News Predator - Science News Archive 9/24/2008

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NASA postpones shuttle mission to Hubble by four days (AFP)

AFP - NASA announced Wednesday that it has postponed the shuttle Atlantis' repair and upgrade mission to the Hubble space telescope for four days, until October 14 at the earliest.

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Boulders on Tonga may have been dumped by tsunami (Reuters)

Reuters - Seven monstrous chunks of coral lined up on the western shore of Tonga may be evidence of a powerful volcano-triggered tsunami, researchers said on Wednesday.

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House passes funding bill with loans for automakers (Reuters)

Reuters - The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday funded a $25 billion loan package for troubled automakers as part of a mammoth spending bill to keep the government running through March 2009, but the legislation did not extend a ban on offshore oil drilling.

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Typhoon Hagupit hits southern China (AP)

AP - Typhoon Hagupit has swirled into southern China's Guangdong province after causing flooding and minor damage in Hong Kong.

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The Flip Side of Flip-Flopping (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - The economy has brought the dire state of the American financial markets into the public's consciousness with sharp focus-along with the presidential candidates' positions on the issue.

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Jordan gets first subsidised Iraqi oil under new deal (AFP)

AFP - Jordan received 11,000 barrels of Iraqi oil by road on Wednesday, the first delivery under a new agreement which revises the subsidy the kingdom receives in the light of spiralling world prices, Energy Minister Khaldun Qteishat said.

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9/23/2008 9:11 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Italy returns piece of Parthenon Marbles to Greece (AP)

AP - Greece has finally taken possession of a chunk of the Elgin Marbles, and now holds renewed hopes of regaining the rest.

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NOAA administrator leaving (AP)

AP - Conrad C. Lautenbacher is resigning as head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, he announced Tuesday.

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US-SCIENCE Summary (Reuters)

Reuters - Deal keeps U.S. on International Space Station

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Study looks at beetles' effects on weather (AP)

AP - Can a plague of beetles change the weather? That's one question researchers hope to answer in a four-year research program in Western forests that are being infested by pine mountain beetles, leading to the deaths of great swathes of trees.

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NASA postpones shuttle launch to October 14 (Reuters)

Reuters - NASA on Wednesday delayed the launch of its last mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope by four days to make up training time lost due to Hurricane Ike.

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Sun's wind and output on extended dimmer switch (AP)

AP - The sun has dialed back its furnace to the lowest levels seen in the space age, new measurements from a space probe show.

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Researcher finds tiny dino in world of giants (Reuters)

Reuters - A Canadian researcher has discovered what is believed to be North America's smallest dinosaur, a 70-million-year-old chicken-sized beast that was also unusual for its diet of insects.

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You Write the Melody, Computer Handles Harmony (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - It might be better than Guitar Hero. A new computer program can generate spot-on music accompaniment tailored to the unique styles of different bands.

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9/23/2008 11:23 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

US astronomers discover inter-planetary collision (AFP)

AFP - Two planets about 300 light years from Earth slammed into each other recently, US astronomers said Tuesday, the first time evidence of such a catastrophic collision has been seen by scientists.

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Senate oks extending energy tax credits (Reuters)

Reuters - The U.S. Senate on Tuesday approved a package to extend $18 billion in tax credits for using renewable energy sources like wind, solar and geothermal and also provide incentives to cut energy consumption.

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Ike-battered Galveston allowing residents home (AP)

AP - Many Galveston residents haven't been back to their island community since fleeing Hurricane Ike more than 11 days ago, leaving them unaware of the extent of the damage their homes suffered.

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Russian technicians to aid China's first spacewalk (AP)

AP - On the eve of its most ambitious manned space mission yet, Chinese officials introduced the three-man crew Wednesday and said Russian technicians will help guide one of them on China's first spacewalk.

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Highlights of offshore drilling, budget measure (AP)

AP - Highlights of a Democratic bill that would lift a moratorium on more offshore oil drilling and provide funding for federal agencies after the 2009 budget year that starts Oct. 1. The bill would:

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FTSE continues to stumble (AFP)

AFP - London shares closed lower on Wednesday as jitters from the current financial crisis continued to unnerve traders with energy companies suffering the most.

