News Predator - Science News Archive 10/2/2008

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NTSB: Remains found at Steve Fossett wreckage site (AP)

AP - Federal investigators said Thursday they found human remains amid the wreckage of missing adventurer Steve Fossett's airplane in the mountains of eastern California. The remains were found among a field of debris that stretched 400 feet long and 150 feet wide in a steep section of the Sierra Nevada.

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Genes pinpoint people at risk for gout: study (Reuters)

Reuters - Scientists have pinpointed three genes related to the high blood levels of uric acid that cause gout in a step that could help identify people at special risk for this common and painful type of arthritis.

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Strippers, armadillos inspire Ig Nobel winners (AP)

AP - Deborah Anderson had heard the urban legends about the contraceptive effectiveness of Coca-Cola products for years. So she and her colleagues decided to put the soft drink to the test. In the lab, that is.

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Southern States Ranked Worst for Seriously Sick (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - The South is the worst place to live if you're seriously ill, according to a new report that graded each U.S. state for residents' access to palliative care, a fairly new specialty that focuses on patients' quality-of-life issues rather than elusive cures for diseases.

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10/2/2008 3:41 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Catastrophe Killed Dinosaur Herd, New Species Emerges (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - A catastrophic event 72.5 million years ago left a herd of giant, horned dinosaurs buried to become fossils. Now scientists have identified the extinct creatures as a new species.

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10/1/2008 9:32 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

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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10/2/2008 10:56 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

TV Ads Grab Attention in Fast-Forward (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - NBC's "Heroes" remains a marketer's delight after its third season premiere drew 10 million viewers. But the network worried about one glaring anomaly - almost a third of the show's viewers use DVRs to record the program and possibly fast-forward through commercials.

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Fraudsters prosecuted in Hurricane Katrina's wake (AFP)

AFP - The US Justice Department has charged 907 people with cheating the federal government out of relief funds or other assistance following the devastation of Hurricane Katrina in August 2005, officials announced Thursday.

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10/2/2008 5:22 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Second delay for European science satellite launch (AFP)

AFP - The launch of a satellite to monitor Earth's gravitational field, which had been postponed from September 10 to October 5, has been delayed for a second time, the European Space Agency (ESA) said on Thursday.

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10/1/2008 11:51 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

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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Natural gas for winter heating should be plentiful (AP)

AP - Despite supply interruptions caused by Hurricane Gustav, there should be plenty of natural gas available for heating this winter and prices are likely to stay about the same as last winter, natural gas producers said Thursday.

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NASA spacecraft to soar over Mercury (AFP)

AFP - A US space probe will fly over Mercury next week to photograph the solar system's smallest planet, in the second of three planned passes, NASA announced on Wednesday.

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10/2/2008 7:15 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Vietnam's death toll from storm rises to 8 (AP)

AP - The bodies of two children and three fishermen were recovered in central Vietnam, raising the death toll from Tropical Storm Mekkhala to eight with eight others still missing and feared dead, disaster officials said Thursday.

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Group seeks protection for ugly New England fish (AP)

AP - A ferocious-looking denizen of the deep that can gobble up whole urchins and crabs in a few swift chomps needs protection, according to a petition filed with the federal government.

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10/2/2008 6:02 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Researchers find that tuna swim across Atlantic (AP)

AP - Bluefin tuna from both sides of the Atlantic get together as juveniles, a discovery that could affect how the tuna fishery is managed. While North American and Mediterranean bluefin return home to spawn, a study published in Friday's edition of the journal Science reveals that as youngsters the fish travel long distances to intermix.

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Cincinnati wants to lead green roof movement in US (AP)

AP - Officials want to see more green roofs on building tops in Cincinnati.

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Ancient Microbes Hint at Life's Limits (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - Looking for fossils in old rocks is a tough job. Body parts degrade over the years, and the older the rock, the less likely it will be that you will find any evidence that life was once there. One question facing scientists is: Just how far back in time can we go before the traces of life are completely lost?

