News Predator - Science News Archive 10/28/2008

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Red on Women Drives Men Wild (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - Red may be the color of love for a reason: It makes men feel more amorous towards women, a new study reports.

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10/28/2008 12:27 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Group Pride Rooted in Insecurity (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - From screaming baseball fans to political rally-goers, groups that engage in boastful self-aggrandizing may be trying to mask insecurity and low social status.

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10/28/2008 9:38 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

BP third-quarter profits surge on record high oil prices (AFP)

AFP - British energy giant BP said on Tuesday that third-quarter net profit soared 83 percent to 8.049 billion dollars (6.434 billion euros) on record high oil prices which have since slumped.

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10/28/2008 2:01 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Oddly, Americans Fear Snakes More Than Disease (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - Diabetes affects 24 million Americans and an increasing number of children. It can lead to limb loss and heart attacks. Yet people are more afraid of snakes and flying.

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10/28/2008 5:18 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

FTSE rebounds (AFP)

AFP - The FTSE 100 rebounded on Tuesday on the back of speculation of an American interest rate cut and strong profits announced by oil giant BP.

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10/28/2008 9:52 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Halloween Candy Trick: Gorge, Don't Nibble (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - If the thought of your kids downing enough M&Ms on Halloween night to fill a beanbag before racing to conquer the 32 newly acquisitioned Kit Kat bars makes you feel a bit queasy, rest assured: Their primal chocolate gorging is the lesser of two evils for their teeth.

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10/28/2008 3:44 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Fifteen killed in Bangladesh storm (Reuters)

Reuters - At least 15 people were killed and some 300 injured by a tropical storm that battered southern Bangladesh, officials said on Tuesday.

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10/28/2008 6:40 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Does mold make you sick? Doctors seek answers (Reuters)

Reuters - Fungus expert Joan Bennett did not believe in so-called toxic mold -- the cause of "sick building syndrome" and many lawsuits -- until her New Orleans home was flooded during Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

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10/28/2008 12:16 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Wise Elephants Fear Roads (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - Endangered forest elephants are avoiding roads at all costs, having learned to associate roads with danger due to rampant poaching in Central Africa.

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10/28/2008 6:06 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

New deal to rescue Borneo orangutans in Malaysia (AP)

AP - Conservationists said Tuesday they were planning a big push to protect Borneo's orangutans, pygmy elephants and other endangered wildlife by purchasing land from palm oil producers to create a forest sanctuary.

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10/27/2008 10:29 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

Mine from time of King Solomon found (AP)

AP - The fictional King Solomon's Mines held a treasure of gold and diamonds, but archaeologists say the real mines may have supplied the ancient king with copper.

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10/28/2008 1:06 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

Tropical depression unlikely in Atlantic Ocean: NHC (Reuters)

Reuters - A low pressure system about midway between Cape Verde Island and the Lesser Antilles had less than a 20 percent chance of developing over the next 48 hours, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said Tuesday.

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Ants Prefer Salt over Sugar (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - Ants have less of a sweet tooth and more of a preference for salty snacks, at least when they live in salt-poor areas far from the ocean, a new study finds.

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10/28/2008 8:59 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

1 hurt in explosion at La. natural gas facility (AP)

AP - Officials in northwest Louisiana say one person has been injured in an explosion at a natural gas facility.

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10/28/2008 9:06 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

Reports of Newspaper Death Greatly Exaggerated (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - Red ink on balance sheets of major newspapers across the country has been read as the blood of a slow death. Circulation figures continue to plummet as newsroom staffs are slashed.

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10/27/2008 12:51 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Stress Can Make You Itch (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - Stress has been found to activate the immune system in the skin of mice, causing them to itch.

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10/27/2008 6:06 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Fear the Flu? Don a Mask (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - The smartest winter fashion accessory this year just might be a surgical mask. A new study finds that wearing masks and using alcohol-based hand sanitizers can cut flu symptoms in a community by up to half.

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10/27/2008 9:13 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Scientists Grow Bigger, Better Diamonds (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - If you thought that rock on the ring in the window of Tiffany's was big and beautiful, the diamonds treated in labs with a newly-developed method will really blow you away.

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10/27/2008 9:12 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Biotech cash crunch threatens new medicines: UK expert (Reuters)

Reuters - The global credit crunch, which has already pushed some small biotechnology companies to the wall, could seriously delay the discovery of new life-saving medicines, a British expert warned on Monday.

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10/27/2008 2:19 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Religion Not the Only Path to Altruism (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - Religion and its promotion of empathy get undue credit for our unselfish acts. Instead, it's our less-than-virtuous psychological perception that a moral authority is watching us that promotes altruism, a new review essay suggests.

