News Predator - Science News Archive 10/11/2008

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Lost manatee headed to Fla. after Mass. rescue (AP)

AP - A wayward manatee is headed home to Florida after being pulled from frigid Cape Cod waters in an early morning rescue.

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Peru's president names leftist as new prime minister (AFP)

AFP - Peruvian President Alan Garcia on Saturday named Yehude Simon, a leftist governor once jailed for alleged links to outlawed Tupac Amaru rebels, as the country's next prime minister.

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Google founder Brin visits Russian space cosmodrome (Reuters)

Reuters - Google co-founder Sergey Brin, considering going into space on a private flight, made a surprise visit to Russia's Baikonur cosmodrome on Saturday to wish good luck to a fellow space tourist.

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Endangered Miss. frogs get a break in the weather (AP)

AP - Pick up a Mississippi gopher frog and it covers its eyes with its forefeet, like someone afraid to see what's coming next. And for at least a decade, it's had a good reason not to look.

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As storm nears, west Texas braces for more floods (AP)

AP - Officials planned to activate an emergency operations center in west Texas, where the remnants of Hurricane Norbert are expected to bring rain to already saturated areas, an official said Friday.

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Unlocking the Secrets of Atomic Nuclei (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - This Behind the Scenes article was provided to LiveScience in partnership with the National Science Foundation.

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10/11/2008 3:45 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Financial Fears Outweigh Terrorist Threat (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - Most Americans believe the current financial crisis poses a greater threat than terrorism.

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Stem cell generation from ordinary cells now safe (Reuters)

Reuters - Japanese researchers who invented a way to make powerful stem cells out of ordinary cells say they have now found a safer way to do it.

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NASA sticks to 2009 launch for Mars Science Laboratory (AFP)

AFP - US space agency NASA said Friday it still plans to launch an ambitious mission to Mars late next year despite technical hurdles and budget difficulties.

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Nobel Prize winner Dr. George Palade dies at 95 (AP)

AP - Dr. George Palade, who won a Nobel Prize in 1974 for his work isolating and identifying cell structure and helped create one of the leading cell biology programs in the nation at the University of California, San Diego, has died. He was 95.

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10/9/2008 9:19 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Alaska: State with a long history of take and give (AP)

AP - Alaska is awash in billions of surplus dollars from the current high oil prices and a tax hike on the oil industry, but it remains at the forefront of states feeding at the federal trough.

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Sounds of Volcanic Eruption Recreated (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - In a high-tech version of those baking soda-and-vinegar experiments at science fairs, scientists have simulated a key stage of volcanic eruptions where steam and other fluids rushing through cracks in underground rocks create particular "acoustic emissions."

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Scientists: Virginia shark's pup a 'virgin birth' (AP)

AP - Scientists have confirmed the second case of a "virgin birth" in a shark. In a study reported Friday in the Journal of Fish Biology, scientists said DNA testing proved that a pup carried by a female Atlantic blacktip shark in the Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center contained no genetic material from a male.

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Animals Have Personalities, Too (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - We know our siblings and in-laws have personalities - sometimes to a fault. But science recently has revealed that such individual differences are widespread in the animal kingdom, even reaching to spiders, birds, mice, squid, rats and pigs.

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US trade gap shrinks amid softer global economy (AFP)

AFP - The US trade deficit fell 3.5 percent in August to 59.1 billion dollars amid a drop in imports and weaker oil prices, government data showed Friday.

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Palm oil clearing swathes of forest in Indonesia's Papua: Greenpeace (AFP)

AFP - Palm oil companies are clearing massive swathes of untouched forest in Indonesia's remote easternmost Papua region, environmental group Greenpeace said Friday.

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10/10/2008 1:17 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Spacecraft moved to launch pad ahead of ISS flight (AP)

AP - Friends and family of the world's next space tourist ? including his astronaut father ? watched Friday as the rocket for the voyage was placed on a launch pad in Kazakhstan for its weekend takeoff to the International Space Station.

