News Predator - Science News Archive 10/24/2008

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Scientists ID 3 New Candidate Genes for Schizophrenia (HealthDay)

HealthDay - FRIDAY, Oct. 24 (HealthDay News) -- American and Dutch researchers believe they may have identified three genes tied to the development of schizophrenia.

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Tiny dinosaur on verge of swearing off meat (Reuters)

Reuters - A rare juvenile skull of a 190 million-year-old dinosaur may help explain when an important group of plant eaters branched off from carnivorous cousins, U.S. and British researchers said on Thursday.

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Cold viruses activate killer genes, study finds (Reuters)

Reuters - The common cold virus activates dozens of immune system genes in the lining of the nose, including some natural antivirals that might be used as the basis of new drugs, researchers reported on Friday.

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USA (The Christian Science Monitor)

The Christian Science Monitor - Mary Schapiro, President-elect Obama's new pick to head the Securities and Exchange Commission as its effectiveness is being questioned, would become the first permanent chairwoman of the agency if confirmed. She served six years as an SEC commissioner and now is the CEO of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, the securities and brokerage industry's self-policing organization.

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OPEC 'slashes output by 1.5m barrels per day' (AFP)

AFP - OPEC decided to cut its oil output by 1.5 million barrels per day from November 1 at an emergency meeting here on Friday, Saudi Oil Minister Ali al-Nuaimi told reporters, as the cartel seeks to support plunging crude prices despite a looming worldwide recession.

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Roots of Voodoo: Why Sarkozy is Getting Skewered (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - A controversial voodoo doll is proving to be quite the pain in the side of French President Nicolas Sarkozy.

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Tiny Skull Sheds Light on Strange Dinosaur Diets (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - A juvenile dinosaur weighing less than two sticks of butter was a toothy hodgepodge equipped with fang-like canines to tear into small mammals, reptiles and insects, as well as flat molars for plant munching.

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Space Tourist, Station Cosmonauts Land Safely (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - A Soyuz spacecraft has returned safely from the International Space Station, touching down with an American space tourist and two Russian cosmonauts in a picture perfect landing that followed two flawed descents on similar vehicles.

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At least 24 dead in Yemen floods (AFP)

AFP - At least 24 people died in Yemen when floods caused by heavy rains swept through the southeastern province of Hadramaut, which has been declared a disaster zone, officials said on Friday.

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Common Cold Virus Alters Body's Genes (HealthDay)

HealthDay - FRIDAY, Oct. 24 (HealthDay News) -- It may not be the cure for the common cold, but it may set the stage for a cure.

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Greek dig unearths Neolithic household gear (AP)

AP - A 6,000 year-old set of household gear, including crockery and two wood-fired ovens, has been found in the buried ruins of a prehistoric farmhouse in northern Greece, officials said Thursday.

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Iran's Rafsanjani blames finance 'tsunami' for low oil price (AFP)

AFP - The influential former president of OPEC's second largest oil producer Iran on Friday called the world financial crisis a tsunami which has dragged down oil prices and caused a huge loss of revenue.

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European science satellite launch delayed until at least February (AFP)

AFP - The much-delayed launch of a European satellite designed to monitor Earth's gravitational field is unlikely to take place before February, the European Space Agency (ESA) said on Friday.

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Russians, plus American tourist, return from space (AP)

AP - Soon after he touched down Friday, American space tourist Richard Garriott got a pat on the head and an admiring question from his astronaut father. "How come you look so fresh and ready to go?" 77-year-old Owen Garriott asked his son, who was sitting in an armchair on the steppes of Kazakhstan after being pulled from the gumdrop-shaped Soyuz capsule.

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10/24/2008 4:38 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

American, Russians return from space station (AP)

AP - A Soyuz capsule carrying an American and two Russians touched down on target in Kazakhstan on Friday after a descent from the international space station, safely delivering the first two men to follow their fathers into space.

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Bizarre Tactic Drives Worms Out of the Ground (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - Fishermen have long known that you can drive earthworms to the surface with a strange technique called worm grunting.

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10/24/2008 3:35 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Who let the crocs out? (Reuters)

Reuters - Wildlife experts in Cyprus are trying to verify reports a crocodile smuggled to the island is on the loose in a nature reserve popular with visitors.

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UN humanitarian chief moved by Haiti hurricane destruction (AFP)

AFP - UN emergency relief coordinator John Holmes said Friday he was overwhelmed by the damage wrought on this seaside city in the north of Haiti when Hurricane Hanna struck last month.

