News Predator - Science News Archive 9/25/2008

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Mama's milk ice cream cone, anyone? (AP)

AP - Mooove over, Holsteins. PETA wants world-famous Ben & Jerry's Homemade Ice Cream to tap nursing moms, rather than cows, for the milk used in its ice cream.

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9/25/2008 10:31 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

At Home, Women Rule (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - Men might strut their stuff on Wall Street and on Capitol Hill, but across America women wield the power on the home front.

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9/25/2008 11:31 AM - Views: 5 Rating: -

Iran to launch satellite carrier rocket to space (AP)

AP - Iran plans to launch a satellite into space soon using its own satellite carrier rocket, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said.

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Inflation holds steady, price risks remain (Reuters)

Reuters - Indian inflation held steady above 12 percent in mid-September, and economists said volatile crude oil prices and the chance of a spike in some food costs would force the central bank to keep policy tight.

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Oldest Rocks on Earth Found (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - Scientists have found the oldest known rocks on Earth. They are 4.28 billion years old, making them 250 million years more ancient than any previously discovered rocks.

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Scientists seek volunteers to monitor for quakes (AP)

AP - Earthquake scientists want to borrow your laptop or maybe a little space in your basement or garage. Researchers don't have enough high-tech monitoring stations to track every instance of ground shaking, so they are enlisting help from ordinary people to document quakes and pinpoint areas of possible damage.

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9/24/2008 9:00 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

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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9/25/2008 12:46 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Conservative or Liberal? Workspace Reveals All (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - Your office or bedroom holds telltale signs of whether you are a conservative or a liberal, finds a new study. While political conservatives tend to keep a tidy, organized office, political liberals favor colorful, more stylish but cluttered spaces.

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9/25/2008 12:55 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Iran to launch satellite with own rocket to space (AP)

AP - Iran plans to launch a satellite into space soon using an Iranian-made rocket, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said.

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9/25/2008 1:16 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

China's astronauts prepare for spacewalk (Reuters)

Reuters - China's third manned space mission reached its final orbit early Friday morning, where astronauts preparing for the country's first spacewalk enjoyed spicy food and the relative luxury of an onboard toilet.

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Dinosaur Spills His Guts (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - An analysis of the gut contents from an exceptionally well-preserved juvenile dinosaur fossil suggests that the hadrosaur's last meal included plenty of well-chewed leaves digested into tiny bits. The fossil, Brachylophosaurus canadensis aka "Leonardo," is the second well-substantiated case in which the gut contents of a plant-eating dinosaur have been revealed, said Justin S. Tweet, who was a graduate student at the University of Colorado at Boulder when he studied the fossil with colleagues there including paleontologist Karen Chin...

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Grounded space tourist wants $21 million refund (Reuters)

Reuters - A Japanese businessman who trained for a 10-day flight aboard the International Space Station has sued to get his money back, claiming he was defrauded of $21 million by the U.S. firm that arranged the venture.

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House to vote on extending energy tax credits (Reuters)

Reuters - The House of Representatives will try to take up legislation extending renewable energy tax credits before lawmakers head out of town for to campaign for the November election.

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Global warming pollution increases 3 percent (AP)

AP - The world pumped up its pollution of the chief man-made global warming gas last year, setting a course that could push beyond leading scientists' projected worst-case scenario, international researchers said Thursday.

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9/25/2008 6:02 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Researchers Report Stem Cell Advance (HealthDay)

HealthDay - THURSDAY, Sept. 25 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers report that they have sidestepped a major technical hurdle in the generation of pluripotent stem cells from adult cells.

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Russia launches 3 navigation satellites (AP)

AP - Russia successfully launched three satellites Thursday to enhance its space navigation system, officials said.

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Tropical Storm Kyle forms in Atlantic (Reuters)

Reuters - Tropical Storm Kyle, the 11th of the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season, formed on Thursday in the Atlantic Ocean, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.

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9/24/2008 11:03 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

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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9/25/2008 6:26 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Space exploration key to mankind's survival: NASA chief (AFP)

AFP - Mankind's very survival depends on the future exploration of space, said NASA chiMichael Griffin in an interview with AFP marking the 50th anniversary of the US space agency.

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9/25/2008 7:28 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Forecasters: SE coast storm heads for NC landfall (AP)

AP - A low-pressure system off the Southeast coast chugged toward landfall Thursday, but forecasters said the storm wasn't expected to do more onshore than blow down some limbs and bring patchy rain.

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FACTBOX - Global carbon emissions soar (Reuters)

Reuters - Global carbon emissions are rising rapidly, an international study says, with production of carbon dioxide in 2007 up sharply from the year before through the burning of fossil fuels, deforestation and cement making.

