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US: Meteor Spotted in Allegheny County, Western Pennsylvania

A suspected meteorite landed near Cleveland, Ohio, on Tuesday morning, March 17, after a bright fireball was reported across multiple states, including Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, and Michigan — and as far as Virginia and Canada. NASA and the National Weather Service confirmed the event, describing the space rock as weighing about 7 tons and traveling at nearly 45,000 mph. The impact released energy equivalent to 250 tons of TNT, rattling windows and triggering hundreds of emergency calls from alarmed residents.

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Sendai airport restores predisaster domestic flights

SENDAI, Japan - The first (top) of the resumed regular domestic flights takes off from Sendai airport in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on July 25, 2011. Domestic flights fully resumed that day at Sendai airport, with four airlines running all 41 regular services for the first time since the runways and terminal were swamped by the tsunami following the March earthquake.

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Sendai airport restores predisaster domestic flights

SENDAI, Japan - The first (top) of the resumed regular domestic flights takes off from Sendai airport in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on July 25, 2011. Domestic flights fully resumed that day at Sendai airport, with four airlines running all 41 regular services for the first time since the runways and terminal were swamped by the tsunami following the March earthquake. (Kyodo)