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US sees deeper woes, global governments step up response (AFP)

AFP - US officials warned Thursday of a rise in unemployment stemming from the credit crisis while France unveiled plans for a sovereign wealth fund to protect key industries from turmoil as debate raged over the cause of the global maelstrom.

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NASA traces glitches that stopped Hubble (Reuters)

Reuters - NASA engineers have traced two glitches that shut down the orbiting Hubble space telescope and said on Thursday they rebooted one of the computers involved.

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OPEC slashes oil output, triggering Western backlash (AFP)

AFP - OPEC said Friday it will slash oil output by 1.5 million barrels a day from November 1 as it seeks to shore up crude prices, triggering a verbal backlash from recession-threatened Britain and the United States.

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Stephen Hawking to retire from prestigious post (AP)

AP - Cosmologist Stephen Hawking will retire from his prestigious post at Cambridge University next year, but intends to continue his exploration of time and space.

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European satellite launch delayed until at least Feb (AFP)

AFP - The much-delayed launch of a European satellite designed to monitor Earth's gravitational field is unlikely to take place before February, the European Space Agency (ESA) said on Friday.

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10/23/2008 6:09 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

OPEC should cut oil output by two million barrels a day: Iran (AFP)

AFP - Iran's oil minister on Thursday said that a drop in demand meant OPEC should decide to cut production by two million barrels per day when it meets for a meeting here on Friday.

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Scientists try to stop hunger with retooled foods (AP)

AP - Want to lose weight? Try eating. That's one of the strategies being developed by scientists experimenting with foods that trick the body into feeling full.

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Greenspan says 'credit tsunami' to wipe out spending, jobs (AFP)

AFP - Former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan said Thursday the United States is swept by a "once-in-a-century credit tsunami" that will hit consumer spending and jobs.

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Potent Greenhouse Gas More Prevalent than Thought (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - A potent greenhouse gas is at least four times more prevalent in the atmosphere than was previously estimated, a new study reports.

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Mich. ad likens stem-cell work to Tuskegee study (AP)

AP - A television ad created by opponents of a ballot measure that would allow embryonic stem-cell research in Michigan likens such work to the infamous Tuskegee syphilis study.

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NASA tries again to get ailing Hubble working (AP)

AP - NASA is trying again to wake up the sleeping science computer on the Hubble Space Telescope. Hubble hasn't been able to take pictures since late September because its computer couldn't collect and transmit photos. NASA tried to wake up a backup system last week, but ran into new problems that shut the computer down again.

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Mexican energy reform passes Senate (AP)

AP - The Mexican Senate has passed a controversial energy reform meant to revitalize the nation's flagging oil industry.

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Charges filed against 6 in Iowa pig abuse case (AP)

AP - Six farm employees were charged with animal abuse and neglect Wednesday in connection with a video obtained by an animal-rights group that showed workers abusing pigs.

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OPEC chief foresees oil output cut despite economic crisis (AFP)

AFP - OPEC's president said the oil cartel will lower output at an urgent meeting on Friday as hardline members pushed for sharp cuts despite warnings that a resulting price rise could worsen economic hardship.

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Out of Thin Air: How Money is Really Made (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - Making money in 2008 looks like a grim proposition, but not because U.S. government printing presses can't create enough dollar bills.

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10/22/2008 9:46 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Blue Bananas Surprise Scientists (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - When a banana ripens, it turns yellow - unless you look at it under a black light, in which case, it appears bright blue, a new study has found. The banana's blue glow was discovered by scientists at the University of Innsbruck in Austria and Columbia University in New York, the first team to look for this phenomenon in bananas. ...

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10/22/2008 10:17 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

New Space Station Crew Takes Charge (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - Two Russian cosmonauts turned over control of the International Space Station to their replacements Wednesday as they prepare to return to Earth with an American space tourist.

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10/23/2008 12:17 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Oil powerhouse Venezuela struggles to keep lights on (Reuters)

Reuters - Despite having some of the world's largest energy reserves, Venezuela is increasingly struggling to maintain basic electrical service, a growing challenge for leftist President Hugo Chavez.

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10/23/2008 12:48 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Oklahoma State projects affected by donor's losses (AP)

AP - Oklahoma State University officials cheered when oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens gave a record-setting gift of $165 million to his alma mater two years ago for athletic programs and then invested it in his BP Capital hedge fund so that it would grow even more.

