News Predator - Science News Archive 10/8/2008

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Court wrestles with case on Navy sonar, whales (AP)

AP - The Supreme Court appeared divided Wednesday over how to resolve a long-running dispute over whether environmental laws may be used to limit the Navy's use of sonar to protect whales.

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Future of flagship Mars mission up in the air (AP)

AP - Will NASA's flagship mission to Mars fly next year? The space agency could decide as early as Friday whether to cancel, delay or proceed with plans to launch a nuclear-powered, SUV-size rover to the red planet.

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Hurricane Norbert nears Mexico (AFP)

AFP - Norbert has become a major hurricane with winds near 115 miles (185 kilometers) per hour, as it churns towards Mexico's tourist destination of Baja, California, the National Hurricane Center said Wednesday.

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How Green Gasoline Could Power the Future (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - Editor's Note: Each Wednesday LiveScience examines the viability of emerging energy technologies - the power of the future.

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Stem cells from testicles an option to embryos (AP)

AP - Cells taken from men's testicles seem as versatile as the stem cells derived from embryos, researchers reported Wednesday in what may be yet another new approach in a burgeoning scientific field.

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Asteroid Exploded in Earth's Atmosphere (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - A small asteroid exploded over Africa this week following what astronomers said was the first firm prediction of an incoming space rock.

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Expect severe winter in East: forecaster (Reuters)

Reuters - The eastern United States could be on the verge of its coldest, snowiest winter since at least 2003-04, and homeowners should brace for huge heating bills if oil prices stay high, private forecaster AccuWeather said on Wednesday.

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Blood Cell Genes May Signal Heart Disease (HealthDay)

HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Oct. 8 (HealthDay News) -- A test that measures the activity of genes in white blood cells might someday help doctors determine the proper treatment when someone complains of chest pain, researchers report.

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Hundreds of new marine species discovered: Australian scientists (AFP)

AFP - Hundreds of new marine species and previously uncharted undersea mountains and canyons have been discovered in the depths of the Southern Ocean, Australian scientists said Wednesday.

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Climate change poised to devastate penguins: WWF (AFP)

AFP - Half to three-quarters of major Antarctic penguin colonies could be damaged or wiped out if global temperatures are allowed to climb by more than two degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit), according to a report released Wednesday.

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Genetics: Scientists unravel two more strains of malaria parasite (AFP/USDA/File)

AFP/USDA/File - Scientists on Wednesday said they had cracked the genetic codes of a major malaria parasite and a monkey parasite also suspected of spreading the disease, an achievement adding to the sequencing six years ago of Plasmodium falciparum, the greatest malarial threat.

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Bringing Space Down to Your iPhone (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - Bored of checking that stripped-down version of Facebook? Try space instead. NASA will phone home daily views of the infinite cosmos, as long as you're sporting a shiny new Apple iPhone and a neat new software application.

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Death Rituals Reveal Much About Ancient Life (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - Cultures around the world and through time have had wildly varying ways of dealing with the dead. And since death weighs so heavy on a culture and is ultimately so mysterious, records of these practices, or "deathways," are often more abundant than other ancient cultural accounts and provide illuminating windows into other cultures.

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Tropical Storm Marco Weakening (weather.com)

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Thousands march against Garcia, corruption in Peru (Reuters)

Reuters - Thousands of protesters denounced Peruvian President Alan Garcia on Tuesday, a day after his energy minister quit in a widening scandal over steering oil concessions to favored bidders.

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Disasters kill more in 2008 than in tsunami: UN (AFP)

AFP - More people died from natural disasters in the first six months of 2008 than in the Asian tsunami of 2004 due mainly to the earthquake in China and cyclone in Myanmar, the United Nations said Wednesday.

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Deep-Diving Fish Set Surpising Record (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - Swarms of fish have been filmed swimming in one of the world's deepest ocean trenches, nearly five miles (nearly eight kilometers) below the surface of the Pacific Ocean.

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NASA Chief Thanks Obama for Helping With Soyuz Waiver (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - WASHINGTON ? NASA Administrator Mike Griffin credited Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama for spurring Congress to action on legislation allowing the U.S. space agency to buy the Russian Soyuz flights its needs to send astronauts to the international space station beyond 2011.

