News Predator - Science News Archive 11/8/2008

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Hurricane Paloma pummels Caymans, churns toward Cuba (AFP)

AFP - Dangerous Hurricane Paloma lashed the Cayman Islands Saturday with winds near 230 kilometers (145 miles) an hour on a collision course course with Cuba, where half a million people were evacuating.

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OPEC president won't rule out another output cutback (AFP)

AFP - Current OPEC president Chakib Khelil refused Saturday to rule out another cut in the cartel's output if the price of crude oil remains below 70 dollars per barrel before an OPEC meeting in December.

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Party tussle ensnares Obama's global warming goals (AP)

AP - Democrats are fighting over control of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and the outcome could affect President-elect Obama's efforts to limit the heat-trapping gases blamed for global warming.

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Judge: animal activist harassed UCLA researchers (AP)

AP - An animal rights activist who as a child was the voice of "Lucy" in several "Peanuts" television specials has been convicted of contempt of court.

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Panel rejects idea of stopping LA elephant exhibit (AP)

AP - A City Council committee has rejected a move to stop work on a $40 million elephant enclosure at the Los Angeles Zoo.

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11/7/2008 5:30 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Hurricane Paloma forms in Caribbean, churns toward Cuba (AFP)

AFP - Tropical Storm Paloma strengthened rapidly into a hurricane Thursday as it churned northward across the Caribbean, picking up momentum as it headed for the Cayman Islands and storm-battered Cuba, meteorologists said.

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Storm Paloma strengthens into hurricane: US monitor (AFP)

AFP - Tropical Storm Paloma strengthened into a hurricane Thursday as it barreled northward across the Caribbean towards Cuba, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said.

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Large earthquake strikes off Indonesia: seismologists (AFP)

AFP - A 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck in waters off Indonesia's eastern Maluku Province early Saturday, seismologists said, but no tsunami warning was issued and there were no reports of damage.

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Was That a Real Hologram on CNN? (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - A live hologram-like presentation of reporter Jessica Yellin was used in election coverage on CNN. Yellin was in Chicago covering the Obama campaign, and CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer was back in the studio.

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11/7/2008 12:25 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Health Study Distorted by Media (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - As if older men didn't have enough to worry about between hair loss and high cholesterol, according to a recent report in the Archives of General Psychiatry, a journal of the American Medical Association, fathering a child late in life increases the chances of the offspring having bipolar disorder.

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11/7/2008 1:40 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

New Beauty Machine Makes Everyone Gorgeous (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - Researchers have created a "beauty machine" they say can turn a woman's photo into the likeness of a cover model with the push of a button.

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11/7/2008 3:35 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Hurricane Paloma powers up on path to Caymans, Cuba (AFP)

AFP - Hurricane Paloma gathered strength on Friday as it moved on a collision course with the Cayman islands and Cuba, with Havana still reeling from billion dollars in losses this storm season.

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Tropical Storm Paloma could strike Cuba as a hurricane: monitor (AFP)

AFP - Tropical Storm Paloma, which formed in the Caribbean sea early Thursday, is set to become a hurricane in the next 24 hours and is on course to strike Cuba, the Miami-based National Hurricane Center (NHC) said.

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Wintry conditions wreak havoc in northern Plains (AP)

AP - A wintry blast of punishing wind and more than 3 feet of snow in places pummeled the Northern Plains on Thursday, knocking out power to thousands and forcing highways to close. As much as 40 inches of snow fell in higher elevations of western South Dakota's Black Hills as the early season blizzard caused havoc. Drifts as deep as 6 feet covered roads in Spearfish.

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Power crews battle aftermath of Dakota blizzard (AP)

AP - Crews fought mud and water Friday as they tried to restore power after a fierce storm spread a wintry mix across the Dakotas, while authorities worked to remove snow-stranded vehicles that littered an interstate highway hours after their occupants were rescued.

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Bullies Enjoy Seeing Others Suffer (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - You may recall the glint of joy in that bully's eyes way back when. Yes, he probably enjoyed it.

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Steamy Magazines Make Men Feel as Bad As Women (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - Guys who check out the sexy female models in so-called lad magazines such as Maxim have more body-image problems than their pals, a new study finds.

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Dinosaur experts bust up prehistoric party theory (AP)

AP - So maybe there was no dinosaur dancing after all.

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Tropical Storm Paloma strengthening, turns north (AP)

AP - Forecasters say Tropical Storm Paloma is strengthening and turning to the north as it approaches the Cayman Islands and Cuba.

