News Predator - Science News Archive 10/18/2008

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Men's Reactions Peak at Age 39 (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - Scientists asked 72 men, ranging in age from 23 to 80, to tap their index fingers as fast as they could for 10 seconds. The researchers also did brain scans to measure in each subject the amount of myelin - a fatty sheath of insulation that coats nerve axons and allows for signaling bursts in our brains.

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10/17/2008 10:07 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Omar a hurricane once again in Atlantic (Reuters)

Reuters - Omar regained hurricane strength in the Atlantic Ocean on Friday but did not pose an immediate threat to land after causing little damage this week as it blasted through the northern Caribbean.

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Hubble telescope encounters further problems, delays: NASA (AFP)

AFP - New technical problems on the Hubble Space Telescope, which is currently undergoing repairs, will further delay the resumption of the telescope's regular duties, according to NASA officials.

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10/18/2008 5:45 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Billions of fish, fish eggs die in power plants (AP)

AP - For a newly hatched striped bass in the Hudson River, a clutch of trout eggs in Lake Michigan or a baby salmon in San Francisco Bay, drifting a little too close to a power plant can mean a quick and turbulent death.

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

Iran to press for output cut at OPEC meet (AFP)

AFP - Iran said on Saturday that OPEC should cut oil output at its emergency meeting next week amid prospects of reduced demand in the face of the global economic slowdown, the state broadcaster reported.

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10/17/2008 10:25 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

NASA wrestles with more Hubble problems (Reuters)

Reuters - A new glitch has shut down the Hubble Space Telescope, dashing NASA's hopes of a speedy recovery from an earlier computer breakdown, officials said on Friday.

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10/18/2008 12:47 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Foamy Invention Could Save Energy and Lives (LiveScience.com)

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

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10/17/2008 9:12 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Arctic autumn temperature hits record high (AFP)

AFP - Autumn temperatures in the Arctic region are a record 5.0 degree Celsius (9.0 Fahrenheit) higher than normal due the melting of the ice cap, a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) report said Friday.

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10/17/2008 9:29 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

NASA satellite to scan solar system's outer limits (Reuters)

Reuters - NASA is preparing to launch a satellite that will study in unprecedented detail the distant regions where the outermost reaches of our solar system collide with the cold expanse of interstellar space.

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10/18/2008 6:58 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Cat championship include Obama, McCain - the cats (AP)

AP - Barack Obama and John McCain will attend a New York cat show this weekend ? Obama the Bombay cat and McCain the American Shorthair, that is.

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10/16/2008 10:09 PM - Views: 6 Rating: -

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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10/17/2008 7:17 PM - Views: 5 Rating: -

Scientists have new clue to mystery of sunken sub (AP)

AP - It's long been a mystery why the H.L. Hunley never returned after becoming the first submarine in history to sink an enemy warship in 1864, but new research announced Friday may lend credence to one of the theories. Scientists found the eight-man crew of the hand-cranked Confederate submarine had not set the pump to remove water from the crew compartment, which might indicate it was not being flooded.

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10/16/2008 9:51 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

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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10/17/2008 4:32 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

NASA runs into more trouble with Hubble (AP)

AP - NASA's efforts to get the ailing Hubble Space Telescope working again have hit a snag, and engineers are trying to figure out their next step.

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10/17/2008 6:32 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

NASA sees no quick fix for broken Hubble telescope (AP)

AP - NASA's efforts to get the ailing Hubble Space Telescope working again have hit a snag, and engineers are trying to figure out their next step.

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10/17/2008 3:07 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Omar weakens to tropical storm in Atlantic (Reuters)

Reuters - Omar lost hurricane strength on Friday, weakening to a tropical storm in the Atlantic Ocean and posing no threat to land after causing little damage this week in the northern Caribbean.

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10/17/2008 6:04 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Problems crop up on Hubble Space Telescope (Reuters)

Reuters - Science observations aboard the Hubble Space Telescope were on hold on Friday following a pair of problems that cropped up as the observatory recovered from a computer failure, NASA said.

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Plants Cry For Help (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - When injured, plants can cry for help via a chemical phone call to the roots.

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10/17/2008 3:15 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

NASA Hits Snag in Reviving Hubble Space Telescope (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - NASA's attempt to revive the ailing Hubble Space Telescope has hit a snag, leaving the iconic observatory's return to science observations in limbo until two new glitches can be solved, agency officials said Friday.

