News Predator - Science News Archive 9/20/2008

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Bug Builds Underwater Mobile Home (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - A fear of falling limits most people to Earth's gentler slopes. Yet there are those among us who venture onto cliff faces and stone spires, armed with ropes, harnesses, and anchoring devices, to challenge the unforgiving force of gravity. As soggy-shoed graduate students studying insect behavior in the streams that drain Colorado's Rocky Mountains, we occasionally looked up to marvel at the rock climbers ascending the crags and cliffs of this rugged area.

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9/19/2008 10:38 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

New dwarf planet named Haumea for Hawaiian goddess (AP)

AP - A newly discovered dwarf planet in the solar system has been given a Hawaiian name: Haumea (how-MAY'-ah), after the Hawaiian goddess of earth and fertility. Haumea's name was approved Wednesday by the International Astronomical Union in Paris.

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France to buy 10 Soyuz launchers from Russia (AFP)

AFP - The European commercial space-launch consortium Arianespace on Saturday signed a deal with the Russian space agency Roskosmos to acquire 10 new Soyuz launchers for around 500 million dollars (347 million euros), a French diplomatic source told AFP.

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9/20/2008 11:35 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Nigerian militants step up 'oil war' with sixth attack (AFP)

AFP - Nigeria's main armed militant group Saturday said it had destroyed a key pipeline run by Royal Dutch Shell in the sixth attack in nearly as many days and vowed to reduce oil exports to "zero".

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9/20/2008 12:18 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

CERN: Damage to new collider forces 2-month halt (AP)

AP - The world's largest atom smasher ? which was launched with great fanfare earlier this month ? has been damaged worse than previously thought and will be out of commission for at least two months, its operators said Saturday.

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Scientists monitor growing Lake Erie algae bloom (AP)

AP - Giant floating fields of algae are back in strength this year on Lake Erie and scientists are trying to figure out why.

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9/20/2008 7:22 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Nearly 250,000 Ohio customers remain without power (AP)

AP - Almost a quarter million homes and businesses across Ohio remained without power Saturday, one week after a huge storm blacked out large swaths of the state.

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9/20/2008 10:36 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Frustrated in Ohio: 5 days without power for some (AP)

AP - Facing a fifth day without power, the residents of a senior housing community in western Ohio took to the street with foam signs to protest the failure of Dayton Power and Light Co. to restore electricity.

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9/20/2008 11:21 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Size Tradeoff: Horns vs. Copulatory Organs (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - This Behind the Scenes article was provided to LiveScience in partnership with the National Science Foundation.

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9/20/2008 4:29 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

India floods, rain kill at least 32 (AFP)

AFP - Thousands of people were evacuated and at least 16 swept away in eastern Orissa state after four rivers burst their banks and inundated scores of villages, officials said Saturday.

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Malaysia to resort to nuclear energy by 2023: minister (AFP)

AFP - Malaysia will turn to nuclear energy to generate electricity by 2023 as supplies of fossil fuel eventually run out, a minister said according to Saturday news reports.

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9/18/2008 9:31 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

McCain, Palin change plans, tour Cedar Rapids (AP)

AP - John McCain and running mate Sarah Palin decided to go the extra five miles after all Thursday when local leaders grew upset that they were flying in and out for an airport rally with no plans to see the flood-damaged city.

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9/19/2008 7:22 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Arabs denounce cleric's fatwa on 'immoral' TV (AP)

AP - Arabs across the ideological spectrum, from secular-minded liberals to Muslim hard-liners, are denouncing a top Saudi cleric's edict that it was permissible to kill the owners of satellite TV stations that show "immoral" content.

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9/19/2008 10:21 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Space shuttle moved to launch pad as rescue ship (AP)

AP - In an unprecedented step, a space shuttle was moved to the launch pad Friday for a trip NASA hopes it will never make ? a rescue mission. The shuttle Endeavour is on standby in case the seven astronauts who go up on Atlantis next month need a safer ride home.

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9/19/2008 3:51 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Skeleton May Be Early TB Victim (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - The skeleton of a man discovered in a shallow grave on what is now a college campus in England could belong to one of Britain's earliest victims of tuberculosis. Radiocarbon dating suggests the man died in the fourth century, around A.D. 302, when Romans ruled the region. He was interred in a shallow scoop in a flexed position, on his right side. The man, aged 26 to 35 years old, suffered from iron deficiency anemia during childhood and at 5-foot, 4-inches, was shorter than average for Roman males...