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New Smithsonian Ocean Hall opens Saturday (AP)

AP - Covering more than 70 percent of the planet's surface, the ocean is both a life-giving resource and a highway. Yet it's also a life-threatening obstacle, hiding untold mysteries. More people have stood on the moon than have visited the ocean's deepest recesses. Now the scholarly, or those just curious, can plumb the depths of the seas with the opening Saturday of the new Sant Ocean Hall at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History.

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9/23/2008 9:50 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

House votes to end offshore drilling ban (AP)

AP - The House, responding to growing public demand for more domestic energy, voted Wednesday to end a quarter-century ban on oil and natural gas drilling off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, giving Republicans a major victory on energy policy.

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9/24/2008 8:22 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Typhoon hits south China, no casualties reported (Reuters)

Reuters - A powerful typhoon plowed into a densely populated area of south China Wednesday, triggering a "once-in-a-century storm tide" in several cities, state media said.

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Red Planet MAVEN: New Probe to Scan Martian Atmosphere (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - BOULDER, Colo. - A new NASA probe slated to launch in 2013 will take the most detailed look yet at the atmosphere of Mars.

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9/24/2008 6:23 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

NASA delays Hubble mission by 5 days, Ike blamed (AP)

AP - NASA is delaying next month's shuttle launch to the Hubble Space Telescope because of problems stemming from Hurricane Ike and replacement parts for the observatory.

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Oh, My! When Worlds Really Collide (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - Around a distant star, two planets similar to Earth collided and were destroyed, astronomers said today.

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Lichen on Yosemite icons key to pollution studies (AP)

AP - After exploration by millions of visitors over the past 100 years, it's hard to imagine anything left to discover amid the majesty of Yosemite's glacier-cut granite cliffs and giant Sequoia groves.

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NASA delays Hubble mission by 5 days (AP)

AP - NASA is delaying next month's shuttle launch to the Hubble Space Telescope because of problems stemming from Hurricane Ike and replacement parts for the observatory.

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Financial Crisis: Can Americans Stay Happy? (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - This article was reported by Robert Roy Britt, Jeanna Bryner and Clara Moskowitz.

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9/22/2008 9:11 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Neanderthals Ate Seals and Dolphins (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - The diet of prehistoric Neanderthals living in caves on the Rock of Gibraltar included seals and dolphins, showing once again that the hominids had skills rivaling those modern humans living then, according to a new study.

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9/22/2008 9:19 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

NYC Trade Center dig exposes Ice Age landscape (AP)

AP - Crews excavating the World Trade Center site this summer for the foundations of a new skyscraper have uncovered features carved into the bedrock by glaciers about 20,000 years ago, including a 40-foot-deep pothole.

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US ex-astronaut's son to be next space tourist (AP)

AP - As a computer game designer, he's made millions creating fantasy worlds. Now, Richard Garriott will live out his own fantasy of spaceflight. Garriott, 47, will become the first child of a U.S. astronaut to travel to space when he takes his $30 million seat aboard a Russian Soyuz capsule set to lift off Oct. 12 for the international space station.

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EDF makes new offer for British Energy: source (AFP)

AFP - Directors at French electricity firm EDF on Tuesday approved a new offer for British Energy that the British group urged its shareholders to accept, a source close to the matter said.

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Saturn's rings are older than thought, say astronomers (AFP)

AFP - Saturn's rings are more massive and far older than previously thought, astronomers reported on Tuesday.

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Researchers hope for change on stem cell politics (Reuters)

Reuters - Stem cell experts said on Monday they hope the next U.S. president will end political curbs on embryonic stem cell research but some worry recent comments by Republican candidate John McCain suggest his past support for such research may be waning.

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Winter, repairs stall atom smasher until spring (AP)

AP - Scientists will have to wait until spring to use the world's biggest particle collider for groundbreaking research because repairs to damage will run into the laboratory's normal winter shutdown, the operators said Tuesday.

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Three more blind patients helped by gene therapy (Reuters)

Reuters - Three more patients treated with an experimental gene therapy approach have reported better vision, U.S. researchers reported on Monday in a study that lends further support to the approach.