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10/17/2008 3:54 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Government declares beluga whale endangered (AP)

AP - The beluga whales of Alaska's Cook Inlet are endangered and require additional protection to survive, the government declared Friday, contradicting Gov. Sarah Palin who has questioned whether the distinctive white whales are actually declining.

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10/17/2008 6:11 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Rejection Fosters Intuition (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - Rejection can make a person more intuitive. New research suggests individuals who have faced the cold shoulder can more easily spot phony people.

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10/17/2008 6:57 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

NASA to launch probe to map solar system's edge (AP)

AP - A small NASA spacecraft embarks on a two-year mission this weekend to give scientists their first view of the happenings at the edge of the solar system. The Ibex probe, short for Interstellar Boundary Explorer, will study a chaotic region in space where the solar wind from the sun clashes with cold gases from interstellar space.

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10/17/2008 8:55 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Rare White Lions Get Wild (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - A pride of white lions, including two adult males and two juvenile females, has been released into Sanbona Wildlife Reserve in South Africa's Western Cape Province.

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10/17/2008 8:04 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Armyworms attacking pastures, wheat in Texas (AP)

AP - Texas farmers are once again battling armyworms and the voracious creatures are attacking fields and pastures in formidable numbers.

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10/17/2008 2:02 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Animals Stressed Out, Too (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - The economy, the election, and myriad other problems are really stressing out ... pets.

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10/16/2008 11:36 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

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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10/15/2008 9:25 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

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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10/16/2008 6:59 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

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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10/15/2008 10:09 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

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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10/16/2008 12:40 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

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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10/15/2008 11:39 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

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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10/15/2008 12:10 PM - Views: 5 Rating: -

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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10/15/2008 1:50 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

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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10/18/2008 3:31 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Space Tourist Settles in Aboard Station (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - American space tourist Richard Garriott is settling into life aboard the International Space Station and learning firsthand the lessons learned by his astronaut father.

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10/17/2008 7:00 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

ESA Council meeting at ministerial level: The Hague, 25/26 November 2008

ESA PR 42-2008. The next ESA Council meeting at ministerial level will take place on 25/26 November in The Hague, the Netherlands, at the World Forum, Churchillplein 10, 2517 JW.

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10/17/2008 7:42 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Building a safer space together

The conference ‘Building a Safer Space Together’, taking place in Rome from 21 to 23 October, is an invitation to reflect and exchange information on the essential aspects of space safety on a global basis.

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10/17/2008 1:30 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Viewing the Universe in a different light

European scientists are preparing two new windows on the Universe that will give astronomers an unprecedented look at stars forming, and the aftermath of the 'Big Bang.'

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10/17/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Hubble Telescope Media Teleconference Today at 4 P.M. EDT

NASA will host a media teleconference today beginning at approximately 4 p.m. EDT, to discuss issues recently experienced with the Hubble Space Telescope.

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10/17/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

NASA Updates Time For Space Shuttle Atlantis' Roll From Launch Pad

NASA managers have adjusted the time for space shuttle Atlantis' rollback from Launch Pad 39A.

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NASA Increases Value of Engineering and Technology Contract

NASA has increased the maximum ordering value of a contract with Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies (SGT) Inc., by $49.2 million to support the Applied Engineering and Technology Directorate at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md.

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10/17/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Lunar Lander Teams To Compete For $2 Million NASA Prize

Nine teams with rocket-powered vehicles will compete during the 2008 Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge.

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10/17/2008 1:44 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Putin tries satellite navigation device on his dog (AP)

AP - Russia was the first to put a dog in space. Now, 50 years later, it has brought space to a dog, and not just any dog but Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's beloved black Labrador.

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10/17/2008 12:21 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Putin's dog gets a satellite collar (Reuters)

Reuters - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's black labrador dog, Koni, Friday was given a collar that will allow her master to track her movements by satellite.

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Student projects fly high in northern Sweden

Students from around Europe have been flying their experiments on high altitude balloons in northern Sweden. It is a unique way to test their theories in an extreme environment, but one that comes with a healthy dose of lastminute drama alongside their scientific successes.

