News Predator - Science News Archive 10/30/2008

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Hubble telescope back in business (Reuters)

Reuters - The Hubble Space Telescope is back in business after a month of problems, but preparing spare equipment to keep the orbital observatory running will force NASA to delay its final servicing mission beyond February, officials said on Thursday

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NASA chooses Nov. 14 launch for Endeavour (AP)

AP - With a visit to the Hubble Space Telescope off until next spring at the earliest, NASA on Thursday chose Nov. 14 for its next space shuttle launch, a flight by Endeavour to the international space station.

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How Parked Cars Could Power the Future (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - Editor's Note: Each Wednesday LiveScience examines the viability of emerging energy technologies - the power of the future.

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Extremely Rare Leopard Photographed (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - At least one of the world's rarest big cats is alive and well, according to scientists who captured, photographed and gave a check-up to a female Far Eastern leopard in Russia last week.

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Fungi Caught Having Sex in Humans (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - A nasty fungus seems to have sex while it invades its human host.

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10/30/2008 9:23 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Shell profits energised by record high oil price (AFP)

AFP - Energy giant Royal Dutch Shell reported a 22-percent jump in net profit on Thursday to 5.12 billion pounds in the third quarter when oil prices hit record heights.

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Devil's Night: The History of Pre-Halloween Pranks (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - We all know what happens on Halloween, the night that little boys and girls dress up and (unwittingly) celebrate the ancient Celtic tradition of Samhain and All Hallows Eve.

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Bat Death Mystery Solved (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - Bats are getting moldy and dying, and this is no Halloween trick. Now scientists have identified the culprit in the deadly mystery.

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Fearsome T-Rex was one nosy dinosaur (AFP)

AFP - Tyrannosaurus Rex could sniff out distant prey even at night, yet another reason the flesh-ripping predator reigned supreme as king of the dinosaurs, according to a study published on Wednesday.

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US space probe completes successful Mercury fly-pass (AFP)

AFP - The US space probe MESSENGER made its second successful fly-by of the year of the planet Mercury, revealing like never before 30 percent of the solar system's smallest planet, scientists announced on Thursday.

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10/30/2008 6:42 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Hubble telescope back in business (AFP)

AFP - The Hubble Space Telescope is back in action after a four-week break to fix problems in sending data back to Earth, the European Space Agency and NASA said on Thursday.

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Archaeologist: Shard contains oldest Hebrew text (AP)

AP - An Israeli archaeologist digging at a hilltop south of Jerusalem believes a ceramic shard found in the ruins of an ancient town bears the oldest Hebrew inscription ever discovered, a find that could provide an important glimpse into the culture and language of the Holy Land at the time of the Bible.

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10/30/2008 7:27 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Ancient Phoenicians may be forgotten but not gone (AP)

AP - The ancient Phoenicians may be largely forgotten, but they're not gone. Rome destroyed the Phoenicians' greatest city ? Carthage ? centuries ago, but new genetic studies indicate that as many as one in 17 men living in communities around the Mediterranean may be descended from these ancient mariners.

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What Halloween is Really About (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - All those Halloween ghosts and goblins apparently are scaring away the kids but not the consumers.

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10/30/2008 8:41 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Do Overweight Women Skip Sex? Fat Chance! (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - Overweight and obese women have more sex than skinny types, a new study suggests.

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10/30/2008 3:35 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Obama approaches lawmaker about White House post (AP)

AP - Barack Obama's campaign has approached Illinois Rep. Rahm Emanuel about possibly serving as White House chief of staff, officials said Thursday as the marathon presidential race entered its final, frenzied stretch with a Democratic tilt.

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Phoenicians may be forgotten but not gone (AP)

AP - The ancient Phoenicians may be largely forgotten, but they're not gone.

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Hubble telescope working, taking photos again (AP)

AP - The Hubble Space Telescope is working again, taking stunning cosmic photos after a breakdown a month ago. The 18-year-old telescope is as good as it was before a shutdown in late September, according to the Hubble Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore. That glitch scotched plans for spacewalking astronauts to upgrade the Hubble earlier this month. The mission is scheduled for sometime early next year.