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10/2/2008 6:03 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

Animal Instincts: Main Street Seeks Revenge on Wall Street (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - The outrage expressed by many so-called Main Street folks over the proposed Wall Street bailout is based on more than a sense of injustice.

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10/2/2008 6:34 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

Radiation shut down EU test satellite for two weeks: ESA (AFP)

AFP - A second test satellite for Galileo, Europe's rival to the US Global Positioning System (GPS), closed itself down for more than two weeks last month because of space radiation, concurring sources said Thursday.

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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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9/30/2008 10:15 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

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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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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9/30/2008 11:02 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

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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9/30/2008 9:11 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

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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9/30/2008 4:18 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

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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9/30/2008 5:23 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

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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9/29/2008 11:03 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

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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10/2/2008 11:00 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Two Companions Found Near Dog-bone Asteroid (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - A team of astronomers led by F. Marchis, PI, at the SETI Institute and at UC-Berkeley, and P. Descamps from Paris Observatory announced recently the discovery of two moons around an intriguing asteroid. The main-belt asteroid 216 Kleopatra has two companions.

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10/2/2008 8:49 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

GOCE team gearing up for new launch date

ESA and European industries have updated the planning of the preparatory activities for a new tentative launch date of 27 October 2008 for the GOCE satellite.

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NASA Selects Science Teams For Astrobiology Institute

NASA has awarded five-year grants to study the origins, evolution, distribution, and future of life in the universe.

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10/2/2008 11:00 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

NASA at 50: The Shuttle, Space Station and Beyond (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - One vehicle's operative life is coming to a close, while the other's is still in its formative stages. Their legacies will be inexorably linked: Without the space shuttle, delivery and assembly of the International Space Station's (ISS) key components would have been difficult at best, and probably could not have happened.

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NASA to Discuss Mission to Explore the Edge of the Solar System

NASA will hold a media teleconference on Monday, Oct. 6, at 1 p.m. EDT, to discuss the upcoming launch of the first spacecraft that will image and map the dynamic interactions taking place where the hot solar wind slams into the cold expanse of space.

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10/1/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

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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10/1/2008 3:42 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

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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10/1/2008 8:01 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

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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9/30/2008 3:32 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

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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9/29/2008 3:07 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

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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9/29/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

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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9/29/2008 7:44 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

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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9/28/2008 5:00 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

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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9/28/2008 5:02 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

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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9/27/2008 9:33 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

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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9/27/2008 6:49 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

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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9/26/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

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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9/26/2008 5:47 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

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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9/26/2008 3:45 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

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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9/26/2008 9:00 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

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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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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Snooker: Warning for foul-mouthed Ronnie O'Sullivan in Shanghai

Ronnie O'Sullivan was disciplined for swearing as he qualified for the quarter finals

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10/2/2008 11:31 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Football: Uefa Cup: Peter Crouch's extra touch of class sees Portsmouth survive scare

Portsmouth avoided humiliation thanks to Peter Crouch's double after losing their first leg lead

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10/2/2008 9:14 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Football: Uefa Cup: Marlon Harewood blows hot after Aston Villa ring the changes

Aston Villa comfortably knocked out Litex Lovech despite a second leg draw

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10/2/2008 9:34 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Utah rallies late, tops Oregon St. 31-28 (AP)

Brian Johnson's third quarter was a disaster. The Utah quarterback's fourth quarter was nearly perfect, though, as he led the 15th-ranked Utes to an 11-point rally in the final minute-and-half of a 31-28 victory over Oregon State on Thursday night. Louie Sakoda kicked a 37-yard field goal as time expired, stunning the Beavers one week after they had done the stunning with an upset over top-ranked...

