News Predator - Science News Archive 10/12/2008

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Forecasters: Tropical Storm Nana forms in Atlantic (AP)

AP - Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center in Miami say Tropical Storm Nana has formed in the eastern Atlantic, but predict it will weaken to a tropical depression by Monday.

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American space tourist blasts off in Soyuz rocket (AP)

AP - A Soyuz spacecraft with two Americans and a Russian on board lifted off from Kazakhstan on Sunday for the international space station.

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Mongoose Pups Pick Parents (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - Banded mongooses live in extended-family groups, with as many as ten females breeding at the same time. When they're about a month old, pups leave the communal den to forage with the adults. That's when a pup usually begins to associate exclusively with one particular adult - not necessarily a parent - that provides nourishment and protection. One might assume that the adult chooses the pup it wishes to assist.

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Endangered species ruling could slow development in floodplains (McClatchy Newspapers)

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON ? A ruling that development along dozens of rivers flowing from the Cascade Mountains to Washington state's Puget Sound jeopardizes endangered salmon, steelhead and killer whales could shape future construction in floodplains nationwide.

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10/12/2008 2:25 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Xenophobia Founded on Faulty Assumptions (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - America has always been a cultural melting pot, but that pot has always been kept at a rolling bubble by the heat of xenophobia. And sometimes it boils over causing great damage. Every generation of citizens, many of them immigrants themselves or of recent immigrant ancestry, is afraid of the next wave of others looking for a better life. The fear has always been that those "other" people, the ones who are invading this country, will pollute the gene pool and degrade the culture in some manner...

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Two more genes linked to common skin cancer (Reuters)

Reuters - Scientists have found two new genetic variations that appear to increase the risk of the most common skin cancer among people of European descent.

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10/12/2008 3:50 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Hurricane Norbert storms Mexico's Baja peninsula (Reuters)

Reuters - Hurricane Norbert smacked Mexico's Baja California peninsula on Saturday, blowing roofs off buildings, knocking down trees and forcing hundreds of people to evacuate flood-prone areas.

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Hong Kong sets panda reserve as priority Sichuan aid project (AFP)

AFP - Almost half of Hong Kong's aid package to help China's quake-stricken Sichuan will be used to restore a giant panda reserve, the government said Sunday.

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10/12/2008 9:09 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Economic woes chill effort to stop global warming (AP)

AP - Attempts to tackle global warming are being made more difficult by the spreading economic crisis even as Democratic congressional leaders say it's still a top goal for next year.

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10/12/2008 5:48 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Palin has mixed record as fiscal conservative (AP)

AP - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the Republican nominee for vice president, bills herself as a fiscal conservative. But her record looks little like the classic conservative who favors less government and lower taxes.

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Premature Ejaculation: It's Not in Your Head (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - Guys, if you're trying to lay blame for your pitiful mid-life crisis, some good news: Scientists have found that premature ejaculation is not all in your head. In fact, the propensity is genetically determined.

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U.S. gasoline price marks biggest drop ever: survey (Reuters)

Reuters - The average price of a gallon of gasoline in the United States recorded its largest drop ever as consumer demand continued to wane and oil prices slid, a prominent industry analyst said on Sunday.

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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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10/10/2008 10:54 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

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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10/11/2008 2:22 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

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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10/9/2008 11:02 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

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

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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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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10/9/2008 5:36 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

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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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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10/9/2008 6:06 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

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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10/9/2008 9:02 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

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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New Crew Blasts Off for International Space Station

A new crew that will live and work aboard the International Space Station rocketed into orbit early Sunday aboard a Soyuz spacecraft.

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

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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10/12/2008 7:31 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Former Astronaut's Son Blasts Off Toward Space Station (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - American space tourist Richard Garriott, the son of a former NASA astronaut, rocketed into orbit early Sunday aboard a Russian spacecraft alongside two professional spaceflyers to become the first second-generation American astronaut to launch toward the International Space Station.