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10/23/2008 11:28 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Kuwait says OPEC must consider global crisis (AFP)

AFP - Kuwait's Oil Minister Mohammad al-Olaim said on Thursday that OPEC should act over crude prices but that any measure must take into account the global financial crisis.

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US working on plan to help homeowners refinance (AP)

AP - Federal regulators told Congress Thursday they're working on a plan that could help many distressed homeowners escape foreclosure in a global financial crisis that Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan warned will get worse before it gets better.

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Study: Lyme Disease Was Imported (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - Lyme disease entered American consciousness in 1975, when a cluster of cases turned up around Old Lyme, Connecticut. Thirty-plus years later, it's still on the rise in the United States.

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10/23/2008 5:25 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Saudi oil minister not drawn over possible cut to OPEC output (AFP)

AFP - Saudi Oil Minister Ali al-Nuaimi refused to be drawn on Thursday on the possibility that OPEC will announce a cut to its crude production at an emergency policy meeting due here.

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Warm hands lead to warm hearts, sneaky study shows (AP)

AP - Time to update that old saying "cold hands, warm heart." New research shows touching something warm can make you feel and act more warmly toward others. Whether someone is deemed to have a "warm" or "cold" personality makes a powerful first impression. That led Yale University scientists to wonder if physical warmth could promote psychological warmth, by subconsciously priming people to think better of others.

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Strong 6.2 earthquake rocks Papua New Guineau (AFP)

AFP - A strong 6.2-magnitude earthquake rocked Papua New Guineau on Thursday, the US Geological Survey said, but there were no immediate reports of casualties or tsunami.

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Warm Hands Make People Generous (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - That morning cup of coffee could give you a rosier outlook on the world. New research reveals that individuals who held the warm beverage viewed a stranger as having warmer personality traits than when holding an iced coffee.

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The Stink in Farts Controls Blood Pressure (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - A smelly rotten-egg gas in farts controls blood pressure in mice, a new study finds. The unpleasant aroma of the gas, called hydrogen sulfide (H2S), can be a little too familiar, as it is expelled by bacteria living in the human colon and eventually makes its way, well, out. The new research found that cells lining mice's blood vessels naturally make the gas and this action can help keep the rodents' blood pressure low by relaxing the blood vessels to prevent hypertension (high blood pressure)...

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10/21/2008 9:16 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

NASA chief: Criticism hurting space agency morale (AP)

AP - Unfounded criticism of America's next-generation moon rocket is hurting NASA morale but hasn't stopped progress on the craft, the space agency's administrator Michael Griffin said Tuesday.

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India launches moon mission in Asian space race (AP)

AP - Scientists have better maps of distant Mars than the moon where astronauts have walked. But India hopes to change that with its first lunar mission.

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Scientists find 26 genes promoting lung cancer (AP)

AP - In the largest effort of its kind, scientists have identified 26 genes that, when damaged, appear to promote lung cancer.

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10/22/2008 6:08 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

OPEC decision must consider consumers, producers: Khelil (AFP)

AFP - OPEC President Chakib Khelil said here on Wednesday that an upcoming decision by the cartel to cut oil production must consider both consumers and producers hit by a global financial crisis.

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10/21/2008 9:45 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

First Apollo Flight Crew Last to be Honored (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - Forty years after flying NASA's first manned Apollo mission, the crew of Apollo 7 was honored with the space agency's highest award, the NASA Distinguished Service Medal.

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What a View! Space Bubbles Would Thrill Tourists (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - The Rocket Racing League is teaming up with a private aerospace company and the state of New Mexico to build a new fleet of suborbital spacecraft designed to give space tourists a view of the Earth unlike any other.

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Meteor 'Fireball' Caught on Video (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - A team of astronomers has caught on video a fiery meteor as it fell toward Earth.

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Successful first test for Vega’s Zefiro 9-A solid-fuel rocket motor

Yesterday, the Zefiro 9-A motor successfully completed its first firing test at the Salto di Quirra Inter-force Test Range in Sardinia (Italy). This was the penultimate firing test for the engine prior to the Vega launcher’s qualification flight, scheduled to take place by the end of 2009.

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Potent Greenhouse Gas More Common in Atmosphere Than Estimated

New research indicates a powerful greenhouse gas is at least four times more prevalent in the atmosphere than previously estimated.

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NASA TV To Air Station Crew Messages On Voting, 10th Anniversary

NASA Television will broadcast two special messages from International Space Station crew members.

