News Predator - Science News Archive 11/3/2008

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Study: Women lead men in bacteria, hands down (AP)

AP - Wash your hands, folks, especially you ladies. A new study found that women have a greater variety of bacteria on their hands than men do. And everybody has more types of bacteria than the researchers expected to find.

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Feds propose much fewer snowmobiles in Yellowstone (AP)

AP - A cap on snowmobile use in Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks would be lowered by 40 percent under a federal proposal released Monday in response to a judge's rejection of earlier plans.

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Study: Candidates Really Do Keep Promises (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - Politicians have a nasty reputation for never keeping campaign promises, but most do actually put their money, or at least their efforts, where their mouth is, a new study finds. U.S. voters tend to have a cynical outlook on how politicians do their jobs. In 2004, the National Annenberg Election Study found that only one-third of voters surveyed thought their elected officials even tried to keep their campaign promises once elected. Other election studies have found a similar pessimism among voters in regards to politicians saying one thing but doing another...

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Midseason Coaching Changes Don't Work (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - Your high school guidance counselor should have steered you away from these three career paths: hand grenade tester, freezer salesman in Siberia and head coach of just about any sport. The longevity and success potential of each is limited.

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

How Clean Coal 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. As the U.S. election season draws to a close, one of the biggest environmental issues has been "clean coal." Both candidates for president have come out in support of it. Some environmentalists say it is an oxymoron, while others feel it is a viable option for using abundant coal reserves wisely. The debate is complicated by the fact that clean coal is not well-defined...

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Tasmanian Devils Could Be Gone in 20 Years (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - An Australian zoologist is leading a national project to help save the endangered Tasmanian devil from extinction, a situation that could arise within the next 20 years, experts predict.

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11/3/2008 11:36 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Solar Cells Set New Performance Mark (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - Researchers have announced a solar energy breakthrough that could lead to its more widespread use with their achievement of the highest efficiency ever for one type of solar cells.

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11/3/2008 9:03 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Female Shaman's Grave Loaded with Goodies (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - A 12,000-year-old burial site in Israel contains offerings that include 50 tortoise shells and a human foot, and appears to be one of the earliest known graves of a female shaman.

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11/3/2008 2:34 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Off to the Polls: The Irrational Side of Voting (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - As millions of Americans head to the polls Tuesday, new research sheds light on the winding history of voting in America and our motivations for doing it.

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11/3/2008 5:24 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Space junk falls harmlessly in South Pacific (AP)

AP - A refrigerator-sized piece of space junk fell harmlessly into the South Pacific Sunday night, according to NASA.

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Low oil price should not deter output expansion: UAE minister (AFP)

AFP - Oil-producing nations should continue their investments to boost output capacity despite a slide in crude prices, the United Arab Emirates energy minister said on Monday.

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11/2/2008 6:56 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Iraq's cash pile won't protect it from weak oil prices (AFP)

AFP - Iraq's unspent cash pile won't prevent its economy from being hit by tumbling crude oil prices, endangering stuttering efforts to rebuild the war-battered nation, politicians and analysts say.

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Islands: Exquisite Labs of Evolution (LiveScience.com)

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

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Caesar's British Landing Site Pinned Down (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - When Julius Caesar arrived off the coast of Britain with his hundred-ship force in August, 55 b.c., he was greeted by a host of defenders poised to hurl spears down on his invading army from the towering Dover cliffs. Seeking a better landing site, he sailed on a strong afternoon current and landed his troops at a beach seven miles away, according to his own account.

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Scientists find genes that lift lung cancer risk (Reuters)

Reuters - An international research team has identified two genetic variations that appear to increase a person's risk of developing lung cancer by up to 60 percent, they reported on Sunday.

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11/1/2008 5:27 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

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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11/1/2008 1:31 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

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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11/1/2008 6:06 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

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

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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11/1/2008 5:55 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

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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11/1/2008 6:47 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

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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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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10/30/2008 11:52 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

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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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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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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NASA TV to Air New Space Station Crew Message About Voting

The two NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station joined millions of Americans Monday in casting their ballots before Election Day.

