News Predator - Science News Archive 11/5/2008

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Rain stops in Vietnam but flood toll rises to 92 (AP)

AP - Pumps ran nonstop in the Vietnamese capital Wednesday to clear water following the city's worst rainfall in 35 years, in storms that sparked flooding across large sections of the country and left 92 people dead.

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Frog Embryos Actively Seek Oxygen (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - Though unconscious and underdeveloped, red-eyed treefrog embryos can rotate inside their eggs to get more oxygen if levels start to drop, prolonging chances for survival, a new study shows. The embryos are ready to hatch just four days after they're laid, but delaying the process a few days can boost survival rates; tadpoles that are more mature can more easily swim away from lurking predators. But as an embryo continues to develop, more oxygen is recycled from a limited supply inside the egg...

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11/5/2008 6:45 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

African, Asian join the library of genomics (AFP)

AFP - Laboratories have for the first time sequenced the full genetic code of an African and an Asian in what amounts to a major step towards the goal of a tailor-made profile of one's DNA.

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11/5/2008 9:26 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

New Caribbean tropical depression threatens Cuba (Reuters)

Reuters - The 17th tropical depression of the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season formed on Wednesday and was expected to strengthen into a storm or perhaps even a hurricane on a path that could threaten the Cayman Islands, Jamaica and Cuba, U.S. forecasters said.

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Oil Shale Pushed as Domestic Oil Source, but Many Doubts Remain (U.S. News & World Report)

U.S. News & World Report - MEEKER, COLO.--With the fate of domestic oil production promising to spill over into a new administration, oil companies in northwestern Colorado are steadily pushing ahead with projects to develop the American West's vast deposits of oil shale, estimated to contain the equivalent of more than 800 billion barrels of oil--three times more than Saudi Arabia's proven oil reserves.

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11/5/2008 3:35 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Past Presidential Elections Far Nastier (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - The 2008 campaign for president was the most vicious in U.S. history, some pundits have said. There were certainly some cheap-shot moments here and there but, relatively speaking, was the 2008 race really that nasty?

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11/5/2008 12:27 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Oil prices slump before US stockpiles data (AFP)

AFP - Oil prices tumbled two dollars on Wednesday as traders awaited the latest weekly snapshot of crude inventories in the United States, the world's biggest energy consuming nation.

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Trigger for Stem Cell Differentiation Detailed (HealthDay)

HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Nov. 5 (HealthDay News) -- New details about a key trigger of embryonic stem cell differentiation have been uncovered by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine.

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11/5/2008 8:23 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Argentine cow clones may help boost milk output (Reuters)

Reuters - Argentine scientists have found a way to make cows produce more milk by injecting them with a bovine growth hormone produced by cloned and genetically modified dairy cows.

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Fountain of Youth: Drug Restores Muscles (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - A daily dose of an investigational medication has been found to restore muscle mass in the arms and legs of older adults and improve some of their biochemistry to levels found in healthy young adults, suggesting an anti-frailty drug has been found.

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11/5/2008 11:43 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Democrat Gains in Congress Clear Way for Party Agenda (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg - Nov. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Democrats in Congress plan to use their election gains to push for an economic stimulus measure, expanded health-care for children and funding for stem-cell research -- and then follow President-elect Barack Obama's lead.

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11/5/2008 6:06 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Forecast: More Killer Tornadoes Strike at Night (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - Tornado warning systems have decreased deaths in the United States resulting from these destructive storms, but the alerts might be leaving us vulnerable to twisters that strike at night, a scientist now warns.

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11/5/2008 9:41 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Crichton: A Legacy of Sci-Fi Thrillers (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - The death of sci-fi thriller writer Michael Crichton took his millions of fans by surprise, however he left behind a healthy legacy of highly popular science-themed novels, films and TV shows, including "ER" which still airs today and for which his credits included creator, writer and executive producer.

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11/5/2008 2:34 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

Your Odor: Unique as Fingerprint (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - Your body has a signature odor, just as your fingers have unique prints. And that "eau d'you" remains even if you change what you eat, a new study finds.

