But two batteries failed after fewer than 100, 000 hours of actual flight, one leading to a fire aboard the 787 on the ground in Boston.

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The news comes less than 48 hours after an actual investigation in food safety has impacted Yum!

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In my tests on both machines, the actual installation took about two hours, but a full workday or more was spent tweaking each machine, and getting updates to Windows 8 and its built-in apps.

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Today, 24 hours ahead of the actual date, the Commons Speaker John Bercow took delivery of a bunch of daffodils from pupils at Ysgol Gymraeg Llundain.

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Football games last about three hours -- longer than the actual flight -- and still passengers were willing to pay to watch a game they knew they wouldn't catch the end of.

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In the brief span from 1980 to 1985, actual teaching loads across the country were reduced from 10.2 hours to 8.4 hours per week, a 17% drop in teaching productivity.

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