News Predator - Science News Archive 11/1/2008

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Neil Armstrong donating his papers to Purdue (AP)

AP - Former astronaut Neil Armstrong has agreed to donate personal papers dating from the start of his flight career to his alma mater, Purdue University.

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New Televisions Could Have 30 Percent Energy Savings (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - Starting Saturday, you can find U.S. EPA-approved televisions in your favorite electronics stores as the new ENERGY STAR compliant TVs will be available for purchase.

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Rare aftershocks persist in North Texas (AP)

AP - Northern Texas has been getting more rare earth tremors, one day after several minor earthquakes made Halloween memorable for some people in the area.

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Green prisons farm, recycle to save energy, money (AP)

AP - Of all the things convicted murderer Robert Knowles has been called during his 13 years behind bars, recycler hasn't been one of them.

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EPA curbs factory farm pollution (AP)

AP - The Environmental Protection Agency issued new pollution control requirements for large livestock feedlots Friday that would allow farm operators to avoid having to get a permit if they claim the facility will not put harmful discharges into nearby waterways.

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11/1/2008 7:23 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Oil price fall, crisis may delay US climate, energy policy (AFP)

AFP - The financial crisis and falling oil prices risk setting back attempts by the next US president and Congress to promote renewable energy and the fight against climate change, analysts say.

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Undersea explorer Piccard dies, aged 86 (AP)

AP - Jacques Piccard, a scientist and underwater explorer who plunged deeper beneath the ocean than any other man, died Saturday, his son's company said. He was 86.

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Do We Still Need Embryonic Stem Cells? (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - Since their discovery, stem cells have been hailed as the ultimate answer for crippling and incurable diseases such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and other conditions that leave vital organs like heart or nerves damaged beyond repair.

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Scientists to measure quake effect on Acropolis (AP)

AP - For thousands of years the Acropolis has withstood earthquakes, weathered storms and endured temperature extremes, from scorching summers to winter snow. Now scientists are drawing on the latest technology to install a system that will record just how much nature is affecting the 2,500-year-old site. They hope their findings will help identify areas that could be vulnerable, allowing them to target restoration and maintenance.

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Judge gives red light to green cabs in NYC (AP)

AP - A federal judge blocked the city Friday from requiring all new taxicabs to be fuel-efficient hybrids, hampering Mayor Michael Bloomberg's ambitious goal to make all yellow cabs green by 2012.

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Iraq slashes 2009 budget in wake of oil price plunge (AFP)

AFP - Iraq on Saturday said the falling global oil price has forced Baghdad to cut its 2009 budget to 67 billion dollars at a time when the country, owner of the world's third largest oil reserves, craves funds to develop its dilapidated infrastructure.

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10/31/2008 4:17 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

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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10/31/2008 6:47 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

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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10/31/2008 5:03 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

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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10/31/2008 4:47 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

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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10/30/2008 3:41 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

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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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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10/30/2008 4:01 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

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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10/30/2008 4:14 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

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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10/30/2008 9:56 AM - Views: 0 Rating: -

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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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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10/31/2008 1:05 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

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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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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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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10/29/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 0 Rating: -

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Potent Greenhouse Gas More Common in Atmosphere Than Estimated

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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11/1/2008 10:26 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Rugby union: Johnson era dawning with promise of flair, fire and furrows

The last question England had to answer about their rugby went along the lines of: are you lot any good in bed? Trying to duck this very probe, England were pursued from Auckland to Christchurch and all the way home last June, and the fact that they were thumped in two Tests by the All Blacks rather went by the board. The question now is different and, dare it be said, slightly less interesting, depending on your appetite for salaciousness: are you lot any good on the field? It is certainly the question being asked by the person who managed to stay well away from the Auckland orgy by dint of being at the delivery rather than the inception end of the human reproductive process...

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11/1/2008 11:24 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Big Interview: Text and the City may put old pals' act in starring role

Elano and Robinho played together as teenagers in Brazil, reunited in Manchester they are enjoying playing together once more, writes Duncan Castles

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11/1/2008 10:33 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Formula one: The Loner of the Pack

Given the expectation swirling around today's climax to a long and tense world championship, it is easy to forget that one of the contenders is a 23-year-old coming to the end of his second season in Formula One. More than that, it is the second time Lewis Hamilton has been in this position; an exceptional achievement, even by F1's lofty standards. That Hamilton failed spectacularly and somewhat bizarrely at the final hurdle last year has either notched up the feeling that matters will be put right today as a matter of course, or it has encouraged the belief that the Englishman will choke once more in the heat of a Brazilian afternoon...