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Tropical Storm Kyle forms south of Bermuda (AP)

AP - The National Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm Kyle has formed south of Bermuda in the Atlantic.

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9/25/2008 1:18 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Failed biotechs tout cash to attract buyers (Reuters)

Reuters - Small biotechnology companies with cash but failed or floundering products are in hot demand as partners for companies that are unable to raise money in the capital markets.

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9/25/2008 1:36 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

China's third manned space mission blasts off (Reuters)

Reuters - China's third manned space mission blasted off from a remote desert site on Thursday on a trip expected to include the technologically ambitious nation's first space walk.

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Office Emails Loaded with Lies (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - Office emails are more loaded with lies than traditional written communications like pen and paper, new research suggests. Previous research has supported this notion, also finding that phone calls are even more packed with prevarication.

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Researchers: Quebec bedrock may be Earth's oldest (AP)

AP - A traveler walking along the eastern bank of Hudson Bay in northern Quebec can stand on the oldest bedrock known on Earth. This ancient section of the planet's crust may be as much as 4.28 billion years old, researchers report in Friday's edition of the journal Science.

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9/25/2008 7:14 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

PETA asks Ben & Jerry's to use breast milk (AP)

AP - Ice cream made from breast milk? That's what the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals wants Ben & Jerry's Homemade Ice Cream to consider making.

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9/25/2008 10:38 AM - Views: 0 Rating: -

China launches 3-man crew into space (AP)

AP - China on Thursday successfully launched a three-man crew into space where one of them will make the country's first spacewalk, the country's most challenging space mission since first launching a person into space in 2003.

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Egypt unearths granite head of Ramses II (AP)

AP - Egypt's antiquities council says that archaeologists have unearthed a 3,000-year-old red granite head believed to portray the 19th Dynasty pharaoh Ramses II.

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9/24/2008 1:43 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

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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9/24/2008 3:41 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

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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9/24/2008 10:21 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

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

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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9/24/2008 6:29 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

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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9/23/2008 9:28 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

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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9/24/2008 12:34 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

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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9/24/2008 8:19 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

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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9/24/2008 9:32 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

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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9/24/2008 3:12 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

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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9/24/2008 4:53 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

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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9/25/2008 9:33 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

Deal keeps U.S. on International Space Station (Reuters)

Reuters - A political stalemate that threatened to boot the United States off the International Space Station eased on Thursday after U.S. lawmakers passed an exemption allowing NASA to buy rides from the Russians, agency officials said.

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9/25/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Send Your Name Around The Earth On NASA's Glory Mission

Members of the public can send their names around Earth on NASA's Glory satellite.

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NASA Discusses Lunar Exploration Concepts and Plans

NASA managers briefed industry representatives, members of academia and reporters Thursday about the agency's initial plans for the Ares V heavy-lift rocket and Altair lunar lander.

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Live Space Talk Now Available 24/7 On NASA Web Site

Conversations between astronauts aboard the International Space Station and flight controllers on the ground now are available for the public to hear live 24/7.

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NASA Orbiter Reveals Rock Fracture Plumbing On Mars

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has revealed hundreds of small fractures exposed on the Martian surface that billions of years ago directed flows of water through underground Martian sandstone.

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9/25/2008 10:02 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

The Spectacular Breakup of ATV: One Final Experiment (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - In early March 2008, the European Space Agency launched a new spacecraft called the Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV). ATV is a bigger version of the Russian Progress, a re-supply ship for the International Space Station (ISS). ATV had a perfect launch and docked to ISS as planned. After delivering supplies, the craft was used as crew quarters, and at one point helped push ISS out of the way of a dangerous piece of orbital debris. ...

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Europe all set for lunar mission Chandrayaan-1

Europe is participating in a big way in the Indian Space Agency’s Chandrayaan-1 mission to the Moon, by contributing three instruments. All these instruments have now been delivered, tested and integrated with the spacecraft.

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NASA Stardust Capsule To Go On Display At Smithsonian

Having returned the world's first particles from a comet, NASA's Stardust sample return capsule will join the collection of flight icons in the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in Washington.

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9/25/2008 11:10 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

One year on - students celebrate the YES2 tether success

Today, one year after, the intriguing story of the second Young Engineers Satellite (YES2) experiment has reached its conclusion. After a lengthy investigation, European engineers are now confident that they have solved most of the mysteries surrounding the fate of the student mission.

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NASA to Discuss Phoenix Mars Mission Science Data

NASA will hold a media briefing Monday, Sept. 29, at 2 p.m. EDT, to discuss the latest developments, findings and upcoming science opportunities of the Phoenix Mars Lander.