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11/3/2008 10:04 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

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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11/4/2008 11:32 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Smaller Mosquitoes More Dangerous (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - Big or small, mosquitoes are pesky. But it's the little ones that you really need to watch out for, a new study finds.

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EU launches Alpine flora and fauna protection plan (AFP)

AFP - The European Union has launched a cross-border programme to protect the 30,000 animal species and 13,000 types of plant in the Alps, it was announced Tuesday.

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11/4/2008 9:22 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

This year's Antarctic zone hole is 5th biggest (AP)

AP - This year's ozone hole over Antarctica was the fifth biggest on record, reaching a maximum area of 10.5 million square miles in September, NASA says. That's considered "moderately large," NASA atmospheric scientist Paul Newman said in a statement.

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Japanese clone mouse from frozen cell, aim for mammoths (AFP)

AFP - Japanese scientists said Tuesday they had created a mouse from a dead cell frozen for 16 years, taking a step in the long impossible dream of bringing back extinct animals such as mammoths.

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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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Oil Creation Theory Challenged by Fuel-Making Fungus (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - A newfound fungus living in rainforest trees makes biofuel more efficiently than any other known method, researchers say.

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The WiFi Skies: Airlines Embrace Broadband (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - Passengers on airliners and business jets may differ in terms of what they pay for their flights, but thanks to the development of airborne broadband technology, they can now access the Internet, e-mail and text message while enroute regardless of whether they fly commercially or privately.

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11/4/2008 6:09 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Floods frustrate Vietnamese, heavy rains continue (AP)

AP - Tran Xuan Mien spent an entire day clearing mud and debris out of his flooded house ? only to watch the water rush back into his living room Tuesday.

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11/4/2008 5:51 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Tuna Range Wide, Dive Deep (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - A 10-foot-long Atlantic bluefin tuna was fitted last week with the 1,000th electronic tracking tag ever placed on this fast, large and powerful yet threatened species. The fish was then released in the Gulf of St. Lawrence off Port Hood, Nova Scotia. Sushi connoisseurs revere bluefin tuna above all other fish species, but soaring commercial values have contributed to a near-collapse of bluefin populations in both the West and East Atlantic. ...

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11/4/2008 6:31 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Potty Parity: Summit to Discuss Lack of Women's Restrooms (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - So-called potty parity for men's and women's restrooms will be on the agenda at the eighth annual World Toilet Summit and Expo set to commence in Macau today.

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More rain as Vietnam flood toll rises to 74 (AFP)

AFP - More rain lashed Vietnam's flood-hit capital Hanoi and the north-central countryside on Tuesday as the official death toll climbed to 74 after more than a week of heavy downpours.

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11/3/2008 5:36 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

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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11/3/2008 1:15 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

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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11/3/2008 6:55 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

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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11/2/2008 2:50 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

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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11/2/2008 5:33 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

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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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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11/1/2008 2:49 AM - Views: 0 Rating: -

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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11/5/2008 11:25 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

International Space Station celebrates tenth birthday

Exactly ten years ago today, the first International Space Station module was launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The launch of the Russian-built Zarya module marked the start of on-orbit assembly of the most extraordinary space complex.

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11/5/2008 1:20 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Chandrayaan-1 now in lunar transfer trajectory

Yesterday, following a fifth orbit-raising manoeuvre, the Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft successfully settled into a trajectory that will take it to the Moon.

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11/5/2008 2:01 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Space Communications Patent Spans Solar System (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - WASHINGTON - When Mobile Satellite Ventures was issued the first-ever U.S. Federal Communications Commission license in 2003 for its concept of creating hybrid satellite and ground-based communications systems, the company already had been working on a slew of related inventions it planned to capitalize on.

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11/5/2008 4:01 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Election Sends Three NASA Supporters Packing (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - WASHINGTON - The House Science Committee lost three strong NASA supporters Nov. 4 when U.S. voters elected a new Congress and chose Democrat Barack Obama as the next president.

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11/5/2008 5:23 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

This year's Antarctic ozone hole is 5th biggest (AP)

AP - This year's ozone hole over Antarctica was the fifth biggest on record, reaching a maximum area of 10.5 million square miles in September, NASA says.

