News Predator - Science News Archive 10/26/2008

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Indonesia's Sulawesi hit by 6.4 quake, no tsunami (Reuters)

Reuters - An earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale jolted Indonesia's north Sulawesi island on Sunday, but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage, the meteorology agency said.

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Runners camp, sleep in barns as floods cancel race (AP)

AP - Hundreds of mountain runners spent the night in tents and hastily organized shelters after a long-distance race in England's Lake District was called off due to heavy rain and flooding, British authorities said Sunday.

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You've Got Mail! You've Got Herpes! (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - Email has enhanced our lives by making communication faster and cheaper, and more available to a wide network of others.      Email can also get us into a lot of trouble. ...

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10/26/2008 1:20 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

AP INVESTIGATION: Palin pipeline terms curbed bids (AP)

AP - Gov. Sarah Palin's signature accomplishment ? a contract to build a 1,715-mile pipeline to bring natural gas from Alaska to the Lower 48 ? emerged from a flawed bidding process that narrowed the field to a company with ties to her administration, an Associated Press investigation shows.

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10/26/2008 5:32 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

One man's garbage becomes another's power plant (AP)

AP - Standing atop the 400-acre 1-E landfill, you get a panoramic view of the Meadowlands sports complex to the north and the New York City skyline to the east. You're also standing on a critical part of New Jersey's, and the nation's, energy future.

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10/26/2008 5:20 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Ancient Sea Predators Shed Skin Secrets (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - Predatory reptiles called ichthyosaurs cruised the oceans between 230 million and 90 million years ago. In a classic case of convergent evolution, their body and fin shapes resembled those of today's dolphins, tunas, and great white sharks-the fastest swimmers in the sea.

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10/26/2008 6:03 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Purple Tomato Extended Lives of Cancer-Prone Mice (HealthDay)

HealthDay - SUNDAY, Oct. 26 (HealthDay News) -- Tomatoes genetically modified to be rich in antioxidants called anthocyanins appeared to extend the life spans of cancer-prone mice, a European study finds.

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About 100 dead or missing after floods in Yemen (Reuters)

Reuters - About 100 people are dead or missing in Yemen after severe flooding caused by torrential rain affected large areas of the country in the past few days, a government official said Sunday.

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10/25/2008 3:10 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Italian satellite launched from California (AP)

AP - A rocket carrying an Italian Earth-observation satellite blasted off Friday evening from the California coast.

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Appeals court to take up GOP effort in Indiana (AP)

AP - A divided Indiana Supreme Court on Friday rejected a effort by Republicans to shutter satellite early voting sites in three largely Democratic cities near Chicago, but an appeals court later agreed to expedite the case and set oral arguments for five days before the general election.

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10/25/2008 11:16 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

OPEC set to meet regularly as world recession looms: analysts (AFP)

AFP - OPEC could meet regularly over the coming months to announce further cuts in oil output as a worldwide recession weighs on energy demand and crude prices, analysts said.

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10/25/2008 12:05 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

The Biological Clock's Incredible Influence Revealed (LiveScience.com)

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

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10/25/2008 4:27 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

No guarantee gas pipeline will be built (AP)

AP - Contrary to Gov. Sarah Palin's campaign promises to "build a pipeline quickly," the massive project to send natural gas south is still no sure thing.

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10/24/2008 11:03 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

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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10/25/2008 11:36 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

More than 60 killed in fierce Yemen storms (AFP)

AFP - Aid operations swung into higher gear in Yemen on Saturday after floods killed at least 58 people and six more died from lightning strikes during two days of fierce storms.

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10/25/2008 3:23 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Hawaiian Cave Reveals Ancient Secrets (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - From the moment we saw it, we knew the place held many great secrets. We had been looking for new fossil sites on the south side of the Hawaiian island of Kauai in 1992 with our colleagues, Helen F. James and Storrs L. Olson of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., along with their children, Travis and Sydney, and our own, Mara and Alec.

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10/25/2008 12:54 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

NASA unveils new lunar rover built for endurance (Reuters)

Reuters - NASA unveiled a new lunar rover on Friday which aims to transform space exploration by allowing astronauts to roam large distances without cumbersome spacesuits when they return to the moon by 2020.

