News Predator - Science News Archive 10/31/2008

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Top 5 Halloween Myths Debunked (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - The annual Halloween ritual of candy, scary home-made costumes and trick-or-treating hearkens back to childhood innocence.

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Vietnam floods kill 19, capital Hanoi under water (AFP)

AFP - Floods have killed at least 19 people in central Vietnam, emergency services said Friday, as heavy rains also lashed the capital Hanoi and left many streets under one metre (three feet) of water.

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The Truth About Muslims in America (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - Barack Obama is a Christian, not a Muslim, but if he were of the latter faith, more than half of all Americans would have no idea what that affiliation meant beyond stereotypes, a new study finds.

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10/31/2008 6:33 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Daylight Saving Time: Why Did We Do It? (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - At 2:00 a.m. local on Sunday, most of the United States (except Hawaii and Arizona) will leave daylight saving time behind and fall back an hour to standard time.

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10/30/2008 10:15 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

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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10/31/2008 12:02 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Good looks help women candidates, men not so much (AP)

AP - Women running for top offices need to appear competent and attractive, according to a new study. For male candidates, seeming competent may be enough.

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Mars lander stays quiet as weather deteriorates (AP)

AP - NASA's Phoenix Mars lander has failed to respond to wake-up calls from Earth, a sign that it could be near its end.

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10/31/2008 8:32 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Promises, Promises: Chasing an elusive pledge (AP)

AP - It will be 35 years next week since President Richard Nixon, responding to an Arab oil embargo, vowed to make the United States energy independent ? and do it in seven years. America is still waiting.

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First TV channel for gay men to go on air in Germany (AFP)

AFP - Germany's first television station for gay men will go on air this week offering entertainment and news with homosexual themes via satellite and cable, the new TIMM channel said Friday.

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Ecuador ends contract with Repsol YPF (AFP)

AFP - Ecuador on Friday broke off its oil extraction contract with Spanish-Argentine company Repsol YPF after they failed to agree on a new oil deal, as the Socialist government seeks more control over the energy sector.

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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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10/31/2008 7:52 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Rare, prehistoric-age reptile found in New Zealand (AP)

AP - A rare reptile with lineage dating back to the dinosaur age has been found nesting on the New Zealand mainland for the first time in about 200 years, officials said Friday.

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Australia opens national tsunami warning center (AP)

AP - Australia became an integral link in a network of tsunami warning hubs across the Indian and Pacific oceans with the official opening of a national monitoring center Friday.

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10/31/2008 3:31 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

NASA delays shuttle's February Hubble repair mission (AFP)

AFP - US space agency NASA said it had indefinitely delayed a February shuttle mission to repair the orbiting Hubble Space Telescope, which was back in business after a four-week break to fix transmission problems.

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Vietnam floods kill 14, Hanoi streets under water (Reuters)

Reuters - Floods from heavy rain in Vietnam's central provinces have killed at least 14 people in the past week, including four children, the government and state media said on Friday.

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10/31/2008 2:26 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

The Real (and Frightening) Ghosts of the World (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - Tonight the neighborhood will be filled with small ghosts roaming around looking for sweets, and the bars will be filled with adult ghosts looking for something else.      The ghost costume for Halloween is a traditional favorite because it costs nothing (grab a sheet out of the laundry) and there's little prep work (throw it over your head, but be sure and cut out two eye holes). ...

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10/31/2008 10:28 AM - Views: 0 Rating: -

Iraq plans to cut 2009 budget by $13 billion (AP)

AP - Iraq plans to cut its 2009 draft budget to $67 billion in light of falling world oil prices, finance ministry officials said.

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West Africa rebels threaten to kill French oilmen 'one by one' (AFP)

AFP - West African rebels threatened Friday to kill 10 oil workers, including six Frenchmen, taken hostage in a pre-dawn pirate attack on an industry support vessel working off the coast of Cameroon.

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Meteor Shower Could Spur Bright Fireballs (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - The Taurid meteors, sometimes called the "Halloween fireballs," show up between mid-October and mid-November, but Nov. 5 to 12 will likely be the best time to look for them this year, taking into account both their peak of activity and the effect of increasingly bright moonlight on viewing conditions.

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Sabertooth 'Tigers' Were Social Beasts (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - Leopards and tigers today are fairly solitary beasts, but the extinct sabertooth cat was likely a social animal that lived and hunted like today's lions, a new study suggests.