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Therapy extends life in rats with nerve disease (Reuters)

Reuters - Treatment with genetically modified stem cells helped rats with a paralyzing disease live significantly longer, U.S. researchers said on Monday in a finding that could one day help humans.

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Little Mars rover that could heads to new crater (Reuters)

Reuters - The aging but intrepid Mars rover Opportunity is set to embark on a two-year mission it may never complete -- a 7-mile (12-km) journey to a crater far bigger than one it has called home for two years, NASA said on Monday.

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Typhoon kills 3 in Philippines, heads for China (Reuters)

Reuters - A typhoon was gathering strength in the South China Sea on Tuesday and heading toward Hong Kong after killing three people in the northern Philippines and trapping 13 people in a gold mine.

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Chocolate Helps Heart Stay Healthy (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - A small square of dark chocolate daily protects the heart from inflammation and subsequent heart disease, a new study of Italians suggests. Milk chocolate might not do the job.

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Tiny Dino Fed on Termites (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - Even in the dinosaur world, the small and dainty existed, in the form of a mini-dino that likely didn't terrorize any creatures other than termites.

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Obama Backs NASA Waiver, Possible Shuttle Extension (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - WASHINGTON ? Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is urging Congress to take several steps to ensure the United States can continue to access the international space station beyond 2011.

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Hormone therapy may cut breast cancer risk in some (Reuters)

Reuters - Hormone replacement therapy, which raises breast cancer risk for some women, appears to reduce the risk for those with a certain genetic mutation linked to the disease, researchers said on Tuesday.

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Typhoon Hagupit approaches Hong Kong (AP)

AP - Typhoon Hagupit spun closer to Hong Kong on Tuesday forcing the city to shut schools and halt flights.

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Hong Kong braces for Typhoon Hagupit (AFP)

AFP - Hong Kong braced itself for severe storms on Tuesday as Typhoon Hagupit hurtled towards the southern Chinese city.

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How to Cheat Death (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - When you add up the risks of dying from all sorts of illnesses and accidents - from the 1 in 5 chance of dying of heart disease, to the remote 1 in 3.7 million chance of being eaten by a shark, to the very real risk of bleeding to death from the ears from listening to too much Yanni - your chances of dying come out to be about 110 percent.

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Shell, Iraq seal $4 billion gas deal (AFP)

AFP - Royal Dutch Shell has formally signed a gas joint venture with an Iraqi state-owned company estimated to be worth four billion dollars, a top government oil official said on Tuesday.

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Now viewing: Long-lost Einstein telescope restored (AP)

AP - Albert Einstein's long-lost telescope, forgotten for decades in a Jerusalem storage shed, goes on display this week after three years and $10,000 spent restoring the relic.

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A Few Severe Storms Northern Plains Monday (weather.com)

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Scientists find sun less blustery than before (Reuters)

Reuters - The sun's winds are less blustery than they used to be, NASA said on Tuesday, revealing data from a solar probe that promises new insights about Earth's local star but poses few if any consequences for humans -- unless you're an astronaut.

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9/24/2008 8:32 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

NASA Delays Shuttle Mission to Hubble (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - Space Shuttle Atlantis will launch no sooner than Oct. 14 for the long-awaited STS-125 mission to upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope. It had been slated to launch on Oct. 10.

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9/24/2008 9:12 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Closing in on new astronauts

Following a first stage of psychological testing, there are now only 192 highly talented individuals still in with a chance of becoming the new astronauts in ESA's European Astronaut Corps.

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NASA Announces New Target Launch Dates, Status News Conference

The target launch date for space shuttle Atlantis' STS-125 mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope has been reset to Oct. 14 at 10:19 p.m. EDT.

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NASA and the Levine School Combine Space and Music

NASA and the Levine School of Music in Washington will host astronaut Leland Melvin, legendary music producer Quincy Jones and musician-producer Pharrell Williams on Thursday, Sept. 25, at 10 a.m. EDT.