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10/27/2008 5:31 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Safe Haven Laws Encourage Baby Disposal (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - It is illegal for a parent to neglect or abandon his or her child. Part of a parent's responsibility is to meet a child's basic needs, including food, shelter, clothing, and access to medical care. A parent who abandons a child can be charged with child neglect, abandonment, or child abuse.

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10/27/2008 5:45 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

US claims rule changes don't threaten wildlife (AP)

AP - The Bush administration on Monday said that changes it wants to make to endangered species rules before President Bush leaves office will have no significant environmental consequences.

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10/27/2008 9:00 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Climate change affecting Walden Pond plants (AP)

AP - Naturalist Henry David Thoreau might well be surprised that while much of the land around Walden Pond remains undeveloped, many of the plants he knew so well are gone, probably a result of climate change.

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10/27/2008 4:34 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

China's hidden coal cost equal to 7.0 pct of GDP: green groups (AFP)

AFP - China's dependency on coal as its major energy source is creating hidden environmental and other costs worth more than seven percent of its annual gross domestic product, green groups said Monday.

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10/27/2008 9:00 AM - Views: 0 Rating: -

Brent oil price dives under $60 per barrel (AFP)

AFP - Brent crude oil prices plunged underneath 60 dollars per barrel here on Monday, as traders responded to the potential impact of a global recession on energy demand.

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10/27/2008 3:01 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

Evidence found of solar system around nearby star (McClatchy Newspapers)

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON ? For the first time, astronomers think that they've found evidence of an alien solar system around a star close enough to Earth to be visible to the naked eye.

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10/27/2008 8:10 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

How Life Should End: What Physicians Think (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - Doctors see a lot of death. And so it might be interesting to know how they deal with their own end times.

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10/26/2008 10:30 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

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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10/26/2008 3:46 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

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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10/26/2008 2:25 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

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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10/26/2008 8:34 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

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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10/25/2008 5:49 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

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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10/25/2008 7:39 AM - Views: 0 Rating: -

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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10/25/2008 8:00 AM - Views: 0 Rating: -

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.

Space

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10/28/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

NASA Selects 142 Small Business Innovation Research Projects

NASA has selected 142 proposals for negotiation of Phase 2 contract awards in the Small Business Innovation Research program, known as SBIR.

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10/28/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

NASA Selects Goddard Program Analysis and Control Contractor

NASA has selected ASRC Research and Technology Solutions, LLC of Greenbelt, Md., to provide mission support services under the Program Analysis and Control (PAAC III) contract.

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10/28/2008 8:11 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Arctic sea ice thinning at record rate

The thickness of sea ice in large parts of the Arctic declined by as much as 19% last winter compared to the previous five winters, according to data from ESA’s Envisat satellite.

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10/28/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

NASA Orbiter Reveals Details of a Wetter Mars

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has observed a new category of minerals spread across large regions of Mars. This discovery suggests that liquid water remained on the planet's surface a billion years later than scientists believed, and it played an important role in shaping the planet's surface and possibly hosting life.

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10/28/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 0 Rating: -

NASA to Update Reporters about Constellation Program

NASA will host a media teleconference Wednesday, Dec. 17, at 4 p.m. EST, to brief reporters about recent developments and ongoing progress in NASA's Constellation Program.

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10/28/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 0 Rating: -

NASA-Enhanced Dust Storm Predictions to Aid Health Community

NASA satellite data can improve forecasts of dust storms in the American Southwest in ways that can benefit public health managers.

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10/27/2008 3:14 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

ESA’s Lunar Robotics Challenge: A tough task for the student teams

The Teide volcanic peak on the island of Tenerife acted as a mock-up of the Moon landscape last week, with eight European student teams tuning, testing and driving their lunar rovers in preparation for a robotics competition that took place during the dark nights of last weekend.

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10/27/2008 2:30 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Tourist: Entrepreneurs need access to space center (AP)

AP - Government space agencies like NASA, Roscosmos and others need to give private entrepreneurs broader access to the orbiting station and encourage private space travel, the latest U.S. space tourist said Monday.

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10/27/2008 9:37 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Man overboard rescue system wins international navigation prizes

Innovators Peter Hall and Christine Edwards from British company Sci-Tech were awarded this year's Galileo Masters 2008 and the EGNOS special prize in the European Satellite Navigation Competition for their novel tracking system for seamen falling overboard.

