News Predator - Science News Archive 10/1/2008

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Lobbyists use new provisions to hunt bailout votes (AP)

AP - Lobbyists for restaurants, the solar power industry and other businesses hunted votes Wednesday for the $700 billion financial industry bailout package, touting new provisions that leaders added in hopes of finally pushing the bill through Congress.

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Palin vs. Biden: How Sex May Change the Debate (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - If history repeats itself, the vice presidential candidates will pull no punches at Thursday night's debate.

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10/1/2008 5:17 AM - Views: 5 Rating: +1

Americans Clueless About Plans to Create New Life Forms (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - If you've never heard of the exciting field of synthetic biology, you're not alone, but you might want to get wise to the field's controversial promise to create life from scratch.

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Capsule that caught comet dust goes to Smithsonian (AP)

AP - The capsule that brought the first comet samples back to Earth is going on display at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum.

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9/30/2008 10:57 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Lawsuit seeks Species Act protection for wolverine (AP)

AP - Environmental groups sued the federal government Tuesday to protect wolverines under the Endangered Species Act, saying the Interior Department disregarded scientific conclusions that the species was in jeopardy.

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Tropical Storm Laura Weakening (weather.com)

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In Baseball, Head-first Slides Are Best (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - A player's slide to beat the throw at home plate is one of baseball's big thrills, especially during the postseason, which begins today. But of the two sliding styles - head-first and feet-first - which is faster?

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How Much is $700 Billion? (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - The short answer: a lot. The long answer: depends on how you look at it. Whatever your viewpoint, here's how $700 billion - the figure inked in the initial dead-in-the-water government bailout bill for Wall Street - compares to other vast sums. NASA in fiscal year 2009 will launch several missions into space and pay for hundreds of people to operate a host of space telescopes and even remote robots on Mars and run a PR and media department that puts most large corporations to shame...

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Three Genes Raise Gout Risk (HealthDay)

HealthDay - TUESDAY, Sept. 30(HealthDay News) -- Three genes may raise risks for painful gout by up to 40 times, researchers report.

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10/1/2008 2:55 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Alternative Energy Source Found ... For Your Brain (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - When the human body kicks into high gear, the brain can run on recycled, alternative energy to make the whole system more efficient, scientists have discovered.

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Study traces AIDS virus origin to 100 years ago (AP)

AP - The AIDS virus has been circulating among people for about 100 years, decades longer than scientists had thought, a new study suggests. Genetic analysis pushes the estimated origin of HIV back to between 1884 and 1924, with a more focused estimate at 1908.

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Dnepr Rocket Launches Earth-Watching Satellite for Thailand (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - GLASGOW, Scotland ? Thailand's Theos Earth high-resolution optical Earth observation satellite was successfully placed into a transfer orbit Wednesday by a Russian-Ukranian Dnepr silo-launched rocket after nearly two years of delays related to launch-vehicle availability, according to Thai authorities and satellite prime contractor Astrium Satellites.

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10/1/2008 8:03 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Spacecraft Set to Swing by Mercury (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - A space probe is headed for a second swing past Mercury to pick up a gravitational boost and eventually become the first spacecraft to orbit the closest planet to our sun.

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NASA Chief: Moon Base Must Precede Mars Mission (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - GLASGOW, Scotland ? NASA Administrator Michael D. Griffin defended his agency's determination to establish a lunar colony before embarking on a manned Mars mission Sept. 30, arguing that those who prefer to focus only on Mars are overestimating what is known about the Moon and underestimating the difficulties of going to Mars.

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10/1/2008 9:21 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Laura weakens in Atlantic, Marie forms in Pacific (AP)

AP - The National Hurricane Center says Laura has weakened over the cold waters of the north Atlantic and is no longer a tropical storm.

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Tropical Storm Marie forms over the Pacific (AP)

AP - The National Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm Marie has formed over the Pacific, hundreds of miles southwest of the Baja California Peninsula.

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10/1/2008 5:17 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

New Thinking on When the Arctic Froze (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - The Arctic may be a frigid, ice-covered area today, but it hasn't always been quite so cold.

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9/30/2008 9:42 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Study finds link between genes, obesity and colon cancer (AFP)

AFP - The discovery of a genetic link between obesity and colon cancer may pave the way for more effective screening tests for the disease, according to a study published Tuesday.

