Sheldon Silver, Ex-New York Assembly Speaker, Is Found Guilty on All Counts by BENJAMIN WEISER and SUSANNE CRAIG

By BENJAMIN WEISER and SUSANNE CRAIG

Mr. Silver, 71, a Democrat who was one of the state’s most powerful politicians, will automatically forfeit the Assembly seat to which he was first elected nearly 40 years ago.

Published: November 30, 2015 at 07:00PM

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Water World

Although Enceladus and Saturn’s rings are largely made up of water ice, they show very different characteristics. via NASA http://ift.tt/1IvHEuX

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A Precocious Black Hole

In July 2015, researchers announced the discovery of a black hole that grew much more quickly than its host galaxy. The discovery calls into question previous assumptions on development of galaxies. The black hole was discovered using the Hubble Space Telescope, and detected in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, by ESA’s XMM-Newton and NASA’s Chandra. via NASA http://ift.tt/1jnIyTy

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Urban Farmers Find That Success Leads to Eviction by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) —

Published: November 25, 2015 at 06:13AM

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Hubble Captures a Galactic Waltz

This curious galaxy — only known by the seemingly random jumble of letters and numbers 2MASX J16270254+4328340 — has been captured by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope dancing the crazed dance of a galactic merger. The galaxy has merged with another galaxy leaving a fine mist, made of millions of stars, spewing from it in long trails. via NASA http://ift.tt/1P8Z0p1

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Historic Formation Flight of NASA’s WB-57s Over Houston

NASA’s three WB-57s fly over foggy downtown Houston, Texas during their historic formation flight over the area on Nov. 19, 2015. This photo flight was the first time that all three WB-57s have been aloft simultaneously since the early 1970s, when the U.S. Air Force had an operational squadron of WB-57s. via NASA http://ift.tt/1ji4Q97

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Donations Help the S.S. United States Fend Off the Scrapyard by JESSE PESTA

By JESSE PESTA

Contributions of more than $600,000 will provide more time for those interested in preserving the S.S. United States to work with interested developers and investors.

Published: November 23, 2015 at 07:00PM

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Springtime in the South Atlantic

The springtime phytoplankton communities shown in this image were spotted between the Falkland Islands to the west and South Georgia Island to the east by the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instrument aboard NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite on November 16, 2015. via NASA http://ift.tt/1QEaqkM

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At End of Sheldon Silver’s Corruption Trial, the ‘Law Guys’ Take Over by BENJAMIN WEISER

By BENJAMIN WEISER

The legal specialists bring a freedom to think deeply about issues because they do not have the day-to-day burden of conducting the case.

Published: November 22, 2015 at 07:00PM

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Northwest Australia From the Space Station’s EarthKAM

This image of the northwest corner of Australia was snapped by a student on Earth after remotely controlling the Sally Ride EarthKAM aboard the International Space Station. The program allows students to request photographs of specific Earth features, which are taken by a special camera mounted on the station when it passes over these features. via NASA http://ift.tt/1S95YrK

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Silver’s Defense Asks for Acquittal Before Jurors Get Case by BENJAMIN WEISER

By BENJAMIN WEISER

Lawyers representing Assemblyman Sheldon Silver asked a federal judge on Thursday to acquit their client on all counts, arguing that the government had not met its burden showing he committed the charges against him.

Published: November 19, 2015 at 07:00PM

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Trial Witness: Ex-NY Senate Leader Badgered Him to Help Son by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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A real estate company executive says he felt badgered and uncomfortable when he got what he believed to be inappropriate requests from a former New York state Senate leader to help his son.

Published: November 19, 2015 at 01:16PM

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Nov. 19, 1969, Apollo 12 Lunar Module Intrepid

The Apollo 12 Lunar Module (LM), in a lunar landing configuration, is photographed in lunar orbit from the Command and Service Modules (CSM) on Nov. 19, 1969. Aboard the LM were astronauts Charles Conrad Jr., commander; and Alan L. Bean, lunar module pilot. via NASA http://ift.tt/1lwOF9L

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Tapes Played at Skelos Corruption Trial Portray Strategy Used Against Democrats by WILLIAM K. RASHBAUM

By WILLIAM K. RASHBAUM

A series of riveting, raw wiretapped conversations were used to show what was going on behind the scenes as Dean G. Skelos voted on legislation that the government has said would benefit his son.

Published: November 18, 2015 at 07:00PM

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Pilots of Crashed Jet Were Warned of Tough Landing Condition by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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The pilots of a business jet that crashed into an apartment building, killing all nine people on board last week in Ohio, were warned that the weather had made landing conditions barely suitable, federal investigators said Wednesday.

Published: November 18, 2015 at 09:50AM

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Cloud Patterns Over the Prince Edward Islands

Early November 2015 brought cloudy skies and intriguing patterns over the Prince Edward Islands in the South Indian Ocean. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard NASA’s Terra satellite captured this scene on November 5. via NASA http://ift.tt/1MV1RLD

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A Brighter Moon

Although Dione (near) and Enceladus (far) are composed of nearly the same materials, Enceladus has a considerably higher reflectivity than Dione. via NASA http://ift.tt/1HVSs50

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