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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)

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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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10/23/2008 7:45 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

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

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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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10/20/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 0 Rating: -

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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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10/28/2008 11:36 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Championship: Wolves 2-1 Swansea

Wolves moved to the top of the Championship with a battling 2-1 victory over Swansea

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10/28/2008 11:32 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Championship: Derby County 3-1 Norwich City

12/1. Those were the odds Ladbrokes offered for this result prior to kick-off here but following the suspicion that has built up around these sides' encounter 24 days earlier, one can only wonder how many punters made that bet with confidence. No proof of match-fixing has been discovered regarding the game at Carrow Road on October 4, which Derby County won 2-1, and after the Football Association said its investigation into the allegation had reached an impasse following a lack of cooperation from Asian betting firms...

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10/28/2008 10:33 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Oden hurts foot, Blazers lose to Lakers (AP)

Kobe Bryant had 23 points, 11 rebounds and five assists Tuesday night, leading the Los Angeles Lakers to a 96-76 season-opening victory over the Portland Trail Blazers and spoiling rookie Greg Oden's debut, which was cut short by another injury. Bryant orchestrated a well-balanced offense for the Lakers, who also played tenacious defense.

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10/28/2008 11:37 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Scottish Premier League: Rangers 2-0 Hamilton

Goals from Kris Boyd and Kyle Lafferty helped Rangers to a 2-0 victory over Hamilton

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10/28/2008 11:49 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Championship: FA match-fixing inquiry hits wall of silence

The investigation into match-fixing surrounding Norwich City and Derby County's league meeting at Carrow Road earlier this month has reached an impasse after the Asian gambling markets which allegedly saw suspicious betting trends on the fixture declined to assist the Football Association with its inquiries. Last night the two teams met again in the Championship, Derby completing a league double with a 3-1 victory.SBOBET and IBCBET, both of which are based in Singapore, were asked by the FA to pass on to it all trading information relating to the match, such as the names of people who placed bets, but have refused to do so after deeming such a move an "excessive" breach of privacy...

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10/28/2008 10:21 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Championship: Bristol City 0-0 Sheffield United

Bristol City had Brazilian goalkeeper Adriano Basso to thank as they held Sheffield United to a 0-0 draw at Ashton Gate

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10/28/2008 10:23 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Championship: QPR 1-0 Birmingham City

Despite being reduced to 10 men, QPR overcame Birmingham thanks to a second-half Samuel Di Carmine strike

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10/28/2008 10:13 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

Premier League: Newcastle 2-1 West Brom

Joe Kinnear may have choreographed Newcastle United's first win since August but the interim manager would be unwise to think about demanding a more permanent deal just yet.Despite this welcome collection of three much-needed points, a night which began with Joey Barton converting a penalty and concluded with him being voted man of the match emphasised that there is still much remedial work to do on Tyneside.Indeed after cantering into a 2-0 lead, Newcastle found themselves stuck on the ropes after an inspired tactical switch and use of substitutes from Tony Mowbray...

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10/28/2008 12:04 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Premier League: Sir Alex Ferguson is why I'm still here, says garlanded Cristiano Ronaldo

Cristiano Ronaldo, winner of the FifPro World Player of the Year, has attributed his presence at Man Utd to Sir Alex Ferguson

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10/28/2008 12:04 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Premier League: Police blame drunkeness for Tyne-Wear derby trouble

The police officer in charge of crowd control at Saturday's Wear-Tyne derby has blamed alcohol for the violence in and around the Stadium of Light during Sunderland's win over Newcastle United. "Some fans had been on the drink since 9am; we had one Newcastle supporter who was so drunk he passed out on a coach on the way to the game. Alcohol played a big part in the problems," said Chief Superintendent Neil Mackay of Northumbria police last night. "It's very sad that people drink so much before matches...

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10/28/2008 12:04 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Premier League: Chelsea win was merely 'job done', says Liverpool's Jamie Carragher in call for cool heads

Liverpool's senior players are urging calm in the wake of their considerable achievement in becoming the first team to win a league game at Chelsea in 4½ years, a victory that moved them clear at the top of the Premier League.Xabi Alonso's early goal, and some rugged late resistance, hauled the Merseysiders three points above Chelsea at the summit and inflicted their first defeat at Stamford Bridge in a league game since Arsenal won there in February 2004, 86 matches ago. Rafael Benítez's side secured only four points against Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal last season but have already beaten United and now Luiz Felipe Scolari's team this term...

