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WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- The jet engines aboard the Airbus A300 that crashed in New York Monday are among the most flown engines in commercial aviation, but the CF6s have a history of in-flight break-ups and disintegration of parts, records show. The problem has lead to a continuing effort by the Federal Aviation Administration and the engine's maker, General Electric, to improve its design, assembly, and maintenance procedures.
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CARACAS, Venezuela, May 31 (UPI) --
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has an aggressive cancer and only has a few months left to live, HDNet reported.
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LOS ANGELES, May 31 (UPI) --
Gotye's "Somebody That I Used to Know" featuring Kimbra is No. 1 on the U.S. record chart for a seventh week, Billboard.com reported Thursday.
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CAMBRIDGE, England, May 30 (UPI) --
A Chinese-made microprocessor used extensively by the U.S. military has a "backdoor" that allows the chip to be reprogrammed, British researchers allege.
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