Rep. Robert Scott (D-VA) of the House Judiciary Committee speaks on the legal ramifications of President Bush's surveillance practices at a news briefing, on Capitol Hill in Washington on January 20, 2006. (UPI Photo/Kevin Dietsch)
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The ship that transported Capt. Robert Scott to the Antarctic for his doomed expedition a century ago has been discovered off Greenland, U.S. researchers say.
Prince Philip of Britain attended a dinner Tuesday in Cambridge, his first public appearance since he was hospitalized with a heart attack at Christmastime.
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Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky waived his preliminary hearing Tuesday on charges he sexually assaulted young boys.
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Texas has become the fourth state to reject voluntary national standards for the teaching of English and math in public schools.
The first man to ever climb Mount Everest has called for a pair of iconic huts in the Antarctic to be maintained by the British government.
The sad letters of Capt. Robert Scott, who died in 1912 trying to reach the South Pole, will go on display for the first time at Cambridge University.
U.S. World War II fighter ace and best selling author, retired Brig. Gen. Robert Scott has died in a Georgia nursing home of natural causes at age 97.
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