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Migraines Cut Breast Cancer Risk (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - In an odd twist of fate, women who suffer migraines are at significantly lower risk for breast cancer, a new study finds.

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Active 2008 Hurricane Season Winds Down (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - The curtain is starting to fall on a 2008 hurricane season, which was above-average as predicted, with some truly devastating storms. Barring huge surprises, however, this year was no match for the record-setting 2005 season's 28 storms.

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How Anesthesia Knocks You Out (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - During surgery, anesthesia immobilizes a person while putting them in a sleep-like state where there is no awareness and no pain.

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Ancient cave yields clues to Chinese history (AP)

AP - A stalagmite rising from the floor of a cave in China is providing clues to the end of several dynasties in Chinese history. Slowly built from the minerals in dripping water over 1,810 years, chemicals in the stone tell a tale of strong and weak cycles of the monsoon, the life-giving rains that water crops to feed millions of people.

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11/6/2008 5:12 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

New Spray-on Solar Cells Invented (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - An inch-long array of some of the tiniest solar cells ever built has been successfully tested as a power source for microscopic machines, a new study reports.

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Peeks at ailing Kim reveal black hole on North Korea (Reuters)

Reuters - North Korean leader Kim Jong-il's apparently serious illness has breathed new life into long-dormant plans from regional powers to prepare for when he loses his iron grip on power in the communist state.

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Dead People in 1700s Were the First Celebrities (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - The modern obsession with celebrity started in 18th-century Britain with obituaries of unusual people published in what served as the gossip sheets of the era, an English literature scholar says.

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Mystery 'Gunshot' Sounds Are Whale Threats (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - North Atlantic right whales sometimes make a loud gunshot-like noise for what have been mysterious reasons up until now.

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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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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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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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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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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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11/4/2008 10:52 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

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

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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11/7/2008 10:33 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

SpaceX Seeks Customers for DragonLab Spaceship (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - WASHINGTON - Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) held an invitation-only meeting at its Hawthorne, Calif.-based headquarters on Friday for potential customers of its new DragonLab, a free-flying version of the reusable Dragon capsule the company is building for International Space Station resupply missions.

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11/7/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Apollo 8 Crew Remembers Historic Mission Live On NASA TV

Almost 40 years after NASA executed the bold decision to send the first human flight of the gigantic Saturn V rocket to the moon, the crew of Apollo 8 will reunite.

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NASA Awards Contract For Space Flight Projects

NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland has awarded a contract to ZIN Technologies Inc., of Middleburg Heights, Ohio, for the definition, design, fabrication, assembly, integration, test and operation of a broad array of space flight projects.

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11/7/2008 12:31 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Doorstep Astronomy: The Autumn Dipper (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - High overhead around the 8 p.m. local standard time is a bright configuration of stars that people unfamiliar with the sky often mistake for the Big Dipper. Big it is, but – at least in an official sense – a dipper it is not.

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NASA Contract Integrates Mission Operations, Training Facilities

NASA has awarded a $667.3 million contract to Lockheed Martin Corp. of Gaithersburg, Md., to provide integrated support for the hardware, software, data and displays used to train for and execute human spaceflight missions.

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Hubble Announces A Major Extrasolar Planet Discovery

NASA will hold a Science Update to report on a significant discovery about planets orbiting other stars at 2:30 p.m. EST, Thursday, Nov. 13.

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11/6/2008 2:52 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Universal Declaration of Human Rights flies into space

ESA PR 43-2008. “All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a sprit of brotherhood”, states Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR).

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11/6/2008 4:47 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Russian Rocket Launches European Broadcast Satellite (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - PARIS - Satellite-fleet operator SES Astra expects to begin commercial service of its Astra 1M satellite in January at the company's prime orbital slot, 19.2 degrees east, following a successful Wednesday launch by an International Launch Services (ILS) Russian Proton-M rocket, Luxembourg-based SES announced.

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11/6/2008 11:40 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Space tech improves public transport in rural areas

Many rural areas face a lack of public transportation connections. Although the need of public transportation services is undeniable, allocating buses on scheduled routes and times is financially unjustifiable. The Canadian-Belgium ‘SatelBus’ project solves this by creating an efficient ‘bus on demand’ service.

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Digital Learning Network Hosts Worldwide Virtual Party for NASA

Schools all over the world will wish NASA a happy birthday as part of an all-day virtual birthday party through NASA's Digital Learning Network on Thursday, Nov. 13.

