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    Britain refused Thursday to offer Libyan former foreign minister immunity

    BY DANICA KIRKA AND CASSANDRA VINOGRAD ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON — Britain refused Thursday to offer Libyan former foreign minister immunity from prosecution after his apparent defection, raising the possibility that Moussa Koussa could be prosecuted for his past role in propping up Moammar Gadhafi’s regime. Within hours, Scottish prosecutors said they were seeking Koussa for questioning over the 1988 Lockerbie bombing that killed 270 people, many of them Americans. British Foreign Secretary William Hague welcomed what he said was Koussa’s resignation, saying it showed that the Libyan leader’s regime was “fragmented, under pressure and crumbling from within.” Hague said “Koussa is not being offered any immunity from British or international…

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    Princess Diana’s Wedding Fairy-Tale Day Gives Few Hints of Sad Future By Jone Johnson Lewis, About.com Guide

    Sketch of Princess Diana’s 1981 wedding dress designed by Elizabeth Emanuel. Getty Images / Central Press Called the “wedding of the century,” the wedding of Lady Diana Frances Spencer to Charles, Prince of Wales, took place on July 29, 1981, at St. Paul’s Cathedral. Diana was 20 years old, Charles 32 years old. Also see: Princess Diana Wedding Pictures Diana and Charles had been seeing each other for about six months when he proposed on February 3, 1981 at a dinner for two at Buckingham Palace. He knew she planned a vacation for the next week, and hoped she’d use the time to consider her answer. Officiants at the wedding of Diana…

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    Vows: Britain’s Royal Wedding to Be Made Available on iTunes By: GLEN LEVY

    Topics: APPLE, STEVE JOBS, IPOD, ITUNES, PRINCESS DIANA, DECCA RECORDS, PRINCE CHARLES, PRINCE WILLIAM, KATE MIDDLETON, ROYAL WEDDING, WESTMINSTER ABBEY, ANNA BARRY Prince William and Kate Getty images/Chris Jackson When Steve Jobs and Apple brought out the iPod and iTunes 10 years ago, who would have ever thought that it could one day be used to showcase the Royal Wedding between Prince William and Kate Middleton? That dream day is getting closer, in light of the announcement Wednesday that, for the first time in history, the entire April 29 ceremony at Westminster Abbey — including the couple’s vows — will be released digitally within hours via Britain’s Decca Records to online retailers such as iTunes. (More on TIME.com: See pictures of Kate…

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    12-Year-Old Genius Expands Einstein’s Theory of Relativity, Thinks He Can Prove It Wrong By: MICHELLE CASTILLO

    Topics: ALBERT EINSTEIN, ASPERGER’S SYNDROME, BIG BANG THEORY,EDUCATION, JACOB BARNETT, MATH, MATHEMATICS, NATION, PRODIGIES,THEORY OF RELATIVITY Could Einstein’s Theory of Relativity be a few mathematical equations away from being disproved?  Jacob Barnett of Hamilton County, Ind., who is just weeks shy of his 13th birthday, thinks so. And, he’s got the solutions to prove it.  Barnett, who has an IQ of 170, explained his expanded theory of relativity — in a YouTube video. His mother Kristine Barnett, who admittedly flunked math, did what every other mother would do if her genius son started talking mathematical gibberish. She told him to explain the whole thing slowly while she taped her son explaining his take on the theory. (More on TIME.com: See…