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Featured article: April 3, 2006

The New England Patriots are a professional American football team based in Foxborough, Massachusetts. They currently belong to the Eastern Division of the American Football Conference (AFC) in the National Football League (NFL). Originally called the Boston Patriots, the ownership changed location name after relocating the team to Foxborough in 1971. After forming in 1960, the Patriots advanced to the playoffs four times before their first Super Bowl appearance: Super Bowl XX in 1986. The team also lost Super Bowl XXXI in 1997. However, between 2001 and 2005, the Patriots became the second team in NFL history (after the Dallas Cowboys) to win 3 Super Bowls in 4 years (Super Bowl XXXVI, XXXVIII, and XXXIX). Additionally, the Patriots are the seventh team in NFL history to win back to back Super Bowls (XXXVIII and XXXIX respectively). (continued...)

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Featured picture: December 1, 2006

Ten-year-old Rose Biodo, carrying two pecks of berries, an example of child labor. This was her third summer working in Browns Mills, New Jersey, approximately 36 miles (58 km) from her hometown of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The photo was taken on September 28, 1910, four weeks into the school year, and she was expected to stay on the job for another two weeks.

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Featured list: Timeline of first orbital launches by nationality

This is a timeline of first orbital launches by nationality.

Country	Satellite	Rocket	Location	Date
1950s
Soviet Union	Sputnik 1	R-7 Semyorka	Baikonur Cosmodrome, Soviet Union (today Kazakhstan)	October 4, 1957
United States	Explorer 1	Jupiter-C	Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, United States	January 31, 1958
1960s
France	Astérix	Diamant	Hammaguir, Algeria	November 26, 1965

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