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Ohio family finds 7-foot snake under car hood (AP)

AP - Animal authorities in western Ohio have a possible sequel to "Snakes on a Plane": a case of a snake in a car. The Clark County Humane Society is looking for the owner of a 7-foot-long boa constrictor found under the hood of a vehicle in Springfield.

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University: Stem-cell study used falsified data (AP)

AP - The University of Minnesota has concluded that falsified data were used in a 2001 article published by one of its researchers on adult stem cells. The school is asking that the article be retracted.

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New Flying Dinosaur Drone to Resemble Pterodactyl (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - Pterodactyls may have gone extinct millions of years ago, but a newly designed spy plane could bring the flying reptiles to life, albeit replacing blood and guts with carbon fiber and batteries.

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Fancy a free (electric) car? (Reuters)

Reuters - Plummeting car sales, climate change, high oil prices and the threat of global recession. The answer? Free electric cars.

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10/8/2008 4:56 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Tornado touches down near Fla. park, no one hurt (AP)

AP - Forecasters say a tornado has blown out windows and knocked down trees and power lines near a state park in the Florida Panhandle.

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NRA to settle suit over Katrina gun seizures (AP)

AP - City officials have agreed to return hundreds of firearms that police officers confiscated in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, part of a deal to resolve a lawsuit filed by gun lobbying groups.

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French banks to merge in bid to weather storm (AFP)

AFP - Two of France's leading banks, Caisse d'Epargne and Banque Populaire, approved plans for a merger on Wednesday in a bid to protect themselves from the global financial tsunami.

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Cassini Probe Sets Sights on Icy Saturn Moon (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - A NASA spacecraft is set to make the closest flyby yet of an icy moon of Saturn on Thursday.

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GAO opens probe into gas, oil drilling in Utah (AP)

AP - Congressional investigators are looking at a federal government agency's quick approvals for oil and gas drilling in Utah, a development applauded by environmental groups but condemned by industry executives as political posturing.

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Frozen Death Looms for Phoenix Mars Lander (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - After more than four months on the arctic plains of the red planet, NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's days are finally numbered.As the sun begins to set for the frigid Martian winter, the spacecraft will lose its energy supply, freeze and eventually fall into a mechanical coma from which it will likely never wake up.

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10/8/2008 5:09 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

NYC rabbi reports threats over chicken slaughter (AP)

AP - New York City police are investigating a rabbi's complaint that he received a thousand threatening e-mails over the slaughter of chickens before a Jewish holy day.

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10/8/2008 7:23 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

Storm spawns tornado in Fla., possibly one in Ala. (AP)

AP - Forecasters say a tornado blew out windows and knocked down power lines in the Florida Panhandle, and another suspected twister damaged a civic center in a southeastern Alabama town.

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Deadlines set for designating polar bear habitat (AP)

AP - The federal government will designate "critical habitat" for polar bears off Alaska's coast, a decision that could add restrictions to future offshore petroleum exploration or drilling.

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Astronomers predict shooting star over Sudan from space boulder (AFP)

AFP - Astronomers said a small space rock was expected to have collided with Earth early Tuesday, which would have created a spectacular fireball over Sudan but was unlikely to have caused any damage on the ground.

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Tropical storm Marco hits Mexico (AFP)

AFP - Tropical storm Marco made landfall in Mexico Tuesday, crashing ashore as the latest in a series of powerful storms to strike the region this hurricane season, US forecasters said.

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Tropical Storm Marco Makes Landfall (weather.com)

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The Value of Endorsements, from Hollywood to the Pulpit (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - I recently heard that Chuck Norris can divide by zero, and that his house has no doors-only walls he walks through. If the hype is to be believed, Chuck Norris can do anything.

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Tropical Storm Marco (weather.com)

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Common Dietary Supplements Don't Help Arthritis (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - The natural supplement combo of glucosamine and chondroitin, taken to relieve arthritis pain, has struck out again, proving to be no more effective than a placebo.

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Italy's bluefin tuna fishing 'out of control': WWF (AFP)

AFP - Italy's fishing of bluefin tuna is "totally out of control," the Worldwide Fund for Nature charged Tuesday, calling for a three-year moratorium on fishing for the species in the Mediterranean.