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9/19/2008 7:00 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Ike helps uncover mystery vessel on Ala. coast (AP)

AP - When the waves from Hurricane Ike receded, they left behind a mystery ? a ragged shipwreck that archeologists say could be a two-masted Civil War schooner that ran aground in 1862 or another ship from some 70 years later. The wreck, about six miles from Fort Morgan, had already been partially uncovered when Hurricane Camille cleared away sand in 1969.

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9/19/2008 7:46 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

More to come in busy Atlantic hurricane season (Reuters)

Reuters - The 10 tropical storms and hurricanes that ripped through the Atlantic and Caribbean during this busy hurricane season savaged Haiti, Cuba and the U.S. Gulf coast, and conditions are now ripe for more.

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9/19/2008 9:43 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

In Montana, coal's future enters governor's race (AP)

AP - Republican Roy Brown has promised a more aggressive energy policy for Montana if elected governor ? with expanded coal mining, a new power plant and fewer barriers to oil and gas exploration.

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9/19/2008 7:12 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Singapore not completely immune from tsunamis: expert (AFP)

AFP - Singapore, one of Asia's wealthiest cities, is not completely immune from a tsunami and should prepare for the possibility, an expert on coastal areas warned Friday.

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9/18/2008 9:26 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Fringe Science and the Secretive Project Stargate (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - One of the most anticipated television shows of the fall season is "Fringe," from J.J. Abrams, the hitmaker behind "Alias" and "Lost."

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9/19/2008 7:45 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

One Tysabri PML patient deteriorates, one improves (Reuters)

Reuters - One of two patients who developed a potentially deadly brain infection after taking the multiple sclerosis drug Tysabri is deteriorating, while one is recovering, according to a researcher involved in their care.

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9/19/2008 11:02 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Future Fury: Hurricane Effects Will Only Get Worse (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - The Caribbean and Gulf Coast have seen a spate of devastating hurricanes in recent years that have cost billions of dollars and thousands of lives. As residents recover from the latest hits, they may wonder about the potential for future Ikes and Katrinas.

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9/19/2008 1:57 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Back-up Hubble mission shuttle moved to launch pad (Reuters)

Reuters - A space shuttle that would be launched to rescue a stranded Hubble Space Telescope servicing crew in case of an emergency was rolled out to a spare launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center on Friday.

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9/19/2008 6:11 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

The Long History of the 2008 Financial Mess (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - A history of finance may once have sounded about as exciting as, say, a day spent rolling pennies, but events of late have made this a rather exciting topic.

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9/18/2008 9:01 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

NASA extends Mars lander mission again (AP)

AP - NASA is extending the Phoenix Mars mission again. The three-legged spacecraft has been digging trenches near the Martian north pole since landing on May 25 and its work was supposed to end this month. Phoenix is studying whether the site could have been favorable for microbial life to emerge.

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9/18/2008 9:02 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

Mom's Diet Can Alter Genes to Raise Babies' Asthma Risk (HealthDay)

HealthDay - THURSDAY, Sept. 18 (HealthDay News) -- Increasing use of folic acid and other dietary supplements by women may be one reason why the prevalence of asthma has nearly doubled in the past 25 years, U.S. researchers are suggesting.

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9/19/2008 12:49 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

Caribbean tropical depression could form soon: NHC (Reuters)

Reuters - A tropical wave in the Eastern Caribbean Sea was slowly moving westward across the Lesser Antilles on Friday and could strengthen into a tropical depression or storm over the next few days, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said in its last update.

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9/19/2008 3:31 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

Ask AP: Candidate languages, emergency personnel (AP)

AP - If you live anywhere that's susceptible to tropical weather ? even if you just follow the news during hurricane season ? you've heard the plea from mayors and governors: Once the storm arrives, stay indoors and off the roads, so you can be safe and emergency personnel can do their jobs. But what about those emergency personnel ? where do THEY hunker down when a massive hurricane blows through?

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9/19/2008 8:16 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

Scientists Predict the Next President (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - Two mathematicians have devised what they say is a "surprisingly effective" means to predict the outcome of the U.S. presidential election using median statistics based on voter polling.

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9/17/2008 10:02 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Ike survivors, officals give FEMA mixed reviews (AP)

AP - Hurricane Katrina made them worthless feds in windbreakers, a four-letter agency for which some couldn't find enough four-letter words. And in the aftermath of Hurricane Ike, FEMA is again the easy target for displaced residents and frustrated local authorities.

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9/17/2008 10:49 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Pentagon approves spy satellite program (AP)

AP - The Pentagon has approved plans to buy and launch two commercial-class imagery satellites to complement its classified constellation of spy craft.