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10/30/2008 5:23 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Researchers find more Alzheimer's genes (Reuters)

Reuters - Researchers combing the human gene map have found four more areas that affect the risk of Alzheimer's disease and believe the studies are starting to point to new and better treatments.

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10/30/2008 7:46 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

McCain leads Ohio's litter box 'Kitty Caucus' (AP)

AP - To put it in a tasteful way, a vote in Ohio is determining which White House hopeful is the pick of the litter. The ballot boxes are cat litter boxes in the 2008 "Kitty Caucus" being conducted by the Capital Area Humane Society in Columbus and local radio station WBNS-FM, known as Mix 97.1.

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Wyoming proposes changes in its wolf plan (AP)

AP - Wyoming is revising its gray wolf management plan in hopes of placating concerns about providing enough protection for the animals, but environmentalists said the changes are inadequate because wolves can still be shot on sight in most of the state.

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Scientists Spot 4 New Alzheimer's Genes (HealthDay)

HealthDay - THURSDAY, Oct. 30 (HealthDay News) -- Four newly identified genes may be linked to the most common form of late-onset Alzheimer's disease, U.S. researchers report.

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10/29/2008 3:37 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Mexico, US, Canada to protect endangered porpoise (AP)

AP - Officials from Mexico, the United States and Canada are teaming up in a plan presented Tuesday to protect the vaquita marina, a highly endangered species of porpoise in the upper Gulf of California.

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10/29/2008 9:07 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Paleontologists sift Utah soil for plant fossils (AP)

AP - Paleontologists are sifting through the soil of an excavated lot in search of ancient plants, the only ones from the early Jurassic period found so far in western North America.

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2004 Indian Ocean tsunami biggest in 600 years (AP)

AP - The tsunami that killed 230,000 people in 2004 was the biggest in the Indian Ocean in some 600 years, two new geological studies suggest.

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Whither the weather: Wacky World Series on hold (AP)

AP - Sooner or later, someone will win this World Series. Just not Tuesday night. Too wet. Besides, the baseball commissioner went home to Milwaukee. Maybe the Phillies and Rays can play ball Wednesday night. But snow showers are in the forecast.

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Best Horror Films Skip the Gore (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - If your aim this Halloween is to be very, very scared by a movie, you might reach way back into the archives of horror flicks rather than just grabbing for yet another modern slasher.

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10/29/2008 6:16 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Venezuelan satellite is launched from China (AP)

AP - Chinese and Venezuelan scientists hovered over radar screens, a Russian combat jet flew overhead and satellite dishes tilted toward the skies as Venezuela tracked the launch of its first satellite on Wednesday.

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Palin calls for break from Bush energy policy (AP)

AP - Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin called Wednesday for a "clean break" from the Bush administration's energy policies, which she says rely too much on importing foreign oil.

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10/29/2008 8:04 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Spooked? Kids Must Face Fears (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - Ghosts, goblins and creepy Halloween fare might be just what the doctor ordered for some kids. New research finds the best way for children to overcome their fears is to face them.

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10/29/2008 8:19 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

NASA may be able to speed up launch of moonship (AP)

AP - NASA officials said Wednesday it might be possible to try out its new moon rocketship a year earlier than its current target date of 2015.

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10/29/2008 12:12 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

WWF says reckless consumption threatens the planet (Reuters)

Reuters - The Earth's natural resources are being depleted so quickly that "two planets" would be required to sustain current lifestyles within a generation, the conservation group WWF said on Wednesday.

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Floods kill six in India's northeast, thousands homeless (Reuters)

Reuters - Floods and landslides caused by three days of incessant rain killed six people and left thousands homeless in India's remote northeast, one of the country's most flood-prone regions, officials said on Wednesday.