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9/24/2008 11:08 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

2 rockets launched, 1 military and 1 commercial (AP)

AP - Two rockets blasted off into the sky within the space of a few hours, one carrying a commercial satellite and the other as part of a test of the U.S. missile defense system.

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Sun's Wind Is Lowest Ever Recorded (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - A wind of charged particles that stream constantly from the sun is at its lowest level ever recorded in the 50 years since spacecraft have made the measurement possible.

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Department of Defense launches 2 rockets (AP)

AP - Two rockets were fired into the sky within the space of a few hours, one carrying a commercial satellite and the other as part of a test of the U.S. missile defense system.

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Ulysses Reveals Global Solar Wind Plasma Output At 50-Year Low

Data from the Ulysses spacecraft show the sun has reduced its output of solar wind to the lowest levels since accurate readings became available.

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Mars Rover Sets Sights on Biggest Crater Yet (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - After a two-year stay in Mar's Victoria Crater, NASA's Opportunity rover will be moving on to an even bigger playground.

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Hubble Astronauts Behind in Training for Oct. 10 Launch (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - The seven NASA astronauts preparing to rocket toward the Hubble Space Telescope next month aboard the shuttle Atlantis are a week behind in their training due to the recent Hurricane Ike, making it difficult to keep to the planned Oct. 10 launch, the mission's commander said Tuesday.

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Ulysses spacecraft data indicate Solar System shield lowering

Data from the joint ESA/NASA Ulysses mission show that the Sun has reduced its output of solar wind to the lowest levels since accurate readings have become available. This current state of the Sun could reduce the natural shielding that envelops our Solar System.

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50th Anniversary Gala Event Carried Live On NASA TV and Internet

NASA Television and www.nasa.gov will broadcast a gala event commemorating the agency's Golden Anniversary on Wednesday, Sept. 24, at 8 p.m. EDT.

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NASA to Preview Next Space Station Expedition

The work of the next International Space Station residents will be previewed in a briefing broadcast on NASA Television at 1 p.m. CDT Thursday, Sept. 25, from NASA's Johnson Space Center.

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Emergency support for Jules Verne ATV successfully given by Artemis

Artemis, ESA's data relay satellite, successfully answered the call for emergency services from the ATV Control Centre due to anticipated outages at the NASA Space Centre in Houston, Texas.

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9/23/2008 11:32 AM - Views: 0 Rating: -

Scuttling Shuttle: Big Challenges for NASA's New Spaceship (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - As NASA's 50th anniversary approaches, the agency finds itself at a crossroads between the waning era of the U.S. space shuttle and serious hurdles ahead to build a replacement spaceship while still keeping American astronauts flying.

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SpaceX Pushes Back Falcon 1 Launch After Static Fire Test (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - WASHINGTON — Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) is now shooting for no earlier than Sept. 28 for the next launch of its Falcon 1 rocket.

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9/22/2008 8:10 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Earth from Space: Arctic Bloom

This Envisat image captures a plankton bloom stretching across the Northeast Passage in the Barents Sea, a rather deep shelf sea with an average depth around 230 m.

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NASA And Air Force Work To Establish Hypersonic Science Centers

NASA and the United States Air Force are looking for university and industry partners as they work to advance hypersonic research.

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9/22/2008 11:01 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Satellite Insurance Rates Driven by Capacity, Not Track Record (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - Insurance underwriters and brokers said the market remains healthy despite the fact that claims slightly exceeded premiums in 2007. They said they discriminate among launch vehicles and satellite designs when they can to reflect manufacturers' different success rates, but that the market remains too small to overturn the general principle that the most reliable designs in effect subsidize the insurability of the less reliable hardware.

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NASA's Mars Rover To Head Toward Bigger Crater

NASA's Mars Rover Opportunity is setting its sights on a crater more than 20 times larger than its home for the past two years.

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Space X Could Launch Next Falcon Rocket by Sept. 23 (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - WASHINGTON - Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) is making preparations for a Falcon 1 launch attempt that could occur as soon as Sept. 23, according to an update posted on the Hawthorne, Calif.-based rocket company's Web site.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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9/17/2008 11:02 AM - Views: 0 Rating: -

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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9/24/2008 9:05 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

CC helps Brewers pull even in wild card (AP)

The trade for CC Sabathia keeps looking better and better. Sabathia sizzled on short rest, giving up four hits over seven innings while striking out a season-high 11 and the Brewers rallied past the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-2 on Wednesday night to tie the New York Mets in the NL wild-card race. New York lost 9-6 in 10 innings to Chicago.