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9/17/2008 11:15 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

NASA Eyes Loose Insulation for Hubble Mission (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - The launch pad delivery of a container filled with new equipment bound for the Hubble Space Telescope next month has been delayed by at least a day due to loose insulation, space agency officials said Wednesday.

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9/18/2008 9:46 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Rare Viking-era shield found in Denmark (AP)

AP - Danish archaeologists say they have found a well-preserved Viking shield that is more than 1,000 years old. Archaeologist Kirsten Christensen said the wooden shield has a diameter of 32 inches.

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9/18/2008 6:07 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Study: Catch share system may prevent overfishing (AP)

AP - One way to help prevent overfishing may be to guarantee each fisherman a specified share of the catch, according to a new report. Collapse of fish stocks is much less common in areas where "catch share" fishing is practiced than in other regions, researchers say in Friday's edition of the journal Science.

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9/17/2008 9:03 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Nation's First Weather Museum Survives Ike (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - The nation's first weather museum was one of the sturdy survivors of Hurricane Ike. Three meteorologists with the John C. Freeman Weather Museum, located on the first floor of a 75-year-old two-story home that also houses the Weather Research Center in Houston, safely rode out the hurricane there, while monitoring its activity. The center has 15 clients worldwide that rely on its forecasts, including one in the Bay of Bengal and others along the Texas coast, so members of the weather forecast team decided to stay at the office last Friday night as they monitored the situation...

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9/18/2008 9:54 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Scientists name 100 new shark and ray species (Reuters)

Reuters - Scientists using DNA have catalogued and described 100 new species of sharks and rays in Australian waters, which they said on Thursday would help conservation of the marine animals and aid in climate change monitoring.

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9/18/2008 6:10 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Federal agency approves Oregon LNG terminal (AP)

AP - The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Thursday greenlighted a liquefied natural gas terminal along the Columbia River in Oregon ? the first LNG terminal on the West Coast to receive such approval.

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9/17/2008 9:44 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Date for shuttle flight to Hubble in jeopardy (AP)

AP - The October launch date of NASA's shuttle flight to the Hubble Space Telescope is in jeopardy because of a problem with insulation on the replacement batteries for the telescope.

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9/18/2008 2:25 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Interior tries to set things right after scandal (AP)

AP - Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne said Thursday he was disgusted by reports of parties, sexual relationships and lavish gifts between government oil brokers and energy company employees and that he was considering firing the federal workers involved.

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9/18/2008 2:57 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Stressed plants produce an aspirin-like chemical (AP)

AP - Aspirin is among the most popular remedies used by people. Turns out some plants like it, too. Researchers at the National Center for Atmospheric Research were surprised to discover that stressed plants produce an aspirin-like chemical that can be detected in the air above the plants. The chemical may be a sort of immune response that helps protect the plants, the scientists speculated.

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9/18/2008 7:17 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Galveston still not ready for residents' return (AP)

AP - The barrier island community of Galveston just "isn't ready" for residents to return even briefly to the city thrashed by Hurricane Ike, officials said Thursday as they pleaded for at least another week to make repairs.

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9/18/2008 8:47 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Interior boss says he will squelch `ethical storm' (AP)

AP - Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne pledged on Thursday to squelch the "ethics storm" exposed by investigators who said agency workers rigged bids, accepted gifts and had sex with energy company officials doing business with the government.

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9/17/2008 10:28 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Government says salmon disaster money on its way (AP)

AP - The Bush administration on Wednesday released $100 million in disaster relief to West Coast salmon fishermen, $70 million less than the amount Congress approved to help those hurt by the sudden collapse of the Pacific Coast salmon fishing industry.

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9/18/2008 2:36 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Plants Make Own Painkillers (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - When you have a headache, you take a couple aspirin, but when plants get stressed out, they just make their own.

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9/18/2008 5:51 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Venezuela, Russia boost military, energy ties (AP)

AP - Venezuela and Russia are deepening military and energy ties, with plans to step up oil, weapons and technology cooperation.

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9/18/2008 6:06 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Political Views Driven by Biology (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - Fierce individualists, Americans figure that we choose our own political beliefs, but actually it could come down to biology.

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9/18/2008 6:11 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Transformer glitch shuts down biggest atom smasher (AP)

AP - The world's largest particle collider malfunctioned within hours of its launch to great fanfare, but its operator didn't report the problem for a week.

