Astronauts go deep for undersea 'asteroid' trip

'Aquanauts' will spend nearly two weeks at a depth of 60 feet, off the coast of Florida After waiting out stormy weather and rough seas, a team of astronauts successfully began a tough mission Thursday, but instead of launching into space, this crew is headed for the ocean floor on a mock asteroid trip. NASA's NEEMO 15 expedition will simulate aspects of a mission to an asteroid. In this illustration, a configured rock wall can be seen near the underwater Aquarius laboratory. The six "aquanauts" splashed down at 2:15 p.m. EDT (1815 GMT) and will spend the next 13 days living inside a small laboratory called Aquarius on the ocean floor during their undersea mission to test different ways to explore an asteroid. The expedition was originally...

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Dog death row... Sunday Mirror investigation reveals 250,000 cats and dogs are gassed each year in Japan

Waiting to die: Pedigree Japanese Akita puppy scratches the window of his cage... moments later he is taken to the gas chamber A puppy scratches at a window in a pitiful attempt to escape the horror which is about to unfold. Minutes later the pedigree Japanese Akita is among a large group of dogs led into a “dream box”, an ­execution chamber which will be pumped full of carbon dioxide. As the deadly gas slowly fills the box it takes 10 minutes for the barking inside to die down into heart-breaking whimpers. And as the dogs writhe in agony, it takes another 20 minutes before their twitching bodies are finally still. The animals have just become the latest batch of the 200,000 cats and dogs which will be gassed to death in Japan...

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Steamy windows: The 50 best car sex scenes

For no particular reason, a website has compiled what it calls the "The 50 Best Car Sex Scenes in Movie History." "Sex in cars is no longer just for horny teenagers. These steamy movies scenes prove just that. Gone is the awkward groping in family station wagons, replaced by stretch limos, convertibles and hot women who aren't afraid to bare it all," says the site, Complex.com. You can see the list of all 50 scenes by clicking here. To spare you the drama, know that the top hottest movie was Gael Garcia Bernal and Maribel Verdu in the Mexican film, Y Tu Mama Tambien (2001). The list also includes such memorable love by the dashboard light as can be found in: Justin Theroux and Alyssa Milano in Body Count (1997) Charlie Sheen...

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Van Persie brace saves Arsenal

Robin van Persie cemented his status as Arsenal's talisman with a brace from the bench to seal a 3-1 win over Stoke on Sunday. The Dutchman had been left as a sub, with Marouane Chamakh given a chance by Arsene Wenger. The Moroccan missed a free header in the 10th minute but his blushes were saved by Gervinho, who gave Arsenal the lead when he chested down a delightful ball from Aaron Ramsey to shoot past Asmir Begovic. Ramsey had missed an earlier chance to give his side the lead, and they were made to pay for their wastefulness when Peter Crouch equalised for Stoke ten minutes from time. Glenn Whelan lofted the ball into the area, Shawcross' cross found its way to Jon Walters at the far post and his header back across goal was...

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