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10/30/2008 2:56 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

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

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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10/30/2008 7:55 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

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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10/29/2008 1:25 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

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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10/31/2008 11:01 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Space Station Trash Plunging to Earth (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - A piece of space station trash the size of a refrigerator is poised to plunge through the Earth's atmosphere late Sunday, more than a year after an astronaut tossed it overboard.

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NASA Awards Contract for Mission, Crew Operations Support

NASA has awarded a $206.5 million contract to United Space Alliance of Houston to provide mission and flight crew operations support for the International Space Station and human space exploration activities after the space shuttle is retired.

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Space Shuttle Endeavour Cleared for Nov. 14 Launch (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - The space shuttle Endeavour is set for a Nov. 14 launch toward the International Space Station, where astronauts hope to deliver new gear that will prime the orbital outpost for double-sized crews, top NASA officials announced late Thursday.

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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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10/30/2008 11:32 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

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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10/31/2008 6:12 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Two US astronauts to cast votes from space (AFP)

AFP - Two US astronauts who are soaring in orbit hundreds of kilometers from Earth will be able to vote in the US election on November 4, the US space agency NASA said.

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10/31/2008 8:16 AM - Views: 0 Rating: -

Satellites helping aid workers in Honduras

Humanitarian aid workers responding to devastating flooding in Honduras have received assistance from space, with satellite images of affected areas provided rapidly following activation of the International Charter on Space and Major Disasters.

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10/31/2008 12:04 AM - Views: 0 Rating: -

NASA Delays Hubble Shuttle Mission to May 2009 (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - The fallout from a major glitch with the Hubble Space Telescope has again delayed NASA's plans to send a space shuttle crew to overhaul the orbital observatory for the final time, with launch now set for no earlier than May 2009 due to problems with a spare part, the agency said late Thursday.

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10/31/2008 2:16 AM - Views: 0 Rating: -

NASA regains contact with Mars spacecraft (AP)

AP - NASA's Phoenix Mars spacecraft regained contact with Earth more than a day after falling silent, but its days operating on the red planet are still numbered, mission managers said Thursday.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Potent Greenhouse Gas More Common in Atmosphere Than Estimated

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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10/31/2008 12:09 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Olympic games 2012: London press on despite Rogge's blessing to lose athletics legacy

The organisers of the London Olympics yesterday insisted they intend to keep an athletics track in the main stadium after 2012 despite a statement from Jacques Rogge, the president of the International Olympic Committee, that it could be removed to prevent the facility becoming a "white elephant".In an apparent change of IOC policy, Rogge indicated that the stadium could become a football ground with no athletics track."If the best solution is to transform the track into something else then we would be in favour of that," he said in Brussels...

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10/31/2008 12:09 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Formula one: mature Hamilton will not try to play the hero, says Whitmarsh

Lewis Hamilton goes into Sunday's formula one world championship decider here in Brazil a more rounded competitor than 12 months ago when he missed out on the title by a single point in his debut season, according to Martin Whitmarsh, McLaren's chief executive.Whitmarsh was one of the key people in shaping the emergent career of Hamilton as the Hertfordshire lad climbed the racing ladder from karting to his domination in 2006 of the GP2 championship, the feeder series in which future formula one stars hone their ability...

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10/31/2008 12:11 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Small Talk: Enzo Calzaghe on booze, Charlotte Church and sleeping in phone boxes

Afternoon, Enzo. Are you confident ahead of Joe's fight against Roy Jones Jr?[Perky] Fucking hell! Wake up! What do you mean am I confident, Small Talk? Of course I'm confident. Why should I change now? Of course I'm confident.[Small Talk nervously writes "quite confidently" down on pad] It's just that it could be Joe's last fight…Every fight for a fighter is their last fight: you're only as good as your last fight. If you win a football game by six fucking nil, you want another bloody piece of that, don't you?Small Talk doesn't do winning, as such, so it couldn't really say...

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10/31/2008 12:23 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Betting: Put safety first and follow Alonso

The bookmakers will suffer if Hamilton wins, but the real value could lie in a rain-soaked collision course, writes Dan Roebuck

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10/31/2008 12:38 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Digger: India stance forced ECB into bed with Stanford

The England and Wales Cricket Board believes it had no choice but to chase the controversial Stanford millions after its path to a shareholding in the lucrative Champions Twenty20 League was blocked.The Board of Control for Cricket in India had offered the ECB, Australia and South Africa subordinate stakes in the tournament that begins in December but, says the ECB, applied particular conditions to English participation. They were that the ECB would be permitted to take up a shareholding only if it immediately banned the participation in English T20 competitions of those who had played in the unofficial Indian Cricket League...