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NASA Announces Shuttle Prelaunch Events and Countdown Details

News conferences, events and operating hours for the press center at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida are set for the upcoming launch of space shuttle Endeavour. Endeavour's STS-126 mission to the International Space Station is scheduled to lift off at 7:55 p.m. EST on Friday, Nov. 14.

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Lead STS-126 Station Flight Director Available for Live TV Interviews

NASA flight director Ginger Kerrick, who will lead Mission Control for the upcoming space shuttle mission, will be available for satellite interviews from 6 a.m. to 8 a.m. CDT, Monday, Nov. 10.

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11/3/2008 12:48 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Astronauts to Vote From Space Station (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - While most Americans will flock to the polls Tuesday to cast their vote for the next U.S. president, two U.S. citizens will beam their ballots down from the International Space Station as they fly 220 miles (354 km) above Earth.

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

ESA Bulletin (No. 136, November 2008)

The November 2008 issue of the Bulletin, ESA’s flagship magazine, features ESA astronaut Frank De Winne on the cover. De Winne is the next European astronaut to fly to the International Space Station for a six-month mission in May 2009.

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11/3/2008 6:05 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Space Station Trash Burns Up Over South Pacific (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - A piece of space trash the size of a refrigerator plunged into the Earth's atmosphere late Sunday to burn up over the southern Pacific Ocean, more than a year after an astronaut tossed it off the International Space Station, NASA officials said today.

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

NASA Orbiter Reveals Details of a Wetter Mars

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

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

NASA to Update Reporters about Constellation Program

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

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NASA-Enhanced Dust Storm Predictions to Aid Health Community

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

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

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

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

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

Tourist: Entrepreneurs need access to space center (AP)

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

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

Man overboard rescue system wins international navigation prizes

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

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

NASA to Hold News Conference about Status of Next Shuttle Launch

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

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

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

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

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

What a View! Space Bubbles Would Thrill Tourists (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - The Rocket Racing League is teaming up with a private aerospace company and the state of New Mexico to build a new fleet of suborbital spacecraft designed to give space tourists a view of the Earth unlike any other.

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11/2/2008 11:31 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Carter: 'We have the grit to win another grand slam'

Dan Carter is confident New Zealand have the character to win another Grand Slam tour of the British Isles in 2012

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11/3/2008 12:12 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Sailing: Ericsson 4 displays class to cruise to first-leg victory

Torben Grael skippered Ericsson 4 to victory in the first leg of the Volvo Ocean Race at Cape Town

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11/3/2008 8:51 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Vols' Fulmer reportedly out after season (AP)

Tennessee coach Phillip Fulmer will not return next season, a person within the athletic department familiar with the situation has confirmed. The person requested anonymity because no official announcement has been made. Fulmer and athletic director Mike Hamilton were to hold a press conference at 5 p.m.

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11/3/2008 9:24 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Tired Nadal withdraws from Masters Cup (AP)

Rafael Nadal pulled out of the season-ending Masters Cup in Shanghai on Monday, citing fatigue after a long season and the need to prepare for the Davis Cup final. The world's top-ranked player made the announcement on his Web site, describing his withdrawal as "one of the most difficult decisions in my career." Nadal, who won two Grand Slam titles and the Olympic gold medal this year as he...

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11/3/2008 1:14 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Football: La Liga: Sid Lowe on Barcelona manager Pep Guardiola

Sid Lowe: Josep Guardiola has guided the same Barcelona players that finished 18 points off the pace last year to the top of La Liga this time around

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11/3/2008 1:52 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Football league review: the 10-point guide to the weekend action

A few weeks ago, Paul Jewell lamented the worst year of his life. It's fair to say that it hasn't ended on a high.Tasks don't come much more thankless than the one handed to Jewell in November last year. Derby County were rock bottom of the Premier League and, with one win and 10 defeats in 14 matches, were already clearly well short of the required standard for the top flight. Poisoned chalice? This was a bucket of cyanide.His first win as manager didn't come until September, with Derby bottom of the Championship, but that sparked a run of one defeat in 11...