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11/1/2008 10:34 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Vic Marks: Why Stanford really deserves our gratitude

Thank you, Sir Allen, thank you. (And no, I'm not on the Stanford payroll.) The week in Antigua may well have done the game of cricket a fine service.We now know how ghastly the brave new world might be. But thanks to the Stanford experience there is still scope to swerve. Some timely reminders have been issued and maybe the entrepreneurs who now control the modern game will take notice. For example, we have been reminded that the size of the purse cannot dictate whether a sporting contest is worthwhile; accruing stacks of cash for the game and its cricketers is important, but not the most important priority as we seek to shape the future...

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11/1/2008 10:28 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Peacock won't be ruffled by Australia test

England captain is confident his side can challenge the champions, writes Andy Wilson in Melbourne

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11/1/2008 12:05 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Spanish racists vent hate for Hamilton

In Britain Lewis Hamilton is regarded as a sporting icon, the country's first mixed-race formula one driver who tomorrow has a chance of becoming the sport's youngest world champion.In Spain, however, the 23-year-old's success, and race, has seen him become a hate figure for some fans. At pre-season tests in Barcelona in February he was confronted by a group of Spanish fans who blacked up their faces, and donned wigs and T-shirts emblazoned with the words "Hamilton's family". They booed the British driver and called him a "black shit"...

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11/1/2008 12:05 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Tennis: Andy Murray is left to reflect on what might have been as mirror image finds form

Andy Murray's run of 14 consecutive victories came to an end, as he was beaten by David Nalbandian in the Paris Masters

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11/1/2008 11:37 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Penguins' Crosby to play against Blues (AP)

Penguins star Sidney Crosby will play Saturday night against St. Louis two days after he left a game with an undisclosed injury. The statement on Pittsburgh's Web site said Crosby participated in the morning skate Saturday. He felt "discomfort" after leaving the Penguins' 4-1 loss to the Phoenix Coyotes early in the third period Thursday night.

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11/1/2008 11:48 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Packers cut sacks leader Gbaja-Biamila (AP)

The Green Bay Packers released Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila, the franchise sacks leader, on Saturday. The defensive end had been with the team for nine seasons and appeared in 124 games, starting 74. He had 74 1/2 sacks for Green Bay, passing Reggie White's 68 1/2 in 2007. General Manager Ted Thompson issued a statement Saturday, thanking Gbaja-Biamila for his contributions and wishing him well.

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11/1/2008 11:48 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

UConn preseason No. 1 in women's poll (AP)

Connecticut is back in familiar territory -- No. 1 in the preseason women's basketball poll. This is the first time in five seasons and the sixth time in school history the Huskies have the top preseason ranking by The Associated Press. UConn received 44 of the 45 first-place votes Saturday from a national media panel and compiled 1,124 points.

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11/1/2008 3:24 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Missouri escapes Baylor's upset bid (AP)

Chase Daniel passed for 318 yards and three touchdowns and Jeff Wolfert kicked a 34-yard field goal with 2:31 remaining to help No. 14 Missouri escape with a 31-28 victory over Baylor on Saturday in a game the Tigers could have put out of reach early. Baylor (3-6, 1-4 Big 12), which had twice came back from 14-point deficits but never led, had one last chance late.

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11/1/2008 4:06 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

No. 5 Florida routs No. 8 Georgia 49-10 (AP)

The revenge-minded Gators thumped the Bulldogs 49-10 Saturday in one of the most anticipated matchups in the history of this storied rivalry.

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11/1/2008 5:18 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Premier League round-up: Arsenal lose to Stoke, while Manchester United beat Hull 4-3

Gunners go down 2-1 at Britannia Stadium but there are wins for Manchester United and Chelsea

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11/1/2008 5:41 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Formula one: Massa claims pole position, Hamilton fourth for finale

The Ferrari driver claimed his third consecutive pole at Interlagos as Lewis Hamilton was pipped by Jarno Trulli and Kimi Raikkonen

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11/1/2008 6:00 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Is Arsenal's title challenge over already?