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10/31/2008 6:02 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Phillies fans flock downtown for parade (AP)

Thousands of Phillies fans lined up 10 deep along downtown sidewalks and overwhelmed commuter trains hauled thousands more toward Philadelphia as excitement built Friday for the city's first championship parade in 25 years. The World Series-winning Philadelphia Phillies were expected to be showered with brotherly love and confetti during the 90-minute procession from the heart of the city to the...

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10/31/2008 8:13 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Injured Federer pulls out of Paris match (AP)

Roger Federer has pulled out of his quarterfinal against James Blake at the Paris Masters because of a back injury. Federer said on his Web site that his back was stiff this week and felt worse when he woke up Friday, forcing him to pull out of the match. The 13-time Grand Slam champion has never reached the semifinals at the Bercy indoor arena after losing in the 2002 and 2003 quarterfinals.

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10/31/2008 9:35 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Football: Real Madrid president Ramón Calderón has branded the Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson 'senile'

The Real Madrid president Ramón Calderón has hit back at Manchester United in the row over Cristiano Ronaldo

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10/31/2008 10:12 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Status of Penguins' Crosby unclear (AP)

Sidney Crosby has an undisclosed injury, and it's unclear if the Pittsburgh Penguins star will be able to play Saturday night against St. Louis. Crosby left Thursday night's game at Phoenix early in the third period. After the game, a 4-1 loss by the Penguins, he would only say he had "some discomfort." The injury appeared to be to Crosby's lower body -- even though he was struck in the upper body...

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10/31/2008 12:21 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Packers sign QB Rodgers through 2014 (AP)

The Green Bay Packers made a long-term commitment to quarterback Aaron Rodgers on Friday, signing the first-year starter to a contract extension through 2014. The team announced the deal after practice Friday afternoon, when Rodgers signed the paperwork. Terms were not disclosed. "It means a lot," Rodgers said.

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10/31/2008 1:48 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Tom Lutz: Forest can still be a happy hunting ground for Earnshaw the old Ram

With the world's economy about as punchy as Audley Harrison on Rohypnol, Nottingham Forest's venture capitalist chairman Nigel Doughty must be used to ever-diminishing returns. But after sinking nearly £4m into his club's strikeforce in the summer he probably expected a few more goals than the 11 his side - currently sitting second from bottom in the Championship - have scored this season.If the results have been discouraging, the reasons behind them have been laudable enough. Forest's stay in League One was characterised by cautious football - they kept a club record 24 clean sheets last season - and Colin Calderwood tried to make the side a bit more swashbuckling for their return to the Championship...

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10/31/2008 2:50 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Steinbrenner: Manny among '09 options (AP)

Manny Ramirez in pinstripes? Hank Steinbrenner said the Yankees will explore all options during the offseason, including the possibility of making an offer to the free-agent slugger. "There's nothing we are not looking at," Steinbrenner said Friday at the Yankees' spring training complex. "And personally, I like Manny.

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10/31/2008 3:24 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

NFL suspends Chiefs' Johnson for Week 10 (AP)

Chiefs running back Larry Johnson was suspended for Week 10 of the NFL season by commissioner Roger Goodell for violating the league's personal conduct policy. Johnson already was deactivated the last two weeks by Kansas City and also won't play this Sunday against Tampa Bay. He will miss the Chiefs' game at San Diego next weekend under the NFL's suspension.

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10/31/2008 3:31 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Cricket: England name team to face Stanford Superstars in $20m match

James Anderson and Ryan Sidebottom are among the players to miss out on England's tilt at the Stanford millions

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10/31/2008 3:48 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

No. 7 USC rolls past Washington 56-0 (AP)

Taylor Mays' father played on Washington's defensive line in the 1970s and spent many hours with his son watching the Huskies play long after his career was over. "They're like five minutes from my house. I grew up near the Washington program, went to all their games. We went to away games, too," the younger Mays recalled, mentioning Michigan and Nebraska as two of the trips he took with his dad,...