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Asteroid to burn up before hitting Earth (Reuters)

Reuters - A tiny asteroid discovered earlier Monday by an Arizona observatory will hit Earth's atmosphere over Sudan in a few hours but will burn up before it can hit the ground or endanger aircraft, astronomers said.

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Small asteroid headed for light show over Africa (AP)

AP - A small asteroid was headed for a fiery but harmless dive into Earth's atmosphere early Tuesday morning over Africa, astronomers said in a first of its kind advance warning.

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Genes Give Clues to Age-Linked Eye Trouble (HealthDay)

HealthDay - MONDAY, Oct. 6 (HealthDay News) -- Variants in the gene that helps produce vital proteins in the eye have been linked to age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a major source of blindness, a new report says.

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10/6/2008 11:10 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

NASA spacecraft soars past Mercury (AFP)

AFP - A US space probe successfully flew by Mercury on Monday to photograph the solar system's smallest planet, in the second of three planned passes, the US space agency NASA said.

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Spacecraft Reveals Stunning New Views of Mercury (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - A NASA probe has begun beaming back stunning new images from its successful second flyby of Mercury, the planet closest to the sun.

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Animal rights group opposed to fur targets Armani (AP)

AP - The PETA animal rights organization is targeting Armani in its latest anti-fur campaign.

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Small asteroid about to burn up in sky over Africa (AP)

AP - Astronomers say a small asteroid is about to make a fiery but harmless dive into Earth's atmosphere early Tuesday morning over Africa.

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Penguins ride air force jet to South Atlantic (AP)

AP - More than 370 penguins that mysteriously washed up on Brazil's equatorial beaches were flown south on a huge air force cargo plane and released closer to the frigid waters they call home, animal advocates said Monday.

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Options for Chocolate-Lovers Tripled (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - For chocolate lovers out there, your options just tripled.

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Energy Department warns of higher heating costs (AP)

AP - Heating U.S. homes with oil this winter will cost a painful $450 more than a year ago, another slap to families already reeling from high gasoline and food costs and fearful of losing their heat because of unpaid bills.

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Household winter heat costs to rise 15 percent (Reuters)

Reuters - Average household heating fuel costs this winter will be 15 percent higher than last year, with heating oil and natural gas users taking the biggest hit due to more expensive crude oil and colder weather than last winter, the government's top energy forecasting agency said Tuesday.

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Tropical Storm Marco, Hurricane Norbert (weather.com)

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NASA Issues Space Shuttle to Constellation Workforce Transition Report

NASA is releasing an updated version of the Workforce Transition Strategy Report, which was delivered to Congress on Wednesday.

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10/8/2008 9:19 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Splashy portrait paints picture of how stars form

Different wavelengths of light swirl together like watercolours in a new, ethereal portrait of a bright, active star-forming region.

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NASA Selects ITT for Space Communications Network Services

NASA has selected ITT Corporation, Advanced Engineering and Sciences of Herndon, Va., to perform telemetry, tracking and command services for near-Earth missions under the Space Communications Network Services contract.

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10/7/2008 10:01 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Despite Waiver, NASA To Stop Using Russian Cargo Vehicle (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - WASHINGTON ? NASA has no intention of paying Russia to help deliver supplies to the international space station (ISS) beyond 2011 despite winning congressional and presidential approval to do so.

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10/8/2008 11:01 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Checkmate: Astronaut Battles Earth in Chess (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - Astronaut Gregory Chamitoff is taking on the world in a galactic chess match from his perch aboard the International Space Station (ISS).

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Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle – new video

In 2012, Vega will carry ESA’s Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle into space. The vehicle will then return to Earth to test a range of enabling systems and technologies for atmospheric re-entry. A new video with computer generated animations of the vehicle and its mission is now available.

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Spinoff 2008 Highlights NASA Innovations In Everyday Life

The 2008 edition of NASA's annual Spinoff publication celebrates the agency's 50th anniversary.

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Arctic Grows Stormier (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - The Arctic has become more stormy in the past 50 years due to the warming climate, which in turn has quickened the pace of drifting sea ice, a new NASA study finds.

