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On a day where we as a nation will make a very important collective decision, Carl Sagan's speech serves to help remind us of our place in the universe, says astrophysicist Adam Frank.

The two winners beat out stiff competition at this week's International Exhibition of Funeral, Burial, and Cremation Services.

"Emotions are raw and tensions just don't heal overnight," the president-elect admitted in a nearly two-minute video.

The Thanksgiving night incident reportedly stemmed from a dispute over a parking space.

The strong temblors also destroyed hundreds of homes in Gansu province. Rescue operations have been complicated by downpours and aftershocks.

The pay increase is the first across-the-board raise the federal workforce has gotten since 2010.

Regulators authorized a temporary 3-cent increase to help the U.S. Postal Service recoup billions of dollars in losses.

The uptick to 326,000 applications still kept claims near the lower end of a range they've been in for the past year or so. On Friday, the government will report on the March unemployment rate.

The news about both last quarter and last week is positive. Fewer people signed up for unemployment insurance last week, and consumer spending was stronger than previously thought in late 2013.

At least 13 victims have injuries ranging from burns to trauma suffered from jumping out windows.