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Video: Late last week, a meteor entered Earth's atmosphere at a speed of 30 km per second, blowing up over Russia's Ural Mountains region. Experts said the impact was exponentially stronger than that of an atomic bomb.

Bilingual: Best time to buy a plane ticket? On weekends, according to a study. One economist has good news for bargain hunters: According to his data, you don't have to sacrifice a good night's sleep in order to get a cheap airplane ticket. That's because tickets bought on weekends are about 5 percent cheaper than those bought during the week.