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9/18/2008 6:36 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Hundreds of new species found on Austrialia's coral reefs (AFP)

AFP - Hundreds of new marine species have been found on Australia's coral reefs, surprising an international team of biologists who announced details of their findings here Thursday.

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9/18/2008 7:24 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

100s of new creatures found on Australian reefs (AP)

AP - Marine scientists have discovered hundreds of new animal species on reefs in Australian waters, including brilliant soft corals and tiny crustaceans, according to findings released Thursday.

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9/18/2008 7:31 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

FDA issues rules for genetically modified animals (Reuters)

Reuters - Genetically engineered animals moved closer to the dinner table on Thursday as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration made the process it will use to review new proposals public.

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9/19/2008 10:29 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Russia launches Canadian telecom satellite: report (AFP)

AFP - A Proton-M rocket carrying a Canadian telecommunications satellite took off from Russia's Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Saturday, the Russian news agency RIA-Novosti reported.

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9/19/2008 9:32 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Explosion From Edge of Universe Seen (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - An explosion originating near the edge of the universe has been seen by an orbiting NASA telescope. The burst of gamma rays is the farthest such event ever detected.

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9/19/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 5 Rating: -

NASA?s Kennedy Space Center Holds Unique Media Event, TCDT

For the first time since July 2001, two space shuttles are on the launch pads at the same time at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.

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9/19/2008 8:00 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Critical space technologies for European strategic non-dependence

The European Commission (EC), the European Space Agency (ESA) and the European Defence Agency (EDA) have agreed to join forces in order to develop critical space technologies in Europe. The aim is to ensure that Europe can rely on a technical and industrial capacity for accessing space, in particular in the area of the manufacturing of satellites and launchers.

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9/19/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Space Shuttle Endeavour Moves To Launch Pad 39B

For the first time since July 2001, two shuttles are on the launch pads at the same time at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.

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9/19/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

NASA's Swift Catches Farthest-Ever Gamma-Ray Burst

NASA's Swift satellite has found the most distant gamma-ray burst ever detected. The blast, designated GRB 080913, arose from an exploding star 12.8 billion light-years away.

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9/19/2008 2:32 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Shuttle Endeavour Moves to Launch Pad as Rescue Ship (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - The space shuttle Endeavour rolled out to a Florida launching pad early Friday to serve as a rescue craft for its sister ship Atlantis in what is expected to be the last time in history that NASA has two orbiters in launch position at the same time.

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9/19/2008 4:19 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Rescue shuttle at launch pad for Hubble trip (AP)

AP - In an unprecedented step, a space shuttle was moved to the launch pad Friday for a trip NASA hopes it will never make ? a rescue mission.

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9/19/2008 7:01 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Most Massive Star in Class By Itself (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - Astronomers have confirmed the weight of the most massive star in the galaxy.

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9/19/2008 8:33 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Dwarf Planet Named for Hawaiian Goddess (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - The International Astronomical Union (IAU) announced the name of a new dwarf planet to join the existing four in the solar system.

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9/19/2008 10:27 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

'Space' looks back at 4 years of programmes

Space is a source of inexhaustible fascination, discoveries and research. For four years 'Space' has reported on a wide variety of extraterrestrial developments. Some of these themes are explored again in a special programme, the 100th edition.

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9/18/2008 10:31 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

NASA Cleans Up Cargo for Hubble Shuttle Flight (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - NASA engineers are preparing once more to move a container filled with new instruments and spare parts for the Hubble Space Telescope to the waiting shuttle Atlantis after cleaning up bits of contamination from inside some of the delicate hardware, space agency officials said Thursday.

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9/19/2008 11:15 AM - Views: 0 Rating: -

Navigating by the Stars (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - Astronomy is the oldest of the sciences, and quite possibly the oldest use of astronomy is navigating by the stars. This craft dates from prehistoric times among humans, and is even practiced by certain animals.

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9/18/2008 1:18 AM - Views: 1 Rating: +1

October launch date for Hubble threatened (AP)

AP - The October launch date of NASA's shuttle flight to the Hubble Space Telescope is in jeopardy because of a problem with insulation on the replacement batteries for the telescope.

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9/17/2008 11:56 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

New education products take human spaceflight into the classroom

ESA has released a new educational DVD and a 3-D Teaching Tool, adding to the suite of human spaceflight related education products available for school teachers to use in the classroom.

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9/18/2008 4:34 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Galveston still too bruised for residents' return (AP)

AP - There's a grocery store open for business on Galveston Island. Cell phone towers are connecting calls. More lights are coming back on at night.

