News Predator - Science News Archive 10/16/2008

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Strong earthquake off Guatemala-Mexico coast (Reuters)

Reuters - A strong 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck in the Pacific near the Mexico-Guatemala border on Thursday, but there was no tsunami alert and no initial reports of casualties.

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Palin says God blessed America with oil and gas (AP)

AP - Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin said Thursday that God blessed the nation with oil and gas resources and other forms of energy that should be tapped to reduce U.S. dependence on foreign suppliers.

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Scientists say stick bug is world's longest insect (AP)

AP - A stick bug from the island of Borneo measuring well over a foot in length has been identified by researchers as the world's longest insect, British scientists said Thursday.

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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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10/16/2008 12:06 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Ferocious Hurricane Omar swirls out to sea (AFP)

AFP - Hurricane Omar was rapidly losing strength as it headed out to sea Thursday, after pounding the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico as a ferocious Category Three storm.

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Hobbled Hubble Space Telescope revived (Reuters)

Reuters - The Hubble Space Telescope was in the final stages of recovery on Thursday after NASA successfully bypassed a faulty computer and resurrected an 18-year-old spare from orbital hibernation.

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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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Bizarre Dinosaur Headgear Used For Shouting (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - The ornate headgear worn by duck-billed dinosaurs millions of years ago was used to make eerie, bellowing calls, suggests a new study.

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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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10/16/2008 5:17 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Hurricane Omar weakens after surging into Atlantic (Reuters)

Reuters - Hurricane Omar weakened rapidly as it surged into the Atlantic on Thursday, after threading its way through the small islands of the northeastern Caribbean as a fiercely powerful storm that ended up causing relatively little damage, U.S. forecasters said.

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10/16/2008 5:34 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Report says Arctic temperatures at record highs (AP)

AP - Autumn temperatures in the Arctic are at record levels, the Arctic Ocean is getting warmer and less salty as sea ice melts, and reindeer herds appear to be declining, researchers reported Thursday.

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10/16/2008 6:02 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Overeating? Blame Your Genes (HealthDay)

HealthDay - THURSDAY, Oct. 16 (HealthDay News) -- A gene could help prod people to overeat and gain excess weight, new research shows.

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10/16/2008 6:33 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Want a Date? Just Volunteer (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - Guys looking for dates might do well to volunteer at the Salvation Army or help people rescue lost dogs. A new study suggests that women put a high value on altruism in potential mates.

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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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West Africa has potential to develop biomass: report (AFP)

AFP - Bioenergy could become an "engine of growth" for several west African countries hard hit by the world food crisis and rising oil prices, the United Nations Foundation said Thursday.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Bush Signs NASA Authorization Bill into Law (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - WASHINGTON - U.S. President George W. Bush signed into law the NASA Authorization Act of 2008 (H.R. 6063), a policy bill that endorses U.S. plans to return to the Moon, sets budget targets for NASA programs and requires the agency to conduct an additional space shuttle flight to deliver a multibillion dollar science payload to the International Space Station.

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GOCE launch postponed

The foreseen 27 October launch date of GOCE has had to be postponed to allow the enquiry board time to conclude its work. A new launch date will be announced here as soon as possible.

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10/16/2008 8:52 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

ESA closes in on the origin of Mars’ larger moon

European space scientists are getting closer to unravelling the origin of Mars’ larger moon, Phobos. Thanks to a series of close encounters by ESA’s Mars Express spacecraft, the moon looks almost certain to be a ‘rubble pile’, rather than a single solid object. However, mysteries remain about where the rubble came from.

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NASA's Fermi Telescope Discovers First Gamma-Ray-Only Pulsar

About three times a second, a 10,000-year-old stellar corpse sweeps a beam of gamma-rays toward Earth.

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Administrator's Statement on Signing of the NASA Authorization Act

The following is a statement by NASA Administrator Michael Griffin after the signing by the president of the NASA Authorization Act of 2008

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Schmitt Completes NASA Advisory Council Service; Ford Named Chairman

NASA Advisory Council Chairman Harrison "Jack" H. Schmitt announced Thursday he was leaving the council. Fellow council member Kenneth Ford will succeed him as chairman effective immediately.