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Mystery of the 5-Legged Freaks (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - Oddly high rates of deformation among salamanders, frogs and other amphibians have puzzled scientists in recent years. Possible causes include inbreeding, parasites or pollution that permeates the animals' skin.

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10/29/2008 3:33 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Mars Lander Starts Winter Shutdown (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - As the sun sets on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander, both literally and figuratively, mission engineers are beginning to shut down some of the spacecraft's instruments and heaters to conserve what little energy it has left.

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Brain Zap Improves Dexterity (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - A slight zap of electricity to the brain could make righties better at using their left hands, a new study shows.

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10/29/2008 5:01 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

McCain says states deserve more offshore oil money (AP)

AP - Republican John McCain said he would boost the revenue Florida and other coastal states get from offshore drilling production, which he said would leave the decision on drilling to the states but give them an incentive to increase production.

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Mega-tsunami hit southeast Asia 700 years ago (Reuters)

Reuters - A mega-tsunami struck southeast Asia 700 years ago rivaling the deadly one in 2004, two teams of geologists said after finding sedimentary evidence in coastal marshes.

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Space shuttle crew practices for next launch (Reuters)

Reuters - Seven astronauts climbed aboard the U.S. space shuttle Endeavour on Wednesday in a practice run for a mission to deliver equipment needed to prepare the International Space Station for a larger crew.

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Tyrannosaurus rex noses out dinosaur competition (Reuters)

Reuters - When it came to the sense of smell among meat-eating dinosaurs, Tyrannosaurus rex nosed out the competition.

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T. Rex Was a True Killer (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - Tyrannosaurus rex relied on its elite nose to sniff out victims and take down live prey at night, a new study shows.

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French try plane technology in artificial heart (AP)

AP - In the race to build a better artificial heart, French scientists have turned to technology from satellites and airplanes to create a heart that they say responds better to the human body. So far, the new device, shown at a news conference in Paris on Monday, has only been tested in animals. Its makers hope it might one day help people survive without needing a human heart transplant.

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Tides of history: Tsunami hit Indian Ocean 600 years ago (AFP)

AFP - A massive Indian Ocean tsunami, similar in size to the behemoth that claimed a quarter of a million lives in December 2004, smashed into Thailand and Indonesia around 600 years ago, scientists believe.

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Mercury Flyby Reveals New Oddities (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - Scientists are tackling new oddities at the planet Mercury via images beamed home by a NASA spacecraft that zoomed past the small, rocky world earlier this month.

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Mercury was once alive with volcanoes (Reuters)

Reuters - While it seems like a geologically dead planet today, early in its history tiny Mercury may have been a caldron of volcanic activity, NASA scientists said on Wednesday.

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10/28/2008 5:04 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

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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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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10/30/2008 10:32 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Private Firm Reveals Ambitious Moon Mission Plan (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - A private group planning to launch a moon rover to the famed Apollo 11 landing site in a bid to win a $20 million prize announced an ambitious plan Thursday to send five more spacecraft to explore the lunar poles.

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Aspiring lunar entrepreneurs contract for help from NASA (AFP)

AFP - In a cosmic case of role reversal, aspiring lunar entrepreneurs based on the Isle of Man have hired NASA to build them a robotic rover to send to the moon.

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NASA And Korea Sign Statement Of Intent For Future Cooperation

NASA and Korea signed a joint statement of intent identifying potential interest in cooperation in civil space and aeronautics activities.

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10/30/2008 2:18 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Hubble Telescope Photographs a Perfect Cosmic 10 (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - After overcoming a glitch that had forced science operations to cease, operators wasted no time in using the Hubble Space Telescope to photograph another stunning cosmic scene.

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10/30/2008 10:01 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Detecting dirty bomb material with ESA gamma-ray technology

Thanks to experience gained from working with ESA on its Integral spacecraft, a British company has developed a gamma-ray detection device using similar technology as used in the gamma-ray instrument onboard the Integral astronomy satellite to detect and identify the radioactive material mixed with conventional explosives in 'dirty bombs'.