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British mother, teenage daughter drown in Spanish floods (AFP)

AFP - A British woman and her 14-year-old daughter have drowned in a flash flood in eastern Spain which has been lashed by torrential rains, officials said on Friday.

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Biogen discontinues experimental arthritis drug (Reuters)

Reuters - Biogen Idec Inc said on Thursday it will discontinue development of baminercept as a treatment for rheumatoid arthritis after the experimental drug failed to prove effective in a mid-stage trial.

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Looming recession, cash crisis cut oil demand: IEA (AFP)

AFP - Approaching recession and a banking cash crisis are cutting into global demand for oil and may set back investment in new oilfields, the International Energy Agency said on Friday.

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US trade gap shrinks to $59.1 billion (AFP)

AFP - The US trade deficit fell 3.5 percent in August to 59.1 billion dollars amid a drop in imports and weaker oil prices, government data showed Friday.

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Do Lie Detectors Work? (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - When candidates square off in debates, the truth seems to get stretched at least a few times, at minimum.

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10/10/2008 10:45 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Former Astronaut's Son Set for Space Tourist Trek (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - Former NASA astronaut Owen Garriott is proud of his son Richard and with good reason. After all, it’s not every day a child follows his father’s footsteps all the way to space.

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10/10/2008 5:33 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

America's Superpower Status Threatened by Financial Crisis (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - A dismal economy coupled with mounting federal debt and expected cuts to science and technology spending threaten to unseat the United States as the reigning superpower of the world.

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BP contract worker dies near Texas City refinery (Reuters)

Reuters - BP Plc on Thursday confirmed that a worker for a contractor died after an accident at a waste disposal area near the company's Texas City refinery.

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Palin wrongly suggests Congress bans oil exports (AP)

AP - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, touted by GOP presidential candidate John McCain as his expert on energy, seemed to have problems Thursday explaining whether the government bans oil exports ? especially from her state's North Slope fields.

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Shark Pregnant, No Males Required (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - An Atlantic blacktip shark named Tidbit showed no signs of being pregnant, and she hadn't even mated. So scientists were surprised during an autopsy of the now deceased shark to find she had been carrying a baby.

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Western group petitions for species protection (AP)

AP - A tortoise, a hare, a mouse and a half-dozen mussels are some of the creatures that a conservation group hopes to save through a "Western Ark" project aimed at petitioning the government for federal protection.

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10/10/2008 2:55 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

Stress and Suicide in Hard Times: How People Really React (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - The economy is in bad shape, as the pundits have coined it, "from Wall Street to Main Street." Anyone following the news has some idea of what that may mean for their retirement savings and home loans, but what about the less obvious effects of social and economic hardship?

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NASA Draws Plan to Revive Hubble Space Telescope (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - NASA engineers are finalizing plans to resuscitate the ailing Hubble Space Telescope, which has been unable to beam home its trademark iconic images of the universe for weeks due to equipment failure.

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Mysterious DNA Found to Survive Eons of Evolution (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - Scientists have discovered mystery snippets of mammal DNA that have survived eons of evolution and yet have no apparent purpose. The finding reveals just how much we don't know about the secrets hidden in our genome and that of other animals.

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Google-sponsored satellite sends first image (AFP)

AFP - A Google-sponsored satellite has beamed its first picture back to Earth in a successful test of a camera that will supply images for the Internet giant's free online map and navigation services.

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10/9/2008 7:47 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Tropical species also threatened by climate change (AP)

AP - If you can't stand global warming, get out of the tropics. While the most significant harm from climate change so far has been in the polar regions, tropical plants and animals may face an even greater threat, say scientists who studied conditions in Costa Rica.

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10/9/2008 10:41 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Hurricane Ike produces 76,000 damage claims so far (AP)

AP - More than 76,000 damage claims from Hurricane Ike have been filed with the Texas-backed windstorm insurance association, which expects to pay billions of dollars to policy holders for losses.

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How Brachiosaurs Got So Huge (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - Brachiosaurs and other long-necked giants of the dinosaur world weighed as much as 10 African elephants. Researchers now think they know why the tubby vegetarian beasts got so big: They swallowed high-energy foods whole.