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10/7/2008 11:16 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Millions of Names Sent to Space (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - There was a time when the only interaction the general public had with space exploration was passively via the media. Consequently, many people felt indifferent to space missions as they just didn't connect with them on a personal level.

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10/7/2008 8:52 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

2008 ozone hole larger than last year

The 2008 ozone hole – a thinning in the ozone layer over Antarctica – is larger both in size and ozone loss than 2007 but is not as large as 2006.

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Elite Club Lets Space Tourist Cut to Front of Line (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - American billionaire Charles Simonyi snagged his history-making second space tourist trip to the International Space Station next year thanks to an elite club that gives its members first dibs on private spaceflight seats.

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NASA Astronaut Talks With Student Chess Opponents Thursday

NASA astronaut Greg Chamitoff will meet his opponents in the ongoing Earth vs. space chess match Thursday, Oct. 9.

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10/7/2008 2:36 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Digital lifestyle changes NZ inflation barometer (Reuters)

Reuters - The digital age has caught up with New Zealand's inflation barometer, with music downloads and car satellite units replacing old technology television sets and writing paper.

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Collecting 50 Years of NASA Space History (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - At a celebration of NASA's 50th anniversary held outside Washington, DC late last month, a champagne toast was offered in recognition of the five decades of exploration that the agency had accomplished. NASA had put men on the moon, sent probes to the planets, and improved our understanding of life here at home.

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NASA Spacecraft Ready to Explore Outer Solar System

The first NASA spacecraft to image and map the dynamic interactions taking place where the hot solar wind slams into the cold expanse of space is ready for launch Oct. 19.

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Huge Planet Defies Explanation (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - Astronomers have sighted a very dense planet-sized object that orbits its parent star in just four days and six hours.

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Galaxy Diversity Reveals Clues to Cosmic Evolution (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - Astronomers peering out into our cosmic backyard have long understood that the Milky Way's galactic neighbors only seem similar on the surface. Now a detailed survey from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has revealed the diversity of those galaxies as they evolve over time.

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NASA Primes Spacecraft to Probe Solar System's Fringe (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - NASA is gearing up to launch a new spacecraft to probe the fringe of the solar system this month where material from the sun hits the cold expanse of space.

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NASA And The Adler Planetarium Host NASA Future Forum In Chicago

NASA Deputy Administrator Shana Dale will deliver a keynote address on Friday, Oct. 10, at the Adler Planetarium, Chicago

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Small Asteroid to Streak into Earth's Atmosphere Tonight (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - A very small asteroid will streak into the skies over Sudan tonight, astronomers announced. It is expected to burn up in the atmosphere, creating a show.

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COROT discovery stirs exoplanet classification rethink

COROT has discovered a massive planet-sized object orbiting its parent star closely, unlike anything ever spotted before. It is so exotic, that scientists are unsure as to whether this oddity is actually a planet or a failed star.

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NASA Awards Future Vehicle Aircraft Research Contracts

NASA has awarded research contracts worth a total of $12.4 million to six industry teams to study advanced concepts for subsonic and supersonic commercial transport aircraft that could enter service in 25 to 30 years.

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10/3/2008 10:30 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Comet Capture Capsule Goes On Display (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - A NASA capsule that collected the first samples from a comet has become part of a collection itself.

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Astronaut's diary goes on display in Jerusalem (AP)

AP - Pages from an Israeli astronaut's diary that survived the explosion of the space shuttle Columbia and a 37-mile fall to earth are going on display this weekend for the first time in Jerusalem.

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10/3/2008 8:32 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Space tech helps to reach long-jump world record

German athlete Wojtek Czyz, running with a space-tech enhanced prosthetic leg, set a new world record at the Paralympics 2008 in Beijing, reaching an amazing 6.50 m and beating the previous world record by 27 cm.

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ATV: the next step

Europe's ATV - the Jules Verne - ended its first mission with a controlled break-up over the Pacific. Its developers are already thinking about the future of Automated Transport Vehicles, and hope to develop a craft that can not only return to earth intact, but can also carry a crew of astronauts.

