Photo Shows Lander Sitting On Comet After Bounce-Landing Plus 4 More Stories

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Daily Briefing A look at the day's top stories News Photo Shows Lander Sitting On Comet After Bounce-Landing Before the Philae lander came to rest on the surface of a comet Wednesday, it bounced — twice. The lander weighs far less on the comet than it did on Earth. Read this story Red Cross Employee Survey Finds Doubts About Leadership, Ethics The results of an internal survey of more than 14,000 employees found that 4 out of 10 employees have doubts about the charity's commitment to ethical conduct. Read this story Russia And The West: Close Encounters Of The Cold War Kind Russia and Western countries have had several close encounters in the air and at sea recently. Russia says these are just routine military exercises, but NATO and its Nordic partners are alarmed. Read this story Congress Will Vote On Keystone XL Pipeline, With An Eye On Louisiana The two bills' sponsors — Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., and Rep. Bill Cassidy, R-La. — are heading toward a runoff election next month. Read this story How Kodak's Shirley Cards Set Photography's Skin-Tone Standard Named for the original model — an employee of Kodak — the portraits were used by photo labs to calibrate printers. But until the 1970s, that model was always white. Read this story more news stories

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