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A rare sun-like star that is both young and relatively close to Earth has been found to be harboring an even weirder object a failed star locked in a close orbit around its host, according to a new study.

Orbit - Earth - Brown dwarf - Solar System - Astronomy

There was a great conversation Thursday at Y Combinator's AngelConf in Silicon Valley. Anthony Ha of Venturebeat had a couple posts on it that I just read, one on Paul Graham's comments, and another on Ron Conway and Mike Arrington's comments. I would have enjoyed being part of that discussion, so I'll join in now.

Hundreds of firefighters battled a third wildfire in the Los Angeles area early Friday as two more raged within 60 miles of one another.

Wildfires in central Russia have destroyed around 1,000 homes, left five people dead, and prompted Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to call on local officials to resign, Russian news agencies reported Friday. President Dmitry Medvedev has called out the army to help.

ASHBURN, Va. (AP) -- Albert Haynesworth has failed his conditioning test for a second consecutive day and is being forced to sit out practice again at Washington Redskins training camp.

Underwater searchers using sonar found the wreckage of a small medical plane that crashed into Lake Michigan a week ago, officials said Friday.



Lake Michigan - United States - Michigan - Sonar - Recreation and Sports

Forest fires raged across Russia on Friday, destroying villages, surrounding one southern city and killing at least 25 people, including three firefighters. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin consoled survivors at one smoldering village and urged officials to redouble their efforts against the blazes.

Wildfire - Russia - Firefighter - Nizhny Novgorod - Travel and Tourism

Although it's probably not BP's top priority at the moment, an ominous lawsuit was filed against it last month in state court in Mobile, Alabama, by a man named Obie F. Carlisle.

Two billionaire brothers face federal fraud charges for selling stock in companies which they helped oversee and then trying to conceal some $550 million in gains.

ESPN.com removed an article chronicling Lebron James' activities during a weekend in Las Vegas.