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10/3/2008 7:45 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

NASA Moves Up November Shuttle Launch (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - The space shuttle Endeavour is set to blast off two days early next month while engineers on Earth continue to study a Hubble Space Telescope glitch that added months of delay to a separate orbiter flight, NASA officials announced Friday.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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9/30/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 0 Rating: -

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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10/8/2008 9:36 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Wizards C Haywood needs wrist surgery (AP)

Wizards center Brendan Haywood will have surgery for a torn ligament in his right wrist, but it was not clear Wednesday how much of the regular season he will miss. Some teammates, including guard Antonio Daniels, who suffers from the same injury in his non-shooting hand, said specialists told him that the recovery could be months.

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10/8/2008 11:05 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Cricket: Sir Allen Stanford hopes England and West Indies Super Series can be saved

England's Twenty20 match with a West Indies All Star team should go ahead despite a legal row

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10/8/2008 11:05 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Rugby League: Tony Smith hands reformed Martin Gleeson the England armband for Wales warm-up

Martin Gleeson has been named England captain for the warm-up match against Wales

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10/8/2008 11:05 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Football: John Terry's back injury forces Fabio Capello to look at his England options

John Terry's back injury is likely to rule him out of England's qualifier against Kazakhstan

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10/8/2008 11:19 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Football: Premier League: Jangle of jewellery in the stands could soon be a distant memory

The current financial climate will halt the corporate expenditure which benefits sport now

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10/8/2008 11:19 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Robinho

Manchester City's Brazilian maestro features as Robin Hood, a lost parachutist, Robin Hood, Stephen Ireland's beach buddy and, well, Robin Hood in this week's Photoshop efforts

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10/8/2008 11:05 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Football: Digger: Chelsea's Frank Arnesen still to answer Panorama claims

Frabk Arnesen is yet to be interviewed for allegedly tapping up a Middlesbrough youth player

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10/8/2008 11:05 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Tennis: Ana Ivanovic is latest seed to tumble out of Kremlin Cup

Ana Ivanovic was knocked out of the Kremlin Cup by the unseeded Dominika Cibulkova

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10/8/2008 11:05 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Football: William Gallas admits he needs to improve for Arsenal

Arsenal captain William Gallas has said that his form does not stand up to scrutiny this season

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10/8/2008 11:17 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Rugby Union: In the soap opera that is Toulon, £12m buys hope, hype and horrible failure

The European Challenge Cup starts tonight with Northampton facing the team that sums up the folie of French rugby

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10/8/2008 11:17 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Football: Newcastle's Joe Kinnear needs a programme he can swear by

Perhaps a collection of mild-mannered managers could give Joe Kinnear lessons in charming the press

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10/8/2008 11:04 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Olympics 2008: Beijing blood samples to be retested for Cera, a new-style EPO

The International Olympic Committee will retest athletes' samples from the Beijing Games looking for a new type of drug

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10/8/2008 11:05 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Football: Sunderland manager Roy Keane says academy system is all at sea

Roy Keane has criticised rules restricting his ability to recruit players to Sunderland's academy

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10/8/2008 11:07 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

London 2012: Olympic village in line for £1bn taxpayer bail-out

The cost of building the athletes' village for the 2012 Olympics could be borne by the public as a result of banking instability

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10/8/2008 9:51 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Formula one: Lewis Hamilton has switched on a new audience, says Max Mosley

FIA president Max Mosley has described Lewis Hamilton's impact on formula one as changing the sport's public image

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10/8/2008 11:04 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Sailing: Pacific Cup's growth opens door to Ben Ainslie's team

Ben Ainslie's sailing team could be allowed into the Pacific Cup if it expands as expected

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10/8/2008 11:05 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Rugby Union: Six Nations fears for £4m RBS backer

The credit crunch could force RBS to back out of its deal to sponsor the Six Nations tournament

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10/8/2008 11:05 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Cycling: Lance Armstrong cleared for Australian comeback

The UCI has given Lance Armstrong the green light to race in Australia following drug allegations

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10/8/2008 11:05 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Football: Rio Ferdinand focuses on big picture not big win

Rio Ferdinand has said that England's thrashing of Croatia will not lead to complacency

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Football: Premier League teams in debt face ban from Champions League

Uefa could ban teams in debt from Europe in a bid to safeguard football's fiances

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Rugby Union: Wasps' Danny Cipriani and Josh Lewsey make up after trading punches

Wasps have put the training ground bust up between Danny Cipriani and Josh Lewsey behind them

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10/8/2008 11:07 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

Big interview: the BBC's Roger Mosey talks to Owen Gibson about the challenge of broadcasting London 2012

Roger Mosey, the man who will direct the BBC's coverage of London 2012, talks to Owen Gibson about the 'colossal' challenge of broadcasting the Games

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10/8/2008 11:18 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

Cricket: More to the Sachin Tendulkar's India career than runs on the board

77 runs is all Sachin Tendulkar requires to break the all-time record, yet his appeal cannot be explained by mere landmarks

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10/7/2008 9:57 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Oden scores 13 points in Blazers' debut (AP)

Greg Oden announced his delayed arrival to the NBA with a dunk two minutes into the preseason. Oden debuted to a standing ovation, as did the rest of the young Portland Trail Blazers, in a 110-81 exhibition victory over the Sacramento Kings on Tuesday night. Oden finished with 13 points in just under 20 minutes.

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10/7/2008 11:05 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Rugby union: Ellis searches for new beginning after winning battle of wounded knee

After a frustrating period out injured, Leicester scrum-half Harry Ellis is looking forward to his side's Heineken Cup campaign

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10/7/2008 11:05 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Serie A: Italy searches for answers as Lou Gehrig's disease strikes down players

A magistrate has claimed that the deaths of over 50 Italian footballers from a rare disease may be due to pesticides

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10/7/2008 11:05 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

World Cup: Revitalised Peter Crouch never doubted he would return to the England fold

Peter Crouch has been restored to the England squad, justifying his decision to leave Liverpool for Portsmouth

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10/7/2008 11:05 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Uefa Cup: 'The changing rooms may be smaller but Paolo Maldini can say he's done it all now' says Peter Crouch

Being drawn in the same group as AC Milan is a 'dream come true', according to Portsmouth chief executive, Peter Storrie

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10/7/2008 11:05 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Football: Aaron Ramsey as good as Cesc Fábregas, says Wales coach

Brian Flynn predicted that Aaron Ramsey could develop into one of the leading players in Europe under Arsene Wenger

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10/7/2008 11:05 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Owen deserves England spot on goal difference, says Kinnear

Fabio Capello has made a mistake in not calling up Michael Owen, according to Newcastle manager Joe Kinnear

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10/8/2008 12:20 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Business as usual for super-rich at the Sales

The economy may be struggling but the big horse traders are recession-proof

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10/8/2008 12:10 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Football: Uefa considers banning debt-ridden clubs from competing in Europe

Uefa general secretary David Taylor says teams carrying excessive debt may be banned from European competition

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10/8/2008 12:31 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Cubs exercise RHP Harden's $7M option (AP)

Rich Harden's $7 million option for next year was exercised Wednesday by the Chicago Cubs, one day after a test showed the hard-throwing right-hander had no structural damage in his pitching shoulder. The Cubs acquired Harden from Oakland on July 8. He was the losing pitcher in Game 3 of the NL division series Saturday night as the Cubs were swept in three games by the Los Angeles Dodgers.

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10/7/2008 11:05 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Emine Saner: Yours for £28,950 - an exercise pool just like Tony and Cherie's

Emine Saner: I hate swimming - you have to swim in public pools with lots of half-naked strangers who may or may not be dirty

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10/8/2008 11:15 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Rugby union: A dispute between Danny Cipriani and Josh Lewsey has been overblown, say Wasps

Wasps have denied that a training-ground incident between Danny Cipriani and Josh Lewsey was anything more serious than a disagreement

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10/8/2008 12:26 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Formula one: Lewis Hamilton and Felipe Massa are both confident of success in the final grands prix of the season

Lewis Hamilton and Felipe Massa have both insisted that they are capable of a strong finish to the formula one season

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10/8/2008 2:32 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Palin to drop puck at Flyers' opener (AP)

Sarah Palin's next faceoff will come at center ice at an NHL arena, not at a debate. The GOP vice presidential nominee will drop the ceremonial first puck when the Philadelphia Flyers open the regular season against the New York Rangers on Saturday. Palin, the Alaska governor and self-described "hockey mom," will join the winner of a team promotion for the "Ultimate Hockey Mom" to drop the puck.