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50 Years in Space: NASA's Roadmap to 2058 (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - Editor's note: As NASA celebrates its 50th birthday today, the agency looks back on a history of stunning successes while honoring those lost in its tragic setbacks. Here, space commentator Jim Banke takes a look at what the future might bring for America's space program in the 50 years to come.

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10/1/2008 8:21 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

How Hospitals Can Turn Deadly (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - The rule of thumb is you go to a hospital to get well. But sometimes it's the hospitals that make people ill and even prove deadly.

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Financial Risk-Taking Linked to Testosterone (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - There's a biological barometer for the type who might invest in the high-risk loans, derivatives and hedge funds that have brought our nation's financial advisors to their knees.

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NASA Delays Shuttle Mission to Hubble Telescope (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - NASA has delayed the last shuttle mission to the Hubble Space Telescope until early 2009 in order to repair a broken device that is blocking the orbital observatory from sending its iconic images of the cosmos back to Earth, agency officials said late Monday.

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City Bears Get Fat, Die Young (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - As bears spend more time near cities, the animals gain weight, get pregnant at a younger age and die young, violent deaths.

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Feds propose 48 new endangered species in Hawaii (AP)

AP - The federal government is proposing to add 47 species of plants and animals and one insect to the endangered species list ? all found only on the island of Kauai.

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9/29/2008 11:39 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

NASA delays Hubble servicing mission (Reuters)

Reuters - A problem with the Hubble Space Telescope prompted NASA to delay until next year a repair trip to the observatory that had been due to launch in just two weeks, the space agency said on Monday.

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Sunny Niger's solar dream dims under cost cloud (AFP)

AFP - It is poor, dry and has more sunshine than it knows what to do with. But despite years of experience with solar power, Niger continues to use cow dung and wood for fuel.

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9/30/2008 5:18 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Oil lower after US bailout plan rejection (AFP)

AFP - World oil prices fell slightly in Asia on Tuesday following a nearly 10 percent drop in New York after US legislators dramatically rejected a plan to bail out the ailing financial sector.

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Laura moves into cold waters of north Atlantic (AP)

AP - The National Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm Laura has begun to weaken as it moves into the energy-sapping cold waters of the north Atlantic.

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Dinosaur breathed like a modern bird (Reuters)

Reuters - Scientists have unearthed the remains of a large meat-eating dinosaur with a breathing apparatus much like a modern bird, fortifying the link between birds and dinosaurs and helping to explain the evolution of birds' unique system of breathing.

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Feds to investigate post-Katrina bridge shootings (AP)

AP - Federal officials will investigate the New Orleans police officers involved in fatal shootings that happened on a city bridge after Hurricane Katrina, authorities said Tuesday.

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Let it snow -- on Mars: NASA (AFP)

AFP - In an unprecedented discovery, NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has found snow falling from clouds on Mars, scientists said Tuesday.

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Twisted Science: Pain Causes Arthritis (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - As we all know, arthritis, the leading cause of disability among people over 55, causes pain. But new research suggests that pain also causes arthritis.

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Dinosaur predator breathed like a modern bird (Reuters)

Reuters - Scientists have unearthed the remains of a large meat-eating dinosaur with a breathing apparatus much like a modern bird, fortifying the link between birds and dinosaurs and helping to explain the evolution of birds' unique system of breathing.

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Trouble on Hubble delays last shuttle service mission: NASA (AFP)

AFP - NASA has delayed the final service mission of the Atlantis space shuttle to the Hubble space telescope, probably until early 2009, after a "significant anomaly" occurred on the orbiting telescope.

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Man dives in to save dog from shark in Fla. attack (AP)

AP - A dog is recovering after a Florida Keys carpenter dove in to save his pet from a shark. Greg LeNoir said he took his 14-pound rat terrier Jake for a daily swim at a marina Friday.

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Laura Now a Tropical Storm (weather.com)

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Bus-Sized Dinosaur Breathed Like Birds (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - A huge carnivorous dinosaur that lived about 85 million years ago had a breathing system much like that of today's birds, a new analysis of fossils reveals, reinforcing the evolutionary link between dinos and modern birds.