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11/5/2008 7:04 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

New Mexico Voters Defeat Spaceport America Measure (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - Residents of Otero County in New Mexico have defeated a Spaceport America tax increase to help build an inland spaceport that will serve as the launching ground for commercial spacecraft.

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11/4/2008 5:33 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Endeavour Astronauts Set for Space Station Mission (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - WASHINGTON - Seven astronauts are set to rocket toward the International Space Station aboard NASA's shuttle Endeavour next week to help outfit the orbiting laboratory to support double-sized crews.

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11/4/2008 1:46 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Strange Sand Ripples on Mars Explained (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - The nature of strange ripples of sand on the Martian surface is clearer now thanks to pole-to-pole images returned by a NASA spacecraft. But even with this new information, scientists still are unsure just how the features, which are unlike anything on Earth, came to be.

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11/4/2008 9:16 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Report: Space Shuttle Retirement Date in Jeopardy (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - WASHINGTON - The addition of an extra mission to NASA's space shuttle flight manifest could significantly reduce the chance of retiring the orbiter fleet in 2010 as planned, possibly to as low as 5 percent, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) said in a report released Monday.

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11/4/2008 7:46 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Astronauts in Space Encourage Americans to Vote (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - NASA astronauts on Earth and in space have sent in their votes for the U.S. presidential election and encouraged all Americans to remember to cast their own ballots today.

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11/4/2008 3:49 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Germany's CESAR crowned king of rovers in ESA’s Robotics Challenge

A robot rover designed by a Bremen university team has won an ESA contest to retrieve soil samples from a lunar-style terrestrial crater. Eight student teams fielded rovers during the event, their progress monitored by an advanced 3-D viewer already flight-tested in space and planned for eventual deployment on the Moon.

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11/4/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

NASA Selects Astronomy Student Ambassadors

Forty-six undergraduate and graduate students have been selected to represent NASA in their local communities as recipients of the agency's International Year of Astronomy, or IYA, Student Ambassadors Program.

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First Rocket Parts Of NASA's New Launch System Arrive In Florida

The first major flight hardware of the Ares I-X rocket has arrived in Florida.

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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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10/30/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

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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10/30/2008 2:31 AM - Views: 0 Rating: -

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

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

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

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

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

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

Second European CubeSat Workshop

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

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

NASA to Discuss Status of Hubble Servicing Mission Thursday

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

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

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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10/29/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

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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11/5/2008 10:32 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Barney Ronay : Edgy Arsenal try to tough it out but still fire only blanks

Barney Ronay: After their recent travails, Arsenal just didn't have the patience to break down a well-organised Fenerbahce side

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11/5/2008 10:21 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

Champions League: Arsenal 0-0 Fenerbahce

The problems and the frustrations continue to mount for Arsène Wenger. This was to have been the night his Arsenal team moved on from their Premier League setbacks against Tottenham Hotspur and Stoke City, when they turned the screw on Fenerbahce to pep themselves up for the showdown with Manchester United on Saturday. Instead they lacked the bite where it mattered and, alarmingly, ran out of ideas and steam during a disappointing second half.Wenger worried that his players had nothing left in the tank...

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

Football: Champions League group stage formality flipped on its head

Open thread: It took defeat for Chelsea and a narrow Liverpool escape to inject some much-needed drama into this season's Champions League

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11/5/2008 12:04 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Football: David Triesman defuses Jamaica row and defers debt until 2010

David Triesman salvaged the Football Association's relationship with the Jamaica Football Federation yesterday after brokering a deal that deferred repayment schedules of a £135,000 debt owed by the Caribbean island. The FA chairman had assured board members last week that he would take control of a situation that threatened to overshadow England's 2018 World Cup bid. And he acted fast, holding a meeting at Soho Square yesterday with the JFF president, Captain Horace Burrell, at which all consideration of the debt was delayed until after the 2010 World Cup...