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10/7/2008 9:39 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Ailing Jackson misses Lakers' loss (AP)

Ronnie Brewer and Paul Millsap each scored 13 points, Deron Williams had 11 points and eight assists, and the Utah Jazz beat the Los Angeles Lakers 99-90 on Tuesday night in the preseason opener for both teams. Kobe Bryant played 24 minutes for the Lakers, finishing with eight points, five rebounds and five assists after sitting out the entire second and fourth quarters.

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10/7/2008 11:05 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

World Cup: Still no solution for England's muddle in the middle

Gerrard and Lampard not only have a shared instinct to attack but they prevent one another from playing to their best

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10/7/2008 11:05 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Golf: Severiano Ballesteros still in hospital as family play down fears

Severiano Ballesteros remains in a stable condition in hospital according to his nephew and spokesman, Ivan Ballesteros

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10/7/2008 11:05 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Cycling: Brailsford looks to Legeay for GB Tour team

Roger Legeay has been approached by Dave Brailsford about a role in the planned British Tour de France team

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10/7/2008 11:05 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Premier League: Anfield impasse takes toll as Rafael Benítez is kept waiting for deal

Nine months after Tom Hicks vowed to extend Rafael Benitez's contract, the Spaniard is yet to be offered a new deal

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10/8/2008 12:19 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Wales: Bellamy sleeping in altitude tent to save career

Craig Bellamy has installed an altitude tent in his home in an effort to overcome the injuries that have blighted his career

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10/8/2008 6:59 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Cards official Kissell dies after wreck (AP)

Hospital officials say longtime St. Louis Cardinals official George Kissell has died after he was injured in a traffic accident in Florida. Pinellas Park Police Capt. Sanfield Foreseth says Kissell died Tuesday night at Tampa General Hospital. Police say Kissell's daughter was driving her parents Monday night when she apparently ran a red light and was hit by another car.

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10/8/2008 8:21 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Wednesday's football transfer rumours: Blaise Matuidi to Barcelona?

Ebanks-Blake and Henry for Jamaica | Noble-Lazarus to Villa | Liverpool want Southend youngster

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10/8/2008 8:58 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Red Sox to start Dice-K in ALCS Game 1 (AP)

Daisuke Matsuzaka will be on the mound for the Red Sox when the AL championship series begins Friday night against the Tampa Bay Rays. That doesn't make him Boston's ace. Josh Beckett is still No. 1 in the Red Sox rotation -- especially during the playoffs -- even though he had the worst outing of the three Boston starters who faced the Los Angeles Angels in the first round.

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10/8/2008 11:49 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Football: England up to 14th in Fifa rankings

Fabio Capello's England are making progress, according to the latest Fifa rankings, which see them move up one place to 14th

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10/8/2008 12:34 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Scan shows spot on brain of Rams' Looker (AP)

Rams wide receiver Dane Looker will have additional tests designed to rule out an aneurysm after a CAT scan that cleared him from a concussion revealed a brain abnormality. Dr. Matt Matava, a team physician, said Looker also would be examined Thursday by a neurosurgical consultant. Team medical personnel believe the abnormality is unrelated to the concussion Looker sustained against the Buffalo...

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10/8/2008 1:05 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Manny leads Dodgers into NLCS vs. Phils (AP)

Sporting freshly trimmed, thick braids instead of his usual dreadlocks, Manny Ramirez has a slightly new look for the NL championship series to go with his reformed West Coast attitude. On the field, it's the same old Manny. He just keeps hitting. Ramirez changed the culture of the Los Angeles Dodgers, leading them to the playoffs with a dynamic performance after forcing his way out of Boston.

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10/8/2008 2:21 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Auburn fires off. coordinator Franklin (AP)

Auburn coach Tommy Tuberville fired offensive coordinator Tony Franklin on Wednesday just seven games into his tenure, pulling the plug after the Tigers' rocky transition to his spread offense. The 20th-ranked Tigers have struggled offensively all season after entering as the favorites to win the Southeastern Conference Western Division.