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11/6/2008 7:16 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Signs of Late Volcanism Seen on Moon (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - Volcanic activity on the far side of the moon may have lasted longer than previously thought, recent images from a Japanese lunar satellite suggest.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Rugby union: Ireland 55-0 Canada

Flanker Stephen Ferris was man of the match as Ireland racked up the points against Canada, running out 55-0 winners

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Rugby union: Italy 20-30 Australia

Quade Cooper's try on debut ten minutes from the end helped Australia to a narrow 20-30 win over Italy

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Premier League: Mineiro ready to play Mikel John Obi' role

Luiz Felipe Scolari may be ready to give summer signing Mineiro his first start for Chelsea

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Premier League: Rio Ferdinand's birthday treat

Diego Maradona created excitement at Manchester United's training ground when he turned up to visit Carlos Tevez

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Rugby League World Cup: England 24-36 New Zealand

England led by 16 points after a slick and purposeful opening, but crumbled horribly after half-time on a nightmare night for Paul Sykes

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McCoy's 5 TD passes help Texas rebound (AP)

Colt McCoy and Quan Cosby spent several late nights together in the Texas training room this week trying to heal their aching bodies. Together on the field Saturday, they helped the No. 5 Longhorns get over the red-and-black blues -- that last-second loss at Texas Tech that knocked them out of the No.

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Premier League: Wigan Athletic 0-0 Stoke City

Neither team came close to breaking the deadlock in a tedious game that produced only three attempts on goal

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Horse racing: it's fab for Magicalmysterytour

Willie Musson is unlikely to have many fond memories of a year in which his strike-rate has been 4% but the Newmarket trainer can close the season with a bang by winning the November Handicap. His Magicalmysterytour has brought the yard its only two successes since the end of July and is still on a winning mark.Despite having stormed home at Newbury on his previous start, Magicalmysterytour (3.10) was a 25-1 shock winner over this course and distance at the St Leger meeting, when Tastahil was well held in second...

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James Haskell: blunt, direct, honest - new management is setting positive tone

Today feels like a completely fresh start. No one knows exactly what lies ahead for England but those of us who never played under Martin Johnson's captaincy are already impressed. There are no grey areas, no blurred edges and he's got his finger right on the pulse. He remains a commanding figure physically and his new role seems to suit him down to the ground.The younger players can't help but respect him. He's been on the other side of the fence and has seen everything there is to see. The first time I met Martin a few years ago Joe Worsley teased me afterwards, saying I looked nervous, was burbling my words and resembled a rabbit caught in the headlights...

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Premier League: I will be proved right in the end, claims ArsèneWenger

Arsène Wenger yesterday put forward a passionate defence of his methods and beliefs, and insisted that the Premier League title will not be decided by the result of today's showdown with Manchester United at the Emirates Stadium.The Arsenal manager railed, not for the first time, against the knee-jerk culture of modern football and the imperative for results alone, while maintaining his conviction that the squad he has assembled will challenge for the domestic game's biggest prize this season...

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Premier League: Sir Alex Ferguson warns fans on Arsène Wenger jibes

Arsène Wenger found an unusual ally last night when his old adversary Sir Alex Ferguson offered him some much-needed support, not only resisting the temptation to turn up the heat on Arsenal's manager but lamenting the tendency of Manchester United supporters to taunt Wenger with songs depicting him as a paedophile."I think some of the chants that are being directed towards Arsène Wenger are ridiculous," said Ferguson. "The police should be doing more. They should be stepping in. But Manchester United and its supporters should also know very well the chants that have been levelled at us over the years - ie songs about Munich [air disaster] - and understand the sensitivity that is felt by members of this club...

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'Gunners need three new players'

Arsenal legend Frank McLintock believes there are a number of key areas that need addressing at his old club

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No. 12 Ohio St. rips Northwestern 45-10 (AP)

With Northwestern's defense coming at him on a third-and-16 and his receivers bottled up, Terrelle Pryor calmly stayed in the pocket, waiting, waiting and waiting for what seemed like minutes before finally letting fly for a 44-yard pass. If anyone wondered how the freshman would rebound from the gutwrenching loss to Penn State, that play on Ohio State's first possession was quite an answer.

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Brewers hire Randolph as bench coach (AP)

The Milwaukee Brewers hired former New York Mets manager Willie Randolph as bench coach on Saturday. "I'm excited, looking forward to this next challenge and getting to work," Randolph said in a conference call. "I love teaching and I'm passionate about being in the game." The 54-year-old Randolph was fired by the Mets on June 17.