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9/18/2008 12:29 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Mars polar cap mystery solved

Scientists are now able to better explain why Mars’s residual southern ice cap is misplaced, thanks to data from ESA’s Mars Express spacecraft - the martian weather system is to blame. And so is the largest impact crater on Mars – even though it is nowhere near the south pole.

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9/18/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

NASA To Discuss Conditions On And Surrounding The Sun

NASA will hold a media teleconference Tuesday, Sept. 23, at 12:30 p.m. EDT, to discuss data from the joint NASA and European Space Agency Ulysses mission that reveals the sun's solar wind is at a 50-year low.

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9/18/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

NASA Announces Information Technology Contract Extension

NASA has extended the Unified NASA Information Technology Services, or UNITeS, contract with Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) of San Diego.

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9/18/2008 4:15 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Nearby Galaxy Nearly Invisible (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - Astronomers have identified the least luminous galaxy known, but it's surprisingly massive. The reason: It is loaded with invisible matter.

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9/18/2008 8:40 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Astronomers looking for life in all the wrong places: study (AFP)

AFP - Astronomers searching for solar systems capable of supporting life may be looking in the wrong places, according to a new study that suggests our sun is far from its origins in the galaxy.

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9/18/2008 8:28 AM - Views: 0 Rating: -

ESA at IAC 2008, Glasgow

ESA PR 39-2008. The 59th International Astronautical Congress is taking place between 29 September and 3 October in Glasgow, Scotland. IAC 2008 is being organised by the International Astronautical Federation (IAF) and the British Interplanetary Society (BIS).

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9/18/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 0 Rating: -

NASA's Johnson Space Center To Reopen Monday After Ike

NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston is scheduled to reopen Monday, Sept. 22, ending its closure related to Hurricane Ike.

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Johnson space center to reopen next week: NASA (AFP)

AFP - The Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, which was shut down as Hurricane Ike barreled toward the US Gulf Coast, will reopen next week, US space officials said Thursday.

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9/17/2008 9:09 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Fly your picture on the International Space Station

School children aged 6-12 are invited to take part in a competition to design a t-shirt for ESA astronaut Frank De Winne to wear during his mission to the International Space Station next year. The winner, and all their classmates, will get to talk to De Winne in space.

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9/17/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

NASA eClips: A New Approach to Learning

NASA is making available a free Web-based educational product to learners of all ages across the country.

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9/17/2008 8:45 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

New Cargo Ship Arrives at Space Station (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - An unmanned Russian cargo ship docked safe and sound, though a few days late, at the International Space Station on Wednesday after a hurricane on Earth prevented its orbital arrival last week.

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NASA Eyes Nuclear Power for Moon Base (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - Nuclear power could make a comeback beyond Earth if NASA goes forward with a proposed a fission reactor in its future moon base.

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9/16/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Arctic Sea Ice Reaches Lowest Coverage For 2008

Arctic sea ice coverage appears to have reached its lowest extent for the year.

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9/16/2008 8:14 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Kopernikus, observing our planet for a safer world

The new name of the European GMES Programme (Global Monitoring for Environment and Security) has been unveiled: Kopernikus. The European Commission Vice President Günter Verheugen announced the name today at the GMES 2008 Lille forum.

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9/15/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

NASA Uses Commercial Microgravity Flight Services For First Time

NASA for the first time last week used microgravity research flights aboard commercially-owned aircraft to test hardware and technologies.

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9/15/2008 11:01 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Buyers Bemoan Launcher Prices, Availability (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - Launch-services suppliers found themselves on the defensive the week of Sept. 8 as satellite-fleet operators and satellite manufacturers said rocket reliability and supply was the Achilles heel of the otherwise robust commercial telecommunications satellite market.

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9/14/2008 11:01 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Better hams with space technology

Space technology is now being used to help Spanish ham experts ensure that hams awarded the highly prized ‘jamon’ label are worthy of the name. Technology used to measure the liquid shift that occurs in an astronaut’s body in microgravity has been developed to measure the water retention in cured hams.

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9/15/2008 11:01 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Galaxy Formation: A Clumpy Affair (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - Astronomers have argued for years over whether massive galaxies form from scratch, or by chunking together smaller galaxies.

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NASA Selects Mission to Study Mars Atmosphere

NASA has selected a Mars robotic mission that will provide information about the Red Planet's atmosphere, climate history and potential habitability in greater detail than ever before.

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9/11/2008 11:01 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Hurricane Ike Delays Space Station Delivery (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - The impact of Hurricane Ike has reached out into space and delayed the planned Friday arrival of Russian cargo ship at the International Space Station.