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10/24/2008 6:29 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

No money, no spacecraft, Russian producer warns (AFP)

AFP - Russia's spacecraft producer Energiya will not provide any more Soyuz vessels for trips to the International Space Station unless funds could urgently be found, Energiya's president and general constructor warned on Friday.

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10/24/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Expedition 17 Crew Returns From International Space Station

Spaceflight participant Richard Garriott and two members of the 17th crew to live and work aboard the International Space Station returned to Earth at 10:36 p.m. CDT, Thursday.

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10/24/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

NASA To Release Science Results, Images From Second Mercury Flyby

NASA will hold a Science Update at 1 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, Oct. 29, to announce findings and release new images from the Oct. 6 flyby of Mercury

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10/24/2008 8:49 AM - Views: 0 Rating: -

GOCE launch delayed until 2009

The Russian authorities responsible for the Rockot launcher that shall carry ESA's GOCE Earth Explorer satellite into orbit have completed the investigation of a failure in the guidance and navigation system of the launcher's Upper Stage (Breeze KM).

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10/23/2008 10:13 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

COROT directly sees ‘Sun-quakes’ in other stars for the first time

Sounding the Sun through a technique similar to seismology has opened a new era for understanding the Sun’s interior. The COROT satellite has now applied this technique to three stars, directly probing the interiors of stars beyond the Sun for the first time.

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10/23/2008 1:01 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Space Tourist, Cosmonauts to Land Tonight (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - Two Russian cosmonauts and American space tourist Richard Garriott are set to cast off from the International Space Station tonight for the return to Earth, and they're hoping for a smooth ride home.

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10/23/2008 5:51 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

India eyes larger slice of satellite launch sector (AFP)

AFP - India's first moon mission not only makes it a serious player in space exploration but also holds the prospect of a bigger slice of the lucrative satellite launch market, analysts say.

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10/23/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

NASA's Next Moon Mission Begins Thermal Vacuum Test

NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, has begun environmental testing in a thermal vacuum that simulates the harsh rigors of space.

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Shuttle Endeavour Swaps Launch Pads for November Liftoff (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - The space shuttle Endeavour moved to a new launch pad Thursday to gear up for a supply run to the International Space Station next month.

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10/22/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Next Hubble Telescope Media Teleconference Thursday, Oct. 23

NASA will provide an update to reporters on the current efforts to restore Hubble Space Telescope science observations during a media teleconference on Thursday, Oct. 23, at 2 p.m. EDT.

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10/22/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

NASA's Shuttle Endeavour Moves to Launch Pad, Practice Liftoff Set

Space shuttle Endeavour is scheduled to move from Launch Pad 39B to Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., as early as 8 a.m., Thursday, Oct. 23, as preparations for the STS-126 mission move forward.

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10/22/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

NASA And The Challenger Center Announce Naming Contest

NASA And The Challenger Center Announce Naming Contest

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India Celebrates Launch of First Moon Probe (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - PARIS - India's first space mission beyond Earth orbit was launched successfully Wednesday (Local Time) when an upgraded version of India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) placed the Chandrayaan-1 lunar orbiter into an elliptical transfer orbit, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) announced.

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10/22/2008 5:00 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Chandrayaan-1 successfully launched – next stop: the Moon

Chandrayaan-1, India’s first mission to the Moon, was successfully launched earlier this morning from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SHAR) in Sriharikota, India.

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NASA Invites Reporters to Tests of Moon Tools in Hawaii Nov. 13

Media are invited to observe tests of NASA equipment and rover concepts that will demonstrate how astronauts might prospect for lunar resources and make their own oxygen for survival on the moon. The tests will take place Thursday, Nov. 13, starting at 9 a.m. HST outside Hilo, Hawaii.

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10/22/2008 7:26 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

Ky. campus lockdown ends; no evidence of gunfire (AP)

AP - Western Kentucky University was locked down for several hours Wednesday after reports of gunmen on campus, but officials said they could find no evidence that shots had been fired or that anyone had a weapon.

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10/21/2008 5:31 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Congress Withholds Funding for Spysat Program (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - WASHINGTON - Congressional appropriators have canceled funding for a joint U.S. military-intelligence program to field two commercial-class satellites to collect medium-resolution imagery, government and industry sources confirmed today.

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All set for Chandrayaan-1 launch

Final preparations are under way for the launch of India’s first mission to the Moon, Chandrayaan-1. The spacecraft is due to take off early tomorrow morning, 22 October 2008, on India’s own Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SHAR) in Sriharikota, India.