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9/24/2008 11:58 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Tour de France: Lance Armstrong joins Astana to target comeback Tour

Lance Armstrong confirmed that he will compete in the Tour Down Under as a member of the Astana team

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9/24/2008 11:58 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Cricket: Don Bradman's bat fetches record £66,000 at auction

The first Test cricket bat used by Don Bradman has been sold at auction for the record price of £66,000

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9/24/2008 11:58 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Carling Cup: Wasteful City pay the penalty as Brighton rock Hughes' billionaires

A defiant Brighton knocked Mark Hughes' Manchester City out of the Carling Cup after defeating them 5-3 on penalties

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9/24/2008 11:58 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Carling Cup: Seagulls sink City's billionaires

The paupers of Brighton proved more than a match for wealthy Manchester City, winning 5-3 in a penalty shoot-out

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9/24/2008 9:21 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Carling Cup: Ramos finds relief as Newcastle resume pursuit of Venables

Roman Pavlyuchenko and Jamie O'Hara scored to give Tottenham victory over an abject Newcastle in the Carling Cup

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9/24/2008 10:03 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Carling Cup: Blackburn 1-0 Everton

Robbie Fowler helped set up left-back Martin Olsson for the only goal of the game as Blackburn Rovers beat Everton 1-0

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9/24/2008 10:04 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Carling Cup: O'Neill laments missed chances as Dowie claims another scalp

Aston Villa were eliminated by lower league opposition for the fourth time in five years as Damion Stewart sent QPR through

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9/24/2008 11:58 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Premier League: Lord Griffiths cannot state with certainty that Carlos Tevez was the reason Sheffield United were relegated

Those who like to mix professional sport with amateur jurisprudence will be delighted that West Ham are fighting back

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9/24/2008 11:58 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Rugby union: South Africa snub controversial ELVs to prepare for Lions

South Africa insist that next year's Super 14 and Tri-Nations adhere to the northern hemisphere's experimental law variations

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9/24/2008 11:58 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Premier League: How West Ham were finally nailed for their Carlos Tevez transgression

The ten stages between Carlos Tevez joining West Ham and Lord Griffiths finding the club guilty

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9/24/2008 11:58 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Football: Euro expansion to 24 teams to get green light from Uefa

Uefa looks likely to agree on the expansion of the European Championship finals from 16 to 24 teams

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9/24/2008 11:38 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Dodgers clinch tie for NL West title (AP)

The Los Angeles Dodgers are a happy bunch, but they're not celebrating just yet. They hope to be doing so Thursday. Manny Ramirez and Nomar Garciaparra homered, and the surging Dodgers beat the San Diego Padres 12-4 Wednesday night to clinch a tie for their first NL West championship in four years. The Dodgers' victory combined with Arizona's 4-2 loss at St.

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9/24/2008 11:59 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Premier League: Sheffield United's success a hammer blow to game's credibility

Sheffield United's success in court is a controversial judgment that offers hope of legal redress to relegated teams

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9/24/2008 11:58 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Football: Referee right to send me off, says Emanuel Pogatetz

Emanuel Pogatetz has apologised for the dangerous tackle that put Manchester United's Rodrigo Possebon in hospital

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9/24/2008 10:04 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

Carling Cup: Lampard keeps Chelsea firing on all fronts as Pompey are floored

Frank Lampard scored a brace as a powerful and fluid Chelsea knocked four past Portsmouth in the Carling Cup

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9/24/2008 11:20 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

Naomi Alderman on encouraging physical exercise in schools and locking up children

Naomi Alderman: You can't encourage exercise to be a lifelong habit by forcing children to do physical activity they don't enjoy

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9/24/2008 11:58 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

Super League: Huddersfield Giants target Michael Korkidas and Simon Finnigan to top up squad

