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Astronomers spot galaxy as it appeared 2 billion years after the Big Bang

Washington, Oct 9: Astronomers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and their colleagues used a rare cosmic alignment and modern adaptive optics to reveal a galaxy as it appeared 2 billion years after the Big Bang.

Apart from providing detailed insight into the nature of the young star-forming galaxy, the technique also determined how that galaxy may eventually evolve to become a system like our own Milky Way.

The team made their observations by coupling two techniques, gravitational lensing and laser-assisted guide star (LGS) adaptive optics (AO) on the 10-meter Keck Telescope in Hawaii.

Google introduces in-game ads and click-to-buy tunes

Google introduces in-game ads and click-to-buy tunes Mountain View, California  - Google is set to expand its lead in the online advertising market by allowing advertisements within games, the company announced Wednesday.

Google would use its new so-called AdSense for Games programme to sell in-game video ads, the world's leading search engine provider said.

The company also hopes to make profits from its YouTube video platform by introducing a new "Click to Buy" programme allowing users to buy digital tunes from Apples iTunes or Amazon. com without leaving the site.

At least 19 inmates die in jail mutiny in northern Mexico

Mexican CityMexico City - A jail mutiny in the northern Mexican city of Tijuana left at least 19 people dead and some 50 injured, authorities in the state of Baja California said in media reports on Thursday.

Some 300 inmates reportedly took part in the mutiny that began in the area of the prison reserved for women and then spread across the facility on Wednesday, just three days after another mutiny left three people dead in the same prison.

State and federal police officers managed to put down the uprising late Wednesday.

Eyewitnesses said shots and machine-gun fine were heard for hours inside the jail, near the US border.

Agreement Of Health Net And California Regulators On Health Insurance

Health Net has agreed with California department of insurance that they will pay $3.6 million in penalties and $14 million in refund for medical charges .Both of the departments have agreed to a settlement of about $25 million over handling allegations of unfair claims and annual health coverage.

California Department of Insurance said in a news release, they would also offer replacement healthcare coverage to926 people whose policies were rescinded by Woodland Hills a California based company since 2004.  

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