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KINGSMAN

With their headquarters destroyed and the world held hostage, members of Kingsman find new allies when they discover a spy organization in the United States known as Statesman. In an adventure that tests their strength and wits, the elite secret agents from both sides of the pond band together to ba ttle a ruthless enemy and save the day, something that's becoming a bit of a habit for Eggsy.

Apple's new product hype could set the tone Tuesday

Tara Moore | Taxi | Getty With stocks at record highs, traders are looking to Apple to help extend the market rally Tuesday. But if history is a guide, Apple has a good chance of heading lower after its 10th anniversary iPhone announcement. Apple is expected to unveil its widely anticipated iPhone X model, iPhone 8 models, a possible new Apple Watch and other products at a 1 p.m. ET event, at the Steve Jobs Theater in Apple Park, its new Cupertino campus. Apple shares were nearly 1 percent higher in premarket trading, after gaining 1.8 percent Monday to close at $161.50. "We've seen many times when the Apple stock rallies into the unveiling of a new phone, and after that it sells off or consolidates," said ...

NASA's Cassini probe is about to plunge to its doom — and its fiery death may be visible to telescopes on Earth

NASA's Cassini probe has orbited Saturn for over a decade. This Friday, scientists will steer it into the gas giant's atmosphere. NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute After 13 years in orbit around Saturn, NASA's Cassini spacecraft is about to plunge itself into the planet's atmosphere and disintegrate. NASA decided to put an end to the mission on Friday because the probe is almost out of fuel. Cassini has provided exquisite details about the second-largest planet in our solar system. Take the hurricanes at Saturn's poles, for example. "These hurricanes are large enough they'd cover about half the continental United States, about 50 times larger than a typical Earth hurricane," says Cassini project scientist Linda Spilker of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Then there are the remarkable, hexagonal-shaped jet s...