Huddersfield Giants look set to bolster their squad with the signing of three new players

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9/23/2008 11:51 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

CIS Cup: Celtic 4-0 Livingston

Georgios Samaras scored twice for Celtic against Livingston, as the Glasgow club eased into the next round 4-0

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9/24/2008 9:23 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Carling Cup: Manchester United's Rodrigo Possebon has not broken his leg after horror tackle from Emanuel Pogatetz

Manchester United's Rodrigo Possebon has not broken his leg after a studs-up lunge from Middlesbrough's Emanuel Pogatetz

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9/24/2008 11:21 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Cricket: Bangladesh and the ICL, IPL, FICA and BCC

The administrators in Test cricket's smallest nation are in danger of losing some of their brightest talents for good

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9/24/2008 11:28 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Wacky Wednesday quiz

Test your knowledge of the week's more unusual stories

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9/24/2008 2:28 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Poll: Are Wasps rushing Danny Cipriani back too soon?

The England fly-half, five months after a bad ankle injury, will play next week. Should he have more time to recover?

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9/24/2008 2:49 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Weary US stars head to Tour Championship (AP)

Chad Campbell tipped over a small bucket of balls Wednesday and hit 5-irons across the pond on the practice green at East Lake, none quite as true as the one he struck five days ago at Valhalla that earned a crucial point in the Ryder Cup. Campbell, the last player to qualify for the 30-man field at the Tour Championship, will be the first to tee off Thursday.

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9/24/2008 4:58 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Football: Middlesbrough's Emanuel Pogatetz apologises to Manchester United's Rodrigo Possebon for horror tackle

Emanuel Pogatetz has issued a public apology to Rodrigo Possebon for the reckless, studs-up tackle that left the teenager in hospital

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9/24/2008 7:33 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Phils lose again to Braves, 10-4 (AP)

Chipper Jones hit his second career pinch-homer and the Atlanta Braves beat the NL East-leading Phillies 10-4 on Wednesday night, stalling Philadelphia's playoff push. The Phillies entered 1 1/2 games ahead of the New York Mets in the division. They will finish the regular season with a three-game series against the last-place Washington Nationals, starting Friday.

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9/24/2008 8:01 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Twins pull within half-game of White Sox (AP)

The Minnesota Twins have been chasing the Chicago White Sox most of the season in a tight AL Central race. Well, it's come down to the final week, and the young Twins are busy showing the White Sox how to thrive in the clutch. Nick Blackburn fought through five innings and the maligned Minnesota bullpen didn't flinch, pitching the Twins past Mark Buehrle and the White Sox 3-2 on Wednesday night to...

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9/23/2008 10:29 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Carling Cup: Watford 1-0 West Ham United

Gianfranco Zola tasted defeat at West Ham United for the first time as his side went down 1-0 at Watford

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9/23/2008 11:04 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

The Big Debate: Is the shift into Asia the right road for formula one?

Ian Phillips says the sport should go to countries that want to pay for it while Sir Jackie Stewart argues we must put Europe first

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9/23/2008 11:52 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Athletics: Charles Van Commenee offers to 'welcome back' Chambers

The new head coach of UK Athletics, Charles van Commenee, has controversially offered an olive branch to Dwain Chambers

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9/24/2008 11:00 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Tigers reliever Jones says he's retiring (AP)

Tigers reliever Todd Jones is retiring, he announced in his own column in the Sporting News. "So this is it," he wrote in the latest issue of the magazine. "If you're a Tigers fan, I'll never stress you out again. If you're not a Tigers fan, you'll never have me as your ace in the hole, convinced I'll blow a lead against your team." The 40-year-old Jones went on the disabled list in late July with...