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NASA To Hold Small Business Symposium

NASA will host the inaugural Small Business Symposium and Awards Ceremony Nov. 17-18 in Washington

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NASA Managers Delay Hubble Servicing Mission

NASA managers have announced that they will not meet a February 2009 launch date for the fifth and final shuttle mission to the Hubble Space Telescope.

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NASA Updates Thursday's Hubble Servicing Mission and Space Shuttle Readiness Review Briefing Times

The time of Thursday's media teleconference to discuss the status of the shuttle servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope has changed to 5:30 p.m. EDT. A news conference at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida to discuss the status of the next space shuttle launch now will begin no earlier than 6:30 p.m.

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10/30/2008 12:02 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Reconstructing ETs: Lessons From a Neanderthal (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - SETI scientists and astrobiologists share a common challenge: they are limited in the amount of observational data they can gather to test their theories.

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10/30/2008 2:07 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Mars Lander Goes Inactive (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander went into an inactive "safe mode" late Tuesday triggered by deteriorating weather conditions. The spacecraft also unexpectedly switched to its second set of redundant electronics and shut down one of its batteries.

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10/30/2008 2:54 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Hubble is back in business, and scores a perfect ‘10’

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope is back in business with a snapshot of the fascinating galaxy pair Arp 147. The science operations were resumed on 25 October 2008, four weeks after a problem with the science data formatter took the spacecraft into safe mode.

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

Weight, repairs blamed for Ala. train derailment (AP)

AP - A train hauling pieces of space shuttle rockets derailed last year because of inadequate repairs to a railroad bridge and the enormous weight of the load, according to a federal investigation released Wednesday.

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10/30/2008 12:46 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Hubble Space Telescope Bounces Back from Glitches (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - The Hubble Space Telescope appears to be in good health after weeks of troubleshooting following a debilitating glitch that thwarted its ability to beam cosmic images back to Earth, NASA officials said Wednesday.

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10/30/2008 4:19 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Venezuela launches first satellite with Chinese technology (AFP)

AFP - Venezuela entered the space age Wednesday as its first satellite, built with Chinese technology and launched from China, blasted into orbit.

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NASA Gives "Go" for Space Shuttle Launch on Nov. 14

NASA managers completed a review Thursday of space shuttle Endeavour's readiness for flight and selected the official launch date for the STS-126 mission.

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NASA Denies News Report that Ares I Is Doomed (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - WASHINGTON - NASA shot back Wednesday at recent news reports suggesting the Ares I rocket in development for the past three years is doomed to failure.

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10/30/2008 8:30 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

New snag for Hubble, no repair mission before May (AP)

AP - The Hubble Space Telescope is working again, taking stunning cosmic photos after a breakdown a month ago. But the good news was quickly tempered by NASA's announcement Thursday that a mission to upgrade the popular telescope will be delayed at least until May.

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10/29/2008 4:47 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Second European CubeSat Workshop

Following on from the successful “Vega Maiden Flight CubeSat Workshop” held at ESA/ESTEC in January 2008, which was the first CubeSat workshop to be held at European-level, the ESA Education Office is pleased to announce the Second European CubeSat Workshop one year later as planned.

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10/29/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

NASA to Discuss Status of Hubble Servicing Mission Thursday

NASA will host a media teleconference at 5 p.m. EDT on Thursday, Oct. 30, to discuss the status of the upcoming shuttle servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope.

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NASA Measurements Show Greenhouse Gas Methane on the Rise Again

The amount of methane in Earth's atmosphere shot up in 2007, bringing to an end approximately a decade in which atmospheric levels of the potent greenhouse gas were essentially stable.

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10/29/2008 5:18 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Shuttle Astronauts Practice Escape Drill for Launch (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - The seven-astronaut crew of NASA's shuttle Endeavour strapped into their spacecraft Wednesday for a dress rehearsal of their planned November launch toward the International Space Station.