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NASA: Hubble Space Telescope's Reboot Going Well (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - NASA's long-distance effort to revive the ailing Hubble Space Telescope is going well, with the orbital observatory on track to resume science observations by week's end, agency officials said Thursday.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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10/10/2008 12:13 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

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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10/9/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

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

Boxing: Darren Sutherland makes professional jump

Ireland's Olympic bronze medallist Darren Sutherland has turned professional

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Rugby League World Cup: Australia court controversy

Australia have added two players facing sexual assault allegations to their World Cup squad

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10/16/2008 11:17 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Premier League: Robinho fit to play after injury scare

Despite being substituted for Brazil in midweek, Robinho should be fit to play for Manchester City against Newcastle

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10/16/2008 11:17 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Football: Gareth Southgate worried about David Wheater

Gareth Southgate is concerned that David Wheater's midweek international exertions may have exhausted him

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10/16/2008 11:14 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Golf: Seve Ballesteros has surgery to reduce swelling

Seve Ballesteros had an emergency operation after his conditioned suddenly worsened

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Cricket: England's Sri Lanka tour hopes fade

Sri Lanka's proposed tour of England is unlikely to be salvaged despite negotiations

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10/16/2008 11:17 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Premier League: Michael Owen's groin injury provides latest blow to Joe Kinnear reign

Michael Owen is a big doubt for next Saturday's Tyne-Wear derby after suffering a groin strain

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10/16/2008 11:17 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Championship: Championship game subject of betting investigation

The FA has launched a probe into the match between Derby County and Norwich City after it exhibited unusual betting patterns

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10/16/2008 11:07 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Rugby Union: Shaun Edwards: Wasps' venue switch is more like a shot in the foot than one in the arm

Our move to Twickenham in January is to bring in extra funds, not to capitalise on Danny Cipriani's appeal

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10/16/2008 11:14 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Olympics: After Beijing: How the Olympic Games changed their lives

Britain's Olympic medal heroes reveal how their Beijing experience altered life

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10/16/2008 11:17 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Premier League: 'I want to finish my career at Chelsea,' says Didier Drogba

Didier Drogba has revealed that he wants to end his playing days at Stamford Bridge

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10/16/2008 10:00 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

Red Sox rally from 7 down, force Game 6 (AP)

Down seven runs and running out of time, the Boston Red Sox weren't quite ready to go away. The defending World Series champions pulled off the biggest postseason comeback since 1929, beating the Rays 8-7 Thursday night on J.D. Drew's two-out single in the ninth to stave off elimination in the best-of-seven AL championship series.

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10/16/2008 11:06 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

Harry Pearson: Frozen pees will reveal society's secret shame

The retrospective drug testing of cyclists conjures up chilling images of labs full of old urine samples

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10/16/2008 11:14 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

Olympics: Team GB basks in golden glow on a feelgood day

Tom Daley has said that he has adjusted his focus to competing at London 2012

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10/16/2008 11:14 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

Cricket: Counties fear cost of overseas players as visa rule threatens Kolpak signings

New visa rules will make it harder and pricier for county sides to sign foreign cricketers

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10/16/2008 11:14 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

Small Talk: Shanaze Reade on the Olympics, Chris Hoy and Crewe

Britain's leading BMX racer on Olympics heartache, Chris Hoy's legs, and why Crewe is a country of its own

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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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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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10/16/2008 9:35 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Browns TE Winslow returns to team (AP)

Pro Bowl tight end Kellen Winslow rejoined the Cleveland Browns on Thursday, one week after he was hospitalized with an undisclosed illness that sidelined him for one game and could keep him out for another. He's back with the team, but the timing on Winslow's return to the field is still unclear. Winslow spent three nights at the Cleveland Clinic being treated for an illness that has been kept...

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10/16/2008 10:35 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Heat F James Jones to miss 3 months (AP)

The Miami Heat will be without forward James Jones for three months because of a ruptured tendon in his right wrist, adding to the team's injury woes. Jones, a Miami native, was signed as a free agent this summer to give the Heat a 3-point shooter the team lacked last season, when it stumbled to the NBA's worst record.

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10/16/2008 11:12 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Former Yankee Tresh dies at 71 (AP)

Tom Tresh, the 1962 AL Rookie of the Year and part of three New York Yankees teams that reached the World Series, has died. He was 71. Tresh died Wednesday after a heart attack, according to the funeral home handling the arrangements. Tresh was an 1962 All-Star as a shortstop and made the team again in 1963 as a center fielder.

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10/16/2008 2:01 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Tennis: Murray sees off Cilic challenge in Madrid Masters to reach quarter-finals

Andy Murray has progressed to the quarter-finals of the Madrid Masters after beating Marin Cilic 7-5, 7-6

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10/16/2008 2:49 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

MLS hands out first 2 doping suspensions (AP)

New York Red Bulls goalkeeper Jon Conway and defender Jeff Parke on Thursday became the first players in the history of Major League Soccer to be suspended for using performance-enhancing drugs. The two players were banned for 10 league games each. They tested positive for androstatriendione and boldenone metabolites after purchasing and using an over-the-counter nutritional supplement from a...

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10/16/2008 6:16 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Union says teams colluded against Bonds (AP)

The baseball players' union says it has found evidence teams acted in concert against signing Barry Bonds but it reached an agreement with the commissioner's office to delay the filing of any grievance. The union expressed concern in May about the lack of offers to the home run king. Filing a grievance would trigger proceedings before arbitrator Shyam Das.

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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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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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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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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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10/16/2008 8:20 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Classic YouTube: Ryan Babel rapping, Fernando Torres acting, and the funniest haymaker ever

This week's YouTube round-up features a rap with a silent 'C', when the Krypton Factor goes bad and some famous right-handers

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10/16/2008 8:58 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Curlin among field of 14 for Breeders' (AP)

Curlin, undefeated Casino Drive from Japan and European stars Duke of Marmalade, Henry the Navigator and Raven's Pass were among a full field of 14 horses pre-entered Thursday for the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic at Santa Anita on Oct. 25. A record 180 horses, including seven former champions and 35 foreigners, were pre-entered in the 14 races worth $25.5 million over two days.

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10/16/2008 9:46 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Blackhawks fire Savard, hire Quenneville (AP)

Nevermind that Denis Savard was a Hall of Fame player and one of the Chicago franchise's most popular figures. When the team looked sluggish in the preseason, the front office took note. After four games and just hours after the Blackhawks' first win of the season, Savard was out as the coach, replaced Thursday by Joel Quenneville.

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10/16/2008 11:17 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

The wonderful world of the Wags

Are the wives and girlfriends of England's footballers the real reason football is called the beautiful game? You decide

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10/16/2008 11:50 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Chiefs RB Johnson to miss Sunday's game (AP)

Running back Larry Johnson will sit out Kansas City's game against Tennessee for violating team rules, a potentially crippling blow for a struggling young offense facing the NFL's last unbeaten team. Coach Herm Edwards refused to specify what team rules the two-time Pro Bowler broke. But Edwards did say his decision had nothing to do with the charge of simple assault filed against Johnson this...

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10/16/2008 11:52 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

School sport takes off

90% of pupils are doing at least two hours a week, say ministers

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10/16/2008 4:14 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Football: Giovanni Trapattoni defends Andy Reid's prolonged absence

The Ireland manager claims necessary tactics dictate that Andy Reid cannot currently be a part of his team

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10/16/2008 7:42 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Devils' Brodeur records 97th shutout (AP)

Martin Brodeur moved closer to Terry Sawchuk, and the New Jersey Devils were breathing easier after Brian Rolston crashed into the boards. Brodeur made 25 saves for his 97th career shutout -- just six away from Sawchuk's NHL record -- and Rolston scored before getting hurt in New Jersey's 1-0 victory over the Atlanta Thrashers on Thursday night.

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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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10/16/2008 12:44 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

The Gallery: Joe Kinnear

Newcastle United's interim manager Joe Kinnear stars as Gordon Ramsay, a Countdown presenter and