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Football: Digger: Accounts tell tale of David Dein's battle with Arsenal board

Arsenal's club accounts demonstrate how relations deteriorated with David Dein

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Rugby union: Danny Cipriani cleared to join England squad before Islanders Test

England will be able to add Danny Cipriani to their squad for the autumn Tests but first he must prove form and fitness

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10/2/2008 11:07 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Rugby union: Ugo Monye makes Worcester pay dearly for errors

A four-try first-half salvo helped Harlequins beat Worcester 30-23 and move them into the top four

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Cricket: Dominic Cork pops into Hampshire with two-year deal

Dominic Cork has signed a two-year deal with Hampshire and swore to 'haunt' his old club Lancashire

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10/2/2008 11:08 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Women's Football: Captain Kelly Smith caps fightback as England book Euro 2009 berth

England retrieved a disastrous two goal deficit against Spain to qualify for Euro 2009

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10/2/2008 11:17 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Women's football: England comeback sends the fans delirious

Kelly Smith led a brave comeback as England's women earned a draw against Spain and a place at Euro 2009

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

Football: Uefa Cup: Shaun Wright-Phillips sparkles as Manchester City ease through

Man City confirmed their progression to the group stages against Omonia Nicosia

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10/2/2008 11:15 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Bradley Wiggins: 'He was safe from the demons that haunted him. We were free'

In the final part of our serialisation, Bradley Wiggins talks about the night he heard his long-lost father had died

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10/2/2008 9:19 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Football: Uefa Cup: Mark McGhee's battle cry falls on deaf ears as Nancy dash Motherwell dreams

Nancy swiftly put an end to any lingering Motherwell hopes with two early goals

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Football: Uefa Cup: Gloom deepens for David Moyes as Everton crash

Standard Liege sent Everton hurtling out of the Uefa Cup to raise questions over David Moyes' future

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Manny, Martin power Dodgers past Cubs (AP)

Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers look ready to run the shaky Chicago Cubs out of the playoffs early and extend their championship drought to 100 years. Ramirez hit a mammoth homer to increase his postseason record, Russell Martin had a three-run double and the Los Angeles Dodgers took advantage of four errors by the clumsy Cubs in a 10-3 victory Thursday night that gave them a 2-0 lead in the...

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10/2/2008 11:07 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

Small Talk: Javier Saviola

The Argentina striker on the tango, not joining Newcastle, and why he would never get it on with Maradona's daughter

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10/2/2008 11:16 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

Harry Pearson: Foreigners bring appetite for trouble

Foreigners hold sway in sumo wrestling, a situation eerily reminiscent of the current state of the Premier League

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10/2/2008 11:16 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

Now is time to regroup and prepare for battles ahead

This is the start of a fascinating and important period for rugby fans that will bring many things into sharp focus

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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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Gemma Briggs' motor sport column: is this year's formula one season the best of the decade?

With seven different winners this has been an intriguing season, but we need a Massa-Hamilton showdown to make it one of the best ever

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Cycling: Italy's Ricardo Ricco handed two-year ban for using blood booster EPO

Riccardo Ricco has been banned for two years for taking the blood booster EPO before this year's Tour de France

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10/2/2008 3:11 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Longoria's 2 HRs carry Rays by White Sox (AP)

Cool and calm, or so it seemed. Evan Longoria and the Tampa Bay Rays appeared perfectly at home in the playoffs with a Game 1 victory over Chicago. The rookie said looks can be deceiving, though. "I was nervous," he said. "I think if you're not nervous in this situation, you're really not soaking in the moment." The All-Star third baseman homered in his first two at-bats and the surprising AL East...

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Football Weekly Extra: which is the best league in Europe?

James Richardson and the panel compare the merits of Serie A, La Liga and the Premier League

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Bears suspend DT Harris for Lions game (AP)

The Chicago Bears suspended defensive tackle Tommie Harris for Sunday's game against the Detroit Lions. Coach Lovie Smith said Thursday that Harris broke a team rule, but he didn't immediately explain what it was. "He'll continue to rehab but won't practice with the football team this week," Smith said.