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10/28/2008 12:22 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Athletics: Portsmouth chimes with Paula Radcliffe's recovery plans to put another New York marathon win in sight

In Portsmouth Paula Radcliffe emerged from the low of Beijing to perform as if heading for the heights again

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10/28/2008 11:21 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Football: Benjie Goodhart on Flavio Briatore's reign at QPR

Iain Dowie's hasty sacking is symptomatic of the malaise that has settled on QPR since Flavio Briatore's arrival at the club

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10/28/2008 12:55 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

James Montague on Palestine's first home match against Jordan and FA president Jibril Rajoub

The Palestinian FA's new president is a bruiser with a colourful background bidding to use football as an, albeit shaky, bridge towards peace in the area

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10/28/2008 2:13 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Over-by-over report: England v Trinidad and Tobago

Can England improve on their opening performance in the series against T&T? Find out NOW

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10/28/2008 3:36 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Pro Football Hall candidates announced (AP)

Defensive end Bruce Smith, defensive back Rod Woodson and tight end Shannon Sharpe are among first-year candidates for induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The list includes 110 players, seven coaches and 16 contributors, including former NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue and longtime team owners Bud Adams, Jerry Jones, Art Modell and Ralph Wilson.

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10/28/2008 12:04 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Football: Portsmouth talk to Adams amid fear of exodus

Portsmouth have opened preliminary talks with Tony Adams about him succeeding Harry Redknapp as manager but there were fears last night that the club's star players might be tempted away during the January transfer window. Redknapp's sudden move on Saturday night to succeed the sacked Juande Ramos at Tottenham Hotspur has had an adverse effect on the dressing room and the strikers Jermain Defoe and Peter Crouch are among those whose morale has been shaken. Redknapp was the chief reason why a host of players moved to Fratton Park and his departure has left a void...

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10/28/2008 12:19 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Cricket: Victorious India offer fresh case for Test cricket's pre-eminence

We are yet to know which cricket match has the most import - the Test in Mohali or the climax of the Stanford Super Series

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10/28/2008 12:20 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Cricket: Pitch oddities in Stanford Super Series have James Anderson sweating on his place

The England camp will have learned much from their opening foray on Sunday evening. A well-drilled Middlesex team, marshalled auspiciously by Shaun Udal, ran them closer than perhaps they would have liked and the combination of Udal, with his offspin, Murali Kartik's left-armers and briefly Dawid Malan's legbreaks tied up the middle of the innings, from which tourniquet England were only rarely able to break free. In fact, were it not for a spate of dropped catches, not all of them a by-product of the floodlights that tower almost directly over the boundary, and the lack of a little more bravado with the bat when chasing what was a modest target of 122, Middlesex might well have won and deservedly so...

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10/28/2008 10:42 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Rugby union: England winger Lesley Vainikolo arrested on suspicion of GBH after street brawl

Gloucester and England player Lesley Vainikolo has been bailed after allegedly leaving a man with head injuries in a street fight

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10/28/2008 11:00 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Texas A&M settles fatal bonfire lawsuit (AP)

Texas A&M University agreed Tuesday to pay $2.1 million to settle a lawsuit over the collapse of a bonfire tower that killed 12 people and injured dozens more nearly a decade ago. The families of four students killed and several of those who were injured sued the university and construction contractors hired to help build the 59-foot-tall tower of logs that fell apart in November 1999.

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10/28/2008 1:32 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Football: Tony Adams has promised to fight Harry Redknapp for the club's best players after being confirmed as Portsmouth manager

Tony Adams has promised to fight Harry Redknapp for the club's best players after being confirmed as Portsmouth manager

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10/28/2008 3:00 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

15 North Texas players fail drug tests (AP)

Fifteen North Texas football players failed drug tests conducted this fall at the request of coach Todd Dodge. Eighty-six players were tested from Sept. 24-Oct. 15. They were chosen by the coaching staff and were considered regular contributors to the team. The results of the testing were first reported by the Denton Record-Chronicle.

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10/28/2008 3:39 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

New Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp booed and called Judas after being awarded freedom of Portsmouth

• New Tottenham manager booed loudly at Guildhall ceremony• Fratton Park successor Adams greeted with chants of 'Tony, Tony'

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10/28/2008 5:18 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Celtics raise 17th championship banner (AP)

The championship banner rose to the rafters. The tears trickled down Paul Pierce's cheeks. The MVP of last year's NBA finals finally was part of a ceremony that often seemed unreachable throughout his 10 seasons, all with the Boston Celtics. But on Tuesday night, before their season opener against the Cleveland Cavaliers, the Celtics' 17th title banner and first since 1986 was hoisted high above the...

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10/28/2008 8:31 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Rookie Rose solid in debut as Bulls win (AP)

Derrick Rose elicited oohs, aahs ... and groans. Luol Deng and Ben Gordon provided enough big shots to lead the Chicago Bulls to a 108-95 victory over former coach Scott Skiles and the Milwaukee Bucks in the season-opener Tuesday. Deng scored 21 points and Gordon added 18 to offset Michael Redd's 30. Rose, the No.