Rob Smyth: Arsène Wenger's side have lost three games without playing any of the big boys, and a first championship since 2004 looks very unlikely

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11/1/2008 6:40 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Premier League: Stoke City 2-1 Arsenal

Arsenal supporters departed from Staffordshire in an uncomfortable siuation. Their team already sunk on a cold and remorseless afternoon, those gathered at Stoke-on-Trent station waited for news from White Hart Lane, aware that victory for their despised rivals offered the best outcome as far as their title credentials are concerned. It duly arrived and relieved smiles were plentiful. Only the naive, however, did not recognise that the respite was temporary.Everything went wrong for the visitors at the Britannia Stadium but while Rory Delap's monstrous throw-ins can be put down as a twice-a-season nuisance and the hat-trick of injuries that inflicted Arsène Wenger's team a rare freak, the fact that Arsenal never appeared likely to recover from going behind is a more ingrained concern...

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11/1/2008 8:02 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

EDF Energy Cup: Saints dig deep for victory

Northampton fought back after a lethargic first half performance to overcome the Scarlets 33-20 in the EDF Energy Cup

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11/1/2008 8:42 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Football: Realistic Strachan prepared for another onslaught

Celtic look set to go on the defensive as they prepare for a visit from the European Champions on Wednesday, explains Patrick Glenn

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11/1/2008 12:05 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Stanford Super Series: Pacemen left to count cost as Kevin Pietersen looks for the positives

James Anderson reacted 'brilliantly well' to the news that he had been dropped from the England side, according to Kevin Pietersen

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11/1/2008 12:05 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Cycling: Lizzie Armitstead and David Daniell shine as Britain embark on new gold rush

Britain's track cyclists carried on their superb Olympic form by winning gold in five of the seven events at the World Cup

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11/1/2008 11:48 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Rugby league World Cup: Fiji stun France while New Zealand ease past Papua New Guinea

Fijians cause the first major surprise of the tournament with 42-6 win

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11/1/2008 12:00 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

English football: Saturday clockwatch - as it happened

Stoke beat Arsenal, Hull lost a seven-goal thriller at Old Trafford and - yes - Stoke beat Arsenal

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11/1/2008 12:42 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Late INT lifts Northwestern by Minnesota (AP)

Running the speed option with remarkable ease, Northwestern's Mike Kafka raced through the Minnesota defense for a record-setting 217 yards. Then he watched teammate Brendan Smith mimic some of his moves for the game-winning touchdown. Smith grabbed a deflected ball and returned an interception 48 yards to score with 12 seconds remaining, sending Northwestern past stunned Minnesota 24-17 and...

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11/1/2008 2:31 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Stanford Superstars v England - live over-by-over report

It's the big million-dollar match, baby. Who will saunter off with the moolah? Find out from 9pm with Lawrence Booth

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11/1/2008 6:23 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Premier League: Manchester United 4-3 Hull City

It had to happen, and finally it did. Four days before Bonfire Night, helped by two more goals from Cristiano Ronaldo and in spite of a spirited second-half recovery by the visitors, Manchester United climbed above Hull City in the Premier League table.For some reason 4-3 always sounds like a thriller, but this was never quite that. United should have been out of sight by the time Hull made the last 10 minutes more interesting than they had a right to be. As at Everton last weekend, far too many golden opportunities were squandered by the home side and Hull were virtually invited back into the game...

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11/1/2008 6:38 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Premier League: Everton 1-0 Fulham

Louis Saha scored a late winner to snatch Everton's first home win of the season, beating Fulham 1-0 at Goodison Park

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11/1/2008 6:39 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Premier League: West Brom 2-2 Blackburn Rovers

Keith Andrews salvaged an away point for 10-man Blackburn Rovers as they drew 2-2 with West Brom at the Hawthorns

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11/1/2008 6:40 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Premier League: Porstmouth 1-2 Wigan

Niko Kranjcar equalised in the closing stages only for Emile Heskey's injury-time strike to give Wigan a 2-1 victory

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11/1/2008 9:02 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

SPL Round-up: Aluko's goal provides Dons with a bit of home comfort

Sone Aluko scored the only goal of the game as Aberdeen beat Kilmarnock 1-0 to claim their first home win of the season

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11/1/2008 12:05 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Stanford Super Series: So who will drop the $20m catch?