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10/25/2008 8:36 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Researchers: 7 orcas missing from Puget Sound (AP)

AP - Seven Puget Sound killer whales are missing and presumed dead in what could be the biggest decline among the sound's orcas in nearly a decade, say scientists who carefully track the endangered animals.

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At least 47 dead in Yemen storms (AFP)

AFP - At least 41 people were killed in floods and six more died after being struck by lightning in Yemen, officials said on Saturday.

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OPEC to cut oil production by 5 percent (The Christian Science Monitor)

The Christian Science Monitor - The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) Friday announced a slash in oil production of about 5 percent, or 1.5 million barrels a day, in order to shore up rapidly plummeting prices in a grim global economic environment.

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10/23/2008 11:13 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

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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10/24/2008 4:30 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

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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10/24/2008 8:00 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

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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10/24/2008 9:39 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

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

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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10/24/2008 12:22 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

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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10/24/2008 5:01 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

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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10/24/2008 11:12 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

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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10/24/2008 4:03 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

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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10/23/2008 10:29 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

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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10/24/2008 2:07 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

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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10/24/2008 3:54 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

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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10/24/2008 1:15 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

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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10/24/2008 7:45 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

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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10/24/2008 4:14 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

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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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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10/23/2008 4:06 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

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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10/23/2008 6:36 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

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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10/23/2008 8:33 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

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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10/22/2008 10:34 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

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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10/27/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

NASA to Hold News Conference about Status of Next Shuttle Launch

NASA managers have scheduled a news conference at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida for no earlier than 6 p.m. EDT on Thursday, Oct. 30, to discuss the status of the next space shuttle launch.

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10/27/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

NASA $350,000 Prize Goes to Armadillo Aerospace in Lunar Challenge

Armadillo Aerospace of Rockwall, Texas, earned $350,000 in NASA prize money during the Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge in Las Cruces, N.M.

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10/24/2008 9:15 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

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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10/24/2008 9:15 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

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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10/25/2008 12:31 AM - Views: 0 Rating: -

Ind. Supreme Court won't rush early voting tiff (AP)

AP - A divided Indiana Supreme Court on Friday rejected a effort by Republicans to shutter satellite early voting sites in three largely Democratic cities near Chicago, but an appeals court later agreed to expedite the case and set oral arguments for five days before the general election.

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10/24/2008 3:00 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

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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10/24/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

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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10/24/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

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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10/22/2008 3:45 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

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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10/22/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

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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10/21/2008 8:00 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

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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10/20/2008 11:05 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

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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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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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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10/17/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

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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10/17/2008 6:45 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

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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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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10/27/2008 12:23 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Premier League: End of Chelsea's run deserved a bang but got only a whimper

One of the great records in the history of English football came to an end yesterday, but you would never have known it when the final whistle sounded at Stamford Bridge. The look of utter desolation on the face of John Terry required a fitting response from Chelsea's fans, who should have consoled their captain and the other stalwarts of the 86-match unbeaten home record in the Premier League - notably Petr Cech, Frank Lampard and Ricardo Carvalho - with resounding acclaim for their superlative achievement...

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10/27/2008 12:24 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

David Pleat's chalkboard: Rafael Benítez brings the best out of Steven Gerrard with surprise touch

There has been head-scratching in the past over Rafa Benítez's predilection for changing personnel. But yesterday Liverpool's manager showed all the cunning of a top coach with clear tactics which made the most of the players available to him and got the very best out of Steven Gerrard.Arsène Wenger surprised his opponents by deploying Abou Diaby behind Emmanuel Adebayor in the Arsenal team that beat Fenerbahce last week, and Benítez did something similar against Chelsea. Javier Mascherano would have been expected to play deepest in a five-man middle line but not so...

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10/26/2008 10:31 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Premier League: Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 Bolton Wanderers

The Tottenham Hotspur revival is underway. This club still sits at the foot of the Premier League, with a daunting trip to Arsenal and a visit from the leaders, Liverpool, to come this week, but rarely can the team propping up the division feel so refreshed. Harry Redknapp's mere presence has provided an immediate fillip and Spurs are suddenly propelled by belief rather than vain hope. Their recovery has begun in earnest.The new manager will have drawn his own conclusions from this performance but there was surely more on offer here to encourage than to unnerve...

