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Rail cars carrying hazardous material derailed and burst into flames Friday in a remote area of North Dakota Friday, but officials said no one was hurt and the threat to those living nearby appeared to be minimal. CBC | World News

A NASA scientist, working on the data gathered through the extensive tracking of the Potentially Hazardous Asteroid Apophis, has concluded that the 400-meter (1312 feet, or just under one-quarter of a mile) wide asteroid poses no serious threat of colliding with the Earth in its next fly-by in 2029. In fact, the odds against the asteroid actually hitting the Earth ...