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NASA TV Provides HD Feed of Documentary on NASA's First 50 Years

NASA Television will provide a high definition feed of the documentary "50 Years of Exploration: The Golden Anniversary of NASA" on Thursday, Oct. 30, at 1 and 8 p.m. EDT.

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10/29/2008 8:46 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

To Pluto With Postage: Nine Souvenirs Stow Away on NASA Probe (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - Have you heard the one about the two men looking to launch a probe to Pluto who went to Burger King to find a part for their spacecraft?

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MESSENGER Spacecraft Reveals More Hidden Territory on Mercury

A NASA spacecraft gliding over the battered surface of Mercury for the second time this year has revealed more previously unseen real estate on the innermost planet.

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10/29/2008 8:37 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

NASA probe shows Mercury more dynamic than thought (AP)

AP - Earth's first nearly full look at Mercury reveals that the tiny lifeless planet took a far greater role in shaping itself than was thought, with volcanoes spewing "mysterious dark blue material."

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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10/29/2008 10:26 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Premier League: Manchester United 2-0 West Ham United

Cristiano Ronaldo began another hugely satisfying evening's work by collecting the Golden Boot for his 42 goals last season and, after another fine demonstration of the art of scoring, it ended with his name being sung with more vigour than any other time since his summer dalliance with Real Madrid. There will always be some Manchester United supporters who struggle to forgive and forget but for as long as Ronaldo can strike this kind of fear in opposition defences he will inevitably succeed in winning over the majority...

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10/29/2008 10:35 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Premier League: Stoke City 1-0 Sunderland

Another goal from a Rory Delap long throw gave Stoke a valuable three points against his former club

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10/30/2008 12:28 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Lawrence Donegan: Thanks to the exorcised Damien Comolli, Harry Redknapp can't fail at Tottenham

At the risk of venturing into uncharted emotional territory the time has come to offer a few words of sympathy to Damien Comolli, who may have been worthy of the sack as Tottenham Hotspur's director of football but surely did little to deserve epitaphs more suited to a man accused of a serious crime than one who failed to come up with a replacement for Dimitar Berbatov. "The most catastrophic appointment in the club's history since Christian Gross," suggested one overwrought commentator, which shows about as much perspective as saying Gordon Brown is the worst prime minister since Tony Blair...

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10/30/2008 12:50 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Premier League: Confidence courses through Spurs - but the hard work starts here

Life is about confidence, Harry Redknapp had claimed in the build-up to the 143rd north London league derby. He had found it had largely evaporated when he arrived for work at Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday and his hope was that he would once again see the priceless quality begin to course through the veins of his players on one of British football's grandest stages.Redknapp had maintained that the gap to Arsenal could be closed in the long term and that anything extracted last night would simply be an outlandish bonus...

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10/30/2008 1:07 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Premier League: Firefighter Kinnear wants long-term deal

Joe Kinnear was hired by Newcastle United as football's equivalent of Red Adair on a month-to-month contract but he has warned that he is not prepared to serve as a short-term firefighter indefinitely. "If Newcastle is not sold quickly there is going to come a point when I've got to look after myself," he said. "I would like a bit more security, I suppose."With the economic crisis hindering Mike Ashley's attempts to sell the club, the possibility of the former Wimbledon manager remaining in charge for significantly longer than the eight weeks or so originally envisaged is increasing...

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10/30/2008 11:21 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Florida St. suspends WR Surrency 1 game (AP)

Florida State receiver Corey Surrency will miss Saturday's game at Georgia Tech for disciplinary reasons. It's the second time in as many weeks that coach Bobby Bowden has suspended a receiver. Freshman Bert Reed missed last Saturday's win over Virginia Tech for skipping classes. No reason was given for Surrency's suspension on Thursday.

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10/30/2008 11:57 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Cricket: VVS Laxman and Gautam Gambhir scored double centuries for India against Australia

VVS Laxman and Gautam Gambhir both scored double-centuries to leave India in a dominant position after day two

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10/30/2008 12:14 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

China listed possible US troublemakers (AP)

Concerned about possible demonstrations during the Beijing Olympics, the Chinese government produced a list of nine American athletes and one assistant coach it thought might cause problems during the games. The U.S. State Department knew about China's concerns and made "multiple representations" to the country's government to reinforce the American belief in freedom of expression.