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U.S. space tourist blasts off in Russian rocket (Reuters)

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

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10/11/2008 12:15 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

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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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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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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10/6/2008 9:45 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

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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10/6/2008 9:04 AM - Views: 0 Rating: -

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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10/6/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 0 Rating: -

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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10/3/2008 10:37 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

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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10/12/2008 11:03 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Blair under fire as row over F1 party funding resurfaces

Conservative MPs question Blair's account of Ecclestone affair following newly released documents

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Heineken Cup: David Skrela lands spoils as Bath throw away famous victory

David Skrela kicked Toulouse to a 18-16 victory over Bath with a sixth and decisive penalty in the final moments of the match

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Heineken Cup: Dean Ryan sacrifices Ryan Lamb's gifts as Gloucester alter attacking instincts against Biarritz

Gloucester adopted a kicking game to grind out a pragmatic 22-10 victory over Biarritz

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10/12/2008 11:03 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Golf: Charl Schwartzel profits from fatherly conversation to win Madrid Masters

Charl Schwartzel won the Madrid Masters with an immaculate final-round 66 having shrugged off illness and a shoulder injury

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10/12/2008 11:03 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Golf: Seve Ballesteros confirms brain tumour

Seve Ballesteros has revealed that doctors have diagnosed him with a brain tumour

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Formula one: Is history repeating itself? The factors that could cost Lewis Hamilton the championship again

With Lewis Hamilton's lead in the driver's championship dwindling, Jason Gee analyses the problems that he must overcome

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10/12/2008 11:03 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Rallying: Sébastien Loeb closes in on fifth world title

Citroën's Sébastien Loeb claimed his 10th win of the season on the Rally de France in Corsica

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10/12/2008 11:01 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Obituary: Dottie Collins

Obituary: Baseball player whose career inspired a film

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10/12/2008 11:03 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Heineken Cup: Malone finds his feet in time to lead Quins turnaround

Harlequins came back from a dismal first-half performance to triumph over Llanelli Scarlets 29-22

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Motor sport: Gelsenkirchen track ruled unfit for Speedway finale

The German grand prix has been moved to Poland after the track was deemed to have unsuitable moisture levels in the dirt

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10/12/2008 11:03 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Ireland seethe as England travel business class

Complaints over travelling arrangements have highlighted a growing resentment among the six second-tier World Cup nations

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Formula one: Lewis Hamilton points finger at Felipe Massa over crash as title charge falters

Lewis Hamilton has given Felipe Massa hope of catching him after racing poorly in Japan

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10/12/2008 11:03 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

Heineken Cup: Martin Corry's hard labour sentences Ospreys to punishing defeat

The margin of Leicester's 12-6 typically industrious victory belied their dominance of the Welsh visitors

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Heineken Cup: Danny Cipriani takes the gloves off to help Josh Lewsey give Castres a 25-11 beating

An intense and confrontational first-half display by Wasps laid the foundations for a 25-11 over Castres

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Horse racing: Jim Bolger says it's too early to retire New Approach

New Approach's trainer believes that the colt 'could well go unbeaten at four' if given the chance

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10/12/2008 11:20 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

US Basketball: American dream comes to London as NBA looks to break new ground

NBA commissioner David Stern believes that Britain could eventually host a franchise but the realisation of his plans remains distant

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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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10/12/2008 9:31 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Blair intervened over F1 tobacco ban exemption, documents showBlair interevened over F1 tobacco ban exemption, documents show

Tony Blair personally intervened to secure an exemption for formula one from a tobacco advertising ban just hours after meeting the sport's boss, Bernie Ecclestone, according to Whitehall documents

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10/12/2008 9:48 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Kitna's starts streak ends at 36 (AP)

The Detroit Lions scratched quarterback Jon Kitna from Sunday's game at Minnesota because of a bad back that ended his personal streak of 36 consecutive games started. Dan Orlovsky, who relieved Kitna in last week's loss at Chicago, was in the starting lineup for the winless Lions. Drew Stanton became the backup, and Drew Henson -- just signed to the active roster -- was designated as the third...

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10/12/2008 11:09 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Golf great Ballesteros has brain tumor (AP)

After a career full of miraculous shots -- including one from a parking lot during his first British Open win -- Seve Ballesteros was preparing for the "hardest challenge" of his life Sunday after announcing he has a brain tumor. The 51-year-old Ballesteros was set to undergo a biopsy Tuesday before doctors determine how to proceed.