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Champions League: Sir Alex Ferguson has no fears giving 'England No1' Ben Foster his European debut

Ben Foster could be given a rare start by Sir Alex Ferguson in Manchester United's clash with Celtic

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11/5/2008 12:48 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Andy Hunter: Late reprieve cannot hide the gaping holes in Rafael Benítez's team

Andy Hunter: Liverpool must prove they have strength in depth to sustain their challenge

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11/5/2008 9:32 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Wednesday's football transfer rumours: John Barnes to manage Watford

Addison to Stoke | Onouha swapping with Warnock | Chopra to Cardiff or QPR

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11/5/2008 12:40 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Premier League: Stoke manager Tony Pulis accuses Arsène Wenger of 'rewriting history'

Stoke manager Tony Pulis has hit back at Arsène Wenger's claim that his players deliberately set out to injure the Arsenal team

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11/5/2008 12:42 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Jaguars' Del Rio sends LB Peterson home (AP)

The Jacksonville Jaguars had a much different feel to their locker room Wednesday. There was no one playing dominoes, no one blaring music and no one watching television. There was no Mike Peterson, either. Coach Jack Del Rio sent the middle linebacker and team captain home Wednesday, two days after Del Rio questioned his team's chemistry.

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11/5/2008 3:25 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Cricket: Australia must beat India if they wish to hold on to the Border-Gavaskar Trophy

Dileep Premachandra: As India prepares to bid farewell to Sourav Ganguly, newcomer Murali Vijay may become his natural successor

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11/5/2008 3:35 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Premier League: No Joey Barton complaint from Gabriel Agbonlahor following racism allegations

The Aston Villa striker Gabriel Agbonlahor has opted not to lodge an official complaint over alleged remarks made by Newcastle midfielder Joey Barton during Monday night's match at St James' Park and the Football Association have announced that they will not be pursuing the matter.Reports this morning alleged that Barton made a racist comment during a confrontation involving the pair following a first-half foul. However, it is understood that Agbonlahor has told Villa's manager Martin O'Neill that he does not want to take the issue to FA disciplinary chiefs, meaning the matter is now effectively closed...

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11/5/2008 12:04 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Football: Aston Villa consider racism complaint against Joey Barton

Aston Villa are studying video evidence to determine whether Joey Barton may have racially abused Gabriel Agbonlahor

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11/5/2008 12:04 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Premier League: Ashley Young commits future to Villa

Ashley Young has signed a new contract at Aston Villa that will see him stay at the club until 2012

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11/5/2008 12:06 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Rugby union: Wales bank on value from newly minted Leigh Halfpenny

Leigh Halfpenny watched Wales clinch the grand slam last March in a bar called Edwards, a hefty punt away from the Millennium Stadium. On Saturday, the 19-year-old will follow in the footsteps of 59 players, including arguably the greatest produced by the country, Gareth Edwards, and win his first cap while a teenager.Halfpenny will line up for Wales against South Africa having played just seven matches for Cardiff Blues, the first at the end of last season. He will be marking Bryan Habana, probably the quickest player in the world, five months after helping the Wales Under-20 side to the semi-finals of the Junior World Championship with a stoppage-time try and conversion against France in his native Swansea...

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11/5/2008 12:06 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Rugby union: Jason White speaks out to regain place

Less than a month after being virtually written out of Scotland's plans for the autumn internationals, Jason White will make his first Test start for nine months at Murrayfield on Saturday against the All Blacks in the first match of the New Zealanders' grand slam tour.The former Scotland captain, who has had a miserable couple of seasons with injury, returns a blind-side flanker as Scotland opt for experience against a New Zealand team which makes 12 changes to the side that beat Australia in Hong Kong on Saturday...

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11/5/2008 12:07 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Football: The Knowledge - which clubs employ animals?

Plus: clubs using far too many keepers; the most-delayed suspensions ever (2) and the earliest example of match-fixing

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11/5/2008 2:31 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Football: If that had been given against us we would feel livid - Steven Gerrard

Steven Gerrard has admitted that he is unsure whether the penalty he was awarded against Atlético Madrid should have been given

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11/5/2008 10:00 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Redskins to honor Sean Taylor this month (AP)

Sean Taylor will be inducted into the Washington Redskins Ring of Fame this month, following the first anniversary of his death. Taylor will be honored during a pregame ceremony before the home game against the New York Giants on Nov. 30. He died at age 24 on Nov. 27, 2007, a day after he was shot by an intruder at his home in Miami.

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11/5/2008 10:30 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Premier League: Manchester City's Martin Petrov facing up to four months out due to knee surgery

Manchester City and Bulgaria midfielder Martin Petrov is expected to have knee surgery next week and be out of action for three to four months

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11/5/2008 12:21 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

W. Texas A&M's Leaf placed on leave (AP)

Former NFL quarterback Ryan Leaf was placed on administrative leave from West Texas A&M, where he is quarterbacks coach and men's golf coach for the Division II school. Athletics director Michael McBroom said Wednesday that he met with Leaf on Sunday to "go through some options, and we agreed that a leave is the best option." He said he could not comment on what prompted the decision and said he...

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11/5/2008 1:30 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Formula one: Lewis Hamilton pledges his future to McLaren

Lewis Hamilton has told 1,000 McLaren employees he is 'going nowhere' at today's team celebrations

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11/5/2008 2:12 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

TCU, Utah play BCS elimination game (AP)

Welcome to the BCS Buster playoffs. When No. 11 TCU visits No. 10 Utah on Thursday night, the winner is assured of staying alive for at least another week in the Bowl Championship Series sweepstakes. The loser can start making other postseason plans. "It's everything you want. It's what you coach for," TCU coach Gary Patterson said.

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11/5/2008 7:13 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Poll: Should gold medallist Mark Lewis-Francis have his funding cut?

Charles van Commenee, Britain's head athletics coach, says there is no room for sentiment in sport and some athletes such as the 2004 relay gold medallists have lost out. Is he right?

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11/5/2008 8:19 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

David Hopps on the career of India's Sourav Ganguly

For a retirement that will leave Indian cricket in a state of mourning, we will all have to wait a little longer until Sachin Tendulkar deems that he can give no more. But Tendulkar's greatness can be left for the purists to consider. For those of a more political bent, an altogether more intriguing finale takes place in Nagpur over the next five days when Sourav Ganguly brings a colourful Test career to a close.Tendulkar has been watched for his mastery; Ganguly for a career awash with controversy...

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11/5/2008 12:09 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Cycling: Dave Brailsford leads push for equality on the track at 2012 Games

Dave Brailsford wants an increase in the number of women's track cycling events at the 2012 Olympics

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11/5/2008 1:14 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Boxing: Joe Calzaghe to apply New York sheen on formidable career

As he contemplates retirement, liberated from the tyranny of the scales and the gym after 25 years as an amateur and professional, Joe Calzaghe pushes some chicken around his plate, studiously avoiding the limp lettuce alongside it. Joe's salad days are over. We are in a loud restaurant in Times Square, at the very hub of America. It is, he acknowledges, a long way from the leisure centres, town halls and ice rinks of south Wales, the Midlands and London's East End where the young fighter forged a remarkable career...

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11/5/2008 1:14 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Cricket: Andy Burnham frets over 'hollow' Stanford Super Series

Andy Burnham, the culture secretary, yesterday condemned last weekend's controversial Stanford Super Series as "hollow" for allowing commercial considerations to take precedence over sporting ones. The government minister, who has also recently called on football to "to reassess its relationship with money", said the inaugural $20m Twenty20 showdown between England and a Stanford Superstars West Indies team made him feel "uneasy". "I just think cricket fans want to watch games where national pride is at stake, not where money is at stake," Burnham told the FT Sport Industry Summit in London...

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11/5/2008 2:26 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Football: It worries me to see all the defensive mistakes we made, says Luiz Felipe Scolari

Chelsea departed Italy last night in a state of shock at the defensive fragility that has served to complicate their passage out of Group A, and with Deco denouncing the late sending-off which will cost him a place in the side against Bordeaux later this month as "crazy".The visitors had just clawed a goal back with around nine minutes remaining when the Portuguese playmaker, already booked for a first-half foul on Francesco Totti, was penalised by the referee, Luis Medina Cantalejo, for taking an attacking free-kick too quickly as Chelsea sought to halve their deficit...

