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BOULDER, Colo. – An investigation of a professor who likened some of the Sept. 11 victims to a Nazi found serious cases of misconduct in his academic research, including plagiarism and fabrications, a University of Colorado spokesman said Tuesday. One member of the five-person investigative committee recommended that ethnic studies …

SEYMOUR, Ind. – A team from the National Weather Service determined Thursday that a tornado touched down in the city, blowing off several roofs and overturning mobile homes. The path of the tornado was a half-mile wide at one point Wednesday evening, meteorologist Dave Tucek said. It destroyed some homes …

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Two crew members ventured out of the international space station Thursday night for a nearly six-hour spacewalk filled with maintenance tasks such as replacing a camera and fixing an oxygen system. “OK. We’re going out,” said Russian commander Pavel Vinogradov as he and U.S. flight engineer …