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10/12/2008 11:18 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Formula one: The best pictures from the Japanese grand prix

The best pictures from the Japanese grand prix

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10/12/2008 12:22 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Cricket: India strike back but Shane Watson and Brad Haddin hold steady for Aussies

An unbroken partnership of 65 between Shane Watson and Brad Haddin helped stave off a resurgent India on day four

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10/12/2008 1:04 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Football: Kris Boyd has refused to play for Scotland while George Burley is manager

Kris Boyd has confirmed he will not play for Scotland again while George Burley is manager of the national team

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10/12/2008 6:14 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Chargers lead Pats 10-0 after 1 quarter (AP)

Malcom Floyd's first catch in almost a year was a big one, a 49-yard touchdown pass from Philip Rivers that gave the San Diego Chargers a 10-0 lead over the New England Patriots after the first quarter Sunday night. It was a rematch of the AFC championship game, which the Patriots won 21-12, and the fifth time in four seasons the teams have met.

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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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10/12/2008 6:45 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Formula one: Alonso wins as Hamilton lead is cut

Lewis Hamilton finished outside the points as Fernando Alonso won his second successive grand prix in Japan

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10/12/2008 7:37 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Boxing: Klitschko reclaims WBC title on return

Vitali Klitschko stopped Samuel Peter after eight rounds to win the WBC belt on his return to boxing

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10/12/2008 8:38 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

NBA in venture to build arenas in China (AP)

The NBA has formed a joint venture with Anschutz Entertainment Group to design and develop about 12 multipurpose arenas in major Chinese cities. The project was announced Sunday at the O2 Arena in London, where the New Jersey Nets and Miami Heat played a preseason game. AEG runs the O2, and the venture will be equally owned by the two parties.

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10/12/2008 1:09 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Football: David Gill and Lord Mawhinney confirmed on FA's World Cup board

The Football Association have appointed David Gill and Lord Mawhinney to the executive board in charge of the World Cup 2018 bid

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10/12/2008 1:38 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Texans top Miami on Schaub's late TD run (AP)

Andre Johnson hung his head, furious at himself for fumbling near the goal line. Coaches urged him to snap out of it. If Houston was going to win, they told him, he'd have to make a play. They were right. Johnson had an acrobatic 23-yard reception on fourth-and-10 that kept the last drive alive and Matt Schaub ran for a 3-yard touchdown with 3 seconds left to lead the Texans to their first win, a...

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10/12/2008 7:18 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Benches clear in Game 3 of NLCS (AP)

Both benches and bullpens cleared Sunday night in Game 3 of the NL championship series, moments after Los Angeles Dodgers starter Hiroki Kuroda threw a pitch over Shane Victorino's head. Plate umpire Mike Everitt immediately warned both teams following Kuroda's third-inning pitch, an apparent attempt to retaliate for Philadelphia's Brett Myers throwing behind Manny Ramirez in Game 2.

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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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10/12/2008 9:32 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Formula one: what were the stewards up to in the Japanese grand prix?

Hamilton and Massa were both penalised in Fuji, but they weren't guilty of the same crimes

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10/12/2008 10:54 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Triathlon: How to keep fit for triathlon during the off-season

With the triathlon season over, former Team GB Olympic triathlon coach Bill Black gives his step-by-step guide to taking your foot off the gas

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10/12/2008 11:36 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Stumbling Browns brace for Giants (AP)

Braylon Edwards left his first Monday night game angry at the world. He had gone to the Pontiac Silverdome in 1995 as an excitable seventh grader with dreams of playing in the NFL. He sat in the stands with his dad expecting to see a rout. A huge fan of the San Francisco 49ers, he was sure Steve Young and Jerry Rice would hook up for several touchdown passes and the defending Super Bowl champions...

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10/12/2008 1:29 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Backup Garcia leads Bucs past Panthers (AP)

Jeff Garcia longed for another chance to show he's the right quarterback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The three-time Pro Bowl selection got it Sunday and delivered exactly what the Bucs were looking for in a 27-3 victory over the Carolina Panthers. He completed a high percentage of passes, managed the offense and -- most of all -- protected the football.