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Tropical Storm Odile forms in Pacific Ocean (AP)

AP - The National Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm Odile has formed in the Pacific Ocean.

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Satellite images document South Ossetia destruction (Reuters)

Reuters - Satellite images taken just after a battle between Georgia and Russia over the region of South Ossetia show fresh damage to villages continued for days after the initial clash, researchers and human rights activists reported on Thursday.

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McCain and Obama's energy proposals (AP)

AP - Republican John McCain: Favors increased offshore drilling and building 45 nuclear power reactors by 2030.

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Gene-testing startup's study responds to critics (AP)

AP - A Silicon Valley gene-testing startup is responding to criticism that the tests could spur bad health-care choices by teaming up for a broad study of how the results affect behavior.

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Scientist warns cash woes 'devastating' to science (AP)

AP - Famed scientist Richard Leakey warned that the worldwide credit crisis will be "just devastating" to scientific research in coming years, as endowment interest income drops and companies cut donations.

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Europeans reject animal cloning for food: survey (Reuters)

Reuters - Most Europeans have reservations about cloning animals for food, while 67 percent see cloning as justified if used to preserve rare animal species, a survey that could help forge EU policy in the area showed on Thursday.

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Beaver Dams Boost Songbird Populations (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - The busy beaver's iconic dams do more than hold back streams; they also provide critical habitat to some migratory songbirds, a new study finds.

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Georgia villages "torched," satellite study shows (Reuters)

Reuters - Hundreds of houses in ethnic Georgian villages in South Ossetia were torched in August, after Russian troops took control of the area, according to an analysis of satellite images released on Thursday.

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Big Issue: Energy crisis hitting home (AP)

AP - When oil topped $100 a barrel earlier this year, and gasoline prices soared above $4 a gallon, Americans cried out for relief.

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10/9/2008 7:41 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

American Dream and Middle Class in Jeopardy (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - The presidential candidates say they connect with and "get" the American middle-class. And the government's bailout plan for Wall Street has been billed as the best way to help Main Street keep its white picket fences.

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10/9/2008 8:09 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Global warming sending tropical species uphill: study (AFP)

AFP - Global warming is driving tropical plant and animal species to higher altitudes, potentially leaving lowland rainforest with nothing to take their place, ecologists argue in this week's issue of Science.

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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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Satellite images document S. Ossetia destruction (Reuters)

Reuters - Satellite images taken just after a battle between Georgia and Russia over the region of South Ossetia show fresh damage to villages continued for days after the initial clash, researchers and human rights activists reported Thursday.

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Babies Know Happy From Sad Songs (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - Babies as young as 5 months can distinguish an upbeat tune, such as "Ode to Joy" from Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, from a lineup of gloomy tunes.

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Satellites collect data on sea temperatures, reefs (AP)

AP - Satellites are helping scientists expand a virtual network to watch for increases in ocean temperatures that can damage or kill the fragile ecosystems of coral reefs worldwide.

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U.S. space tourist set for blast-off (Reuters)

Reuters - U.S. video game magnate Richard Garriott will blast off into space aboard a Russian spaceship on Sunday watched by his father, a NASA astronaut who went into space at the height of the Cold War.

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Space Tourist, Station Crew to Launch Sunday (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - A new crew is poised to launch to the International Space Station early Sunday to help outfit the laboratory for double-sized occupancy.

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Russia says Soyuz space landings will be safe (Reuters)

Reuters - Russian space authorities said on Saturday they had improved safety measures for spaceships returning to Earth from the International Space Station after a series of rough landings.

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The 100th Crewed Soyuz Flight That (Maybe) Isn't (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - HOUSTON - As the commander of the next Soyuz launch to the International Space Station, Yuri Lonchakov was in charge of designing a patch to represent his three-person crew.

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10/11/2008 3:57 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Russian space chief reassures US partners (AP)

AP - The ongoing global economic turmoil and increasingly strained ties between Moscow and Washington will not stand in the way of further space exploration, Russia's space agency chief said Saturday.