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9/12/2008 2:38 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Saudi: OK to kill owners of 'immoral' TV networks (AP)

AP - Saudi Arabia's top judiciary official has issued a religious decree saying it is permissible to kill the owners of satellite TV networks that broadcast immoral content.

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9/11/2008 8:13 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Hurricane Ike tracked by ESA’s Envisat

Residents along the Gulf Coast are bracing for Hurricane Ike as it travels over the Gulf of Mexico after ripping through Cuba and Haiti. ESA’s Envisat satellite is tracking the storm, which is forecast to make landfall on the Texas coast by 13 September.

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9/11/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

NASA Conducts First Test On New Motor For The Ares I Rocket

Engineers at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., have completed first-round testing of a critical motor for NASA's new Ares I rocket.

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9/11/2008 9:35 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Replay undocking Jules Verne ATV

The view from the International Space Station as Europe’s first Automated Transfer Vehicle, Jules Verne, retreats away from the orbital outpost following undocking.

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9/11/2008 3:56 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

ESA looks for a name for its next long-term mission to the ISS

In May 2009, ESA astronaut Frank De Winne, of Belgian nationality and a member of the European Astronaut Corps, will fly to the International Space Station for a six-month mission. ESA is holding a competition to find a name for the mission.

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NASA'S Space Shuttle Endeavour To Move To Launch Pad Sept. 18

Space shuttle Endeavour is scheduled to roll out to Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Thursday, Sept. 18, in preparation for shuttle Atlantis' mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope.

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9/11/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

NASA'S Johnson Space Center Closes For Ike

NASA's Johnson Space Center will close at noon CDT Thursday and remain closed until the threat of Hurricane Ike has passed.

NASA Breaking News
9/11/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Hurricane Ike Impact Felt In Space

Hurricane Ike has delayed the scheduled Friday arrival of a Russian Progress cargo ship at the International Space Station 220 miles above Earth.

NASA Breaking News
9/11/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 0 Rating: -

NASA Astronauts Connect With Lucky Las Vegas School Kids

Students will chat with NASA's Expedition 17 astronauts aboard the International Space Station from 11:15 a.m. to 11:35 a.m. PDT at the Jim Bridger Middle School.

NASA Breaking News
9/10/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 6 Rating: -

"Naked-Eye" Gamma-Ray Burst Was Aimed Squarely At Earth

Data from satellites and observatories around the globe show a jet from a powerful stellar explosion witnessed March 19 was aimed almost directly at Earth.

NASA Breaking News
9/10/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 5 Rating: -

NASA's Ares I Rocket Passes Review To Reach Critical Milestone

NASA has taken a major step toward building the nation's next generation launch vehicle with Wednesday's successful completion of the Ares I rocket preliminary design review.

Yahoo! News: Space & Astronomy News
9/10/2008 7:19 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Scientists beaming after test of big atom smasher (AP)

AP - A small blip on a computer screen sent champagne corks popping among physicists in Switzerland. Near Chicago, researchers at a "pajama party" who watched via satellite let out an early morning cheer.

NASA Breaking News
9/10/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

NASA Developing Fission Surface Power Technology

NASA astronauts will need power sources when they return to the moon and establish a lunar outpost. NASA engineers are exploring the possibility of nuclear fission to provide the necessary power and taking initial steps toward a non-nuclear technology demonstration of this type of system.

ESA Top News
9/10/2008 1:27 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

More than 40 Earth Observation missions team up to provide data to the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security programme

ESA, as coordinator of the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) Space Component and related data access, received in response to a call 12 proposals offering to provide data from more than 40 European and non-European Earth Observation satellites to GMES Services over the next years.

Sports

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9/20/2008 11:00 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Ryder Cup Diary

Mike Adamson rounds up all of the news on day two at Valhalla

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9/20/2008 11:00 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Rugby Union: Toby Flood plays the party pooper for Leicester

Worcester lost at home to Leicester despite opening their new stand to the public

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9/20/2008 11:00 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Football: Said and Done

David Hills on the double standards behind Manchester United's choice of shirt branding and other quotes from the world of football

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9/20/2008 11:04 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Formula One: Unlikely lad Sebastien Vettel lifts lingering gloom

Sebastien Vettel's surprise win in the Italian Grand Prix provided welcome refreshment after the controversy in Belgium

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9/20/2008 11:06 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Football: Spurs sell their way to rock bottom

By letting go of their proven Premier League players, Tottenham Hotspur have misguidedly opted for style over substance

guardian.co.uk Sport
9/20/2008 11:07 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Ryder Cup: Will Buckley on the many faces of Nick Faldo

