News Predator - Science News Archive 10/14/2008

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NASA expects Hubble to be up and running by week's end (AFP)

AFP - NASA said Tuesday it will make an attempt to revive the space telescope Hubble, idled since september 27 by an equiment failure, officials said on Tuesday.

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Tropical Storm Omar strengthens in Caribbean (AP)

AP - The National Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm Omar is gaining strength as it pelts the Caribbean islands of Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao.

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Capsule carrying US space tourist docks with ISS (AFP)

AFP - A Russian Soyuz capsule carrying US millionaire video game guru Richard Garriott has docked with the International Space Station (ISS), a spokeswoman for ground control told AFP on Tuesday.

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Do Mouthwashes Work? (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - Over-the-counter mouthwashes do put a stop to bad breath. But some of them also stain teeth, according to a new report on mouthwash effectiveness.

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Tropical system near storm strength in Caribbean (Reuters)

Reuters - The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Tuesday the season's latest tropical depression was expected to become Tropical Storm Omar later today as it neared at least 39 mile-per-hour maximum sustained winds.

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Sons of Russian, U.S. astronauts unite in orbit (Reuters)

Reuters - The sons of a Russian cosmonaut and a U.S. astronaut met in space on Tuesday when spaceman Sergei Volkov welcomed American Richard Garriott on board the International Space Station.

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Russian capsule carrying US tourist docks with space station (AFP)

AFP - A Russian Soyuz capsule carrying US millionaire video game guru Richard Garriott, the world's sixth space tourist, successfully docked with the International Space Station (ISS) on Tuesday.

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Oldest Full-Body Insect Fossil Found (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - Scientists have uncovered what they are calling the oldest full-body impression of a flying insect, possibly an ancient mayfly.

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Former presidents Bush, Clinton tour Ike damage (AP)

AP - Former presidents George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton are getting a firsthand look at the damage Hurricane Ike left in Galveston.

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The Financial Fiasco: Emotional, Irrational, Inevitable (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - The global financial crisis of 2008 comes as no great surprise to people who study human behavior and decision-making. As with love and sex, financial decisions made by individuals, corporations and governments are emotional and tend toward the irrational.

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10/14/2008 7:35 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Kansas Gym Ghost Mystery Solved (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - It's Halloween season, and you know what that means: ghosts! A recent surveillance video depicting what many believe to be a ghost made international news.

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10/14/2008 9:59 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Russian capsule carrying space tourist docks with ISS (AFP)

AFP - A Russian Soyuz capsule carrying US millionaire video game guru Richard Garriott has docked with the International Space Station (ISS), a spokeswoman for ground control told AFP on Tuesday.

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School Bans Birthday Sweets (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - It has come to this: In an effort to combat the growing obesity problem, the school board of Neenah, Wisconsin, has banned children from bringing in sweets to share with others for birthdays and other special occasions.

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Tropical Storm Omar forms in Caribbean, Nana vanishes (Reuters)

Reuters - The 15th tropical storm of a busy Atlantic hurricane season developed in the Caribbean on Tuesday while a 16th tropical system began to form off Central America and former Tropical Storm Nana unraveled and disappeared.

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10/14/2008 6:37 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

NASA to attempt to reboot Hubble Space Telescope (Reuters)

Reuters - NASA will attempt on Wednesday to revive the $2 billion Hubble Space Telescope, which was idled two weeks ago by an equipment failure, officials said on Tuesday.

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10/13/2008 10:38 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Iraqi minister meets oil companies in London (AFP)

AFP - Iraq's Oil Minister Hussein al-Shahristani met officials from 35 oil companies in London Monday to lay out details of its first round of bidding for new contracts since the 2003 US-led invasion.

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Reprimanded Purdue scientist claims defamation (AP)

AP - A Purdue University scientist who was reprimanded for research misconduct over claims he produced nuclear fusion in tabletop experiments is suing two other faculty members for alleged defamation.

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Republican Smith Buffeted by Economy in Oregon Re-Election Bid (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg - Oct. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Republican Senator Gordon Smith bucked the White House on the Iraq War and stem-cell research, worked with Democrats such as Ted Kennedy, and favorably features Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama in campaign ads.

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5-Star Hospitals Might Not Kill You (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - If all hospitals did as well as the 5-star hospitals, as ranked by HealthGrades, 237,420 U.S. Medicare patients would not die each year.

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Internet Searching May Boost Brain (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - For middle-aged and older adults, searching the Internet could be a boost to the brain, a new study suggests.

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NASA figures out remote-control Hubble photo fix (AP)

AP - NASA engineers say they know how to fix the broken Hubble Space Telescope: They have to wake up computer parts that have been sleeping in space for more than 18 years.

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Plus and Minus: Disposable vs. Rechargeable Batteries (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - The dawn of the internet and the Information Age generated tremendous new demand for power, as companies built their own networks and shifted to computer-based operations. Additionally, as technology shrinks to more portable proportions, more and more of that power will come from batteries.

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When Are We in a Recession? (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - To the average American, it might seem ludicrous to suggest that the United States is not in a recession right now. But economists' fuzzy definition of the term makes it hard to say when a recession actually starts until we're well into one.

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10/13/2008 4:51 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Home Lighting Could Be Wireless Network (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - Lights may soon do more than just shine in dark places - they might wirelessly connect your computer, phone or car to the Internet.

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10/13/2008 9:08 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Nana weakens, new depression forms in Caribbean (AP)

AP - The National Hurricane Center in Miami says a new tropical depression has formed over the eastern Caribbean even as what had been Tropical Storm Nana lost strength over the Atlantic.

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Tropical depression forms in Caribbean: NHC (Reuters)

Reuters - Tropical Depression 15 formed in the Caribbean and will likely strengthen into a tropical storm Monday but will not threaten the oil-rich Gulf of Mexico as it moves toward the Atlantic, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.

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Tropical Storm Nana fades but new systems develop (Reuters)

Reuters - The 14th tropical storm of the Atlantic hurricane season faded rapidly on Monday but two new tropical systems developed in the Caribbean, threatening Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and also Central America.

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10/13/2008 8:56 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Mich. voters to decide stem cell research measure (AP)

AP - Michigan voters will be thrust into the crossroads of science, ethics and religion next month when they decide whether to loosen the state's restrictions on embryonic stem cell research.

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10/13/2008 10:33 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Producer prices slip in September (AFP)

AFP - The cost of goods leaving the nation's factories fell in September, partly owing to lower oil prices, official data showed on Monday.

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10/13/2008 1:05 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

What it Takes to Be President (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - Who would make a better president - a man with more than 30 years of experience in Congress or one with about six?

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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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India's humble rickshaw goes solar (AFP)

AFP - It's been touted as a solution to urban India's traffic woes, chronic pollution and fossil fuel dependence, as well as an escape from backbreaking human toil.

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Iran scraps gas projects to push pipeline plans (AFP)

AFP - Iran is to scrap a number of liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects in order to expand its capacity to export gas by pipeline, the oil ministry's Shana agency reported on Monday.

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Scientists map panda genome: Chinese media (AFP)

AFP - Scientists in China have mapped the genome of the giant panda, which could yield a better understanding of why the endangered animals are so famously sex-shy, state media said on Monday.

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Bonobos Hunt Other Primates (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - Chimpanzees are known to form bands to hunt and kill other monkeys. But bonobos, another primate closely related to humans and chimps, were thought to be confine their hunting to forest antelopes, squirrels and rodents.

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Circadian Rhythm Affects Memory (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - Most people become aware of their internal circadian clock when they cross several time zones and experience jet lag, but scientists have known for decades that the rhythm of the internal human clock regulates almost every biological system, from blood pressure to sex drive.

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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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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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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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10/11/2008 4:27 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

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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NASA to Webcast IBEX Spacecraft Launch on Pegasus Rocket Oct. 19

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 will be launched on Sunday, Oct. 19, at 1:48 p.m. EDT, during a launch window that extends from 1:44 p.m. to 1:52 p.m. Called the Interstellar Boundary Explorer, or IBEX, the spacecraft will conduct extremely high-altitude orbits above Earth to investigate and capture images of processes taking place at the farthest reaches of the solar system.

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NASA's Space Shuttle Atlantis Rolls Off Launch Pad Monday

Space shuttle Atlantis is scheduled to roll back from Launch Pad 39A to the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday, Oct. 20, to await launch on its mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope.

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Will downturn hit Hollywood? (The Christian Science Monitor)

The Christian Science Monitor - The upward march of ticket prices may halt. The growth of premium movie houses – with their reserve seating and gourmet food – could slow. There may be fewer new movies, and each one may stay for a shorter time in theaters before moving to DVD, cable, and satellite.

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10/14/2008 9:14 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Russian spacecraft docks with orbital station (AP)

AP - An American computer game designer boarded the international space station Tuesday, floating onto the orbital outpost 35 years after his astronaut father circled the Earth on Skylab.

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10/14/2008 11:02 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Infant Stars Caught Feeding (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - The European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope has given astronomers their most detailed look at how infant stars feed off the disks of gas and dust that swirl around them as they grow.

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NASA Releases Documentary Celebrating Agency's First 50 Years

In celebration of its 50th anniversary, NASA will premiere the documentary "50 Years of Exploration: The Golden Anniversary of NASA" on NASA Television's Public and Education channels Wednesday, Oct. 15, at 9 p.m. EDT.

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10/14/2008 8:37 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

New crew, U.S. tourist dock with space station (Reuters)

Reuters - A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying U.S. video game developer Richard Garriott docked with the International Space Station Tuesday.

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10/14/2008 11:02 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

New Crew, Space Tourist Arrive at Space Station (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying American space tourist Richard Garriott and a new crew for the International Space Station docked at orbiting laboratory early Tuesday, where three astronauts were eagerly awaiting their arrival inside.

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Astronaut's Son Reboots Dad's Work in Orbit (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - Richard Garriott's approach to the International Space Station (ISS) this morning may have seemed familiar to him, even though this was his first flight in space. That feeling could be attributed in part to the six months of training he underwent for the mission, but it might also have been what happened when he was twelve, or more appropriately, what his father did then.

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10/14/2008 7:45 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

NASA to Begin Hubble Space Telescope Fix (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - NASA engineers hope to begin reviving the ailing Hubble Space Telescope Wednesday with a days-long switch to a backup system after a hardware failure cut off its ability to transmit images back to Earth last month.

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NASA Sets Media Briefing for Crews on International Space Station

The astronauts, cosmonauts and spaceflight participant aboard the International Space Station will participate in a news conference at 12:20 p.m. CDT, Monday, Oct. 20. Reporters at participating NASA centers may ask questions.

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10/14/2008 8:39 AM - Views: 0 Rating: -

Russian Soyuz carrying US space tourist docks (AP)

AP - A Russian spacecraft carrying an American computer game designer and two crewmates has docked with the international space station.

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OHB Uses Galileo Bid to Send a Message to Competitors (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - OHB Technology is bidding against a much larger consortium to build 28 Galileo navigation satellites as a signal to European governments that the company should be viewed as a prime contractor, OHB Chief Executive Marco Fuchs said.

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Distant Spacecraft Scans Earth for Signs of Life (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - A new study is underway to search for signs of habitability ... on Earth.

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Space Tourist, Astronauts to Dock at Station (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - An American space tourist and two professional astronauts are closing in on the International Space Station as they prepare to dock at the orbiting lab early Tuesday.

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10/13/2008 6:45 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Giant Cyclones Seen on Saturn (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - Scientists have discovered a giant cyclone swirling on Saturn's north pole, and observed a similar storm on the planet's south pole in detail 10 times greater than before, thanks to new images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.

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Faint gamma-ray bursts do actually exist

Gamma-ray bursts, powerful glares of high-energy that wash through the Universe once every day or so are, for a brief time, the brightest objects in the gamma-ray sky. ESA’s Integral gamma-ray observatory has observed several low-luminosity gamma-ray bursts, confirming the existence of an entire population of weaker bursts hardly noticed so far.

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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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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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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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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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10/8/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

NASA Issues Space Shuttle to Constellation Workforce Transition Report

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

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

Splashy portrait paints picture of how stars form

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

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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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10/8/2008 1:25 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

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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10/8/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 0 Rating: -

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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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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10/14/2008 11:52 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Football: Santa Cruz admits he wants to play alongside Robinho

The Blackburn Rovers striker Roque Santa Cruz has said that he would move to Manchester City if an offer is made

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10/14/2008 11:53 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Rugby union: Gatland backs Henson despite rift with Ospreys

Warren Gatland indicated he will include Gavin Henson in the next Wales squad despite the centre's two-match club suspension

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10/14/2008 11:53 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Golf: World of golf rallies behind Ballesteros as he awaits biopsy result

Europe's top golfers hailed Seve Ballesteros as a hero, while the Spaniard waits in hospital for the result of a brain tumour biopsy

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10/14/2008 11:30 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Football's love of money is root of 'inevitable' review

The FA chairman, David Triesman, has pledged to safeguard the game's integrity in response to the culture secretary's plea to curb financial excess

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10/14/2008 11:36 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Richard Williams: England finally wash off the stain of Baden-Baden

A healthy air of realism has descended on the England squad after years of living in a dreamland

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10/14/2008 11:38 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Football: Clips and quips killed the video star

YouTube has given us more sports footage than ever but it's down to the BBC to bring back the in-depth, authored film

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10/14/2008 11:52 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Football: Laid-back John Toshack draws on the recent past to stir Wales

John Toshack has stated his belief that Wales can reprise their 0-0 result against Germany 11 months ago in Frankfurt

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10/14/2008 11:52 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Football: Giovanni Trapattoni throws Darron Gibson into the mix to freshen up Irish midfield against Cyprus

The 20-year-old Darron Gibson has been preferred over Andy Reid for the Republic of Ireland's World Cup qualifier against Cyprus

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10/14/2008 11:53 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Tennis: Murray marches on in Madrid

Andy Murray was on the way to beating Simone Bolleli in the Madrid Masters before the Italian retired from their second-round match

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10/14/2008 11:53 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Cricket: India in talks to recognise rebel Twenty20 tournament

English players may get the chance of big payouts after India's rival Twenty20 leagues began work on reconciliation

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10/14/2008 11:06 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Olympic Games: Olympic village gets extra £95m

The government has released extra funds to keep the building of the London 2012 Olympic village on track

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10/14/2008 11:32 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

Should events be cut from the Olympics over drugs scandals?

Craig McLean argues that a case for dropping road cycling could be made while Michele Verroken maintains that responsibility must remain with the individual athletes

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10/14/2008 11:37 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

Kevin McCarra: Capello keen to prove that statistics don't lie

To maintain their record, Fabio Capello's side will need to dominate the game rather than contain Belarus

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10/13/2008 11:25 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Digger: Top clubs sweat on bank debts

Arsenal and Liverpool worried with Royal Bank of Scotland set to sell 60% of its own equity to the government

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10/13/2008 11:37 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Scouting report: Tommy Elphick, Brighton and Hove Albion

Brighton's Tommy Elphick has good strength, confidence on the ball and, most importantly, the ability to read the game

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10/13/2008 11:38 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Formula one: Reckless Lewis Hamilton should now take a history lesson in respect

There are signs that Lewis Hamilton has inherited from his predecessors the view that any tactic justifies victory

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10/13/2008 11:49 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Football: Gunter sets sights on making Germany suffer all over again

Wales' Chris Gunter aims to replicate last year's breakthrough performance when he helped secure a draw against Germany

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10/13/2008 11:49 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Football: Kris Boyd has let his country down by quitting - Scotland coach George Burley

George Burley accused Kris Boyd of lacking respect for his country after the striker refused to play under the Scotland manager

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10/14/2008 7:35 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Tuesday's football transfer rumours: West Ham to snap up Diego Tristan

New Zidane says no to Everton | Gallagher to leave Blackburn | Camp pitches outside Queens Park Rangers

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10/14/2008 9:19 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Liverpool dismayed at Uefa's decision to switch venue of their match against Atlético Madrid at short notice

Uefa's late decision to switch Liverpool's game with Atlético Madrid to a neutral venue has caused consternation on Merseyside

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10/14/2008 11:16 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Football: Blackburn's Roque Santa Cruz expresses interest in joining former manager Mark Hughes at Manchester City

Blackburn striker Roque Santa Cruz has admitted he would relish the opportunity to rejoin Mark Hughes at Manchester City

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10/14/2008 3:10 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Tennis: Andy Murray progresses in Madrid Masters as Bolelli retires hurt

Andy Murray progresses to the third round of Madrid Masters after Simone Bolelli retires with shoulder injury

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10/14/2008 5:42 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Football: David Moyes has committed his future to Everton by signing a new five-year contract

David Moyes has committed his future to Everton by agreeing a contract to stay at Goodison Park until 2013

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10/14/2008 8:53 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Rays rout BoSox, 1 win from World Series (AP)

They fluttered in and rocketed out: Three more homers sent sailing over the Green Monster, and Tampa Bay was on its way to another blowout in Boston. Suddenly, the upstart Rays are one win from their first AL pennant. Evan Longoria hit his rookie-record fifth home run of the playoffs, and Carlos Pena and Willy Aybar also homered off aging knuckleballer Tim Wakefield on Tuesday night to give Tampa...

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

Speaker agrees to look into Ecclestone affair

Tony Blair could be summoned to state his role in controversy surrounding F1 tycoon

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10/13/2008 11:25 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Cricket: Clarke seeks to reign in Indian influence as ICC meets

ECB chairman Giles Clarke is to fight for the pre-eminence of Test cricket which risks being marginalised by the IPL

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10/13/2008 11:25 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Sailing Ben Ainslie and Iain Percy have to settle for third place in the Bermuda Gold Cup

Ben Ainslie defeated Mattias Rahm of Sweden in three straight races to place third in the Bermuda Cup

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10/13/2008 11:25 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Big interview: Louis Smith stands tall after journey of twists and turns

Gymnast Louis Smith reflects on winning an incredible bronze in the Beijing Olympics against all the odds

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10/13/2008 11:49 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

England football: Fabio Capello angry over FA's claim he backs veto of Bernabéu friendly

Fabio Capello has denied suggestions that he backed the FA's decision to reject the Bernabéu as a friendly venue

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10/13/2008 11:49 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Premier League: Keith Harris hopes to find Newcastle buyer by end of November

Keith Harris has announced that he intends to find an investor for Mike Ashley's Newcastle by late November

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10/14/2008 10:18 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Football: Jonathan Wilson on the potential return of the golden age of Slovenian football

When Zlatko Zahovic stormed out of the 2002 World Cup, Slovenian football seemed set for a period of decline but, against all the odds, they appear to be making a comeback

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10/14/2008 11:00 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Damon Buffini: Laurie Cunningham was a UK sporting hero at a time when multiculturalism barely existed

Damon Buffini: Black History Month: My hero, Laurie Cunningham, played for Orient, West Brom and England and was a vital role model for a black kid from Leicester

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10/14/2008 1:35 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Cowboys get WR Roy Williams from Lions (AP)

Roy Williams headed home to Texas on Tuesday in the NFL's biggest trade before the deadline, giving the struggling Dallas Cowboys another proven receiver opposite Terrell Owens. The winless Detroit Lions traded their unhappy 2004 first-round pick and one-time Pro Bowler for three draft picks, from the first, third and sixth round in 2009.

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10/14/2008 1:56 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Giants QB Manning bruised chest in loss (AP)

The New York Giants left Cleveland battered, and with a bruised quarterback. Eli Manning bruised his chest in the Giants' embarrassing 35-14 loss to the Browns, and coach Tom Coughlin was not certain about the extent of the injury although he gave indications that the Super Bowl MVP would practice for this weekend's game against the San Francisco 49ers.

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10/14/2008 6:26 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Rays lead Red Sox 5-1 after 3 innings (AP)

Carlos Pena, Evan Longoria and Willie Aybar kept Tampa Bay's power surge going with homers over the Green Monster, giving the Rays a 5-1 lead over the Boston Red Sox after three innings of Game 4 of the AL championship series Tuesday night. The Rays hit four homers in Monday's 9-1 win that put them ahead 2-1 in the best-of-seven series.

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10/14/2008 7:29 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Cricket: England tell Panesar to sharpen up his game in Sri Lanka

Monty Panesar will prepare for England's tour of India by playing club cricket in Sri Lanka from next month

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10/13/2008 11:25 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Cricket: Chapple steps up after Law is shown the door

Lancashire insist their decision to sack Stuart Law has nothing to do with his criticism of their treatment of Dominic Cork

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10/13/2008 11:25 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Snooker: Selby rattles off three tons to move into the final 16

Mark Selby, the Masters champion, made three centuries in four frames in dismissing Andrew Higginson 5-0 in 71 minutes to reach the last 16 of the Royal London Watches Grand Prix in Glasgow. The 25-year-old's nine-year professional career has brought him 89 centuries, more than a third of which have come in the last 18 months

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10/13/2008 11:35 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Football: Ireland torn between optimism and horror flashbacks of Cyprus

A year after an ignominious draw at Croke Park, Ireland again face Cyprus, but with a new sense of confidence

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10/14/2008 7:55 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

The Joy of Six: great sporting losers

From Jimmy White to the brilliant Brazilians of 1982, a tribute to those who went home empty-handed but lived long in the memory

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10/14/2008 8:54 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Third assault charge for Chiefs' Johnson (AP)

Larry Johnson was charged with pushing a woman at a Kansas City nightclub in February, the third time the Chiefs running back has been charged with assaulting a woman. He is to appear in court Dec. 3 and could face a maximum jail term of six months and a $500 fine. "I'm sure the league will get invovled in it, I would assume," coach Herm Edwards said.

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10/14/2008 9:27 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Rugby union: Farewell to England's matchstick man

James Forrester's premature retirement has robbed the game of a dashing back-row talent, writes Robert Kitson

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10/14/2008 10:09 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Poll: Will Lewis Hamilton blow his shot at the world title?

The British driver leads the formula one championship by five points from Felipe Massa but after buckling under pressure at the Japanese grand prix, is he destined for another heartbreaking finale to the season?

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10/14/2008 11:48 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Premier League: Dubai investors deny West Ham link

Dubai wealth fund Zabeel investments has denied it is interested in a West Ham takeover

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10/14/2008 12:05 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

NFL suspends 'Pacman' Jones indefinitely (AP)

Twice-suspended cornerback Adam "Pacman" Jones won't have his probation revoked in Georgia after an alcohol-related scuffle with his bodyguard in Dallas. Fayette County District Attorney Scott Ballard said Wednesday that probation officers had decided not to pursue revocation proceedings because Jones wasn't arrested after police were called to an upscale Dallas hotel Oct.

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10/14/2008 12:24 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Basketball: Mark Woods asks how can British basketball ever expect to dethrone the NBA?

The NBA game at the O2 Arena was a glamorous affair, but basketball in Britain is sorely lacking the finances and structure to compete