The two Voyager probes contain a gold record, which contains both images and sounds from the Planet Earth, along with symbolic instructions on how to play it back.
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Making his final visit to Cleveland, Yankees closer Mariano Rivera was presented with a framed gold record album from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Commodity Futures Trading Commission data showed speculative buying, in one of its weekly commitment of traders reports, was at a record level and Barclays Capital said gold ETF holdings are at a record.
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In March 1972, a plaque he designed with legendary astronomer Carl Sagan was blasted into space on board the Pioneer 10 spacecraft. ( Click here to see the Pioneer Plaque.) A few years later, Drake and Sagan would team up again on a much more ambitious project, attaching a gold-plated record full of music and photos onto the two Voyager probes.
While rich-country central banks are busy creating money, developing-world central banks are buying gold a record 158 tonnes in the second quarter, according to the World Gold Council.
Halsall won gold in a British record 26.24 seconds, ahead of Australian world champion Marieke Guehrer.
BBC: First Commonwealth Games golds for England and Scotland
Thursday morning, gold hits a record high measured in euros, pounds and Swiss francs.
England's Liam Tancock then cruised to men's 50m backstroke gold in a Games record time of 24.62 seconds.
BBC: First Commonwealth Games golds for England and Scotland
Measured in the esperanto currency, gold set a record today of 1, 108 euros.
In the women's 1500m , Olympic champion Nancy Langat took gold in a Games record of four minutes 05.26 seconds.
Phelps, who took home a record eight gold medals at Beijing 2008, hopes to add seven more to his collection.
ParalympicsGB swimming sensation Ellie Simmonds won her second 2012 gold with a world record in the SM6 200m individual medley on Monday.
The only athlete bigger than Bolt at the 2008 Games was swimmer Michael Phelps, who won a record eight gold medals in Beijing.
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The Los Angeles Times wrote that while gold hit a record high on Friday, some investors think that it will go even higher.
Some mild profit-taking pressure has surfaced in the precious metals, following their recent gains that took gold to a record high and silver to a nearly three-month high.
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By comparison, Jamaican sprint hero Bolt was clocked at 3.78 for the same distance on his way to gold in a record-breaking 100 meters time at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
As a result, investors and fund managers are buying gold as a just-in-case safe haven, and short-term speculators are piling on top of the move, pushing gold to a record high Monday.
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The Kittila mine, located in northern Finland, produced a total of 46, 758 ounces of gold and also saw a record 89% quarterly recovery while Pinos Altos, located in northern Mexico, also reached record production, totaling 57, 016 ounces of gold.
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Adlington took gold in a Games record time of four minutes, 5.68 seconds, well ahead of silver medallist Kylie Palmer of Australia, and the 21-year-old - who overcame days of illness to win both races - hailed her two victories in Delhi as a sign of things to come in 2011.
Several market watchers pointed out this week that gold priced in euros set a new record high this week, and given the current environment for gold, prices may rise further.
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In the women's 400m final , Scotland's Lee McConnell finished fifth with Amantle Monsho winning Botswana's first Commonwealth gold in a Games-record time of 50.10 secs.
After winning the 100 meters final in Seoul in 1988, a reporter asked the Canadian sprinter what was more precious: a world record or the gold medal?
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August gold closed at a new record high close.
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The anticipation of the WNBA superstars, Candace Parker, Diana Taurasi, and Tamika Catchings, competing for a record fifth consecutive gold medal and NBA all-stars, Kobe Bryant, Kevin Durant and LeBron James, playing on one unified team did not disappoint basketball fans.
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In other news, reports Thursday said Indian demand for gold exchange traded funds ( ETFs) was at a record high in September, despite weak retail sales of gold jewelry in the country.
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The charter incorporates a record of events in gold rush Victoria and the history of democratic Chartism.
Gold prices soared to a new record in early trading Tuesday as the European Union debt crisis continues to fester.
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