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10/21/2008 10:15 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Planets Thought Dead Might Be Habitable (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - Astronomers have long talked about a "habitable zone" around a star as being a confined and predictable region where temperatures were not to cold, not to hot, so that a planet could retain liquid water and therefore support life as we know it.

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10/20/2008 10:24 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

Congress cancels novel satellite program (AP)

AP - With a federal budget crunch looming, Congress this month canceled Pentagon plans to buy and launch two commercial imagery satellites to complement its network of classified spy craft, military and space industry officials said.

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10/20/2008 11:31 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Satellite Business Booming in the Middle East and North Africa: Highly Competitive Region Has 13 Operators (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - The 13 commercial satellite-fleet operators active in the Middle East and North Africa showed a 73 percent fill rate on their 41 Ku-band satellites in mid-2008 when measured in booked megahertz compared to total megahertz of capacity, according to a mid-2008 survey of capacity taken from Dubai, United Arab Emirates, by the London Satellite Exchange (LSE) and Euroconsult. The satellites were spread over 31 orbital slots.

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Space tech helps to find natural resources

Using space-based technology developed during ESA’s gravity mission studies, a novel gradiometer is being developed by a UK-based company to help oil and gas companies find the most appropriate locations to drill wells and plan further exploration.

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NASA Returns to the Moon with Instruments on Indian Spacecraft

Two NASA instruments to map the lunar surface will launch on India's maiden moon voyage. The Moon Mineralogy Mapper will assess mineral resources, and the Miniature Synthetic Aperture Radar, or Mini-SAR, will map the polar regions and look for ice deposits.

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10/19/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 0 Rating: -

NASA Launches IBEX Mission to Outer Solar System

IBEX will build an image of the outer boundary of the solar system from impacts on the spacecraft by high-speed particles called energetic neutral atoms.

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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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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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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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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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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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10/16/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 0 Rating: -

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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10/16/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 0 Rating: -

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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10/16/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 0 Rating: -

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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10/24/2008 11:02 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Stanford Super Series: How much will the losers get? What happens if it rains? Will the Barmy Army be there?

The Twenty20 extravaganza begs a series of questions, 20 of them: Mikey Stafford provides the answers

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10/24/2008 11:02 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Rugby union: Mike Ruddock returns with his tale wagging behind him

Just when Wales are embroiled in a legal row with their regions over player release, their national coach warning that he might "consider his position", another ghost from the recent turbulent past is about to get an airing with the publication of a book that promises to name names involved in the departure of Mike Ruddock, another Six Nations-winning coach.On February 14, 2006, less than 12 months after becoming the first Wales coach for 27 years to win a grand slam, the Welsh Rugby Union parted company with Ruddock in circumstances that have never been totally explained, partly because of the terms of his departure...

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10/24/2008 11:03 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Twenty20: Lalit Modi wants English players in IPL but 'there is a big catch'

Lalit Modi has said that the involvement of ECB players in the IPL is dependent on the reciprocal release of players to the English Premier League

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10/24/2008 11:06 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Football: fuming Arsene Wenger set to fine William Gallas after defender is caught smoking

Arsène Wenger has revealed that he was once a smoker but his liberal attitude is not expected to spare William Gallas, the Arsenal captain, from a club fine after he was photographed in the small hours of Thursday morning leaving a London nightclub with a cigarette in his mouth. Wenger will check the authenticity of the pictures and speak to Gallas to remind him of his responsibilities. The French defender was among a host of celebrities at the reopening of the Movida club, which was also attended by the Chelsea players Florent Malouda and Mikel John Obi...

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10/24/2008 11:06 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Football: Luka Modric adds to dissenting voices as pressure on Ramos mounts

As Tottenham prepare for three Premier League matches in six days that will shape their future, another forlorn voice can be heard from the gathering of dissenters that passes for a dressing-room these days. It is that of Luka Modric, the £16.5m Croatian midfield player who was one of the substitutes against Udinese on Thursday night."I did my best but I was all alone in the middle," he said. "I couldn't do any more. I was disappointed to start on the bench but it was the coach's decision...

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10/24/2008 11:06 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Football: Martin O'Neill to check claims John Carew partied on eve of Villa match

Martin O'Neill is to investigate claims that John Carew was in a lap-dancing bar on the morning of Aston Villa's Uefa Cup tie against Ajax on Thursday. It is alleged the Norway international was in the nightclub until the early hours and, if so, is guilty of breaking Villa's pre-match curfew. If the allegations are proved he is likely to be fined two weeks' wages, which equates to about £100,000.Although O'Neill omitted Carew from the squad that faced Ajax, the Villa manager was not aware of the allegations that he had visited The Rocket Club in Birmingham's Broad Street and was instead responding to the forward's claims earlier in the week that he was suffering from fatigue since returning from international duty...