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NASA gives budget-busting Mars probe a reprieve (Reuters)

Reuters - NASA needs more money to resolve problems with its next Mars mission and keep it on track for launch next year, and is gambling that the U.S. Congress will find the extra funds, officials said on Friday.

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Student Experiments Fly High on Helium Balloons

Four teams of students sponsored by ESA are jubilant after their experiments returned safely to Earth at the end of the latest Balloon Experiments for University Students (BEXUS) campaign inside the Arctic Circle. After many months of hard work and preparation, the successful conclusion was well worth waiting for.

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NASA to Provide Update to Hubble Anomaly Status

NASA will host a media teleconference at 12:30 p.m. EDT, Tuesday, Oct. 14, to brief reporters about the status of efforts to revive the data handling unit that failed on the Hubble Space Telescope in late-September.

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10/10/2008 7:28 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

NASA presses ahead for Mars rover launch in 2009 (AP)

AP - NASA said Friday it will press ahead with plans to launch a supersized rover to Mars next year despite spiraling costs and schedule pressures.

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

NASA Sticks to 2009 Launch for Flagship Mars Mission (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - NASA will push ahead with its plan for an October 2009 launch of the already over-budget Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) despite ongoing technical and schedule difficulties all but certain to push the cost of the mission past $2 billion.

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10/10/2008 8:16 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Venus Express searching for life – on Earth

Scientists using ESA’s Venus Express are trying to observe whether Earth is habitable. Silly, you might think, when we know that Earth is richly stocked with life. In fact, far from being a pointless exercise, Venus Express is paving the way for an exciting new era in astronomy.

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10/10/2008 2:14 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Space exhibition opens in Lisbon

Today, the last day of World Space Week, marked the official opening of the exhibition 'Space – the last frontier' by the Portuguese Minister of Science, Technology and Higher Education, Jose Mariano Gago. One of the most impressive exhibits is a 1:10 scale model of the International Space Station, lent for the occasion by ESA.

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Space Station Toilet Breaks Again (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - The master bathroom for three astronauts aboard the International Space Station is on the fritz again just days before a trio of new spaceflyers are due to launch toward the orbiting lab, NASA officials said Friday.

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Saudi-owned TV website hit by cyber attack (AFP)

AFP - Computer hackers claiming to be Shiite shut down the website of Saudi-owned satellite channel Al-Arabiya on Friday, a month after Iran reported similar attacks on many of its websites by hardline Sunnis.

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Adopt a Scientist: Geology of Other Worlds (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - While we yearn to walk on other worlds, SETI Institute scientist Cynthia Phillips strolls the surfaces of distant planets each day at her computer. She's a planetary geologist on a quest to understand how liquids change the surfaces of other worlds. She studies Mars and the icy moons of the outer solar system, mapping the evolution of their surfaces. It's all part of the search for life beyond our home planet, Earth.

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NASA Sets Briefings for Next Shuttle Mission to the Space Station

NASA will hold a series of news briefings on Monday, Nov. 3, to preview the upcoming space shuttle Endeavour mission that will outfit the International Space Station for six-person crews.

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Juno Spacecraft to Study Jupiter (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - For generations, astronomers have argued over how the planets in our solar system were formed. Today, most theories assume that planets were formed in a nebula of gas and dust that condensed around what eventually became our sun, but there is still great disagreement over details, particularly for gas giant planets like Jupiter: Did a small core form first around which each planet condensed, or did instability in the nebula cause pockets to collapse directly into planets?

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10/9/2008 6:29 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

AP IMPACT: GPS could save airlines time and fuel (AP)

AP - A World War II-era air traffic network that often forces planes to take longer, zigzagging routes is costing U.S. airlines billions of dollars in wasted fuel while an upgrade to a satellite-based system has languished in the planning stages for more than a decade.

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NASA to Provide Mars Science Laboratory Launch Update

NASA will host a media teleconference at 3 p.m. EDT, Friday, Oct. 10, to brief reporters after a meeting held by the agency's administrator concerning the Mars Science Laboratory, or MSL.