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Europe to Delay Mars Rover Mission (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - PARIS ? European Space Agency (ESA) governments tentatively have agreed to delay the launch of Europe's first-ever Mars rover by a little more than two years, to 2016, as part of a broader effort to rein in project costs and seek deeper cooperation with NASA and the Russian space agency, European government officials said.

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10/17/2008 11:15 AM - Views: 0 Rating: -

Doorstep Astronomy: Mercury in the Morning (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - If there ever was a planet that has gotten a bad rap for its inability to be readily observed, it would have to be Mercury, known in some circles as the "elusive planet."

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10/16/2008 4:45 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

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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10/16/2008 8:49 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

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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10/16/2008 7:45 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

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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10/15/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 7 Rating: -

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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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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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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10/13/2008 7:32 AM - Views: 0 Rating: -

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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10/11/2008 11:50 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Russia says Soyuz space landings will be safe (Reuters)

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

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

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

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

Russian space chief reassures US partners (AP)

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

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10/10/2008 10:08 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

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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10/18/2008 11:49 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Scottish Premier League round-up: Brown is top Bhoy as Celtic go three points clear

Celtic extended their lead at the top of the Scottish Premier League with a nail-biting 2-1 win at Inverness

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10/18/2008 10:02 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Hopkins hands Pavilk his first loss (AP)

Bernard Hopkins gave Kelly Pavlik a boxing lesson and a first loss that he will never forget. The 43-year-old Hopkins used lightning quick combinations and a cagey, near-perfect defense to embarrass and confuse Pavlik in a 12-round non-title bout Saturday night at Boardwalk Hall. Hopkins, who dominated the middleweight class for a decade, made the 26-year-old Pavlik -- the WBC and WBO middleweight...

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10/18/2008 11:49 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Rugby union: Biggar's boot cuts Perpignan down to size

Ospreys edged to a 15-9 victory over Perpignan after another disjointed performance at the Liberty Stadium

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10/18/2008 11:49 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Snooker: Higgins gives Trump the bump

John Higgins beat Judd Trump 6-4 to reach the final of the Royal London Watches Grand Prix

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Smith's risks make for tasty World Cup

Australia have always dominated the Rugby League World Cup and return once more to the world stage as firm favourites

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Scottish Premier League: Gordon Strachan backs his 'quicker, fitter' side for sternest test

The Celtic manager believes his side can overturn their abject Champions League away form when they travel to Old Trafford

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10/18/2008 11:49 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Horse racing: Approach bows out in style of Champion

New Approach produced a memorable swansong, winning by six lengths and setting a new course record in the Champion Stakes

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10/18/2008 11:49 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

NFL: Here for the Beer

Next weekend Wembley will host an NFL regular-season game: Jamie Jackson explains why the full fan experience cannot be replicated

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10/18/2008 9:08 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Red Sox lead Rays 4-2 after 6 in Game 6 (AP)

Now look who's one win away from the World Series. The Boston Red Sox, playing like the defending champs they are, came out swinging and beat Tampa Bay 4-2 Saturday night to force a Game 7 in an AL championship series the Rays all but wrapped up two days ago. Jason Varitek snapped an 0-for-14 slide with his tiebreaking, sixth-inning solo homer off James Shields.

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10/18/2008 9:26 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Red Sox defeat Rays 4-2 to force Game 7 (AP)

Now look who's one win away from the World Series. The Boston Red Sox, playing like the defending champs they are, came out swinging and beat Tampa Bay 4-2 Saturday night to force a Game 7 in an AL championship series the Rays all but wrapped up two days ago. Slumping Jason Varitek hit a tiebreaking home run in the sixth inning as Boston evened the ALCS at 3-all.

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Rugby league: Old hand Horan takes pride in doing that Munster thing

Munster's prop Marcus Horan tells Eddie Butler he is keen to use all his experience and passion to drive Munster forward

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10/18/2008 11:49 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Horse racing: Raven and Duke lead Classic bid for glory

Eddie Fremantle looks ahead to the upcoming Breeders' Cup meeting in California and has confidence in Duke of Marmalade

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10/18/2008 11:49 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Football: David Beckham fronts FA's bid to stage World Cup

David Beckham and John Barnes have been named as the ambassadors for England's bid to hold the World Cup in 2018

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10/18/2008 11:49 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Happy Pulis backs British for top jobs

Tony Pulis served a 16-year apprenticeship in the lower leagues and is now relishing his life in the big time, he tells Amy Lawrence

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10/18/2008 11:59 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

NFL: One nice day cannot be a basis for love

The NFL has almost reached Wembley Way but the sport still has a long way to go to fire up sports fans in the UK

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10/18/2008 11:59 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Matthew Tait: Comforting sight of Seabass the heartthrob

I was deeply disappointed to have to miss out on Sale's win in Clermont but I'm hoping to contribute against Munster

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Cricket: Leggie Mishra looks more suited than Siddle

Australia closed at 102-4 in reply to India's 469 as Amit Mishra took two wickets on his Test debut

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10/18/2008 1:04 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Cricket: A Sourav Ganguly century puts India in control in second test against Australia

A century from Sourav Ganguly and 92 from Mahendra Singh Dhoni put India in control in the second Test

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10/18/2008 3:12 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Spartans QB Hoyer hurt vs. Buckeyes (AP)

Michigan State quarterback Brian Hoyer didn't start the second half against Ohio State because of an injured right hand, but returned in the fourth quarter. Hoyer hurt his throwing hand Saturday before tossing an interception toward the end of the first half as the 12th-ranked Buckeyes led the 20th-ranked Spartans by four touchdowns.

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10/18/2008 3:47 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Snooker: John Higgins beats Judd Trump in the semi-final of the Royal London Watches Grand Prix

John Higgins survived a scare against Judd Trump to progress to tomorrow's final in Glasgow

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10/18/2008 5:40 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Premier League: Arsenal 3-1 Everton

Arsenal trailed to an early Osman goal, but turned in a fine second half performance to secure a 3-1 win over Everton

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10/18/2008 5:50 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Premier League: Fulham 0-0 Sunderland

A goalless scoreline belied the enthralling entertainment of Fulham and Sunderland's clash at Craven Cottage

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10/18/2008 7:26 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Lap-by-lap: can Lewis Hamilton move closer to the title by winning the Chinese grand prix?

Can Lewis Hamilton move a step closer to the drivers' title by winning in China? Find out with Gemma Briggs from 7.30am

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10/18/2008 8:23 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Jazz PG Williams injures ankle in win (AP)

Carlos Boozer had 17 points and 15 rebounds, and the Utah Jazz beat the Chicago Bulls 88-80 in a preseason game on Saturday night despite losing Deron Williams to injury in the first quarter. Williams left the game after falling awkwardly and spraining his left ankle. Williams had X-rays, which were negative, but he didn't return to the game.

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10/18/2008 8:40 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Blues spoil Quenneville's Chicago debut (AP)

The Blues are winning in bunches and in different ways. Just two days after blowing out the Dallas Stars, St. Louis rallied from two goals down in the third period to beat the Chicago Blackhawks in a shootout 4-3 Saturday night. Blues rookie T.J. Oshie scored the winning shootout goal, and spoiled the debut of Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville.

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10/18/2008 8:55 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Joba arrested for DUI in Nebraska (AP)

New York Yankees pitcher Joba Chamberlain was arrested for allegedly driving under the influence, speeding and having an open container of alcohol in his vehicle. Nebraska State Patrol spokeswoman Deborah Collins said Chamberlain was stopped for speeding on U.S. 77 near his hometown of Lincoln at about 1 a.m.

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10/17/2008 11:00 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Premier League: Burnout fears for Theo Walcott as Arsène Wenger stands him down

Arsène Wenger has hinted that he will drop Theo Walcott from the Arsenal squad that is set to face Everton

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10/17/2008 11:03 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

David Lacey: Fabio Capello is echoing style of a master if not his voice

Fabio Capello shares many similarities with England's most famous manager - Sir Alf Ramsey

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10/18/2008 8:41 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Football: Middlesbrough v Chelsea - as it happened

The minute-by-minute story of Chelsea's demolition of the hapless Middlesbrough

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10/18/2008 12:28 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Maryland hands No. 21 Wake rare shutout (AP)

Maryland played so well against No. 21 Wake Forest, it was almost impossible to single out offense, defense or special teams in the most significant win of an up-and-down season. "We finally put a full game together. I think by far it's the best we've played all year," coach Ralph Friedgen said after the Terrapins cruised to a 26-0 victory on Saturday.

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10/18/2008 4:43 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Bradford's 468 yards, 3 TDs lift Sooners (AP)

By the time he's done, Sam Bradford may erase Josh Heupel's name from the Oklahoma record books entirely. Bradford passed for an Oklahoma-record 468 yards and had three touchdown passes to help the No. 4 Sooners bounce back from their first loss by beating No. 16 Kansas 45-31 on Saturday. Despite losing top receiver Manuel Johnson to a first-quarter arm injury, Bradford cleared the Oklahoma record of...

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No. 3 Penn St. ends skid to Michigan (AP)

Thousands of white pompoms fluttered and 100,000 Penn State fans broke into a sing-along as night fell on Beaver Stadium. Joe Paterno's greatest nemesis was about to be vanquished by the third-ranked Nittany Lions and the 81-year-old coach had a bird's-eye view of party time in Happy Valley. Yep, JoePa's getting a really good look at his latest national championship contender.

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10/18/2008 5:38 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Premier League: Aston Villa 0-0 Portsmouth

Aston Villa and Portsmouth's goalless draw concluded with the assistant referee being felled by a hurled object

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10/18/2008 5:58 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Premier League: Bolton 0-0 Blackburn

Blackburn and Bolton came away with a point each from the Reebok Stadium after a lacklustre performance by both sides

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10/17/2008 11:00 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Premier League: Luiz Felipe Scolari says returning John Terry is dying to play

Despite missing England's two World Cup qualifiers, John Terry should be fit enough to play for Chelsea

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10/17/2008 11:01 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Tennis: Madrid Masters: Andy Murray earns rematch with Roger Federer

Andy Murray will play Roger Federer again after easily beating Gael Monfils 6-2, 6-2

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Horse racing: War Of Attrition perfectly sound after comeback

Mouse Morris has said that War of Attrition coped well with his return race at Punchestown

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10/17/2008 11:02 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Leader: In praise of ... Sachin Tendulkar

Leader: Sachin Tendulkar became Test cricket's leading run-scorer, exceeding the 11,953 runs made by Brian Lara

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Cricket: Nothing flash, just a quick scamper to lift Sachin Tendulkar to summit

Sachin Tendulkar's efficient rather than showy run-making has made him the finest of batsmen

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10/17/2008 11:03 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Barney Ronay: Is Rio Ferdinand the wisest man in football?

With his furrowed, long-suffering visage, Rio Ferdinand is football's equivalent of Abraham Lincoln

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10/18/2008 7:46 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Formula one: Lewis Hamilton claimed the 13th pole position of his career at the Chinese grand prix

Britain's Lewis Hamilton qualifies on pole position for tomorrow's Chinese grand prix, the penultimate race of the season

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Football: Manchester United v West Bromwich Albion - live!

Live minute-by-minute coverage of West Brom's visit to Old Trafford, Manchester

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10/18/2008 1:13 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

No. 10 Georgia holds off No. 22 Vandy (AP)

Knowshon Moreno had his best game of the season. A.J. Green came up huge. Still, Georgia struggled to put another opponent away. The Bulldogs better step it up: LSU and Florida are next. Moreno rushed for a season-high 172 yards and the freshman Green had 132 yards receiving, but 10th-ranked Georgia struggled for a 24-14 victory over Vanderbilt on Saturday.

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10/18/2008 2:01 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Lou Holtz sorry for Hitler reference (AP)

ESPN analyst Lou Holtz apologized on air Saturday for mentioning Adolf Hitler during a college football studio show the previous night. The former Notre Dame coach referenced Hitler while making a point about good and bad leadership during a discussion of the struggles of first-year Michigan coach Rich Rodriguez.

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10/18/2008 2:12 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Yankee Stadium memorabilia not selling (AP)

Not even Yankee pride can overcome the poor economy. The last ball hit out of Yankee Stadium didn't leave the auction block Saturday in a memorabilia auction celebrating Bronx Bombers history. The ball, smacked by catcher Jose Molina on Sept. 21, was one of several big ticket items that failed to sell in early bidding at Madison Square Garden on a trove of Yankees artifacts.

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10/18/2008 3:12 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Harrell totals 5 TDs in Texas Tech's win (AP)

Texas Tech coach Mike Leach wasn't