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10/24/2008 11:02 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Athletics: Paula Radcliffe stirs her competitive juices in Big Apple warm-up

Paula Radcliffe is set to line up in the Great South Run in Portsmouth tomorrow ahead of her New York Marathon title defence

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10/24/2008 11:02 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Rugby league World Cup: England confident they can wrestle with new challenge

The issue of grapple-tackles has dominated the build-up to the opening weekend of the Rugby league World Cup

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10/24/2008 11:17 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Football: Iain Dowie sacked as Flavio Briatore flexes his muscles in QPR boardroom

Flavio Briatore reasserted his authority in the Queens Park Rangers boardroom yesterday by sacking Iain Dowie as manager. There has been turmoil behind the scenes at the Championship club, where the chairman, Briatore, clashed with the vice-chairman, Amit Bhatia, after the latter released a personally signed statement pledging to reduce ticket prices at Loftus Road.Briatore telephoned Gianni Paladini to accuse the club's sporting director of undermining him and promised he would be sacked. Paladini, though, was spared at a meeting on Thursday attended by all the major powers and Briatore instead turned the knife on Dowie...

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10/24/2008 11:42 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Duncan Fletcher: The $20m verdict: this simply can't be good for the game

The amount of money involved in the Stanford Series poses a genuine threat to dressing room morale and the standard of play

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10/24/2008 11:06 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Football: Wigan's bulldozer Amr Zaki on life at the top of the pyramid

It should come as little surprise that someone who has swapped Cairo's pyramids for Wigan's pies is taking time to adapt and Amr Zaki admits he is still coming to terms with life in the north-west. He has yet to experience driving on the left hand side of the road, requires a translator to communicate and finds the weather cold but, as the Premier League's leading goalscorers' chart illustrates, not everything is proving difficult to master. Sitting at the top of the pile and looking down on a list that includes Fernando Torres and Emmanuel Adebayor is the 25-year-old Egyptian known as "The Bulldozer"...

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10/24/2008 11:26 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Tennis: Andy Murray survives Tipsarevic test to reach St Petersburg semi-finals

Andy Murray will face Fernando Verdasco after a resolute 7-6, 7-5 win against Serbia's Janko Tipsarevic

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10/24/2008 11:44 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Football: Roy Keane the becalmed lives up to Brian Clough's billing as intelligence shines through

Roy Keane frequently ends sentences with the words "trust me" but this self-confident catchphrase has sometimes camouflaged a certain insecurity. Sunderland's manager knows his two years in charge at the Stadium of Light have been studded with mistakes as well as triumphs and, when someone tried to praise his transfer market dealings last week, he duly pulled a face.Stretching out a hand and affecting to make it shake, Keane admitted: "I wouldn't call my achievements great because there's also been some buys like this...

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10/24/2008 11:45 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Russell Brand: Becks and I are extra-terrestrial friends

Other than with my own fragile mental health, I've never been one for much of a gamble. I went into a bookmaker's once in Kentish Town, to meet a man, (I believe it was to buy a laughably small quantity of drugs) and I must say I found the décor, ambience and sneering rather depressing. Amid all the angrily discarded slips and stubby, impotent pens the likelihood of mercurial chance granting some slight relief seemed, well, against the odds.Still, I had a quick wager on the dogs and felt for a moment the unfamiliar tremor of optimism stirring in my hungry guts...

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10/24/2008 9:52 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

No. 13 Boise keeps BCS game hopes alive (AP)

When Ian Johnson reached the end zone with his record-setting touchdown, there was no doubt about the outcome of the game or who was the best team in the WAC. Johnson ran for two touchdowns to give him a school-record 51 in his career and Kellen Moore threw for two scores to help No. 13 Boise State keep its bid alive for a berth in a BCS game by beating San Jose State 33-16 on Friday night in a...

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10/24/2008 11:06 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Football: Sir Alex Ferguson makes case for the defence to take attention from Wayne Rooney

Sir Alex Ferguson is notoriously sensitive to anyone questioning his players but, equally, the Manchester United manager has never appreciated too much praise being heaped on one individual. Ferguson has become increasingly irritated over the last few weeks by the amount of attention Wayne Rooney has received and made it clear, at his weekly press conference yesterday, that there were to be no questions about the Premier League's in-form player. "You've spoken a lot about Wayne recently and I'm not talking about him any more," Ferguson told reporters...