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9/23/2008 10:47 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

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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9/23/2008 2:31 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

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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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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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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9/25/2008 9:44 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Oregon State stuns No. 1 USC 27-21 (AP)

It had been 41 years since Oregon State knocked off a No. 1 team. Freshman Jacquizz Rodgers helped the Beavers pull off another stunner -- and Southern California was the victim again. Rodgers ran for 186 yards and two touchdowns, and Oregon State built a 21-point first-half lead before capitalizing on a late turnover and upsetting the Trojans 27-21 on Thursday night.

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9/25/2008 11:15 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Premier League: Demoted Sheffield United players set to sue West Ham

The Carlos Tevez affair could cost West Ham even more money, as some of the relegated Sheffield United squad consider legal action

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9/25/2008 11:15 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Premier League: Steven Gerrard happy with his role

Steven Gerrard insisted he did not mind being played out of position and that Rafael Benitez had improved his game

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9/25/2008 11:15 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Rugby league: Richie Mathers wary of friendly Rhino lying in wait to spoil his day

Wigan's Richie Mathers explains how he will put his aside his friendship with Danny McGuire as he seeks a way past Leeds

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9/25/2008 11:15 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Premier League: Stylish Chelsea can win quadruple, claims Petr Cech

Petr Cech proclaimed Chelsea's current squad the strongest he has known and capable of winning all four competitions

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9/25/2008 11:15 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Premier League: Hull riding a tide of optimism after electric start to rookie season

Hull head for Arsenal cherishing an eight-point haul that has made a mockery of their tag as the relegation favourites

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9/25/2008 9:01 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Twins sweep ChiSox, take AL Central lead (AP)

The winning run reached home plate to put the Minnesota Twins back in first place, and Carlos Gomez and Denard Span still had plenty of energy to burn. They raced from the dugout toward Alexi Casilla and tackled their teammate, in celebration of his 10th-inning single that capped a 7-6 comeback victory over the Chicago White Sox on Thursday night and gave Minnesota a half-game lead in the AL...

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9/25/2008 9:16 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Twins enter weekend leading AL Central (AP)

In Sept. 25 stories about the Minnesota Twins' 7-6 victory over the Chicago White Sox, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Twins starter Kevin Slowey retired the first 13 batters he faced. He retired the first 10 batters.

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9/25/2008 9:37 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Football: Newcastle left with David O'Leary after Terry Venables snubs short-term deal

Newcastle may make David O'Leary interim manager after Terry Venables turned the club down

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9/25/2008 11:15 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Boxing: Heavyweight David Haye names day for Monte Barrett

David Haye, Britain's former world cruiser-weight champion, announced that he will face Monte Barrett on November 15

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9/25/2008 11:15 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Premier League: Carlos Tevez? Even Diego Maradona couldn't have done it alone, says Gianfranco Zola

Gianfranco Zola has criticised ruling by an independent arbitration panel over the Carlos Tevez affair

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9/25/2008 11:50 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Athletics: Dwain Chambers rules out second court bid to overturn Olympic ban

Despite having no plans to take on the British Olympic Association again, Dwain Chambers still harbours dreams of racing in 2012

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9/25/2008 11:15 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Small Talk: Tim Sherwood

The former Blackburn midfielder on Glenn Hoddle, eBay and very expensive watches

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9/25/2008 11:15 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Golf: Lee Westwood and Graeme McDowell forget Ryder Cup pain at British Masters

Lee Westwood opened his defence of the British Masters with a four-under-par 68, one behind the leaders

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9/25/2008 11:15 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Bristol cannot spend to get out of trouble like Falcons, says Hill

Bristol play Newcastle in a vital match knowing that, unlike their opponents, they don't have the luxury of spending big

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9/25/2008 11:15 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Football: Roman Pavlyuchenko and Spurs take a small stride towards better days

After two wins and a draw in their last three games, Spurs are hoping that they have turned the corner

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9/25/2008 11:15 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Premier League: Mark Hughes 'under pressure' at Manchester City

Sir Alex Ferguson insisted that Manchester City's spending would not necessarily help the club find success

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Cycling: David Millar slips to ninth as Grabsch snatches world time-trial prize

David Millar finished a frustrating ninth in the world time-trial championship despite being only 33sec outside the medals

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9/25/2008 11:15 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

Rugby union: Entertainment the first casualty as pile-ups follow the breakdown

The crackdown on the tackle area is causing confusion and fear in the Guinness Premiership

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9/25/2008 11:20 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

Rugby union: Good referees were glad to be grey but now the laws are too black and white

Last season the Premiership was entertaining and crowd-pleasing, but with the new rules it has shot itself in the foot

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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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9/25/2008 6:38 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Sunderland fans' dissent puts tetchy Keane on edge

Despite acknowledging that his side played poorly, Roy Keane says he won't tolerate abuse from fans aimed his way

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9/25/2008 6:44 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Phelps returns home, accepts donation (AP)

Michael Phelps' long-awaited return home was little more than a stopover in a whirlwind journey that has been both tiring and exhilarating. Returning to the pool where he honed his swimming skills, Phelps accepted a $250,000 donation Thursday from Kellogg's for his charitable foundation. "I wanted to come back to Baltimore.