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10/27/2008 12:03 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Witness to marathon: 'It was terrifying on top of Dale Head'

Tony Gates, 43, from Stevenage, was one of the 2,500 competitors in the Original Mountain Marathon

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10/27/2008 12:03 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Premier League: Cups and calamities: Juande Ramos' year at Spurs

How Juande Ramos went from Carling Cup victory in February to sudden departure from White Hart Lane

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10/27/2008 12:03 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Premier League: 'I do the transfers' Harry Redknapp tells Daniel Levy as Spurs pull out of freefall

Harry Redknapp agreed to become the new manager of Tottenham Hotspur only after receiving assurances from the chairman, Daniel Levy, that he would have control over the club's transfer policy. A series of previous White Hart Lane managers have had cause to complain about conflicts with the various sporting directors but Levy has now scrapped the position with the sacking of Damien Comolli, who departed with the manager Juande Ramos and his assistants Gus Poyet and Marcos Alvarez on Saturday night...

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10/27/2008 12:03 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Premier League: Levy's late-night drama sees him tear up managerial rulebook

"How quickly things change in football," remarked Daniel Levy yesterday at the beginning of a meticulously crafted 2,434-word explanation of why another regime at Tottenham Hotspur had unravelled in spectacular fashion. The chairman's understatement was breathtaking.Levy and his club are no strangers to dramatic stories in the minutes before midnight - witness the events of virtually every transfer-deadline day in recent times. But he surpassed himself entirely with what went bump on Saturday night...

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10/26/2008 10:01 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Scottish Premier League: Celtic 4-2 Hibernian

Second-half goals from Glenn Loovens and Scott Brown gave Celtic a resolute 4-2 victory against Hibernian

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10/26/2008 11:14 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Premier League: Liverpool have the hallmark of title winners after beating Chelsea

An heirloom can become so fragile over time that each new generation inherits it with mounting trepidation. Perhaps they wish secretly that it were not their responsibility. Luiz Felipe Scolari is now the man who happened to be in charge when Chelsea's magnificent run of 86 matches without defeat at home in the Premier League ended. Victory for Liverpool was fully deserved, as is their place at the top of the table. Whatever Chelsea make of the outcome, the visitors gave another indication that they may become champions of England for the first time since 1990...

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10/26/2008 11:16 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Premier League: Manchester City's Robinho gets off on right foot with hat-trick that is value for money

At £32.5m, with a weekly salary of £160,000, Robinho might have to pull up a few more trees before anyone at Manchester City can think of him as a bargain but if these things actually matter to the club's new owners there can be no argument that their showpiece signing has thus far been value for money.In eight appearances since swapping Madrid for Manchester and becoming the most expensive player in English football, Robinho has now accumulated six goals, his hat-trick of right-footed finishes here yesterday making it a chastening experience for a Stoke City side that might have to learn one or two new tricks to go with Rory Delap's torpedo-like throws...

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

Premier League: John Carew back in good books as Aston Villa stroll on against Wigan

John Carew's midweek misdemeanour was forgiven after he scored in Aston Vila's 4-0 rout of Wigan

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10/27/2008 12:25 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Mike Selvey: This mercenary match will resolve none of England's dilemmas

Economic metaphors have been coming thick and fast this past week or so in relation to sport, so here is another thought: the rise and rise of Twenty20 is cricket's dot.com. The world has gone mad for it, a lot of people are making a heap of money on its back in a short space of time and the traditional game as most people recognise it, if not necessarily adhere to, has been downgraded in the public mind. India are playing out a pivotal Test series against Australia but this week, like it or not, attention will be focused on a single game, lasting little more than three hours, of no consequence beyond the immense and unprecedented financial inducement it brings...

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10/27/2008 12:27 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Martin Kelner: I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it

I have a dream that someone presenting a football match will say, "If you have a view on tonight's football, do us all a favour and keep it to yourself. Do not phone, email, text or get in touch with us in any way via the website, because we really could not give a tinker's cuss for your ill-informed opinions. Besides, we have paid a pretty handsome fee to get someone who has actually played the game up into the commentary gantry to give us his take. So why don't you just go down to the pub and bore your mates with your incoherent ramblings?"In the meantime, we have You're On Sky Sports, which could be the most desperate phone-in show in the history of broadcasting...