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10/30/2008 2:03 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Football: Liverpool co-owner George Gillett refuses to comment on speculation that the club is up for sale

Liverpool co-owner George Gillett has refused to comment on speculation which suggested that the club is up for sale. There have been strong rumours in recent weeks that Gillett and co-owner Tom Hicks were ready to sell their stake at Anfield, with the investment bank Merrill Lynch believed to have been contacted to find a buyer for the club.Last week Hicks confirmed that Merrill Lynch had been retained by the duo, but stated that they were merely providing advice on the refinancing of their £350m loan package with the Royal Bank of Scotland, which is due to expire in January...

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10/30/2008 2:24 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Ben Lyttleton on Ligue 1, David Bellion and Bordeaux

David Bellion's inspired showing against Le Havre briefly took Bordeaux to the French league's summit for the first time in six years

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10/30/2008 4:38 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

New Cowboys home for 2010 All-Star Game (AP)

NBA Commissioner David Stern says the Dallas Cowboys new stadium in Arlington will host the 2010 NBA All-Star Game. Stern announced the plans Thursday in a ceremony outside the American Airlines Center near downtown Dallas, where the Dallas Mavericks play. Mavs owner Mark Cuban and Cowboys owner Jerry Jones also attended the ceremony.

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10/30/2008 8:32 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Football: Maradona set to face Scotland

Diego Maradona has announced he will make his debut as head coach of Argentina in the friendly against Scotland at Hampden Park next month. Maradona will also fly to England this weekend to meet Manchester United striker Carlos Tevez and Liverpool midfielder Javier Mascherano.The Argentina legend has not yet been confirmed as his country's new manager, as the Argentinian FA board must ratify his appointment at a meeting next Tuesday. However that is considered a simple formality, and the 48-year-old - today is his birthday - expects to be in charge of the national team for the November 19 clash with George Burley's Scots...

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10/30/2008 9:16 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Rugby union: RFU issues World Cup warning

England warned yesterday that no country will be able to host the 2015 Rugby World Cup unless the organisers can ease the financial risks involved and offer nervous bidders a more affordable deal as the sport attempts to survive the global economic downturn.Francis Baron, the Rugby Football Union's chief executive, believes the danger lights are already flashing and is urging the International Board to reconsider its insistence that future tournament bids must be secured by a compulsory up-front fee of around £70m...

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10/30/2008 12:59 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Premier League: Now bring on Liverpool, says delighted Redknapp

Harry Redknapp had time to compose himself after what he described as one of the greatest comeback results of his managerial career, but there was no disguising his feeling that the 4-4 draw at Arsenal last night could energise his reign at Tottenham Hotspur."Hopefully it can be a springboard," said Redknapp, before he looked ahead to Saturday's visit of the Premier League leaders Liverpool. "We can't wait. Bring them on. We will give it a real go. We will be difficult to beat on Saturday.""I haven't experienced many games like that," he added...

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10/30/2008 1:07 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

David Beckham

The mafia, Michelangelo, spaghetti, opera, shopping ... yes, this week's David Beckham Gallery doesn't shun the cliches, it welcomes them with open arms

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10/30/2008 11:29 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Golf: Justin Rose set to become worst Order of Merit champion ever

After shooting a first-round 80, Justin Rose's defence of his Order of Merit title is set to be the worst ever

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10/30/2008 11:58 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Brewers hire Macha as manager (AP)

Doug Melvin is hoping Ken Macha can follow in the footsteps of Terry Francona and Charlie Manuel, who both won championships in their second stop as a manager. The 58-year-old Macha was hired Thursday to manage the Milwaukee Brewers, taking over the role from Dale Sveum following the team's first postseason appearance since 1982.