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Veteran Space Station Crew Ready to Fly (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - An American astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut are preparing to blast off from their home planet Sunday to fly to the International Space Station next week.

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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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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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10/8/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

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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10/6/2008 9:33 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

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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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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10/6/2008 8:30 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

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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10/3/2008 8:30 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

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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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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10/11/2008 10:13 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Harbhajan gives Aussies more grief

Vic Marks reflects on the threats posed by England's immininent opponents, as Harbhajan rallies India against Australia in Bangalore

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10/11/2008 11:03 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Canoeing star Helen Barnes's eggs frozen for babies after 2012 Olympics

Helen Barnes believes operation will allow her to train for games without sacrificing motherhood

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10/11/2008 11:26 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Football: England: Holding all the cards, we play patience

ITV's commentators stood by Fabio Capello's plea for patience but it was a rocky ride

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10/11/2008 11:33 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Football: George Burley's ambitious approach is thwarted after Chris Iwelumo has a Scotland debut to forget

George Burley aimed for subtlety against Norway, but there was no planning for Chris Iwelumo's shoddy finishing

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10/11/2008 11:34 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Eddie Butler: Holley and Humphreys carry on smelting

Vale and Valley - merged Ospreys need to find a way to succeed as a collective, writes Eddie Butler

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10/11/2008 11:32 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Football: In this game it's every administrator for himself

Chelsea's legal wrangle over Mikel John Obi is symptomatic of a sport more concerned with fiscal matters than the game itself

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10/11/2008 11:33 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Football: Premier League: Hull's success puts spotlight on continental ways

The credibility of a director of football has been placed under further suspicion by Phil Brown's inspirational work at Hull

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10/11/2008 11:34 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Mauger benefit as Kiwi team-mate helps out with tough decisions

Toby Flood reflects on his first month at the Tigers, and eagerly awaits today's visit of the star-studded Ospreys in the Heineken Cup

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

Rugby union: McAlister spanks Clermont Auvergne

Luke McAlister inspires Sale to shock 32-15 victory over Clermont Auvergne at the fortress of Stade Marcel Michelin

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10/11/2008 10:45 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Rays beat Red Sox 9-8 in 11 to even ALCS (AP)

B.J. Upton and the Tampa Bay Rays won a game of home run derby with a shallow fly ball. Pinch-runner Fernando Perez dashed home on Upton's sacrifice fly in the 11th inning and the Rays outlasted the Boston Red Sox 9-8 early Sunday, evening the AL championship series at one game each. The teams combined for seven home runs, tying a postseason record.

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10/11/2008 11:26 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Football: Rio Ferdinand slams 'ignorant, shameful' England boo-boys

Rio Ferdinand criticised the England fans who booed Ashley Cole after his costly error

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10/11/2008 11:32 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Football: Rigid midfield thinking stunts England's feelgood factor

Five England goals do not disguise the fact that the midfield remained too cluttered to pick its way through Kazakhstan

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10/11/2008 11:40 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Rugby union: Polished Hernandez ends sorry away days for Stade Francais

Stade Francais put in a classy performance beating Ulster convincingly 26-10 in Belfast

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10/11/2008 9:01 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Oklahoma St. upends No. 3 Missouri 28-23 (AP)

Chase Daniel's Heisman Trophy stock just plummeted. Missouri's national championship hopes took a tumble, too. And how about them Oklahoma State Cowboys? No. 17 Oklahoma State stopped an offense that had been scoring at will, intercepting Daniel's passes three times in the second half and upsetting the third-ranked Tigers 28-23 victory on Saturday night.

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10/11/2008 9:05 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

No. 11 Florida rips No. 4 LSU 51-21 (AP)

Tim Tebow jumped around and waved his arms high above his head as he jogged off the field late in the fourth quarter. Florida fans responded with chants of "Tebow, Tebow, Tebow." Tebow vowed to play harder following his last home game, a humbling home loss to Mississippi two weeks ago. The Heisman Trophy winner backed up that promise with his best game of the season Saturday night.

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10/11/2008 11:26 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Football: England player ratings

Wayne Rooney was England's star performer again against Belarus in our player ratings

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10/11/2008 11:31 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Fantasy globetrotting

Follow all the drama from each boat in the Round the World Race - and even compete against them online. Will Buckley reports

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10/11/2008 11:33 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Football: David James: An ill wind could blow a draft our way

The Premier League must not insulate itself from the realities of the financial turmoil to ensure football remains a viable career

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10/11/2008 11:43 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Kevin Mitchell: Joe show ducks the big issue

A quest to be seen as the best prevents the old guard from hanging up their gloves

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10/11/2008 10:15 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

BIG INTERVIEW: JONES GOES OFF SCRIPT

The great American boxer, Roy Jones Jr, who takes on Joe Calzaghe in New York next month talks with rare openness about his brilliant career

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10/11/2008 11:33 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

Horse Racing: Jumping Jack so flash for Emma

Crack Away Jack, who dwarfed his rivals in the paddock, flew to his first victory of the season in the big handicap hurdle

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10/10/2008 11:17 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Football: Captain Craig Bellamy believes his best is yet to come

Craig Bellamy has said his first priority is to last 90 minutes for Wales against Liechtenstein

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10/11/2008 12:23 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Rugby league: Gleeson leads rout as England depart for World Cup on a high

England recorded their biggest-ever win against Wales with a 74-0 romp

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10/11/2008 12:38 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Cricket: Hussey's hundred leaves India staring at long road to safety

Mike Hussey steered Australia to 430 all out on the second day of the first Test against India

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10/11/2008 9:41 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Cricket: Australia still dominant despite late Harbhajan burst

Rahul Dravid gave India some encouragement, although the tourists' fast bowlers dominated much of the day

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10/11/2008 10:26 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

World Cup 2010 qualifier: Scotland v Norway minute-by-minute report!

Scotland are really up against it now after Chris Iwelumo misses an open goal from three yards. If that.

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10/11/2008 12:52 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Late FG miss helps Toledo top Michigan (AP)

Holy Toledo. Michigan's K.C. Lopata missed a 26-yard field goal with 4 seconds left, giving the Rockets a 13-10 win over the once-mighty Wolverines. Toledo coach Tom Amstutz, who has spent most of his life in the city just south of the Michigan border, gazed at the scoreboard displaying the stunning score as he celebrated on the Big House field.

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10/11/2008 4:01 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

No. 7 Texas Tech gets by Nebraska in OT (AP)

Texas Tech cornerback Jamar Wall saw Nebraska's quarterback scramble and started to charge. Joe Ganz wanted to throw the ball out of bounds. He missed his target. "He basically threw it right to me," Wall said. Wall's pick preserved a 37-31 overtime victory for No. 7 Texas Tech against Nebraska on Saturday.

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10/11/2008 6:12 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

US advances to WC final qualifying round (AP)

DaMarcus Beasley scored his first international goals in 16 months, Landon Donovan added his record 37th goal for the United States and the Americans breezed past Cuba into the final round of World Cup qualifying with unusual ease. "It's never easy," Donovan insisted after a 6-1 rout Saturday. But relatively speaking, it was.

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10/11/2008 7:20 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Football: England rely on Wayne Rooney to silence boos

Wayne Rooney scored twice to help England to an ultimately comfortable win over Kazakhstan

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10/11/2008 8:40 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Dawson beats Tarver to earn 2 titles (AP)

Chad Dawson finally has a victory over a notable opponent. Dawson entered his IBF-IBO light heavyweight title fight Saturday night at the Pearl inside the Palms with questions that his unblemished record was the result of victories against inferior competition. Thoroughly dominating three-time champion Antonio Tarver, Dawson silenced critics with a unanimous decision to capture both titles.

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10/10/2008 9:08 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Dice-K pitches Red Sox by Rays in Game 1 (AP)

Daisuke Matsuzaka's brilliant escape act bewildered Tampa Bay and put the Boston Red Sox on top in the AL championship series. Matsuzaka took a no-hit bid into the seventh inning and worked out of trouble all game, pitching the defending World Series champions past the Rays 2-0 Friday night in the ALCS opener.