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Football: Uefa Cup: Ramos draws temporary relief as turgid Tottenham scrape through

Tottenham scraped past Wisla Krakow to ease some of the pressure on Juande Ramos

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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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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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10/2/2008 6:46 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Refs report: No crimes beyond Donaghy (AP)

Tim Donaghy is in prison, and David Stern doesn't want anyone else in the NBA to get in trouble because of gambling. So Stern responded to a report on NBA referees Thursday by vowing to build the "most effective possible system" to monitor illegal activity and preserve the game's integrity. "The best we can do is do the best we can, and that's all we can do.

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10/2/2008 9:40 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Football: Zenit St Petersburg fury at accusations of bribery surrounding Uefa Cup win

Zenit St Petersburg have strongly denied claims that a Russian criminal gang bribed their 2008 Uefa Cup opponents Bayern Munich

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10/2/2008 9:58 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Davies claims World Cup votes were for sale

The FA was offered the chance to buy votes for its 2006 World Cup bid, according to former executive director David Davies

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10/2/2008 10:24 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Football: Scotland have called Wolves' striker Chris Iwelumo into their squad for the World Cup qualifier against Norway

Wolves striker Chris Iwelumo has earned his first Scotland call-up after a prolific start to the season

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Rays closer Percival not on ALDS roster (AP)

Tampa Bay closer Troy Percival was left off the Rays' roster for their AL division series against the Chicago White Sox due to back tightness. Percival had 28 saves this season, but just one came after Aug. 13. In addition to the back injury, the 39-year old right-hander missed 42 games during three stints on the disabled list with left hamstring and right knee injuries.

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10/2/2008 12:18 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Rob Smyth: The Joy of Six: manager/media spats

A selection of the most volcanic managerial funks, featuring Big Ron, Fergie and Baron Greenback's sibling

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10/2/2008 6:36 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

USOC picks Probst as new chairman (AP)

The U.S. Olympic Committee is replacing a name most sports fans know -- Peter Ueberroth -- with an architect of a game most sports fans know -- EA Sports. Larry Probst, a longtime executive at the company that makes some of the nation's most popular video games -- including Madden NFL and Tiger Woods PGA Tour -- was elected Thursday to replace Ueberroth as the USOC's chairman of the board.

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McCoy, Stull help Pitt upset S. Florida (AP)

South Florida just doesn't have a whole lot of success when it's ranked in the Top Ten. Last year, the Bulls rose to No. 2 in the country only to lose three straight games and drop out of the Big East title picture. On Thursday night, LeSean McCoy ran for two touchdowns and Bill Stull threw for another as Pittsburgh beat the 10th-ranked Bulls 26-21.

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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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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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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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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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10/2/2008 9:03 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Mets give GM Minaya new deal through '12 (AP)

Omar Minaya is staying as general manager of the New York Mets. Jerry Manuel is likely to remain as manager. Players, however, could be on the move. Following the Mets' second straight September collapse, fans are angry with the team, the front office and the players. "They all work hard. They all prepare.

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Football: Barry Glendenning - why can't Celtic win away in Europe?

There must be a reason to explain Celtic's pitiful away record in the Champions League – but what on earth is it?

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Uefa Cup: Wisla Krakow v Tottenham Hotspur - live minute-by-minute report

Spurs were far from convincing, but somehow managed to scrape through to the Uefa Cup group stages

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10/2/2008 12:17 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Vikes LB Henderson likely out vs. Saints (AP)

The Minnesota Vikings will probably be without standout middle linebacker E.J. Henderson this week. The swelling in Henderson's two dislocated toes has not subsided since he suffered the injury to his left foot in Sunday's game against Tennessee. He is wearing a walking boot to immobilize his foot and was not at practice Thursday.

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Springs, Taylor likely out for Redskins (AP)

The Washington Redskins likely will be without two defensive starters for Sunday's NFC East game against the Philadelphia Eagles: Shawn Springs and Jason Taylor. Cornerback Springs didn't practice Thursday because of a strained calf muscle. He joined defensive end Taylor as players receiving a pessimistic assessment from coach Jim Zorn.