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10/26/2008 10:23 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Paolo Bandini on the New Orleans Saints visit to Wembley to play the San Diego Chargers

There was no need to blame rain this time around, nor the cold, nor the jetlag. After last season's ugly game between the New York Giants and Miami Dolphins, the NFL were desperate to show that their product had more to offer than dogged defence, dropped passes and Cleo Lemon. The San Diego Chargers and New Orleans Saints duly obliged, combining for 69 points in a game that boasted more touchdowns than any of today's other early kick-offs.Not that pleasing the crowd was the priority for either team involved...

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10/26/2008 11:22 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Premier League: Portsmouth 1-1 Fulham

Clint Dempsey's late goal for Fulham denied Tony Adams and Joe Jordan a winning start as co-caretakers at Portsmouth

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10/26/2008 11:08 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

Premier League: Everton 1-1 Manchester United

Marouane Fellaini's equaliser rewarded Everton with a point after a complacent performance by Manchester United

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10/27/2008 12:03 AM - Views: 0 Rating: -

Premier League: Liverpool's Rafa Benítez hails end of Chelsea's run as message for rivals

It lasted four years and eight months but Liverpool were last night celebrating bringing an end to Chelsea's 86-game unbeaten league record at Stamford Bridge after Xabi Alonso's deflected first-half goal sent Rafael Benítez's side three points clear at the top of the table. Benítez stopped short of making title predictions afterwards but was entitled to say the victory "sends out a massive message" to the Premier League.Having taken the lead in the opening 10 minutes, Liverpool frustrated Chelsea to the extent that Luiz Felipe Scolari criticised his players for resorting to a long-ball approach...

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10/27/2008 12:03 AM - Views: 0 Rating: -

Premier League: We wanted Redknapp to stay at the club say Pompey

Portsmouth have insisted they did everything in their power to keep Harry Redknapp as the manager at Fratton Park. The club rejected claims that they were forced effectively to "sell" their manager to Tottenham Hotspur to help ease their poor financial position after agreeing a £5m compensation payment.In a statement published on the club's website the chief executive Peter Storrie said: "It became abundantly clear after Spurs made an official approach for Harry that he wanted to talk to them...

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10/25/2008 11:09 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Sailing: Cup of good cheer?

An agreement over the modernisation of the America's Cup could occur before the final day in court

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

Eddie Butler: Welsh shout poo, Australia wave goodbye

There can be no advance in rugby without retreat, no progression without recession. What happens off the field might, in a kind world, be viewed as a replica of the ebb and flow of play on it. To view things with a wearier eye, you have people looking ahead and then you have Wales. This has to be brief. After four years of being stultified by the issue of player-release in England, there are only so many seconds left in an onlooker's life for the same in Wales. Except to say that if ever a country could look at two Six Nations Grand Slams in three years and say that they were possible because of a logical, unwritten understanding between the regional feeder teams and the national side, it was Wales...

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10/26/2008 9:00 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Sholto Byrnes: This sporting strife

Sholto Byrnes: The Olympic target to get Britons active has been missed. I blame Nick Hornby

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10/26/2008 9:43 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Saints' Bush inactive for London game (AP)

Reggie Bush was among seven inactive New Orleans Saints for Sunday's game with the San Diego Chargers at Wembley Stadium. The star running back hurt his knee last weekend and had surgery Monday. Also inactive for the Saints were wide receiver Courtney Roby, cornerback Jason David, defensive tackle Brian Young, tackle Jermon Bushrod, center Jonathan Goodwin and wide receiver David Patten.

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10/26/2008 12:13 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

How recent Tottenham managers compare

The varying fortunes of the men who have occupied the White Hart Lane hotseat

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10/26/2008 12:21 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Football: Portsmouth v Fulham - live!

All the action from a stunned, managerless Fratton Park - live from 4pm

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10/26/2008 4:47 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Giants rally to top Steelers 21-14 (AP)

The New York Giants did little with the exceptional field position the Steelers gave them Sunday. Finally, when it seemed Pittsburgh had too much depth and defense for the Super Bowl champs, the Steelers were tripped up by -- of all things -- a bad punt snap. Eli Manning threw a 2-yard touchdown pass to Kevin Boss with 3:11 remaining for the Giants' only touchdown after they tied it several minutes...