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10/31/2008 12:07 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Football: Ferguson confident of bursting through the pack to take title

Sir Alex Ferguson is unconcerned by Manchester United's failure to set the early pace in the Premier League because he believes his team are more than capable of coming from behind to retain the title.United trail the leaders, Liverpool, by eight points with a game in hand but Ferguson is confident in his players' ability to win him the Premier League for an 11th time because of the way the fixtures have fallen in the second half of the season and the experience and depth of his squad.Ferguson said he had always expected to be off the top at this stage because United missed a league game in August to participate in the Uefa Super Cup...

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10/31/2008 12:09 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Football: Gillett speaks for Hicks in declaring Liverpool sound

Liverpool co-owner George Gillett says the club is financially secure, but has remained silent on whether it is up for sale

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10/31/2008 12:09 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Boxing: Amir Khan's next opponent promises to end his career

Oisin Fagan has said he will finish Amir Khan's career when he fights the Commonwealth lightweight champion at London's ExCel Arena on December 6 - Khan's first contest since being knocked out in the first round by the Colombian Breidis Prescott.The 34-year-old Dubliner said: "I am a high-pressure fighter and you've seen what Amir Khan is like when he's put under pressure. He was dropped by Willie Limond, who's a non-puncher, and knocked out by Prescott. We know he can't take a shot and I'll finish him off...

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10/31/2008 12:09 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Stanford Super Series: Soper blasts rival Clarke for Stanford's 'freak show'

Mike Soper, the man Giles Clarke beat to become chairman of the England and Wales Cricket Board last year, says he has been "shocked" and "saddened" by the Stanford Series in Antigua and may make a fresh challenge for the top job at Lord's."What has happened in the past few days has not only debased the game, it could kill it too. I'm frightened," said the former chairman of Surrey, who will become their president next year. "It was obscene enough what went on in India. This is doing nothing whatsoever for the game as a whole, and even billionaires like Stanford can get into trouble in the current financial climate...

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10/31/2008 12:09 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Rugby union: no-nonsense Johnson ushers in new age of realism

England's latest rugby messiah is not promising instant miracles but the gospel according to Martin Johnson is already clear. Any player caught in possession of a swollen ego, a champagne lifestyle or a suspect temperament can expect a very short Test career and flimsy excuses will not be tolerated. A new age of realism has dawned at Twickenham and England's new whip-cracking team manager will waste no time jettisoning those who ignore his warning.That was certainly Johnson's gist as his squad gathered in preparation for the launch of his tenure against the Pacific Islanders tomorrow week...

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10/31/2008 11:01 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Agent Steinberg faces drinking charge (AP)

Leigh Steinberg, a prominent sports agent who helped inspire the movie "Jerry Maguire" and has acknowledged a battle with alcoholism, was arrested on suspicion of being drunk in public. Police said Friday that Steinberg, 59, was taken into custody about 8 p.m. on Oct. 22 after they got a report about a man "screaming and attempting to climb a hill" above the Newport Auto Center, Lt.

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10/31/2008 11:27 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Bundesliga: Raphael Honigstein on beleaguered Werder Bremen boss Thomas Schaaf

Thomas Schaaf's stewardship is coming under scrutiny as Werder Bremen's Bundesliga campaign has stuttered

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10/31/2008 11:32 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Rugby league World Cup: Samoa 20-12 Tonga

Samoa ran in four tries at the Parramatta Stadium to see off bitter rivals Tonga in their Group C World Cup clash

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10/31/2008 12:03 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Howard Swains gets a first look at the new film chronicling the life and crimes of Mike Tyson

Howard Swains: A new film about the travails of Mike Tyson shows the life of a man whose mind has been bludgeoned into confusion by a life of physical, mental and substance abuse

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

Kevin Mitchell: Calzaghe may be tempted by one 'final' fight

The knock on Roy Jones Jnr, consummate ring artist but a notoriously difficult negotiator, always was that he boxed like a businessman. Speaking at his training camp in California, where he is winding down his preparation for a better-late-than-never showdown with Joe Calzaghe at Madison Square Garden next weekend, he was as keen to impress with his negotiating acumen as with the state of his 39-year-old body.Jones can be entertaining or a total pain in the backside. This time, he was witty and relaxed...

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10/31/2008 2:27 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Football: Sir Alex Ferguson hits back in row between Manchester United and Real Madrid over Cristiano Ronaldo

Sir Alex Ferguson has struck the latest blow in the war of words between Manchester United and Real Madrid

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10/31/2008 6:18 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Formula one: Hamilton struggles as Alonso leads practice in Brazil

Lewis Hamilton was just ninth fastest after the first day's practice ahead of Sunday's title-deciding Brazilian Grand Prix. Hamilton's title rival Felipe Massa was poised to delight his legion of fans at Interlagos by topping the timesheets at the end of both 90-minute sessions. But former two-time world champion Fernando Alonso had other ideas and knocked Massa off top spot in the closing stages of the afternoon programme.Massa was out in front in the opening session in his Ferrari, edging Hamilton into second place in his McLaren by 0...

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10/31/2008 12:07 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Football: Praise for Defoe as Adams seeks to close ranks at Portsmouth

Pompey's new manager insists he is Jermain Defoe's 'biggest fan' in spite of leaving the striker on the bench at Anfield

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10/31/2008 12:09 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Formula one: Massa relies on his cool head and his hot pants

Felipe Massa's oldest friends and rivals tell Tom Phillips that the Brazilian's great strength is calmness under pressure

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10/31/2008 12:09 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

India v Australia: Gambhir and Laxman hit doubles

India declared on 613 for seven in the third Test against Australia after Gautam Gambhir and VVS Laxman both reached 200 runs

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10/31/2008 12:09 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Tennis: Andy Murray makes serene progress towards a rematch with David Nalbandian

Having ground down Fernando Verdasco 6-3, 7-6, Andy Murray will face the Argentinian in the Paris Masters quarter-final

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10/31/2008 12:09 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Golf: Karlsson runs up his bar bill while Harrington fails to cash in

Golf was never meant to be easy but, as the leading contenders for the 2008 European Tour Order of Merit staggered off the 18th green yesterday battered, beaten up and, in the case of this season's double-major winner Padraig Harrington, birdie-less, it was difficult to escape the conclusion that the game was never meant to be this hard."I played well," said an incredulous Harrington, who ended the day with a five-over-par 76. "I was delighted to finish on 73," chimed the Order of Merit's current leader, Robert Karlsson, whose two-over effort left him eight shots adrift of the leader but did little damage to the Swede's prospects of lifting the Harry Vardon Trophy on Sunday evening...

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10/31/2008 7:38 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Cricket: India v Australia: Gautam Gambhir will miss the final Test after being hit with a one-match ban

Gautam Gambhir will miss the final Test in Nagpur after elbowing Shane Watson en route to a double hundred during the third Test

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10/31/2008 9:46 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Premier League: Manchester United's Wayne Rooney has been cautioned by police after spitting at photographer

Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney has received a caution for common assault after spitting at a photographer

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10/31/2008 10:15 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

DE Kerney now out for ailing Seahawks (AP)

Pro Bowl defensive end Patrick Kerney is out indefinitely and getting a second look at what's wrong with his surgically repaired shoulder. It's the latest in an epidemic of injuries for the teetering Seattle Seahawks. Coach Mike Holmgren said Friday morning on his radio show that Kerney is returning to Alabama to see Dr.

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10/31/2008 12:44 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

NFL: Titans seven-game streak fuels speculation of another perfect season

Mercury Morris has been keeping tabs on the situation for some time. "I'll be watching the Tennessee Titans, and I hope to see them go unbeaten," insisted Morris, the most outspoken member of the 1972 Miami Dolphins, to the Nashville City Paper on October 16. Two weeks later, Morris is no longer the only member of that Dolphins team - the only side since the 1970 merger to complete a season undefeated - taking phone calls."I don't think they're that good. I'm not really concerned," opined Morris's former team-mate Jim Kiick after the Titans' 31-21 win over the Indianapolis Colts on Monday night...

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10/31/2008 12:56 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Sean Ingle: A new look for the Sport blog ... and the launch of Big Blogger 2008

It's bland. It takes longer to load. It's irritatingly convoluted. Haven't these ninnies heard of beta testing? Oh sweet Jesus. These were among the milder comments when the sportblog was forced to switch to a new publishing platform last month. Our bloggers were right though; as anyone who has waited for the 'loading comments' bar to stagger across the screen, stubbornly refuse to budge, and then crash their browsers will agree.In recent weeks, however, our techies have been working on a number of fixes and improvements - some of them obvious, others less so - including a new, easy-to-navigate front page, which launches today...

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10/31/2008 4:01 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Will Spurs finish in the top half this season?

Harry Redknapp's side made a spirited comeback against Arsenal on Wednesday, but will they maintain their momentum?