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Tropical storm kills 3 in central Vietnam (AP)

AP - Tropical Storm Mekkhala slammed into central Vietnam on Tuesday, killing three people and leaving 10 others missing, disaster officials said.

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Griffin: Lasers Key to NASA's Next In-Space Comm Network (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - NASA needs to transition to optical communication systems that would allow spacecraft to send high-definition video and other high data-rate products back to Earth ? the kind of data that would overwhelm the radio frequency systems used today, said NASA Administrator Mike Griffin.

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Weather measurements help in air crops (AP)

AP - Apparently it does take a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.

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Hubble trouble may delay next shuttle flight (Reuters)

Reuters - A problem with the Hubble Space Telescope may prompt NASA to switch its next two shuttle missions, postponing a repair trip to the orbital observatory until next year, the space agency said on Monday.

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Brain's Hub of Fear Found (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - Scientists may have found the glue that keeps fearful memories stuck in the brain, a discovery that could be useful in new treatments for Alzheimer's disease and post-traumatic stress disorder.

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Analysis: Is the right stuff now lost in space? (AP)

AP - The signs of a midlife crisis are there: A 50th birthday approaching; a longing for the glory days of youth; a hankering to dump the aging partner of 27 years; and a costly flirtation with a new young thing.

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9/29/2008 8:25 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Global Warming Costs Starfish an Arm and a Leg (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - The oceans absorb about half the carbon dioxide humankind releases into the atmosphere, and seawater is consequently acidifying.

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9/29/2008 8:48 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Key US House seat race in Missouri heats up (AP)

AP - She accuses her opponent of being too close to Big Oil and says he stood by for eight years while the economy crumbled. Her opponent says she's an "extreme liberal" who has more support in California than Missouri.

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Europe space chiefs elated after freighter completes mission (AFP)

AFP - Europe's space freighter was destroyed over the South Pacific on Monday, ending a glitteringly successful maiden mission to the International Space Station (ISS), officials said.

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Mars lander finds minerals suggesting past water (AP)

AP - NASA's Phoenix spacecraft has discovered evidence of past water at its Martian landing site and spotted falling snow for the first time, scientists reported Monday. Soil experiments revealed the presence of two minerals known to be formed in liquid water. Scientists identified the minerals as calcium carbonate, found in limestone and chalk, and sheet silicate.

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9/28/2008 11:40 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Hawaii judge stops doomsday lawsuit over collider (AP)

AP - A federal judge in Hawaii has dismissed a lawsuit trying to stop the world's largest atom smasher.

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SpaceX launches 1st commercial rocket into orbit (AP)

AP - An Internet entrepreneur's latest effort to make space launch more affordable paid off Sunday when his commercial rocket, carrying a dummy payload, was lofted into orbit from the South Pacific.

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9/29/2008 4:19 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

China hails spacewalk 'heroes' and sets eyes on moon (AFP)

AFP - The first Chinese man to walk in space was hailed as a national hero Monday, as the emerging space power gave one of its clearest indications yet that it is now reaching for the moon.

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NASA Extends International Space Station Contract

NASA has awarded a two-year, $650 million contract extension to The Boeing Co. to continue engineering support of the International Space Station to Sept. 30, 2010.

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NASA TV Coverage Set For Space Station Crew Exchange

NASA Television will broadcast the launch of the next International Space Station crew Oct. 12.

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10/1/2008 11:16 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Listening In: Lander to Record Mars Sounds (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - NASA scientists hope to hear what it sounds like on the surface of Mars for the first time when they attempt to switch on the Phoenix Mars Lander's microphone in the next week or two, mission leaders announced on Monday.

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NASA'S Messenger Spacecraft Returns To Mercury

A NASA spacecraft will conduct the second of three flybys of Mercury on Oct. 6.

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Planck update in pictures

The Planck spacecraft has almost completed its final testing phase and is on its way to being launch-ready. The testing phase began in late March this year, and has taken the spacecraft all over Europe, making it go hot, cold and shaky to test its robustness.

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Hubble enters safe mode

At approximately 02:00 CEST on Sunday, 28 September, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope automatically entered safe mode when errors were detected in the Control Unit/Science Data Formatter-Side A.