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9/24/2008 11:40 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Football: LMA throws weight behind Arsène Wenger following Michel Platini criticism

The LMA have backed Arsène Wenger over his war of words with Uefa president Michel Platini

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9/24/2008 1:27 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Football: Man arrested after attack on Celtic coach Neil Lennon

Strathclyde police say they are holding a man accused of attacking Celtic coach Neil Lennon

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9/24/2008 1:38 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Ryder Cup: Colin Montgomerie criticises Nick Faldo for poor singles lineup

Colin Montgomerie has criticised European captain Nick Faldo for not front-loading his singles lineup at the Ryder Cup

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9/24/2008 4:24 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Feds flash some Bonds trial strategy (AP)

Federal prosecutors say they will prove personal trainer Greg Anderson supplied Barry Bonds with the steroids that led to a positive test in November 2000, the offseason before the slugger hit a major league record 73 home runs. In a court filing Wednesday, prosecutors provided a glimpse of their trial strategy against Bonds, who's accused of lying to a 2003 grand jury investigating steroids use...

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9/24/2008 4:44 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Football: West Ham will appeal at the Court for Arbitration for Sport over the Carlos Tevez affair

West Ham United are preparing an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport over the Carlos Tevez affair

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9/23/2008 10:08 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Carling Cup: Manchester United 3-1 Middlesbrough

Nani helped Manchester United to victory over Middlesbrough, but the match was marred by an horrific injury to Rodrigo Possebon

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9/23/2008 10:22 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Carling Cup: Liverpool 2-1 Crewe Alexandra

Crewe Alexandra almost caused an upset at Anfield, but goals from Daniel Agger and Lucas helped Liverpool through

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9/23/2008 11:30 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Carling Cup: Sir Alex Ferguson furious over Emanuel Pogatetz's 'horrific tackle' on Rodrigo Possebon

Sir Alex Ferguson has condemned Emanuel Pogatetz's challenge that left Rodrigo Possebon with a suspected broken leg

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9/23/2008 11:52 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Formula one: Lewis Hamilton faces fraught title run-in as FIA reject appeal

McLaren's appeal against the 25-second penalty incurred by Lewis Hamilton has been turned down by the FIA

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9/24/2008 9:20 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Reports: Millen out as Lions president (AP)

Matt Millen has been fired as Detroit Lions president, a team official tells The Associated Press. The official spoke on the condition of anonymity because the team had not yet formally announced the dismissal. The move comes more than seven years after the former linebacker and TV analyst took over one of the NFL's most mediocre franchises and made it the worst.

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9/24/2008 11:13 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Athletes donating brains for research (AP)

Former NFL linebacker Isaiah Kacyvenski quickly agreed when his ex-teammate at Harvard asked if he would donate his brain after death for research into concussions. "It's a noble cause," he said Wednesday. "It's something close to my heart. I've had several concussions." Kacyvenski, 30, is one of 16 pro athletes, including six former NFL players, who have agreed to donate their brains to the new...

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9/24/2008 11:45 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Talking Horses: daily horse racing blog with bets and news

What an astonishing day's racing yesterday, with Crowded House's jaw-dropping victory in the Racing Post Trophy followed by unprecedented success for Europe at the Breeders' Cup. More on that later — first, we'd better get going on this afternoon's racing. Now that the clocks have gone back, the first race is at 12.50pm, at which time Talking Horses is usually still wiping sleep from his eyes.The big event today is the Old Roan Chase at Aintree, one of many races around this time of year which, arguably, mark the start of the jumps season proper...

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9/24/2008 2:59 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Cycling: Emma Pooley misses out on world time-trial championship medal in Varese

Olympic silver medallist Emma Pooley has finished eighth at the world road-race championships time-trial while Sharon Laws came in in 19th place

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9/23/2008 11:12 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Business as usual for Betfair backers hit by charges

Greg Wood talks to punters at the Canary Wharf Sports Exchange who are facing up to losing some of their winnings

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9/23/2008 11:51 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Digger: Paul Aldridge may be called in West Ham United appeal

The former West Ham United chief executive, Paul Aldridge, could be called to present evidence in the Carlos Tevez affair

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9/24/2008 7:04 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Giants suspend WR Burress for 1 game (AP)

A yearlong ankle injury could not keep Plaxico Burress out of the New York Giants' lineup last season. The lack of a telephone call this week apparently is going to cost him a game and more than $235,000. Less than a month after handing the man who caught the winning pass in the Super Bowl a new $35 million contract, the Giants on Wednesday suspended Burress for a game for missing a p