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10/30/2008 1:17 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Pistons' Maxiell agrees to 4 years, $20M (AP)

The Detroit Pistons took another step toward ensuring they will have players to replace their aging frontcourt. The Pistons and Jason Maxiell agreed on a $20 million, four-year contract extension, a basketball official told The Associated Press on Thursday on the condition of anonymity because the deal had not been signed.

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10/30/2008 5:16 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Tennis: Andy Murray still on-course for third successive Masters title with victory over Fernando Verdasco

Andy Murray still on-course for third successive Masters title with victory over Fernando Verdasco

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10/30/2008 9:54 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Crosby injured as Pens lose to Coyotes (AP)

By the third period, an apparent injury to Sidney Crosby had him sitting on the bench. The rest of the Penguins defense might just as well have been sitting next to him. Shane Doan scored twice and added an assist, and the Phoenix Coyotes beat Pittsburgh 4-1 on Thursday night. Olli Jokinen also scored, Steven Reinprecht and Zbynek Michalek each had two assists and Ilya Bryzgalov made 27 saves for...

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10/29/2008 10:13 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Premier League: Hull City 0-3 Chelsea

The established order was restored in East Yorkshire last night but only after Hull City had given their illustrious guests an exacting work-out that is well disguised by the scoreline. True, as the second half unfolded, it ultimately became easy for Chelsea to revive their title challenge by bringing Hull's six-game undefeated streak - a run featuring five wins - to an end but Phil Brown's team devoted the first half to demonstrating precisely why these sides started the night level on 20 points in the Champions League zone...

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10/29/2008 11:20 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Co-operative Insurance Cup: Kilmarnock 1-3 Celtic

Shunsuke Nakamura was again the star for Celtic as they moved into the semi-finals of the Co-operative Insurance Cup

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10/30/2008 1:34 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Premier League: Manager reassures 'odd man out' Tevez

Sir Alex Ferguson revealed last night he had instigated private talks with Carlos Tevez to assure him he is still an integral part of Manchester United's plans. Tevez returned to United's line-up against West Ham United for his first start since September 27 but it has become the exception rather than the norm and Ferguson sympathised with a player who has not made it into the team in seven of the 11 games since Dimitar Berbatov signed for the club.Tevez had become "odd man out" behind Berbatov and Wayne Rooney, but United's manager said the Argentinian understood his thinking...

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10/30/2008 1:34 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Digger: David Triesman faces questioning over £135,000 Jamaica debt

The Football Association chairman, David Triesman, faces a grilling from his own board at Soho Square today over how he intends to deal with the £135,000 debt the FA is owed by the Jamaica Football Federation.The Guardian revealed last week that a row has broken out between the JFF and the FA over the two-year-old debt, which relates to unpaid fees for match tickets given at cost to Jamaica supporters before their 6-0 defeat by England in June 2006. The row could threaten England's chances of winning the Caribbean block of votes in its bid to host the 2018 World Cup...

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10/30/2008 3:25 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Cricket: Monty Panesar to join England Performance Programme instead of playing in Sri Lanka

Monty Panesar will join up with the England Perfomance Programme rather than play club cricket in Sri Lanka ahead of England's Test series in India

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10/30/2008 5:38 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Poll: Does it matter if the 2012 Olympic stadium has a track and field legacy?

The Olympic president Jacques Rogge has said that London's stadium does not have to be for athletics after the Games, leaving the door open for a football club to move in — does it matter?

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10/30/2008 6:21 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Hoy gives British Cycling another boost by joining Sky+HD team

Dave Brailsford has revealed his delight that Chris Hoy has signed for the new British team, Sky+HD

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10/30/2008 6:25 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Cricket not cash the priority for fit-again Flintoff

Sir Allen Stanford's money is of less consequence to Andrew Flintoff than his forthcoming return to inernational duty, says the England all-rounder

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10/30/2008 6:55 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Lakers sign C Bynum to extension (AP)

The Los Angeles Lakers signed Andrew Bynum to a contract extension Thursday, removing the possibility the 21-year-old center would become an unrestricted free agent next summer. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. "We're extremely happy to have signed Andrew to this extension, which will secure his immediate future with the franchise," Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak said in a statement.