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10/24/2008 11:06 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

'Roy is a United manager in the waiting,' says Kinnear

Joe Kinnear certainly knows how to return a compliment. Informed that Roy Keane had used the word "genius" in connection with his achievements at Wimbledon, Newcastle United's interim manager immediately tipped the Irishman for a transfer to Old Trafford.After brushing off Keane's acclaim in the build-up to today's Tyne-Wear derby, reflecting that "Roy's the first who has said that about me", Kinnear suggested the Sunderland manager would one day occupy Sir Alex Ferguson's office at Manchester United...

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10/24/2008 11:06 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Football: cash is creating chasm between Scotland and Europe - Walter Smith

The Rangers manager Walter Smith has admitted that there is a danger of football becoming predictable due to a gap in wealth

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10/24/2008 11:34 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

EDF Energy Cup: Fond farewell has more fireworks off pitch than on

After hosting nearly 2,600 matches, the most evocative club ground in Wales hosted its final 80 minutes last night before being turned into a housing estate. The game went the way of 78.5% of the rest, a home victory, but did not survive in the memory beyond the final whistle.Bristol hardly made for worthy opponents: even at full strength they would have offered little in terms of creativity, and a largely reserve platoon barely mounted a meaningful attack.The emotions of the crowds were stoked by a parade of former captains before the match, with 21 of the 23 survivors present; Peter Evans, who led the side for two seasons in the 1950s, was ill and Simon Easterby was leading the team against Bristol...

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10/24/2008 11:40 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Football: Luiz Felipe Scolari - the man who made Chelsea popular

These are unsettling times at Stamford Bridge. The locals were just coming to terms with constant upheaval in the dugout and murmuring discontent in the boardroom, the unnerving political intrigue played out while their side eroded opponents' resistance with mechanical efficiency and only the occasional flash of exhilaration, when along comes a mustachioed maverick who once rejected the chance to coach England - and Chelsea find themselves reinvented overnight. Deposed as the richest team on the planet, and with swashbuckling football delighting out on the pitch as much as their Brazilian manager's charm wins friends off it, they are in danger of becoming popular...

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10/24/2008 11:43 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

David Lacey: the Rob Styles file brims with honest British mistakes

Perhaps Rob Styles needs a break from football. Maybe football needs a break from Rob Styles. Or he could be just another of those referees who are fated to be dogged by controversy.It happens. Norman Burtenshaw was a reasonably competent ref who during his 11 years on the Football League list managed to get himself knocked out by Millwall fans, responded to a clampdown on fouls by immediately sending off George Best and was attacked by the entire Benfica team during a pre-season friendly at Arsenal...

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10/24/2008 11:02 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

Rugby league World Cup: Michael Robertson's Manly pursuits help land of his grandfather

One of six Australians in the Scotland side, Michael Robertson makes his debut for the land of his grandfather tomorrow

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10/24/2008 11:06 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

Football interview: Louis Saha still hurting over what might have been as he chases new goal

Early 2002. The scene is Manchester United's training ground and Sir Alex Ferguson is sitting in his office with his old friend Walter Smith, drinking tea, eating toast, talking football. Ferguson is in a playful mood and makes a bet that Smith, then the Everton manager, won't be able to name the striker who tops his "most wanted" list. So Smith starts reeling off names and each time Ferguson shakes his head, cackling loudly. Smith gives up and Ferguson decides to put him out of his misery. "The boy from Fulham," he announces...

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10/23/2008 11:01 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Small Talk: the New Orleans Saints cheerleaders

Good morning, ladies.Ashlyn: [Cheery] HI!DiAnne: [Bouncy] HI![Small Talk realises the lobby of a plush London hotel might be a bit noisy to conduct an interview, so relocates to the bar]Waitress: Can I get you and the ladies a drink?[Small Talk realises with dawning horror it only has 7p in its pockets] Um…Ashlyn: …DiAnne: …[Ashlyn and DiAnne catch Small Talk desperately scanning their tracksuits for signs of a wallet or purse. Small Talk stares furiously at the floor in embarrassment] Can we just sit here for a bit?Waitress: [Testily] So you don't want a drink then?[Quietly] No...