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11/3/2008 2:39 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

In pictures: Lewis Hamilton - from go-kart champion to formula one champion

Charting the progress of Britain's Lewis Hamilton from an 11-year-old through to Sunday's historic championship

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11/3/2008 5:33 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Tennis: exhausted Nadal pulls out of Masters Cup

World No1 Rafael Nadal has withdrawn from the forthcoming Masters Cup tournament in Shanghai

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11/3/2008 8:29 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Athletics: New york marathon winner Paula Radcliffe wants another child before 2012 London Olympics

The New York marathon winner Paula Radcliffe intends to try for a second child in 2010 to give her time to prepare for the London Games

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11/3/2008 9:07 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Big Ben hurt, but Steelers beat Redskins (AP)

Ben Roethlisberger exchanged high-fives with teammates after the touchdown that extended the Pittsburgh Steelers' lead in the fourth quarter. With his left hand. While wearing a baseball cap. With Roethlisberger sidelined after reinjuring his throwing shoulder, the local kid who used to sneak into Washington Redskins games made an unexpected appearance on the field.

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

Central issue

United's midfield pairings so far

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11/3/2008 12:17 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Formula one: With this layer of authority Lewis Hamilton can now become a great

As a season strewn with errors and inconsistences from all the leading protagonists reached a pulsating climax yesterday, Lewis Hamilton did exactly what he needed to do. In difficult conditions he kept a cool head, stayed out of trouble, and got himself into position to grab the points he needed to ensure that those close to him would not be subjected to another season of acute hypertension.Now he has won his first title, and there is no reason why he cannot add several more to join the great figures of the sport's post-war history...

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11/3/2008 2:15 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Rugby league World Cup: Andy Wilson on England after their defeat to Australia

Andy Wilson: Although they were humiliated by Australia and could lose to New Zealand, the mistakenly rigged World Cup draw gives England hope

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11/3/2008 2:59 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Premier League: Newcastle Untd v Aston Villa - as it happened

Obafemi Martins scored twice as Newcastle dragged themselves off the bottom of the table against below-par Villa

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11/2/2008 10:59 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Basketball: Midgley makes difference to end Milton Keynes' run

Everton Tigers knocked the reigning champions, Milton Keynes Lions out of the BBL Cup with a convincing 97-75 win

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11/3/2008 12:12 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Formula one: This is first of many says Lewis Hamilton as he becomes youngest champion

In a setting where his idol Ayrton Senna was once worshipped, Lewis Hamilton yesterday achieved the ambition that has gripped him since he was a six-year-old boy playing with a radio-controlled car. At the end of two years in which he has inspired a rare combination of admiration and resentment, Hamilton brought his two-year grand prix career to the first of what may be many climaxes.There are many ways to win the world championship, and the one selected by Hamilton was certainly among the most dramatic...

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11/3/2008 12:12 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Tennis: Jo-Wilfried Tsonga to play Masters Cup after win over David Nalbandian

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga qualified for the Masters Cup by beating David Nalbandian and winning the Paris Masters

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11/3/2008 12:12 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Horse racing: Septimus Cup bid in balance as Melbourne misses the rain

Flemington Park have promised to water the track to ensure the ground is safe enough for the strongly fancied Septimus to run in tomorrow's Melbourne Cup.The Aidan O'Brien-trained runner has been market leader for "the race that stops a nation" since the weights were announced but was only just clinging on to favouritism last night after another dry day in that part of New South Wales state in Australia.The Coolmore team were not happy with the firm ground in evidence at Flemington on Saturday and yesterday reiterated that they would have no hesitation in pulling the top weight out if the track was still too hard at post-time tomorrow...

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11/3/2008 7:26 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Ovechkin returns to Caps after week away (AP)

Alex Ovechkin is back with the Washington Capitals. The NHL's reigning MVP and last season's leading scorer is on the ice at the team's practice facility Monday. Ovechkin missed two games while away from the Capitals for a week to be in Russia with his ailing grandfather. Ovechkin broke the league record for goals by a left wing with 65 last season, helping Washington win the Southeast Division...