He has been very pleased with himself, but the verdict on Europe's captain hangs on how his picks play

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9/20/2008 9:37 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Football: Chris Iwelumo sees red after his hat-trick

Chris Iwelumo's hat-trick helped Wolves win at Preston before he was sent off

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9/20/2008 11:00 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Cricket: Vic Marks remembers Graeme Hick's innings of 405 against Somerset in 1988

Vic Marks talks to Graeme Hick's team-mates and opponents and remembers his legendary innings of 405 in 1988

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9/20/2008 11:00 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Rugby Union: London Irish kick themselves as Bath laugh last

Eoghan Hickey's missed conversion for London Irish late on let Bath off the hook

guardian.co.uk Sport
9/20/2008 11:00 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Rugby Union: Olly Barkley settles Gloucester nerves

Gloucester dealt Harelquins their first defeat of the season with Olly Barkley prominent

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9/20/2008 11:00 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Rugby League: Powerful Wigan Warriors cut down the Catalan Dragons

Wigan moved closer to the Grand Final after an emphatic victory over Catalan Dragons

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9/20/2008 11:10 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Ryder Cup: Richard Williams on the up and down world of Phil Mickelson

The mercurial American is still a mystery despite being the main man, writes Richard Williams

guardian.co.uk Sport
9/20/2008 11:00 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Football: Watford hit by the goal that never was

Reading were awarded a goal against Watford despite the ball going wide of the post

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9/20/2008 11:00 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

Westwood shakes off Boo but run is ended by blisters

Nick Faldo elected to leave Lee Westwood out of the second day's play at Valhalla because of blisters caused by new shoes

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9/20/2008 11:00 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

Rugby Union: Woeful Wasps left in tailspin by failure to adapt

Northampton beat Wasps to leave last season's champions reeling at their poor start

guardian.co.uk Sport
9/19/2008 11:06 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Golf: Ryder Cup - Underdogs bite back and the hometown cheers grow louder

One group after another the Europeans allowed a good start to crumble under pressure from the home players and their crowd

guardian.co.uk Sport
9/20/2008 1:16 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Golf: Ryder Cup - Captain Cool feels the heat as Nick Faldo watches his plans ripped apart

The events are day one are good news for the contest but not the dedicated winner Nick Faldo

guardian.co.uk Sport
9/20/2008 1:23 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Ryder Cup - Go-get-'em skipper puts the Zing back into US as Tiger-less team thrive

The smart pairings of the home side have prevented Europe getting into their stride

guardian.co.uk Sport
9/20/2008 12:51 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Bolton v Arsenal - as it happened

Arsenal go top as they beat Bolton 3-1 at the Reebok. Here's how it unfolded

Yahoo! Sports - Top News
9/20/2008 12:54 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

NC State upsets No. 15 E. Carolina in OT (AP)

Andre Brown jumped over one defender, then ran over another. Nothing was going to stop him from possibly saving North Carolina State's season -- especially not ranked rival East Carolina. Brown's 10-yard touchdown run in overtime lifted N.C. State to a 30-24 upset of the 15th-ranked Pirates on Saturday.

guardian.co.uk Sport
9/20/2008 1:46 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Premier League: Michael Chopra scores twice as Sunderland beat Middlesbrough

Michael Chopra puts personal problems behind him to score twice in Sunderland's 2-0 win over Middlesbrough

guardian.co.uk Sport
9/20/2008 3:54 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Premier League: Liverpool frustrated as Gianfranco Zola era begins with a bang

Liverpool were frustrated at home to Stoke while West Ham got off to winning ways under Gianfranco Zola's new regime

Yahoo! Sports - Top News
9/20/2008 4:22 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Fading Brewers lose again, 4-3 to Reds (AP)

A half-dozen Milwaukee Brewer players sat in padded folding chairs in front of their lockers, staring at a spot on the clubhouse carpet and a future that's getting bleaker by the day. Not even prized acquisition CC Sabathia could keep them in the running for the NL Central title. And now, the wild-card race is looking pretty grim, too.

guardian.co.uk Sport
9/20/2008 4:49 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Football: Gianfranco Zola all smiles as West Ham United reign begins in style

Gianfranco Zola was not the most eye-catching Italian on show as West Ham brushed aside Newcastle in his first game in charge

guardian.co.uk Sport
9/20/2008 5:27 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Ryder Cup: the best pictures from day two