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10/23/2008 11:03 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Derby three charged over loan

Three former Derby County directors and their consultants must offer their pleas to Northampton Crown Court next month over charges of conspiracy to conceal criminal property and other financial offences.Those charged are the former Pride Park finance director Andrew McKenzie, the departed chief executive Jeremy Keith and the one-time director of football Murdo Mackay. Their adviser, David Lowe, and accountant, Mark Waters, have also been charged with the criminal-property offence.The charges relate to a £15m loan taken from a Panamanian company, the ABC Corporation, in October 2003...

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10/23/2008 11:03 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Scottish Premier League: Artur Boruc escapes with £500 fine for stirring up Rangers fans

The Scottish FA have found Celtic goalkeeper Artur Boruc guilty of improper conduct

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10/23/2008 11:58 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Row over Jamaica debt could spell trouble for England's 2018 bid

England's 2018 World Cup bid is in danger of losing the vital Caribbean block of votes in a row over a £135,000 debt owed to the Football Association. Jamaica's football federation president, Captain Horace Burrell, has expressed dismay at the FA's decision to report the debt to the world governing body, Fifa, despite high-level talks over the issue. After two separate meetings with the FA's Simon Johnson, Burrell had understood that Soho Square would write off the debt in return for an FA-badged youth-development facility in Jamaica...

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10/24/2008 6:05 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Goodell: 'Pacman' could return to NFL (AP)

Roger Goddell is leaving open the possibility that suspended cornerback Adam "Pacman" Jones could play again in the NFL, but made it clear the oft-troubled player must first work through his off-field issues. The commissioner said on ESPN Radio's Mike & Mike in the Morning show that he's grown weary of the trouble caused by Jones, who checked into an alcohol treatment facility after his latest...

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10/24/2008 1:19 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Formula one: Gemma Briggs on cost-cutting in motor sport

The need to save money has forced the teams and the FIA to agree a landmark deal. But how long will this unholy alliance last?

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10/23/2008 11:03 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Football: John Terry hurt by claims he used back injury to choose club over country

John Terry felt compelled last night to reaffirm his commitment to England. The national captain made clear that the back injury which ruled him out of the World Cup qualifiers against Kazakhstan and Belarus was not linked to a problem which required surgery two years ago and should not hamper him again in the future.The centre-half suffered discomfort during Chelsea's Champions League group game at Cluj earlier this month, a legacy of an awkward playing surface in Romania, and required a pain-killing injection to play in the subsequent Premier League match against Aston Villa...

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10/24/2008 7:58 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Poll: What is the best bet in Chelsea’s home game against Liverpool?

Each week we pit Guardian readers against the bookmaker Paddy Power and a former sportsman, this week the former Leicester City pro Clive Walker

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10/24/2008 10:46 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Ewan Murray: Scottish football is no country for young men

The Old Firm's obsession with beating each other has led to the neglect of their youth systems

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10/24/2008 11:55 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

NFL: Paolo Bandini interviews Lorn Mayers and Jason Brisbane

Not many British kids dream of being professional American footballers. True enough, last year's Super Bowl-winning New York Giants team featured two players born in Britain – defensive end Osi Umenyiora and kicker Lawrence Tynes – but both had moved to America when they were still young, discovering American football in high school and going on to play it in college before going pro. To date, the only British players to play a regular season NFL game without first playing in college have been kickers and punters – players who could directly transfer skills developed playing rugby or 'soccer'...

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10/24/2008 12:08 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Championship: Queens Park Rangers sack manager Iain Dowie

QPR have sacked manager Iain Dowie only 12 games into the Championship season. Dowie, who only took over from previous manager Luigi de Canio in May, leaves Loftus Road with the west London club ninth in the table. Winger Gareth Ainsworth has been placed in caretaker charge ahead of tomorrow's trip to Reading, while former Internazionale manager Roberto Mancini has already been linked with the role.Dowie took charge of a mere 15 games in all competitions - exactly the same number as during his ill-fated spell at Charlton two years ago...

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10/24/2008 6:18 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Andy Murray through to semi-finals of St Petersburg Open

Andy Murray's run of good form has continued in St Petersburg after the Scot came through a tight game against Serbia's Janko Tipsarevic in straight sets 7-6, 7-5 to progress to the semi-finals.The Scot, the top seed for the Open event in Russia, won the first set on a tie-break after squandering a 4-1 lead to let his opponent level the match at 4-4. But Murray's consistent serving – the world No4 sent down seven aces in the first set compared with his opponent's three, and won 72% of points on his first serve – proved decisive...