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

Football: Tony Jimenez going will not shift Newcastle United's other bosses

Derek Llambias and Dennis Wise will not be follow Tony Jimenez out of Newcastle, as many fans hoped

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

Football: Northern Ireland fans can make us feel at home, says Nigel Worthington

Nigel Worthington has backed the 1,200 Northern Ireland fans traveling to Slovenia to help his side turn a corner

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

Football: Dubai set to drop Liverpool interest after bid for Charlton

The Maktoum family's reported bid for Charlton looks to have ended Dubai's interest in Liverpool

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10/10/2008 11:24 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

England can build on feelgood factor and make Kazakhs suffer

Kazakhstan offer Fabio Capello the perfect chance to build on the goodwill earned in Croatia

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10/11/2008 10:12 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

West Va. QB White sits out Syracuse game (AP)

Quarterback Pat White was scratched from West Virginia's game against Syracuse on Saturday due to a head injury. White was dressed in warmups at kickoff and backup Jarrett Brown got his second career start. White left the Mountaineers' 24-17 victory over Rutgers a week ago after being gang tackled in the third quarter.

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10/11/2008 10:23 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Taking Horses: get the holiday money backing 20-1 shot Crete

The best bets from around the country, plus the latest news in our daily racing blog

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10/11/2008 1:13 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Ueberroth fires back in IOC money flap (AP)

Peter Ueberroth took a swipe at international officials critical of the money the U.S. Olympic Committee receives, setting up some possibly uncomfortable moments for the Chicago group trying to land the 2016 Games. "Who pays the bill for the world Olympic movement?" Ueberroth said Saturday in his final speech as USOC chairman.

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10/11/2008 1:48 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Football: The best pictures from today's World Cup qualifiers

Football: The best pictures from today's World Cup qualifiers

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

Reunion spurs Saint-André pursuit of grand prize

The Sale coach is worshipped in Clermont-Ferrand but he expects no favours when he returns to the scene of his former glories, he tells Mike Averis

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10/11/2008 7:19 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Formula One: Lewis Hamilton takes pole in Japan with Felipe Massa on third row

Lewis Hamilton shone during qualifying for tomorrow's Japanese grand prix, claiming "the best pole of his life"

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10/11/2008 12:49 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

No. 5 Texas upsets No. 1 Oklahoma 45-35 (AP)

The Texas Longhorns came into their annual showdown against the Oklahoma Sooners with a quarterback they could trust and a defense playing great under an aggressive new coordinator. Yet even after five solid wins, coach Mack Brown still wondered how good they were. Now, everyone knows. Trailing the No.

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10/11/2008 1:03 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Sharp's 3 TDs lift Kansas by Buffs 30-14 (AP)

After deciding that Jake Sharp didn't fit the offense, Kansas fit the offense to him. As a result, the No. 16 Jayhawks may have solved a festering problem in the running game just in time for Big 12 action. Smaller and quicker than Jon Cornish and Brandon McAnderson, the featured runners in 2006 and '07, Sharp scored three touchdowns Saturday in a 30-14 victory over Colorado.

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10/11/2008 3:15 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Klitschko stops Peter to reclaim title (AP)

Vitali Klitschko reclaimed the WBC belt and fulfilled a self-proclaimed dream to hold a heavyweight title at the same time as his brother, stopping Samuel Peter with a technical knockout Saturday night. Peter chose not to come back out after eight rounds that saw him weaving and occasionally wobbling as Klitschko landed a persistent stream of heavy left jabs to Peter's head in front of more than...

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10/11/2008 3:33 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Rugby union: Heineken Cup: McAlister inspires Sale to storming road victory at Clermont Auvergne

Sale Sharks caught French Top 14 side Clermont Auvergne cold to claim a valuable 32-15 Heineken Cup victory on the road in Pool Two.

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10/11/2008 5:24 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Chiefs put TE Gonzalez on trading block (AP)

Tony Gonzalez, the most prod