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11/5/2008 10:43 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Tennis: Andy Murray to play Roger Federer in Master's Cup group stage

British No1 Andy Murray will play top seed Roger Federer in the group stage of the Master's Cup

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11/5/2008 1:01 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Maddux wins record 18th Gold Glove (AP)

Age is no issue for Greg Maddux when it comes to fielding his position. The 42-year-old pitcher won his record 18th Gold Glove on Wednesday while outfielder Shane Victorino of the World Series champion Philadelphia Phillies was among five first-time winners in the National League. Slick shortstop Jimmy Rollins joined Victorino from the Phillies, winning for the second consecutive season.

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11/4/2008 10:30 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Champions League: Roma 3-1 Chelsea

If Chelsea had travelled to Rome sensing progress to the knock-out phase was within grasp, then they returned home in the small hours of this morning beaten, bewildered and with this group breathing disconcertingly down their necks. Luiz Felipe Scolari's reign suffered its most resounding defeat to date here against a team that had apparently been broken by a dreadful run of defeats. Progress from this group suddenly appears more awkward. This was the heaviest loss the Londoners have endured since they were dismantled 3-0 by Middlesbrough in February 2006, the early dominance they had enjoyed last night quickly forgotten amid Roma's resurgence...

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11/4/2008 10:47 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Scottish Premier League: Kevin Thomson saves Rangers with last-gasp strike

Kevin Thomson scored a last-gasp equaliser to ensure Rangers avoided defeat against Dundee United

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11/5/2008 12:04 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Football: Arsène Wenger bridles at English game's painful realities

Arsène Wenger muttered darkly yesterday that as a 12-year veteran of English football, he knew "how it works". The familiarity of the script, however, has done little to dilute its capacity to depress him. Here is how it goes. The Arsenal manager takes his team away from home in the Premier League, normally to an inhospitable venue north of the Watford Gap, and hears one or two of the home players say words to the effect of "They don't like it physical". The opposition promptly rough Arsenal up, they record a famous result, the players repeat the accusation and Wenger, his insides churning with indignation and fury, blows his top...

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Digger: property slump puts Arsenal on awkward ground

Arsenal's property division intends to pay back £133.5m in loans within eight months but club directors insist that commitment will not affect January transfer budgets.The Gunners' title challenge has failed to materialise so far this year and they look in dire need of investment in the squad. Fans looking for succour in the club's accounts would be alarmed to discover an enormous liability. "Bank loans of £133.5m are categorised as creditors falling due within one year on the basis of their expected repayment profile," note the accounts to the end of May 2008...

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11/5/2008 8:50 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Champions League: Arsenal v Fenerbahçe — live minute-by-minute report!

Paul will be here from 7.30pm. In the meantime, why not browse match reports, blogs and more on last night's Champions League action and catch up on all the latest news from the Emirates.Champions LeagueArsenalFenerbahçeguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2008 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds

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11/5/2008 9:08 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Rugby league World Cup: Ireland and Scotland beat Samoa and Fiji

Ireland and Scotland each achieved the best result in their history with victories over Samoa and Fiji respectively

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11/5/2008 9:56 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Raiders close to waiving DeAngelo Hall (AP)

DeAngelo Hall's disappointing stint with the Oakland Raiders is apparently coming to an early finish. The Raiders are close to waiving Hall less than eight months after they traded for the former Pro Bowl cornerback and gave him a $70 million contract. Team executive John Herrera denied reports Hall had already been waived Wednesday morning, but said Hall's status would be resolved later in the...

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11/5/2008 10:54 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Jonathan Wilson on Dynamo Kyiv's revival under manager Yuri Semin

Jonathan Wilson: Yuri Semin may dress like a maverick seventies TV cop, but he has Dynamo Kyiv playing their best football in almost a decade

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11/5/2008 11:01 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Iverson waiting to be allowed to play (AP)

Detroit guard Allen Iverson was not available for Wednesday's game against Toronto because Chauncey Billups, one of three players traded to Denver in exchange for Iverson, has not completed his physical with the Nuggets. Rodney Stuckey started for the P