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10/26/2008 9:17 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Premier League: West Ham 0-2 Arsenal

Arsenal were ultimately the clear and deserved winners but if their captain, William Gallas, was tempted to lean on a post with another gasper between his lips it was an indulgence he could never afford against a determined and well organised West Ham United side. The home team had a game plan and they stuck to it with discipline. It was to defend in numbers and hit Arsenal on the break.Both Craig Bellamy and David Di Michele supported Carlton Cole from deep positions, and their populous midfield made it difficult for Arsenal to play through them...

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10/25/2008 11:04 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Redknapp takes Spurs job after Ramos is sacked

Harry Redknapp has agreed to take the Tottenham Hotspur job after Juande Ramos was sacked

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10/25/2008 11:09 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Anglo-Welsh Cup: Harlequins 17-32 London Irish

There is rarely a dull moment when these two come together and here was another lively contest. Neither side had much more than a theoretical chance of progression in EDF Cup, a fact reflected in the teams they had selected, so the game lacked the bite to make it truly satisfying. Nevertheless, Shane Geraghty played a full part, and that will have pleased one of his mentors, the watching England backs coach Brian Smith. Satisfaction all round, then, for the Exiles, who refused to panic when it had looked as if Harlequins might run away with it...

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10/25/2008 11:09 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Anglo-Welsh Cup: Gloucester 25-20 Newport Gwent Dragons

This was a forgettable victory for Gloucester. Better than last week's memorable loss at Cardiff, but not a performance to ease the anxieties at Kingsholm. Gloucester are spluttering along. Expectations on the way to this match were modest. This Anglo-Welsh Cup appears to have more detractors than advocates. But for a while those expectations exceeded the reality. The start was horribly scrappy; Gloucester were tentative, nervous even, and the Dragons had most of the territory and the possession...

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

Vic Marks: Aussie bowling stock in a spin

So where do your priorities lie? Two catches are in the air, one to defeat the Stanford Superstars, another to win the Ashes, but only one of them can be held. Which do you choose? For 99.99 per cent of the population it's a no-brainer, but for England cricketers, their families and close friends it is an altogether trickier dilemma. Beat the credit crunch in a trice even though you may be remembered forever more - like poor old Fred Tate (it was only 106 years ago that he put down that catch at Old Trafford) - as the man who dropped the Ashes? Tempting...

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10/26/2008 12:35 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Burress misses therapy, doesn't start (AP)

New York Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress did not start Sunday's key game against the Pittsburgh Steelers after missing a therapy session for a sore shoulder and neck on Saturday. Burress, a former Steelers receiver who is playing in Pittsburgh for the first time since signing with the Giants in 2005, was suspended for one game earlier this season because he missed a team meeting.

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10/26/2008 1:24 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Faulk's late TD gets Pats by Rams 23-16 (AP)

Short-handed but sure-handed, the New England Patriots grabbed another win. Kevin Faulk grasped a 15-yard touchdown pass just inbounds with 3:13 left -- holding onto the ball despite being hit by St. Louis linebacker Pisa Tinoisamoa -- and the Patriots had their go-ahead touchdown with 3:13 left Deltha O'Neal pulled in another ball on a juggling interception with 1:08 remaining and the Patriots...

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10/26/2008 3:51 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Edwards wins, but Johnson widens lead (AP)

Hey, NASCAR. Got any other tweaks that might actually bring a little suspense to what is supposed to the most exciting part of the season?

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10/26/2008 5:29 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Celtic continue to enjoy their European hangover

Gordon Strachan's men have won six league matches in a row after victory over Hibs

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10/26/2008 6:06 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Phillies lead Series 2-1 after wild win (AP)

This was midnight madness, and then some, at the World Series. "Freak things kind of happened there," Eric Bruntlett said after scoring the winning run for the Philadelphia Phillies at 1:47 a.m. Carlos Ruiz finished off a wacky ninth inning with an infield single with the bases loaded, and the Phillies outlasted the Tampa Bay Rays 5-4 early Sunday in Game 3 for a 2-1 lead.

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10/26/2008 8:50 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Phillies on verge of World Series title (AP)

Ryan Howard could imagine the mayhem. "It will be absolute bedlam," he said. "It will be one of the craziest places on Earth. It's kind of scary to imagine." First, though, the Phillies need one more win. Their 10-2 romp over the Tampa Bay Rays gave Philadelphia a 3-1 World Series lead. Howard drove in five runs with two homers and Joe Blanton shut his eyes, swung and became the first pitcher in 34...