All the best images from day two as Europe and the US continue the battle at Valhalla

guardian.co.uk Sport
9/20/2008 5:59 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Football: Adrian Boothroyd and Steve Coppell baffled by phantom goal

Adrian Boothroyd said he had never seen anything like it after Reading were awarded a goal despite the ball going wide of the post

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9/19/2008 11:06 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Cricket: Hoarse hero Chapple pulls Lancashire out of fire after Kent choke

A Kent collapse gifted Lancashire an unlikely victory which steered them away from the relegation zone

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9/19/2008 11:06 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Rugby union: Old-timers and young starlets ready to shine for good cause

Lawrence Dallaglio said that the Help the Heroes match will be an opportunity for young players to impress Martin Johnson

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9/19/2008 11:06 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Horse racing: Denman will have heart stopped and started again after suffering health scare

Owner Harry Findlay announced that Gold Cup winner Denman has an irregular beat and will need his heart restarted

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9/19/2008 11:06 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Cricket: Butcher faces chop as Surrey slump again

Surrey's manager Alan Butcher and his coaches are set to lose their jobs as Surrey lost heavily to Nottinghamshire

guardian.co.uk Sport
9/19/2008 11:33 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Golf: Europe face uphill struggle after Faldo's picks backfire

The US team took the opening day for first time since 1995 as Justin Rose and Ian Poulter claimed Europe's sole fourballs win

guardian.co.uk Sport
9/19/2008 11:53 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Diving: Tom Daley takes silver at world juniors

Britain's Tom Daley claimed the silver medal in the 10-metre platform event at his first world junior championship

guardian.co.uk Sport
9/20/2008 1:08 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Ryder Cup: Lee Westwood and Sergio García axed by anxious captain

Nick Faldo has omitted Sergio Garcia and Lee Westwood from this morning's foursomes pairings

guardian.co.uk Sport
9/20/2008 2:12 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Golf: Ryder Cup - Forget the team it's the wives and girlfriends who leave me wistful

Will Buckley overcomes his continental allegiance, revives a lost passion, and almost falls for Mrs Cink

Yahoo! Sports - Top News
9/20/2008 8:04 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

NASCAR to perform random drug testing (AP)

NASCAR has toughened its drug policy and will do random tests in 2009 on everyone in the three national series -- from star Chase drivers to anonymous tire changers.

guardian.co.uk Sport
9/20/2008 10:25 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Ryder Cup: Ian Poulter ends on a high after morning low

After losing in the foursomes, Ian Poulter and Justin Rose recovered in the fourballs to record Europe's first full point

Yahoo! Sports - Top News
9/20/2008 11:02 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Hurting JoePa moves to press box at half (AP)

Joe Paterno moved to the press box for the second half of Penn State's game Saturday against Temple. The 81-year-old Paterno has complained of a sore right leg. He walked slowly along the sidelines in the first half as the Nittany Lions built a 31-0 lead. A team spokesman said Paterno moved upstairs alongside his assistants at halftime.

guardian.co.uk Sport
9/20/2008 11:04 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Sport: Saturday clockwatch - as it happened!

Follow all the goals, tries and points from around the country as they happen

Yahoo! Sports - Top News
9/20/2008 7:51 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Phils reclaim 1st in East, beat Marlins (AP)

The game was as tight as the NL East standings, and at the end of the night, the Philadelphia Phillies led both. Philadelphia went ahead, fell behind, rallied and held on Saturday, escaping threats in the final three innings to beat the Florida Marlins 3-2 and reclaim first place from the New York Mets.

Yahoo! Sports - Top News
9/20/2008 8:26 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Late TD pass rallies LSU by Auburn 26-21 (AP)

Another LSU-Auburn thriller goes to the Tigers from Louisiana. Jarrett Lee and Brandon LaFell connected on an 18-yard touchdown pass with 1:03 left to lift No. 6 LSU to yet another dramatic comeback win over No. 10 Auburn, 26-21 Saturday in an SEC West showdown that once again produced a fantastic finish and wild momentum swings.

Yahoo! Sports - Top News
9/20/2008 8:38 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

No. 3 Georgia rips Arizona State on road (AP)

The Dawgs ruled in the desert. Making a rare regular-season trip out of the Southeast, the third-ranked Georgia Bulldogs scored a decisive 27-10 victory over Arizona State on Saturday night. Knowshon Moreno rushed for 149 yards and two touchdowns, A.J. Green caught eight passes for 159 yards and a suffocating defense did the rest on a 99-degree night.

guardian.co.uk Sport
9/19/2008 11:06 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -