News Predator - Science News Archive 10/15/2008

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Americans Flunk Simple 3-Question Political Survey (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - Some news audiences are more politically savvy than others, according to a new poll, with readers of The New Yorker and similar high-brow magazines being the most knowledgeable.

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U.S. oil prices fall more than $1 (Reuters)

Reuters - U.S. crude oil futures fell more than $1 a barrel after Wednesday's settlement, slipping to a 13-month low as traders were concerned over weaker demand linked to a widespread economic slowdown.

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Dying Lawyer's Son, Clintons Beg Biogen to Use Drug (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg - Oct. 15 (Bloomberg) -- The son of Fred Baron is pleading with Biogen Idec Inc. to let his dying father, the Dallas trial lawyer who served as finance chairman for John Edwards's presidential campaign, use the experimental cancer drug Tysabri.

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Why Dick Cheney's Heart Skipped a Beat (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - Vice President Dick Cheney was admitted to and released from the hospital Wednesday because he was "experiencing a recurrence of atrial fibrillation, an abnormal rhythm involving the upper chambers of the heart," his spokeswoman Megan Mitchell said.

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Hurricane Omar taking aim at Caribbean islands (AP)

AP - Hurricane Omar is gaining strength as it moves northeast, a day after drenching islands in the southeastern Caribbean.

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10/14/2008 10:15 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

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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10/15/2008 11:06 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Why Women Have Bad Teeth (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - Women had poor dental health compared to men back in the hunter-gatherer era, and it got worse as societies turned to farming.

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Amazing Power of Music Revealed (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - More than 7,000 runners who raced earlier this month in a half-marathon in London were under the influence of a scientifically derived and powerful performance-enhancing stimulant - pop music.

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Scientists view both Obama, McCain as supportive (AP)

AP - Call it the political revenge of the nerds. For nearly eight years, many mainstream scientists have been frustrated with the Bush administration. They've claimed that science has been censored, ignored and politicized on issues from global warming to stem cells to evolution. Even the presidential science adviser was booted from the White House, forced to set up office down the street.

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10/15/2008 7:51 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Tiny Tide Travelers May Sense Gravity (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - Life is no beach for tidal creatures that must migrate in sync with the waterline.

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10/15/2008 1:09 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Omar strengthens slightly, heads toward Puerto Rico (Reuters)

Reuters - Hurricane Omar in the eastern Caribbean strengthened slightly early Wednesday as it headed toward the northern Leeward Islands, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said in its 8 a.m. EDT (1200 GMT) report.

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10/15/2008 10:49 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Hurricane Omar barrels toward Virgin Islands (AFP)

AFP - Hurricane Omar moved toward the Virgin Islands on Wednesday, gaining power as warnings were issued across the Caribbean over the latest storm.

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10/15/2008 11:02 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Europe Aims For Re-entry Spacecraft (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - Plenty of European astronauts and hardware have gone up to the space station or to other orbits around Earth, but now the European Space Agency (ESA) is thinking of ways to get them back down on their own.

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US wholesale prices drop 0.4 pct; core rate jumps 0.4 pct (AFP)

AFP - US wholesale prices fell 0.4 percent in September amid sliding oil prices, but core inflation -- excluding food and energy -- rose 0.4 percent, Labor Department data showed Wednesday.

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10/15/2008 4:43 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Falling oil prices make Iraq revisit budget (AP)

AP - A steep drop in the price of oil may force Iraq to scale back its $79 billion budget for 2009, the Finance Ministry said Wednesday.

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10/15/2008 4:54 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Hurricane Omar gathers force in northeastern Caribbean (AFP)

AFP - Puerto Rico prepared for the worse late Wednesday as Hurricane Omar churned into a category two storm with wind speeds of 170 kilometers (105 miles) per hour, triggering hurricane warnings across much of the northeastern Caribbean.

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Brain signals revive paralyzed muscles in monkeys (AP)

AP - Monkeys taught to play a computer game were able to overcome wrist paralysis with an experimental device that might lead to new treatments for patients with stroke and spinal cord injury.

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10/15/2008 2:25 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Church Pastors Dismiss Mental Illness (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - In a study of Christian church members who approached their church for help with a personal or family member's diagnosed mental illness, researchers found that more than 32 percent were told by their pastor that they or their loved one did not really have a mental illness.

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NASA to start long distance repairs on Hubble (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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Bones Reveal Oldest Case of TB (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - An excavated skeleton of a Neolithic woman and an infant buried with her show signs of tuberculosis, making them the oldest known TB cases confirmed with DNA, researchers announced today.

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Omar strengthens to hurricane, aims at Puerto Rico (AP)

AP - Forecasters say Omar has reached hurricane strength with top winds of 75 mph as it menaces Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

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Bottled water has contaminants too, study finds (AP)

AP - Tests on leading brands of bottled water turned up a variety of contaminants often found in tap water, according to a study released Wednesday by an environmental advocacy group.

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

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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10/14/2008 10:47 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

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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10/14/2008 12:32 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

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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10/14/2008 2:07 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

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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10/14/2008 4:49 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

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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10/14/2008 5:12 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

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

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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10/13/2008 11:54 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

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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10/14/2008 4:01 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

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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10/14/2008 4:17 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

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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10/14/2008 6:12 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

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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10/13/2008 5:41 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

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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10/13/2008 6:16 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

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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NASA to Discuss Mission to Study Sun's Weakening Protective Bubble

NASA will hold a media teleconference on Friday, Oct. 17, at 1 p.m. EDT, to preview the Interstellar Boundary Explorer, or IBEX, mission.

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NASA Invites Reporters to Observe Lunar Rover Tests in Arizona

NASA is practicing for future lunar road trips, and reporters are invited to observe the activities. The annual Desert RATS, or Research and Technology Studies, field test will be held in Arizona during October, and NASA will host a media day on Oct. 24.

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Animals on climate

Climate change is one of the greatest environmental threats facing the planet and is driving biodiversity loss, affecting both individual species and their ecosystems.

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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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10/14/2008 8:00 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

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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10/14/2008 6:01 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

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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10/13/2008 10:45 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

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

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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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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10/11/2008 1:02 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

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

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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10/9/2008 11:15 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

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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10/9/2008 11:15 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

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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10/9/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

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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10/9/2008 11:15 AM - Views: 0 Rating: -

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.

ESA Top News
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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10/15/2008 9:22 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

World Cup 2010 qualifiers: Robbie Keane keeps Giovanni Trapattoni revival rolling as determined Republic of Ireland dig in

The Republic of Ireland maintained their undefeated record under Giovanni Trapattoni with a 1-0 victory against Cyprus

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10/15/2008 11:05 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Football: Leeds United launch crusade against player poaching

Leeds have said that the trend of big clubs poaching youth players should be stopped

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10/15/2008 11:05 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Football: Manchester United: 'I have lost something' admits Carlos Tevez after slump in form

Carlos Tevez has said that he is bewildered at his lack of goals for Man United this season

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10/15/2008 11:55 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Football: Canny Fabio Capello reshuffles his England midfield to find winning combinations

Fabio Capello's second half redeployment of Steven Gerrard enabled him to decisively combine with Wayne Rooney

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10/15/2008 9:42 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

World Cup 2010 qualifiers: Wales at breaking point admits John Toshack

Germany's Piotr Trochowski scored a second-half goal to give them a 1-0 win against a resolutely defensive Wales

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10/15/2008 9:49 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

World Cup 2010 qualifiers: David Healy finds his form to get Northern Ireland up and running

Northern Ireland recorded a confidence-boosting 4-0 win against San Marino after David Healy broke the deadlock in the 30th minute

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10/15/2008 11:05 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Ballesteros in intensive care after removal of brain tumour

Seve Ballesteros has had an operation to remove his brain tumour and is in intensive care

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10/15/2008 11:05 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Cricket: Counties welcome Giles Clarke's plan to stage neutral Tests

The ECB's plan to host Pakistan's test matches has been well received by counties

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10/15/2008 11:05 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Football: Liverpool set to get their way over Atlético Madrid trip

Uefa are expected to let Liverpool's match with Atlético Madrid be played at the Vicente Calderón

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

Cricket: England: Shane Warne is right: Monty Panesar has not learnt since day one

Monty Panesar is a commendable bowler, yet his inability to learn from his own mistakes has been to his detriment

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

Cricket: Lucre who's talking: ECB will pay for neglecting Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka's decision to accept Lalit Modi's $70m offer is comeuppance for the ECB's reluctance to grant the nation Test matches in England

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

Football: Steven Gerrard proves a point but is not yet untouchable for England

Although Steven Gerrard answered criticism of his England form it is debatable whether he is part of Fabio Capello's vision

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10/15/2008 9:10 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Phillies win first NL pennant since 1993 (AP)

The losingest team in pro sports history was soaked in champagne and whooping it up Wednesday night. Next stop for these Philadelphia Phillies: the World Series. Jimmy Rollins got them rollin' with a leadoff home run, Cole Hamels pitched his third gem of the playoffs and Philadelphia beat the bumbling Los Angeles Dodgers 5-1 to win the NL championship series 4-1 for its first pennant since 1993.

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10/15/2008 11:05 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Stuart Pearce's shouts can take England Under-21s all the way to the title says Steven Taylor

Steven Taylor has said that Stuart Pearce's cajoling can help England U21s win the Euro 2009

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10/15/2008 9:15 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Football: Wayne Rooney double sets England on fire

England emerged with three points in Belarus to make it four wins out of four qualifying matches

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10/15/2008 11:05 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Football: Ivan Rakitic bags a brace to put Croatia back on track

Croatia thrashed Andorra 4-0 to banish their defeat by England to the past

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10/15/2008 11:05 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Football: England: We have confidence to continue winning, says Fabio Capello on a hot streak

Fabio Capello has urged England to continue their upward curve after beating Belarus

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10/15/2008 11:45 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Football: England: 'I see no reason why we can't win all the qualifiers now' says Wayne Rooney

Wayne Rooney was in buoyant mood after his brace helped England to see off Belarus

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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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10/15/2008 12:30 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Snooker: Ronnie O'Sullivan grinds out 5-2 victory against Liang Wenbo in Glasgow

Ronnie O'Sullivan secured a hard-won 5-2 victory against Liang Wenbo to reach the last 16 of the Royal London Watches Grand Prix

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10/15/2008 11:12 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Open thread: Who is really to blame for England's poor footballing performance?

