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Yipes! Hundreds hurt as meteorite explodes over Earth!

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By Pat Cunningham

What a coincidence!

I saw a documentary on TV last night about asteroids and meteorites and such stuff and the threat they pose to life here on planet Earth.

And then I woke up this morning to news of THIS:

More than 500 people were injured when a meteorite shot across the sky and exploded over central Russia on Friday, sending fireballs crashing to Earth, shattering windows and damaging buildings.

People heading to work in Chelyabinsk heard what sounded like an explosion, saw a bright light and then felt a shockwave according to a Reuters correspondent in the industrial ...

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