[Science] Russian Zenit rocket with US satellite fails at launch

Russian Zenit rocket with US satellite fails at launch
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21289734
A Russian rocket carrying a US-made telecommunications satellite has plunged into the Pacific Ocean shortly after launch. The Zenit-3SL rocket, which was being operated from a floating pad south of the Hawaiian islands, failed 40 seconds after lift-off.

'Sense of Loss': Columbia Space Shuttle Crew Remembered 10 Years After ...
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/columbia-space-shuttle-crew-remembered-10-years-accident/story?id=18360615
Iain Clark is a teenager now. He was eight years old when his mother, Dr Laurel Clark, and six other astronauts died when the space shuttle Columbia fell apart in the skies over Texas 10 years ago today.

Mishandling of DNA Evidence Is Found in Over 50 Cases at Crime Lab
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/dna-blunder-sees-heads-roll-city-medical-examiner-office-article-1.1252849
The New York City medical examiner's office said Thursday that it had discovered more than 50 cases in which it failed to upload critical DNA evidence samples from crime scenes to the state's DNA database, preventing those samples from being compared to ...