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U.S. spacecraft poised to fly past Mercury next week (Reuters)

Reuters - A NASA spacecraft will whiz over Mercury's crater-scarred surface next Monday, getting a look at the third of the planet closest to the sun that has never been seen close-up before.

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9/30/2008 7:44 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Jules Verne re-entry video

Video showing the destructive re-entry of Jules Verne ATV at the end of a successful mission to the International Space Station. The re-entry took place over an uninhabited area of the Pacific Ocean after two deorbit burns. (Credits: ESA/NASA)

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NASA Assigns Crew For Space Shuttle Discovery's STS-129 Mission

NASA has assigned the crew for space shuttle Discovery's STS-129 mission

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Cabana to Succeed Parsons as Kennedy Space Center Director

NASA announced Tuesday that William Parsons, director of the John F. Kennedy Space Center in Florida, is leaving the agency in mid-October to pursue opportunities in the private sector.

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9/29/2008 9:01 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

NASA extends Phoenix mission as snow falls on Mars (Reuters)

Reuters - NASA extended the mission of the busy Phoenix lander Monday, saying it will operate the lander until it dies in the cold and dark of the Martian winter.

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'Smog Blog' For Central America And Caribbean Debuts

NASA and its partners today unveiled a new way to connect satellite air quality data with communities in Central America and the Caribbean.

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U.S. Billionaire to Make Second Private Spaceflight (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - WASHINGTON ? American billionaire Charles Simonyi, a computer software executive who paid more than $20 million to fly to the International Space Station aboard a Russian-built Soyuz capsule in spring 2007, will train for a second Soyuz trip to the space station in spring 2009.

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9/30/2008 3:33 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Software billionaire plans 2nd space station trip (AP)

AP - A Virginia space company says a software billionaire plans to become the first private traveler to make a second trip to space

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9/30/2008 2:31 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

ESA at space forum in Glasgow

The 59th International Astronautical Congress, IAC 2008, is taking place between 29 September and 3 October in Glasgow, Scotland. HRH Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester, visited IAC 2008 and opened the exhibition at the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre (SECC).

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9/30/2008 5:01 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Is the Broken Hubble Telescope Worth Saving? (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - In light of the most recent glitch on the Hubble Space Telescope, a serious equipment failure that means the observatory is unable to send data back to Earth, some are beginning to wonder, is Hubble still worth saving?

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NASA Challenges Students To Design Tools For Moon Rovers

A new NASA contest challenges college-level students to design tools for moon rovers.

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NASA to Discuss Hubble Anomaly and Servicing Mission Launch Delay

NASA will host a media teleconference at 6 p.m. EDT today to discuss a significant Hubble Space Telescope anomaly that occurred this weekend affecting the storage and transmittal of science data to Earth.

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NASA Updates Aviation Safety Data Web Site

NASA will update its National Aviation Operations Monitoring Service, or NAOMS, Web site Tuesday to add more information from pilot survey responses.

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NASA to Preview Second Mercury Flyby

NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, Oct. 1, to preview the Oct. 6 flyby of Mercury by the MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging, or MESSENGER, spacecraft.

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Successful re-entry marks bright future for ATV

ESA PR 41-2008. Europe’s first Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) Jules Verne successfully completed its six-month ISS logistics mission today with its controlled destructive re-entry over a completely uninhabited area of the South Pacific.

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9/29/2008 6:30 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Hubble Space Telescope Suffers Serious Failure (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - A serious equipment failure aboard the Hubble Space Telescope is preventing it from relaying data and images to scientists on Earth and will likely delay a shuttle mission to overhaul the observatory next month, NASA officials said Monday.

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9/29/2008 3:39 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

ATV re-entry: First pictures (updated)

Taken at approximately 15:36 CEST (13:36 UT) from the DC-8 aircraft. Click on 'Full story' for more images received overnight.

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NASA Mars Lander Sees Falling Snow, Soil Data Suggest Liquid Past

NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has detected snow falling from Martian clouds.

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9/29/2008 5:30 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Hubble Telescope Glitch May Delay Shuttle Launch (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - A serious equipment failure aboard the Hubble Space Telescope is preventing it from relaying data and images to scientists on Earth and may impact plans to launch a shuttle mission to overhaul the orbital observatory next month, NASA officials said Monday.