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11/3/2008 8:15 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Amstutz stepping down as Toledo coach (AP)

Tom Amstutz will resign after the season as the football coach of Toledo, which is heading for a third straight losing year. Toledo is 2-6, although one of its victories came against Michigan. The Rockets have lost two in a row since beating the Wolverines. Amstutz is 57-38 in eight years at Toledo. He's taken the Rockets to four bowl games and two Mid-American Conference championships.

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11/3/2008 11:14 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

League One: John Ward has left Carlisle United by mutual consent

John Ward has become the 11th league manager to lose his job this season after leaving Carlisle by mutual consent

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11/3/2008 2:15 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Champions League: Terry calls on Chelsea fans to behave in Rome

Chelsea captain John Terry has appealed to the club's supporters to be on their best behaviour for the Champions League clash with Roma

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11/3/2008 2:24 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Football: Leander Schaerlaeckens rounds up all the action from the Eredivisie

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Ajax's run of poor performances and good results continued as they joined AZ Alkmaar and NAC Breda at the Eredivisie summit

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11/3/2008 2:47 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Bundesliga: Raphael Honigstein on Werder Bremen's success

Raphael Honigstein: Werder Bremen rubbished the doomsayers' predictions to beat Hertha 5-1, but Hoffenheim remain top of the pile

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11/3/2008 7:08 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Rugby union: Sky secures long-term England broadcasting arrangement

Sky Sports yesterday tightened its grip on top flight rugby union coverage by extending and expanding its existing deal with the RFU until 2015. Under the deal, the pay TV broadcaster will have the rights to all England matches played at home or abroad outside the 6 Nations, currently shown live on the BBC, and the Rugby World Cup, previously shown by ITV but not yet out to tender for 2011 or 2015. Sky will also add the Anglo-Welsh Cup, currently known as the EDF Energy Cup and screened by the BBC, to its domestic roster...

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11/2/2008 10:48 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Rugby Union: Josh Lewsey in at the death but wobbly Wasps miss semis

English clubs may not cherish the EDF Energy Cup in manner of the Welsh, but the Guinness Premiership's wobbling champions just about avoided another bout of blushing yesterday thanks to two scrappy tries in 10 minutes.Wasps, near the wrong end of the league and suffering in the Heineken Cup, went into this game with a chance of making the semi-finals. With 11 minutes left, after tons of possession and a lifetime on attack, they were a point behind the have-nots of Wales and looking slightly panicky...

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

Swede success for Robert Karlsson in Order of Merit triumph

Robert Karlsson was never going to deny Padraig Harrington the unofficial title of Europe's best golfer but the big Swede won recognition of a more formal kind at Valderrama yesterday when he did enough - just enough - to win the 2008 European Tour Order of Merit.As Denmark's Soren Kjeldsen won the 21st and final Volvo Masters, shooting a level-par 71 to beat Anthony Wall and Martin Kaymer by two shots, Karlsson signed for a closing round of 75, a 72-hole score of 293 and a tie for 32nd place. Those statistics confirmed that the Swede's day was hardly a triumphant march along the tree-lined fairways of Europe's most manicured fairways, but then it didn't need to be as Harrington and Lee Westwood, his principal challengers in the race for the Harry Vardon trophy, faded at the end of a rain-interrupted event which sapped the energy and spirits of many, Karlsson included...

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11/2/2008 11:58 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Football: Chelsea sack 15 scouts as economic crisis worsens

The worsening economic climate has prompted Chelsea to bring forward plans to restructure their international scouting department and heaped more pressure on the chief scout and director of youth development, Frank Arnesen, to justify his position at the club.Some 15 members of the club's 25-man scouting department were released last week, including the former Scotland under-21 coach and Germany international Rainer Bonhoff, with Roman Abramovich seeking a more focused and deliberate approach in future...