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Late TD lifts Georgia by Kentucky 42-38 (AP)

Getting 282 pounds off the ground isn't easy. Georgia defensive lineman Demarcus Dobbs didn't have a choice. Stretching every last bit of his 6-foot-2 frame, Dobbs snared a screen pass by Kentucky quarterback Randall Cobb with his massive right hand and held on as he fell to the ground to preserve No.

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Premier League: Arsenal 2-1 Manchester United

Arsenal played angelic football and found some hope that they will receive their reward for it long before they get to heaven. Arsène Wenger's side must already feel soothed to be above Manchester United in the table, even if Sir Alex Ferguson's team has a game in hand. The greatest boon of all, however, came to onlookers across the world who were reminded that this sport, in its modern form, can cause excitement and awe in equal measure.Seldom has nostalgia for the football of bygone decades looked more deluded...

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Edwards wins, alive for Nationwide title (AP)

Carl Edwards improved his bid to win a championship this season, rolling to a dominating win Saturday at Phoenix International Raceway to stay in mathematical contention for the Nationwide Series title.

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Premier League: West Ham 1-3 Everton

A cracker of an atmosphere died a truly terrible death for the home faithful in five closing minutes that will have ruined many a weekend in this parish of east London. In that short time, West Ham moved from a first clean sheet of the campaign to the loss of three goals - two from Louis Saha plus Joleon Lescott's equaliser - and three invaluable points to surely apply pressure on new manager Gianfranco Zola who now has only one point from his past six outings.'I thought it was going to be one of those days,' said a relieved looking David Moyes...

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Florida rolls, gets Tide for SEC title (AP)

The Florida Gators spent a couple minutes with their fans in a mini-celebration Saturday night at Vanderbilt Stadium. The big party? It can wait. The Gators will get their shot at No. 1 Alabama in the Southeastern Conference championship on Dec. 6 in Atlanta. Tim Tebow threw for three touchdowns and ran for two more, and the No.

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James scores 41 again as Cavs beat Bulls (AP)

LeBron James saw defenders come at him from all angles and did what he normally does. He made them look invisible. James toyed with Chicago again, scoring 41 points for the second time in four days, and the Cleveland Cavaliers hung on to beat the Bulls 106-97 on Saturday night. This one came after a big performance in a 14-point win over Chicago at home Wednesday night.

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Rugby union: England 39-13 Pacific Islands

As a start it will do. Martin Johnson was never one given to wild swings of emotion, so there was not much danger of him dancing a gig on the turf he knows so well here, however wonderful the performance of his brand new England. As it was, he did not raise much more than a smirk. Or maybe he just had something stuck in his teeth. Everyone else seemed satisfied, though, and on the face of it with good reason. Five new caps were blooded, one from the bench. One of them scored a try and two others set tries up, with one of the latter winning the man-of-the-match award...

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Canucks' Luongo posts third straight SO (AP)

Roberto Luongo was quick to credit the Canucks defense for his previous last two shutouts. There was no doubt, however, who deserved the most praise for No. 3. Luongo made the most sensational of his 29 saves when Vancouver was clinging to a one-goal lead in the second period and backstopped the Canucks to a 2-0 victory over the Minnesota Wild on Saturday night for his third consecutive shutout.

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Nuggets win in Billups' return to Denver (AP)

The hometown kid had quite the homecoming -- with a little help from Carmelo Anthony. Chauncey Billups made a triumphant return to the Nuggets with 15 points, Anthony scored 28 and Denver beat the Dallas Mavericks 108-105 on Friday night. Billups also had three assists and three steals, including two down the stretch.

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FA Cup: Leeds United 1-1 Northampton Town

Leeds and Northampton will replay their first-round tie after the match at Elland Road finished in a draw

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Rugby union: Armitage takes his place on the biggest stage with the lead role in a gripping family saga

Twickenham is not sold out for today's international but Delon Armitage's family have been doing their best. England's new cap at full-back is one of six siblings and his fan club ranges from his seven-year-old sister, Juanita, his baby son, Cameron, and his stepfather, John, to a host of delighted relatives and well-wishers. "You name them, they're coming," reports his brother Steffon, having just found out that their grandmother's sister is coming up from Cardiff to join the party. "I wouldn't miss it for the world...

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Kevin McCarra: The May day when Arsenal's and Manchester United's paths diverged

The joy of victory is brief, but on a May afternoon in 2005 Arsène Wenger must have set a record for purging euphoria from his system. "I wouldn't be happy with that every week, but it was not deliberate," he said of Arsenal's shoot-out victory over Manchester United following a goalless FA Cup final. It was against all reason that Sir Alex Ferguson's side had failed to score.The day marked the close of a period of Arsenal's history, but Wenger may not have realised how hard it would be to open up a new phase of success...