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10/30/2008 8:01 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

QB Pike leads Cincy over No. 24 USF (AP)

Not bad for a guy with a broken arm. Playing with a soft cast protecting his surgically repaired left forearm, junior Tony Pike had one of his finest games Thursday night, throwing a pair of touchdown passes and steadying Cincinnati's offense in a 24-10 victory over No. 24 South Florida. Pike was sharp in his second game back since he broke his non-passing arm, which is held together by a plate and...

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10/30/2008 8:29 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Carlisle loses Mavs debut as Rockets win (AP)

With the game on the line, Ron Artest came to the rescue for Yao Ming and the Houston Rockets. Artest scored seven points during a 16-2 run late in the fourth quarter that sent the Rockets to a 112-102 victory over the Dallas Mavericks on Thursday night. But that's not the only way he ingratiated himself to the big guy.

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10/29/2008 10:23 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Football: A wonder goal and a gutsy comeback, this north London derby had it all

Spurs showed character to level a thrilling match, but for Arsenal it was the same story of brilliance undone by carelessness

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10/29/2008 10:24 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Beauchemin helps Ducks beat Wings in OT (AP)

The Anaheim Ducks showed the Detroit Red Wings that repeating as Stanley Cup champions might not be so easy. Francois Beauchemin batted in a rebound 1:39 into overtime, Teemu Selanne scored three goals for his 21st NHL hat trick, and Ryan Getzlaf had a career-high five assists Wednesday night in the Ducks' 5-4 victory over the Red Wings in a meeting between the past two Stanley Cup winners.

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10/29/2008 10:41 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Premier League: Arsenal 4-4 Tottenham Hotspur

If this is what the watching world can expect from Harry Redknapp's Tottenham Hotspur, then the Premier League should rejoice in his appointment. The majority of those Spurs fans who had tickets for this game had departed in despair by the time their side somehow got level amid the late bedlam last night. This might have been a rout. It ended up an occasion upon which a season can turn.The chaos of the final exchanges defied belief. Tottenham, undermined by a goalkeeper shorn of all confidence and a defence panicked whenever Arsenal's forwards burst into view, had imploded after the interval to trail by two goals as the final minute approached...

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10/29/2008 10:56 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Premier League: Aston Villa 3-2 Blackburn Rovers

Aston Villa secured a 3-2 win against Blackburn Rovers courtesy of Gabriel Agbonlahor's goal three minutes from time

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10/29/2008 11:19 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Premier League: Fulham 2-0 Wigan

A Halloween ghost which bore a frightening resemblance to Andy Johnson scored his first goals of the season as Fulham went above a Wigan Athletic side who have now lost four successive league matches for the first time under Steve Bruce. Johnson's first goal was his 100th in league football in a career which has also taken in Birmingham, Crystal Palace and Everton, whom he will face on Saturday.His second settled the match and pushed a disappointing Wigan side into the bottom three. It also rewarded a Fulham crowd who must have had some misgivings about this match...

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10/30/2008 12:20 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Tennis: Andy Murray wows the crowd as winning streak continues

Andy Murray dispatched Sam Querrey 6-2, 6-4 in the second round of the Paris Masters

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10/30/2008 7:57 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Premier League: Tottenham confirm plans to build new stadium

Spurs have confirmed they plan to build a new 60,000-capacity stadium near their current White Hart Lane ground

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10/30/2008 9:58 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Marlins trade Jacobs to Royals for Nunez (AP)

The Florida Marlins traded power-hitting first baseman Mike Jacobs on Thursday to the Kansas City Royals for relief pitcher Leo Nunez. The Marlins were shopping Jacobs because he was due a big raise in arbitration, and have plenty of options at first base. In exchange, they got a right-hander who throws in the mid-90s.