Open thread: Rio Ferdinand has blamed players' wives and girlfriends, but who do you think is responsible for England's poor football performance?

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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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10/15/2008 8:29 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Wednesday's football transfer rumours: Yoann Gourcuff to Liverpool?

Manchester United chasing Serbian prodigy | Terry Venables linked with QPR | Villa in hunt for striker

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10/15/2008 9:14 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

World Cup 2010 qualifier: Germany v Wales - live minute-by-minute report!

John Toshack's side desperately need a positive result in Möenchengladbach. Find out if they get it with Scott Murray

guardian.co.uk Sport
10/15/2008 9:21 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

World Cup 2010 qualifier: Republic of Ireland v Cyprus - live minute-by-minute report!

Can Giovanni Trapattoni's team avenge previous stumbles against the Cypriots? Find out with Paul Doyle's live report

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10/15/2008 10:06 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Steven Wells: did the scousers invent terrace culture as we know it?

American observers are fascinated by the origins of British football chants, but who really invented the concept of them?

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

Which clubs have had the most international managers?

Plus: why it's the Big Three that really matter; a plethora of Scottish managers in a pool; and the earliest ever kick-offs

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10/15/2008 1:58 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Premier League: foreign parties target Newcastle buyout

Newcastle United are almost certain to become the latest club to fall into the hands of foreign owners, according to Keith Harris, the man charged with finding a buyer for them

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10/15/2008 2:08 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Dolphins miffed by remarks about Cameron (AP)

Cam Cameron had the Miami Dolphins fired up Wednesday, something that rarely happened when he was their coach. Defensive end Vonnie Holliday and running back Ronnie Brown took exception to the way Baltimore Ravens coach John Harbaugh assessed Cameron's single season in Miami last year. After the Dolphins went 1-15, Cameron was fired before being hired as offensive coordinator on Harbaugh's new...

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10/15/2008 5:04 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Football: the best pictures from the World Cup qualifiers

The best images from around the world as the battle to reach the 2010 World Cup in South Africa continues

Yahoo! Sports - Top News
10/15/2008 8:28 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Stars' Brunnstrom has hat trick in debut (AP)

Maybe Fabian Brunnstrom's record-tying NHL debut earned him a more permanent role in the Dallas Stars' lineup. Brunnstrom scored three goals in his first NHL game to match the league record, Mike Modano had two goals and the Stars beat the Nashville Predators 6-4 on Wednesday night for Dallas' first victory of the season.

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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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10/15/2008 7:26 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Football: Dundee United chairman Eddie Thompson loses battle with cancer

The SPL have postponed Dundee United's weekend match against Rangers as a mark of respect for Eddie Thompson

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10/15/2008 8:05 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Thousands at Rangers prospect's funeral (AP)

Family, friends, teammates and thousands of fans paid their last respects Wednesday to Alexei Cherepanov, the 19-year-old rising hockey star who died after suffering heart problems during a game outside Moscow. The cause of his death was still under investigation, federal investigators said Wednesday.

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10/15/2008 12:30 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Golf: Seve Ballesteros stable after surgery to remove brain tumour

La Paz hospital in Madrid has confirmed that Seve Ballesteros has had surgery for a brain tumour

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10/15/2008 2:58 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

West Ham lodge Tevez appeal with Court of Arbitration for Sport

The CAS has opened proceedings to determine if it can hear West Ham's appeal against a ruling that could see them pay out millions over the Carlos Tevez affair

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10/15/2008 5:34 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Poll: Is the Olympic parade too late?

Team GB won 19 gold medals at Beijing but that was weeks ago and the feelgood factor has been washed away by the financial crisis. Should the event have been held earlier?

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10/15/2008 7:55 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Vanek, Sabres end Rangers' perfect start (AP)

There is one remaining undefeated NHL team from New York, and it isn't the Rangers. After three games, it's time to take a look at the suddenly defensive-minded Buffalo Sabres. Thomas Vanek scored twice, once on a power play and again when Buffalo was short-handed, and the Sabres handed the Rangers their first loss, 3-1 Wednesday night.

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10/15/2008 12:02 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Football: Moyes ends Everton uncertainty by signing five-year contract

David Moyes finally removed the uncertainty surrounding his future at Goodison Park last night when he signed a new five-year contract to become the highest-paid employee in Everton's history.

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10/15/2008 12:08 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Football: Liverpool fans to pay price for Atlético stadium ban

Up to 6,000 Liverpool fans are facing travel chaos following Uefa's decision to relocate the club's Champions League game against Atlético Madrid