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

Cycling: Perfect women lead Britain's charge to supreme domination

The British team won three out the four events on the final day of the World Cup taking their total up to 14

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

Final flourish: Hamilton races to world title after last bend drama

With a quarter of a mile to go and thunder crashing around the Interlagos circuit, Lewis Hamilton was all set to fail for the second year running. Approaching a sweeping left-hand bend for the 71st and last time, the British driver was about to finish sixth in the Brazilian grand prix - one place lower than he needed if he were to become the youngest world champion in the history of formula one.And then, with all Brazil ready to acclaim their compatriot Felipe Massa as the new champion, Hamilton made his heart-stopping move...

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

Premier League: Manchester Utd 4-3 Hull City

Phil Brown knows that comparisons are invidious and beauty is in the eye of the beholder, so he was understandably reluctant to be drawn into a debate about Manchester United's and Chelsea's contrasting charms.Hull's manager did, though, make one rather telling aside. "There was a world-class midfield performance against us from Frank Lampard on Wednesday night," reflected Brown, whose side arrived at Old Trafford on the rebound from a 3-0 defeat against Luiz Felipe Scolari's men. Although he subsequently enthused about United's own "world-class" individuals and "the magic" of Dimitar Berbatov in particular, it cannot have escaped Brown's attention that central midfield housed a chink in Sir Alex Ferguson's armour...

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11/3/2008 12:13 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Formula one: Damon Hill: It takes mental strength to win a world title

Damon Hill: Do not underestimate the immense emotional stress the new world champion Lewis Hamilton would have been under

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11/3/2008 8:40 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Hansbrough leads preseason All-Americans (AP)

It's no surprise Tyler Hansbrough made The Associated Press' preseason All-America team -- this is his record third straight year as its leading vote-getter. For the first time, however, the North Carolina forward was a unanimous selection. Joining Hansbrough on the team Monday were UCLA guard Darren Collison, also a repeat from last year's preseason team, Davidson guard Stephen Curry, Notre Dame...

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11/3/2008 1:57 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Texans QB Schaub likely out 2-4 weeks (AP)

Houston quarterback Matt Schaub injured his knee and will be out at least two weeks, possibly up to a month. Coach Gary Kubiak said officials were still trying to determine the severity of the injury, but that Schaub was on crutches Monday. Schaub injured his medial collateral ligament when he was hit in the knee by Jared Allen in the second quarter of Houston's loss to Minnesota on Sunday.

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11/3/2008 4:19 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Obama, McCain set for 'MNF' appearances (AP)

Democrat Barack Obama tells ESPN's "Monday Night Football" it's time for college football to pick a champion with a playoff system while Republican John McCain wants to put an end to performance-enhancing substances. On the eve of the election, the two presidential candidates were interviewed via satellite by ESPN's Chris Berman.

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11/3/2008 6:32 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Football: Aidy Boothroyd is fall guy as Watford attempt to halt relegation slide

Aidy Boothroyd has left Watford by mutual consent with the club struggling in the Championship

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11/3/2008 7:21 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Steelers up 10-6 at half over Redskins (AP)

Ben Roethlisberger scored on a 1-yard sneak late in the first half then didn't return because of a shoulder injury as the Pittsburgh Steelers led the Redskins 16-6 early in the third quarter Monday night. Roethlisberger's score with 32 seconds left in the first half made it 10-6, but he was on the sideline with an injured throwing shoulder in the second half.

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11/2/2008 11:46 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

Athletics: Paula Radcliffe casts aside doubts and strolls to third New York win

Paul Radcliffe produced a masterful display of front running to retain her New York marathon title

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I was fighting as hard as I could, says Glock

Many people will be praised for helping Lewis Hamilton become formula one champion but prior to yesterday, few would have imagined Timo Glock being among that group. The Toyota driver, however, has probably become the second most popular racing driver in Britain following his slip on the final corner of the final lap at Interlagos which allowed Hamilton to overtake him and, in turn, take the title.In the Sao Paulo downpour, Glock and his team made the mistake of sticking with dry-weather tyres and as the German looked set to secure fifth place in the last race of his debut F1 season, his car slipped out of position, allowing Hamilton to pass...

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Rain falls on Massa's parade in the finale to end all finales

It was one of the most gripping and unpredictable races in recent memory and Lewis Hamilton drove perfectly, dodging every possible pitfall and setback as he became Britain's nint