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9/25/2008 9:15 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Red Wings D Lidstrom breaks nose (AP)

Detroit Red Wings captain Nicklas Lidstrom has a broken nose after being hit in the face with a puck during an exhibition game. He was helped off the ice Wednesday night in Detroit during an exhibition game against Montreal. The 38-year-old Lidstrom hoisted the Stanley Cup for the fourth time with the Red Wings last season.

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9/25/2008 10:13 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Rugby union: Neil Best cited for alleged foul play

Northampton's Neil Best has been cited for illegally making contact with James Haskell's eye

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9/25/2008 10:17 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Cricket: Sri Lankans told to skip England tour in favour of IPL

The Sri Lanka sports minister claims the country's players should favour the IPL above the England tour

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9/25/2008 10:19 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Cardinals DE Berry to miss game vs. Jets (AP)

Arizona Cardinals defensive end Bertrand Berry will miss Sunday's game at the New York Jets with a groin tear. Berry was injured in last week's 24-17 loss to the Washington Redskins. He left the team's temporary headquarters in the D.C. area -- where the team is staying this week preparing for the Jets game -- to return to Phoenix.

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9/25/2008 10:39 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Summitt has surgery after raccoon attack (AP)

Tennessee basketball coach Pat Summitt had offseason shoulder surgery, not for a sports injury but because of a tussle with a raccoon. The winningest basketball coach in NCAA history has had problems with her right shoulder since dislocating it while chasing away a raccoon poised to attack her Labrador.

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9/25/2008 2:24 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Football: The Uefa president Michel Platini has qualified his criticism of the Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger

The Uefa president Michel Platini today qualified his criticism of the Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger

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9/25/2008 2:59 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Arizona loses, Dodgers clinch NL West (AP)

The Dodgers clinched their first NL West championship in four years Thursday without lifting a bat. Entering the day with a magic number of one, the Dodgers got what they needed when the second-place Arizona Diamondbacks lost 12-3 at St. Louis. That was several hours before Brian Giles and Adrian Gonzalez homered and Luis Rodriguez had four hits to lead San Diego to a meaningless 7-5 victory over...

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9/25/2008 3:28 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Boxing: David Haye will fight Monte Barrett in London in November

The former world cruiserweight champion David Haye will face the American veteran Monte Barrett in November

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9/25/2008 4:04 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Armstrong to be tested for 'everything' (AP)

The anti-doping expert charged with monitoring Lance Armstrong said Thursday he would test the seven-time Tour de France winner for "everything" and keep frozen samples of Armstrong's blood to be analyzed in the future. Don Catlin, who ran the first anti-doping lab in the United States at UCLA for 25 years, said testing details, including costs, still must be worked out with Astana, the...

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9/25/2008 4:36 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Football: The former Notts County manager Jimmy Sirrel has died

The former Notts County manager Jimmy Sirrel died today at the age of 86

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9/25/2008 5:00 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Dempster to start Cubs' playoff opener (AP)

The Chicago Cubs plan to open the playoffs with a former closer on the mound: Ryan Dempster. The 17-game winner was tabbed Thursday by manager Lou Piniella to start Game 1 in the best-of-five division series at Wrigley Field. The NL Central champions will play the New York Mets, Philadelphia Phillies or Los Angeles Dodgers in the first round beginning Wednesday.

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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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9/25/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Emma John: Simple savings guarantee net profit

With the credit crunch affecting all areas of society, it is crucial that sport considers how it can tighten its belt

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9/25/2008 7:11 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

The Newcastle fiasco

A very strong week of Gallery entrants features Mike Ashley as Bobby Hill, Dennis Wise as Tattoo and a young lady with dirty sheets

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9/25/2008 7:32 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Patriots WR Troy Brown retires (AP)

Troy Brown was too short and too slow. He couldn't make the big play. His NFL career was bound to be brief. Wrong. Wrong. Wrong. In 15 NFL seasons, all with the New England Patriots, the eighth-round draft choice kept disproving those assumptions. Brown holds the team record for career catches -- and also returned punts and kickoffs, made interceptions and helped win three championships.