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Trouble on Hubble telescope delays space shuttle launch: NASA (AFP)

AFP - NASA on Monday delayed the upcoming launch of the Atlantis space shuttle to allow time to repair a "significant anomaly" that occurred at the weekend on the Hubble space telescope.

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China's first spacewalk team feted with parade (AP)

AP - Three Chinese astronauts arrived Monday in Beijing to a homecoming parade after completing China's first spacewalk and putting the country closer to building a space station and landing a man on the moon.

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Scientists Eager to See European Spacecraft's Death Dive (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - A European space freighter the size of a London double-decker bus is headed for a fiery death on Monday with a team of scientists hoping for a ringside seat.

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China's first spacewalk team returns to Earth (AP)

AP - Three Chinese astronauts emerged from their capsule Sunday after a milestone mission to carry out the country's first spacewalk, showing off China's technological know-how and cementing its status as a space power and future competitor to the United States.

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9/27/2008 4:43 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Chinese cheer as astronauts makes first spacewalk (AP)

AP - Chinese celebrated their nation's first spacewalk Saturday, gathering at outdoor TV screens to cheer live video of the milestone for a program that has ambitions of building a space station and challenging the U.S. and Russia in offworld exploration.

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9/27/2008 4:36 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Chinese astronauts in final spacewalk countdown (AP)

AP - Astronauts aboard China's Shenzhou 7 spacecraft were making final preparations for the country's first-ever spacewalk planned for Saturday afternoon.

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9/27/2008 9:13 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Chinese astronaut takes historic walk in space (Reuters)

Reuters - Astronaut Zhai Zhigang became the first Chinese man to walk in space on Saturday, clambering out of China's Shenzhou VII spacecraft in a technological feat that Beijing wants the world to marvel at.

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Chinese Astronauts Complete First Spacewalk (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - A Chinese astronaut has completed his nation's first ever foray into space beyond the confines of a spacecraft.

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NASA Reauthorization Cleared for President (CQPolitics.com)

CQPolitics.com - The House cleared a NASA reauthorization Saturday by voice vote.

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9/26/2008 10:38 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Ministers meet to take forward the European Space Policy

ESA PR 40-2008. Ministers in charge of space activities within ESA and European Union Member States met in Brussels today for the fifth Space Council(*).

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NASA Ames Awards Contract For Intelligent Systems Support

NASA's Ames Research Center Friday awarded a contract with a maximum value of $300 million to Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies Inc. (SGT Inc.), of Greenbelt, Md., for intelligent systems research and development support.

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Congress set for new talks to salvage economic deal (AFP)

AFP - US leaders braced for a new day of drama Friday over an enormous financial rescue plan after White House campaign politics intruded into round-the-clock deliberations in Congress.

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Signs of Underground Plumbing Seen on Mars (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - A NASA probe has spotted hundreds of small surface fractures near Mars' equator that may have acted as underground natural plumbing to channel groundwater billions of years ago.

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Chinese astronauts prepare suits for spacewalk (AP)

AP - Astronauts aboard China's Shenzhou 7 spacecraft prepared for the country's first-ever spacewalk on Friday by readying the space suits to be used the following day.

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9/26/2008 8:10 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Arctic sea ice annual freeze-up underway

After reaching the second-lowest extent ever recorded last month, sea ice in the Arctic has begun to refreeze in the face of autumn temperatures, closing both the Northern Sea Route and the direct route through the Northwest Passage.

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Lava deposits in Mangala Fossae

The High Resolution Stereo Camera obtained images of the Mangala Fossae trough, a system of outflow channels on Mars that bears evidence of lava deposition and catastrophic floods.

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Space technology solutions for earthly industry applications: Security

The space industry is one of today’s most powerful technology innovation drivers. New programmes such as space missions to Mars and the moon push the boundaries of technology development. Aimed at industry, the second European Technology Transfer Conference will present technology spin-off opportunities during the Materialica tradefair in Munich, 13-14 October.

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Follow Jules Verne's last journey on the ESA website

Shortly after 15:30 CEST (13:30 UT) on Monday 29 September, ESA's Jules Verne Automated Transfer Vehicle will begin a controlled destructive re-entry high above an uninhabited area of the Pacific Ocean. Follow the final moments of this historic mission in ESA's ATV Blog.

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NASA Astronaut in Space Challenges Earthlings in Chess Match

It will be Earth vs. space in a unique chess match, and you can help Earth win.

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

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

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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10/1/2008 11:05 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Harrington puts a value on the Vardon

Going in to the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, Padraig Harrington is well placed to seal the 2008 European Order of Merit title

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10/1/2008 9:14 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Bulls' Gordon accepts 1-year, $6.4M deal (AP)

Chicago guard Ben Gordon accepted the Bulls' one-year, $6.4 million tender offer just before the deadline Wednesday night. A restricted free agent, Gordon was looking for a long-term deal that never materialized. He led the Bulls in scoring last season with an 18.6 average. "He's very happy to be able to go back and play basketball," agent Raymond Brothers said.

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10/1/2008 11:05 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Cycling: Bradley Wiggins on drugs cheats damaging the sport

In our serialisation of Bradley Wiggins' autobiography he describes his anger at drugs cheats damaging the Tour de France

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10/1/2008 11:06 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Football: Adebayor forges a fearsome double act with Van Persie

After being frustrated last season, Arsenal's striking duo appear to be singing from the same song sheet

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10/1/2008 10:31 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Bay's HR helps BoSox by Angels in Game 1 (AP)

No matter how much the Los Angeles Angels dominate Boston in the regular season, the Red Sox roll in October. Jason Bay hit a go-ahead, two-run homer off John Lackey in the sixth inning, and the World Series champions beat the Angels 4-1 Wednesday night in the opener of their AL playoff series. Acquired in the three-team trade that sent Manny Ramirez to the Los Angeles Dodgers, Bay brought Boston...

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10/1/2008 11:05 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Tennis: Roger Federer says he needs rest and pulls out of Stockholm

The US Open champion pulled out of the Stockholm Open citing the need to rest before a tilt at reclaiming the world No1 spot

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10/1/2008 11:05 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Guinness Premiership: London Wasps 23-27 Bath

Living up to the deafening advance drum roll was always going to be difficult but at least Danny Cipriani is back in business

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10/1/2008 11:05 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Rugby union: Cipriani returns as dislocated knee rules Wilkinson out of Tests

Jonny Wilkinson's torrid luck with injuries continued after he was ruled out of the upcoming autumn internationals

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10/1/2008 11:35 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Emma John: No personality prizes in formula one

Once beloved, Lewis Hamilton has fallen foul of his sport's embrace with dull professionalism

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10/1/2008 11:05 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Guinness Premiership: Leicester 29-19 Northampton

Toby Flood collected 19 points as Leicester returned to winning ways with a 29-19 victory over Northampton

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10/1/2008 11:05 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Athletics: Paula Radcliffe's long road to London starts on the streets of New York

Paula Radcliffe will attempt to defend her New York marathon title believing she can compete at London 2012

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10/1/2008 11:05 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Horse racing: no pot of gold chasing this Rainbow for the Guineas

Punters should be wary of changing starting prices when placing their bets, writes Ron Cox

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10/1/2008 11:22 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Cycling: Bradley Wiggins on his descent into drink and depression after winning three medals at the Athens Olympic Games

In the second part of our serialisation, Bradley Wiggins describes his descent into drink and depression after winning three medals at the Athens Olympics

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10/1/2008 9:13 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

Champions League: Liverpool 3-1 PSV Eindhoven

Robbie Keane notched his first goal in Liverpool red while Steven Gerrard scored his 100th as PSV were brushed aside

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10/1/2008 11:05 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

Guinness Premiership: London Irish 28-6 Sale

An adventurous and attacking London Irish took apart Premiership leaders Sale to rack up a convincing 28-6 win

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10/1/2008 11:05 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

Guinness Premiership: Bristol 16-23 Saracens

Glen Jackson was on top kicking form as Bristol confirmed their status as relegation candidates in a 16-23 defeat to Sarries

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10/1/2008 11:05 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

Rugby union: gouger Neil Best banned for 18 weeks

After banning Northampton's Neil Best for eye gouging, RFU disciplinary officer Jeff Blackett said it should act as a deterrent

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10/1/2008 11:06 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

Uefa Cup: Motherwell v Nancy

The Motherwell manager said his side will have to start well to overturn their 1-0 deficit against Nancy

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Football: Dimitar Berbatov still not smiling despite breaking his duck for Manchester United

Despite greeting his first goals for Manchester United with apparent indifference, Dimitar Berbatov wants to be integral for his new side

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10/1/2008 11:08 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

Olympics: Big Mac link with Chicago bid leaves bad taste

A senior McDonald's executive caused consternation by hinting their Olympic sponsorship rests on Chicago becoming 2016 hosts

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10/1/2008 11:39 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

Cycling: Lance Armstrong urged to have 1999 Tour samples tested

The head of France's anti-doping agency, Pierre Bordry, has proposed that Lance Armstrong allow his urine samples from 1999 to be analysed

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9/30/2008 11:18 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Revitalised Arsenal deliver a timely tonic for 'sick' Arsene Wenger

Arsenal responded to the harsh words of Arsène Wenger by thrashing unfortunate Porto

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9/30/2008 11:18 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Golf: European Tour setback for Phil Mickelson's plans

Phil Mickelson may find his plans to join the European Tour blocked by its entry requirements

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9/30/2008 11:19 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Football: The Knowledge - when shirt sponsors go bust

Plus: Philanthropic footballers (4); China's (1948) Olympic glory; and losing the title off the field.

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9/30/2008 11:32 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Jordan makes it crystal clear: life at the Palace has become impossible for a mere millionaire

Spiralling costs prompt Simon Jordan's decision to sell Crystal Palace, with club no nearer to owning its ground or playing in Premier League

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10/1/2008 9:16 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Rugby union: Guiness Premiership: Northampton's Neil Best hit by 18-week ban

Northampton's Neil Best cannot play again until January 28 after admitting illegally making contact with the eye area of James Haskell

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10/1/2008 9:35 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Patriots silent on tampering accusation (AP)

Patriots coach Bill Belichick is declining comment on a tampering accusation leveled against his team by Raiders owner Al Davis. Belichick was asked Wednesday about Davis' statement and said that the Patriots are concentrating on Sunday's game against the 49ers in San Francisco. New England wide receiver Randy Moss also declined comment Wednesday.

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10/1/2008 11:17 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Gymnastics: 'Underage' Chinese gymnasts were eligible to compete

The Chinese gymnast accused of being to young to compete at this year's Beijing Olympics has been cleared by the FIG

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10/1/2008 1:43 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

US sports: Ian Winwood previews the 2008-09 NHL season

The NHL is finally back this weekend, but not much has changed when it comes to picking the favourites for the Stanley Cup

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10/1/2008 2:13 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Premier League: Manchester United midfielder Paul Scholes ruled out for 10 weeks with knee ligament injury

Paul Scholes will not play again until mid-December after suffering ligament damage to his right knee against Aalborg

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9/30/2008 9:33 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Championship: Reading put spoke in wheels of high-flying Wolves

Wolves' charge to the Premier League suffered a setback as they were beaten 3-0 by Reading at Molineux

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10/1/2008 10:38 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Mets LHP Santana undergoes knee surgery (AP)

Mets ace Johan Santana had arthroscopic surgery on torn cartilage in his left knee Wednesday and is expected to be ready for spring training. News of the injury came as a surprise. Santana pitched a three-hit shutout on short rest Saturday against Florida to pull the Mets into a tie for the NL wild card.

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10/1/2008 3:11 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Hamels baffles Brewers, Phils win Game 1 (AP)

Cole Hamels was so dominant the Milwaukee Brewers were glad to see Brad Lidge come in. The switch to their perfect closer nearly cost the Philadelphia Phillies. Behind their top two arms, the Phillies grabbed their first postseason victory in 15 years -- barely. Hamels pitched eight brilliant innings, Lidge escaped a ninth-inning jam and Philadelphia took advantage of Mike Cameron's miscue in center...

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10/1/2008 4:06 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Cowboys' Owens, Romo deny rift exists (AP)

Folks in San Francisco and Philadelphia must be loving this: Even though the Dallas Cowboys tried getting the ball to Terrell Owens on one-third of the plays last Sunday, he still wasn't satisfied. Is this the beginning of the end of his blissful relationship with Tony Romo? Are the Cowboys about to be divided, quarterback supporters on this side, receiver supporters on the other?

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10/1/2008 8:31 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Angels lead BoSox 1-0 after 3 in opener (AP)

Jason Bay hit a two-out, two-run homer off John Lackey in the sixth inning, giving the Boston Red Sox a 2-1 lead over the Los Angeles Angels in their AL playoff opener on Wednesday night. Bay, obtained from Pittsburgh on July 31 as part of the three-team trade that sent Manny Ramirez to the Los Angeles Dodgers, drove an 0-1 pitch over the bullpen in left field after Kevin Youkilis drew a one-out...

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9/30/2008 9:48 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Championship: Late lapse against Derby mars McLeish's mood

Steve Davies' late equaliser against Birmingham ensured that Derby extended their unbeaten run to five matches

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9/30/2008 11:18 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Formula One: Ferrari slam Singapore 'circus'

The Singapore Grand Prix has been derided by the Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo

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10/1/2008 9:13 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Champions League: Liverpool v PSV Eindhoven — as it happened

Liverpool ran out easy winners against the finest representatives of the Philips corporation.

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10/1/2008 1:34 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

James Montague on the latest problems to hit the Iraq football team

The war-torn country's football team is recovering, its latest problems defined merely by the same petty concerns that occupy the rest of Asian football

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10/1/2008 2:46 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Football: Stuart Pearce calls on senior England players Micah Richards and Aaron Lennon for Under-21 duty

Micah Richards and Aaron Lennon have been included in Stuart Pearce's latest England Under-21 squad

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10/1/2008 6:55 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Loney's slam leads Dodgers over Cubs (AP)

Manny Ramirez and Joe Torre brought their winning postseason ways to the Los Angeles Dodgers -- and Wrigley Field. James Loney hit a go-ahead grand slam off a wild Ryan Dempster, Ramirez and Russell Martin homered and the new-look Dodgers beat the Chicago Cubs 7-2 in their NL playoff opener Wednesday night.

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10/1/2008 8:39 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

No. 17 Boise State routs La. Tech 38-3 (AP)

For years, Boise State's defense has taken a back seat to the Broncos' clever, high-scoring offense. But this year, the defense is taking every opportunity to change that perception. Thanks to a fourth-quarter goal-line stand, a stifling run defense and constant quarterback pressure, it was the defense that led the 17th-ranked Broncos to a 38-3 victory over Louisiana Tech on Wednesday night.

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9/30/2008 9:08 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Champions League: Emmanuel Adebayor to the fore as rampant Arsenal rediscover golden touch against Porto

Arsenal put their Premier League defeat against Hull behind them with a comprehensive 4-0 victory over Porto

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9/30/2008 9:15 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Champions League: Villarreal's Marcos Senna sends Celtic home empty-handed yet again

Celtic's poor away form in Europe continued as they were beaten 1-0 by Villarreal

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9/30/2008 9:40 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Football: Porto no tall order for Arsenal but concerns linger over defenders' high anxieties

Despite Arsenal's streamlined football continuing to excite, their defensive frailties were all too apparent against Porto

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9/30/2008 11:18 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Football: Keith Harris helps with Everton sale

Everton have enlisted the help of Keith Harris in their search for outside investment

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9/30/2008 11:25 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Rob Bagchi: Newcastle United miss out on David O'Leary the likeliest lad

David O'Leary was a master of exploiting the resources available to him to galvanise an average team and could have helped Newcastle out of their current mess

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10/1/2008 8:20 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

CFR Cluj v Chelsea — live minute-by-minute report!

Follow Chelsea's progress in Transylvania as they take on Champions League newboys CFR Cluj

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10/1/2008 8:56 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Packers place DE Jenkins on IR (AP)

The Green Bay Packers placed defensive end Cullen Jenkins on injured reserve Wednesday because of a chest injury, ending his season. Jenkins was hurt in the fourth quarter of Sunday's game at Tampa Bay while attempting to sack Buccaneers quarterback Brian Griese. Jenkins is believed to have a torn pectoral muscle, saying Monday that he couldn't lift his right arm above shoulder level.