Meet Heidi, the Cross-Eyed Opossum - Heidi has become a star of the zoo in Leipzig.