Will one of these five England cricketers spill the catch that will cost his team millions?

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Stanford Super Series: The bounty hunters are named - and no place for James Anderson

The Stanford Cricket Ground was an area of calm yesterday morning before tonight's storm. Tropical palms swayed, flags fluttered in anticipation of Antigua's November 1 Independence Day. In the middle, the yellow roadroller was trying to compact some substance into the brown strip on which cricketers of England and West Indies will compete for a sum of money beyond their dreams before their respective boards got into bed with an obscenely wealthy Texan self-publicist called Sir Allen Stanford. And to one side, in a powwow circle in front of their pavilion, sat the England players, listening intently as Kevin Pietersen spoke at length...

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11/1/2008 12:05 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Formula one: Cool-headed Lewis Hamilton summons the spirit of Ayrton Senna

Lewis Hamilton will be inspired by the memory of Ayrton Senna as he bids to become Britain's ninth formula one world champion in 50 years in Brazil tomorrow. Hamilton said he could not be compared to the great Brazilian but would aim "to make him proud" when he goes head to head for the title with Felipe Massa. "This is my second time here in Brazil, and each time I've touched down I've felt a different emotion. It's because he [Senna] meant so much to me in my life when I was younger, coming up through the ranks," he said...

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11/1/2008 1:00 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Tottenham Hotspur v Liverpool - live minute-by-minute report

Will Harry Redknapp's Midas touch at Spurs continue, or will Rafa's reds prevail? Find out with Scott Murray

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11/1/2008 1:05 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Michigan assured of rare losing season (AP)

Purdue's Justin Siller and Greg Orton helped toss out Michigan's generations-long streaks of success. Siller passed for three touchdowns and ran for another in his first career start, and Orton lateraled to Desmond Tardy after a catch for the final score with 26 seconds left in the Boilermakers' 48-42 victory over slumping Michigan on Saturday.

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11/1/2008 3:10 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Saha punishes profligate Fulham

Louis Saha scored a late header to see off a wasteful Fulham side

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11/1/2008 3:53 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Kauto Star wins JNwine.com Champion Chase at Down Royal

Kauto Star began his campaign in faultless fashion with an emphatic victory in the JNwine.com Champion Chase at Down Royal.The 2007 Cheltenham Gold Cup hero was always travelling smoothly for Ruby Walsh, who brought him to overtake long-time Knight Legend before the second-last.The 2-5 favourite, trained by Paul Nicholls, jumped the final fence in great style and bounded away from Light On The Broom with Knight Legend third. The Listener was fourth while Turpin Green unseated his rider three out...

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11/1/2008 5:56 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Devils G Brodeur out with elbow injury (AP)

Devils goalie Martin Brodeur, one of the most durable players in the NHL, left Saturday night's game after bruising his left elbow in the second period against the Atlanta Thrashers. Brodeur, eight wins shy of tying Patrick Roy's NHL record of 551 career victories, had played every minute of New Jersey's 10 games this season before he was hurt 6:38 into the second period.

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11/1/2008 7:31 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Rugby union: All Blacks pick up a cup on way to Europe

A chapter ended and two more began. Closure came with the end of the 2008 Bledisloe Cup series, won 3-1 by New Zealand thanks to a second-half performance that stood in stark contrast to their tatty first. The new was provided first by the fixture itself, a trans-Tasman Test shifted to the outer reaches of the South China Sea. Hong Kong now stands not just as the hub of the 7s circuit, but as a new trading post on the international scene. Might the Lions warm up here one day on their way to Australia or New Zealand? The other sense of fresh beginning was created by the sense of stop-off in the tropics for two teams en route to our cold northern climes...

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11/1/2008 8:25 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Revived Kiwis hammer PNG

Sam Perrett scored two tries as New Zealnd made light work of Papua New Guinea, winning 48-6 on the Gold Coast

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11/1/2008 9:29 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Chavez Jr. dominates rematch with Vanda (AP)

Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. left no doubt with his performance Saturday night. Chavez dominated his 10-round super welterweight fight against Matt Vanda from start to finish for the unanimous decision victory at Mandalay Bay. It was a rematch of their July bout in Hermosillo, Mexico, where Chavez took a controversial split decision, a victory some felt was the result of favorable hometown scoring for the...