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Premier League: Liverpool v West Brom - live!

Liverpool eased past a poor West Brom, Robbie Keane finally scoring his first league goal for the club

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Tennis: Roger Federer sees Tennis Masters Cup in Shanghai as chance for new beginning

Ahead of the Tennis Masters Cup in Shanghai, Roger Federer tells Steve Bierley that he wants his No1 spot back

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Britain withdraws former Thai prime minister's visa

Thaksin Shinawatra faces two years in jail in Thailand after being convicted of corruption

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Premier League: Samir Nasri scores twice as Arsenal beat Manchester United 2-1

Two goals by Samir Nasri helped Arsenal revive their title ambitions with a memorable 2-1 win against Manchester United

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Iowa's late FG deals Penn St. first loss (AP)

Penn State can't blame the BCS for this. The Nittany Lions perfect season and hopes for giving coach Joe Paterno another national title were dashed by Iowa's backup kicker. Daniel Murray, who hadn't made a field goal since the season opener, hit a 31-yarder with a second left and the Hawkeyes rallied to stun the third-ranked Nittany Lions 24-23.

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Sooners start fast, rout Texas A&M 66-28 (AP)

Sam Bradford threw touchdown passes to four different receivers, Chris Brown ran for three scores and No. 6 Oklahoma started fast again and routed Texas A&M 66-28 on Saturday. DeMarco Murray, Matt Clapp, Ryan Broyles and Juaquin Iglesias had TD catches and Bradford had a touchdown run for the Sooners (9-1, 5-1 Big 12), who set a single-game scoring record for an opponent at Kyle Field.

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No. 1 Alabama wins at No. 15 LSU in OT (AP)

Nick Saban lingered at LSU's end of the field, seeking out the players he once recruited to the Tigers. He wanted to give each of them a hug, pass along a few words about how much they still meant to him. Then it was time to head the other way. Saban's wearing crimson now. In a bittersweet return to the school he once coached, Saban kept his current team on course for a shot at the national...

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Championship: QPR 1-0 Cardiff

Substitute Gavin Mahon headed an 83rd-minute winner against nine-man Cardiff to give QPR their fourth consecutive home win and enrich a match that for a long while dwelled well below the poverty line.Caretaker manager Gareth Ainsworth's hopes of being entrusted with the job long-term had been dented in the last game, when Ipswich scored twice from set pieces at Portman Road to inflict Rangers' first defeat of his reign, and within 30 seconds of this match that failing resurfaced. Fortunately for Ainsworth, Cardiff centre-half Roger Johnson headed the ball over the bar after meeting it unchallenged from a corner...

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Rugby union: Wales 15-20 South Africa

It remains that Wales have beaten South Africa only once, in 1999 on the day the Millennium Stadium opened. But how close they came to making it twice. Five Welsh penalties against two converted tries and two penalties suggest that the Springboks played the rugby, but that was not the case. It was the home team who had a monopoly on adventure, with Lee Byrne outstanding with his angled runs from full-back and Andy Powell a revelation, not so much with his running, but the deftness of his debutant feet in tight situations...

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Horse racing: Head for Hills and place your faith in Tastahil

Barry Hills' most notable success this Flat turf campaign was with Zaahid in the Victoria Cup back in May but he may be poised to land another major handicap at the other end of the year with Tastahil (3.10) in today's November Handicap at Doncaster. Trouble in running accounts for the four-year-old's poor effort last time.Connections of Electrolyser are full of optimism but Ajaan may be the each-way bet as connections feel he has excuses for recent disappointments.On the day before Remembrance Sunday, no winner could be more fitting than Harry Patch (1...

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Boxing: when Joe was smokin' - five of the best

1 v Chris Eubank EngOct 11 1997, Sheffield Arena Knocked him down in the first round and won the approval of the judges by margins of 116-111, 118-110 and 118-109. The old champion, in his 22nd title defence, acknowledged his victor's class and retired two fights later 2 v Jeff Lacy USMar 4 2006, MEN Arena Some nights everything clicks and Calzaghe confounded the over-whelming favourite so completely that Lacy has been a shell of his once-fine self ever since. It was rightly hailed as the best pure boxing performance by a British fighter since the days of Howard Winstone3 v Sakio Bika CamOct 14 2006, MEN Arena Had to dig deep to see off the awkward, determined Cameroon-born fighter...