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10/28/2008 12:04 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Premier League: Terrace abuse prompts Kevin Nolan to back Bolton manager Gary Megson

The Bolton Wanderers captain, Kevin Nolan, has leapt to the defence of the beleaguered Gary Megson after travelling supporters at White Hart Lane abused the visiting manager on Sunday as his side slipped to defeat at Tottenham Hotspur.The away fans broke into a chorus of "You don't know what you're doing" midway through the second half. The abuse became more personal as Megson, his side reduced to 10 men and trailing by two goals, substituted his record signing Johan Elmander and Fabrice Muamba five minutes from time...

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10/28/2008 12:04 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Premier League: Juande Ramos should have played me more often for Tottenham, says fit-again Ledley King

Ledley King has suggested that Juande Ramos was too cautious and sparing in his selection of him, as the Tottenham Hotspur captain expressed the hope that he could start the derby game at Arsenal tomorrow night, which would be his third appearance in the space of seven days.Ramos, who was sacked as the club's manager on Saturday night and replaced by Harry Redknapp, said in August that King would be a constant doubt because of his chronic knee problem, with his prospects of being picked assessed in the final hours before each match...

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10/28/2008 1:20 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Cricket: Trinidad and Tobago beat Middlesex by five wickets in the Stanford Super Series

Middlesex saw their hopes of a bumper payday dashed as Trinidad and Tobago unleashed a late onslaught to clinch the Stanford Champions Cup

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10/28/2008 7:16 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Federer to play for Swiss in Davis Cup (AP)

Roger Federer ended speculation over his Davis Cup plans and announced Tuesday he will play for Switzerland against the United States next March. It will be the first time in five years that the 13-time Grand Slam singles winner has broken up his early season schedule for the Davis Cup. "I am excited to once again join my fellow Swiss teammates, who I have a great friendship with," Federer said on...

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10/28/2008 8:00 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Cricket: Sir Allen Stanford's antics with England WAGs were greeted with shock by the players

Sir Allen Stanford's touchline antics with England WAGs were greeted with shock by the players

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10/28/2008 9:34 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

MLB: David Lengel: the World Series avoided a farcial end after Carlos Pena's single saved the day

Carlos Pena's single prevented a farcical end to the Fall Classic in rain-soaked Philadelphia and set up a fascinating three-inning mini-match

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10/28/2008 9:48 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Cricket: Stanford Super Series: Sir Allen Stanford has apologised for flirting with England players' partners

Sir Allen Stanford has said sorry for flirting with the England cricketer's wives and girlfriends

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10/28/2008 11:09 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Football: England to play far east friendly, claims Thailand FA

The president of the Thai FA claims England have pledged to play a one-off game there next year

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10/28/2008 11:21 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Jonathan Wilson: Dorinel Munteanu is Steaua Bucharest's ninth manager since 1998 - but how long will he last?

The interference of the homophobic, right-wing and utterly unsavoury owner Gigi Becali has prompted Steaua Bucharest to appoint their ninth manager since 2003

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10/28/2008 3:31 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Formula one: Ferrari quit threat played down by FIA

The FIA says the controversial standard engine is only one of three cost-cutting options open to the teams

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10/28/2008 6:51 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Poll: Will Tony Adams be a success as Portsmouth's manager?

Tony Adams is the new manager at Fratton Park after a chastening year in his first managerial job at Wycombe. Will he be successful this time?

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10/28/2008 12:04 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Premier League: Arsenal's Robin Van Persie dismisses the Harry Redknapp effect on derby

Robin van Persie has cast doubt over how much of an effect Harry Redknapp's appointment as Tottenham Hotspur's new manager will have in tomorrow's north London derby at the Emirates, with Arsenal seeking to prove that a morale-boosting win over West Ham on Sunday can spark a coherent title challenge.The victory at Upton Park kept Arsène Wenger's side four points from the leaders, with the manager sure to have been encouraged by his team's resilience and persistence in securing the win late on...

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10/28/2008 12:08 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Digger: Kevin Bond legal action does not deter Tottenham

Tottenham Hotspur's appointment of Kevin Bond as assistant manager to Harry Redknapp yesterday is a source of potential embarrassment.Bond is pursuing a libel action against the BBC for its depiction of him in the Panorama programme Undercover: Football's Dirty Secrets, broadcast in September 2006. The case is going to court with a two-week trial set for next June at the Queen's Bench division of the high court.A secretly recorded conversation between Bond and an undercover reporter when he was Redknapp's assistant manager at Portsmouth was central to the programme...

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10/28/2008 9:04 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -