News Predator - Science News Archive 11/9/2008

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'Madagascar' roars to top of box office (AFP)

AFP - With its wise-cracking zoo animals, the animated comedy "Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa" galloped to the top of the North American weekend box office, preliminary industry figures showed Sunday.

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11/9/2008 4:46 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

8 Ways to Go Green and Save Hundreds (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - Everywhere you turn these days, you hear about eco-friendly ways to live. One thing you don't usually hear is how the "three Rs" not only save the planet but help save you money. Check out how much money you can save by implementing these eight actions.

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11/9/2008 6:18 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Incredible Deep-Sea Discoveries Announced (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - An astounding batch of new deep-sea discoveries, from strange shark behavior to gigantic bacteria, was announced today by an international group of 2,000 scientists from 82 nations.

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11/9/2008 6:18 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Stars in the sea: Ocean census finds new wonders (AP)

AP - A city of brittle stars off the coast of New Zealand, an Antarctic expressway where octopuses ride along in a flow of extra salty water and a carpet of tiny crustaceans on the Gulf of Mexico sea floor are among the wonders discovered by researchers compiling a massive census of marine life.

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11/9/2008 7:56 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Obama reviewing Bush orders on drilling, stem cells (AFP)

AFP - US president-elect Barack Obama is reviewing President George W. Bush's executive orders on oil drilling and stem cell research and could reverse them, his transition chief said Sunday.

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11/9/2008 9:08 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Paloma downgraded to tropical depression (Reuters)

Reuters - Paloma lost its punch as it stalled over Cuba on Sunday and was downgraded to a tropical depression after coming ashore as a powerful hurricane that battered the island still recovering from two earlier storms.

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11/9/2008 6:03 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Tropical Storm Paloma churns over Cuba (Reuters)

Reuters - Tropical Storm Paloma churned over Cuba on Sunday with rapidly weakening winds and a poorly defined center that prompted sharply conflicting assessments about the storm's status from forecasters in the United States and Cuba.

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11/9/2008 2:57 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Obama reviews Bush orders on stem cells, drilling (AP)

AP - President-elect Obama's transition chief said Sunday the incoming administration is looking to reverse President Bush's executive orders on stem cell research, oil and gas drilling and other matters.

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11/9/2008 9:46 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Obama could reverse Bush orders on drilling, stem cells (AFP)

AFP - Barack Obama is looking to reverse executive orders on oil drilling and stem cell research implemented by President George W. Bush, the president-elect's transition team said Sunday.

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11/9/2008 1:45 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Nanoparticles Taught to Swim (LiveScience.com)

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

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11/9/2008 12:37 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Forecasters: Paloma downgraded after Cuba landfall (AP)

AP - Forecasters say Hurricane Paloma has been downgraded from an "extremely dangerous" Category 4 storm to a Category 3 storm after making landfall in Cuba.

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Hurrican Paloma destroys hundreds of homes in Cuba (AP)

AP - Crashing waves and a powerful sea surge from Hurricane Paloma destroyed hundreds of homes along Cuba's southern coast, but the storm rapidly weakened into a tropical depression Sunday as it moved over the island.

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11/9/2008 8:08 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Obama to use executive orders for immediate impact (AP)

AP - President-elect Obama plans to use his executive powers to make an immediate impact when he takes office, perhaps reversing Bush administration policies on stem cell research and domestic drilling for oil and natural gas.

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11/9/2008 12:43 AM - Views: 0 Rating: -

New Fighter Jet: Controversial Future of the U.S. Fleet (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - The F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) is slated to become the backbone of the U.S. tactical aviation fleet. This ambitious program aims to replace the combined U.S. Defense Department arsenal of F-16 Fighting Falcons, F/A-18 Hornets, A-10 Thunderbolts, and the AV-8B Harrier combat aircraft with a single platform capable of being adapted to the divergent needs of the U.S. Air Force, the U.S. Navy, and the U.S. Marine Corps.

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Paloma weakens to tropical storm as it passes over Cuba (AFP)

AFP - More than half a million people were forced to leave their homes as a rapidly weakening storm Paloma passed over southeastern Cuba early Sunday, lashing the island with rain, gale-force winds and massive waves.

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What Color is the Number 7? (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - Researchers from Israel, England, and Spain collaborated on a project that demonstrated that people with average brains are capable of having synesthetic experiences, meaning that triggering one of the senses causes the involuntary use of another.

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11/8/2008 6:08 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

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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11/7/2008 3:13 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

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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11/7/2008 5:27 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

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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11/7/2008 12:44 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

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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11/7/2008 5:55 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

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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11/6/2008 11:16 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

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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11/7/2008 12:55 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

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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11/7/2008 5:42 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

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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11/7/2008 9:19 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

Dinosaur experts bust up prehistoric party theory (AP)

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

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11/6/2008 2:51 AM - Views: 5 Rating: -

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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11/6/2008 1:21 PM - Views: 5 Rating: -

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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11/6/2008 4:50 PM - Views: 5 Rating: -

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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11/6/2008 7:06 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

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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11/6/2008 7:00 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

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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11/6/2008 9:58 AM - Views: 0 Rating: -

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

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

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

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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11/9/2008 4:45 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Out There: Space Traffic Control System Needed (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - The orbital space around Earth has become a busy thoroughfare of satellites operated by several nations. The region is also littered with dead and dying satellites, plus bits of debris ranging from large and dangerous chunks to potentially deadly nuts and bolts and even hazardous chips of paint.

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11/9/2008 6:20 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

A look at Endeavour's 7 astronauts (AP)

AP - Space shuttle Endeavour's seven astronauts will spend Thanksgiving circling Earth, and one of them ? Sandra Magnus ? will stick around for Christmas and New Year's as well.

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11/9/2008 6:19 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Astronauts head for extreme home makeover in space (AP)

AP - The international space station is about to get all the comforts of a modern, high-end, "green" home: a fancy recycling water filter, a new fridge, extra bedrooms, workout equipment and the essential half-bath.

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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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11/7/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

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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11/7/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

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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11/7/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

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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11/6/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

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

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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11/3/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

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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11/3/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

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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10/31/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

NASA Awards Contract for Mission, Crew Operations Support

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

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

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

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

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

Private Firm Reveals Ambitious Moon Mission Plan (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - A private group planning to launch a moon rover to the famed Apollo 11 landing site in a bid to win a $20 million prize announced an ambitious plan Thursday to send five more spacecraft to explore the lunar poles.

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

Aspiring lunar entrepreneurs contract for help from NASA (AFP)

AFP - In a cosmic case of role reversal, aspiring lunar entrepreneurs based on the Isle of Man have hired NASA to build them a robotic rover to send to the moon.

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

Two US astronauts to cast votes from space (AFP)

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

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

Satellites helping aid workers in Honduras

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

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

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

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

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

NASA regains contact with Mars spacecraft (AP)

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

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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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10/30/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

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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11/8/2008 10:05 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

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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11/8/2008 10:33 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

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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11/9/2008 12:06 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Eddie Butler: Hard-nosed rugby men stick out among the proboscis monkeys

At every turn in November, we shall bump into the giants of rugby. But it's not just on the outsized scale in old Europe that rugby is on the move. On two tiny dots far away, Hong Kong and Little Hong Kong, the game in Asia is stirring. In the headquarters of HSBC in the first Hong Kong, a forum was held on the development of rugby in the world's largest continent, where nearly two-thirds of the human population live. John Kirwan, ex-All Black winger and now coach of Japan, gave an idea of the scale of things...

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11/9/2008 12:06 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Rugby League World Cup: Manu Vatuvei shines as sad England crumble again

England stupidly threw away a 24-8 lead over New Zealand in their second World Cup match

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11/9/2008 12:15 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Football: Fulham v Newcastle - as it happened

A controversial penalty from Danny Murphy took Fulham from 18th to 10th

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11/9/2008 3:26 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Football: Nicolas Anelka double against Blackburn puts Chelsea back on top of the Premier League

Two goals from Nicolas Anelka gave Chelsea a 2-0 win at Blackburn and lifted them above Liverpool

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11/9/2008 4:42 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Manning rallies Colts by Steelers 24-20 (AP)

Ben Roethlisberger is a Super Bowl-winning quarterback in his fifth season. That doesn't mean he still can't learn a valuable lesson from Peyton Manning: Sometimes, inaccuracy beats impatience. Manning took advantage of Roethlisberger's fourth quarter interception to find Dominic Rhodes out of the backfield on a 17-yard touchdown pass with 3:04 remaining for Indianapolis' only lead, and the Colts...

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11/9/2008 9:06 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Lakers improve to 5-0, rout Rockets (AP)

Shocking as it might sound, the Los Angeles Lakers broke out of a shooting slump Sunday night. Shocking because they haven't lost a game so far this season. Kobe Bryant scored 23 points, Pau Gasol added 20 points, 15 rebounds and three blocked shots, and the Lakers shot 65.8 percent in the second half in a 111-82 victory over the Houston Rockets.

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11/9/2008 12:06 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Sport: BBC Sports Personality of the Year's battle of the sexes

Vote Becky, by Anna KesselCome on the women,' says Rebecca Adlington, the double Olympic gold medallist from Mansfield. It is a rallying cry. In the 54 years the BBC have been running their Sports Personality of the Year award, there have been 13 female winners. Adlington is shocked that there have not been more. It is even more surprising when you consider that the number of female winners per decade has decreased. Only in this century has the trend begun to reverse with Paula Radcliffe winning the award in 2002 to end an 11-year drought for female winners...

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Observer Writers pick their sports personality candidates

Kevin Mitchell, Chief sports writer1 Chris Hoy 2 Bradley Wiggins 3 Lewis Hamilton 4 David Haye Hoy was incredible, a force of nature. Likewise Wiggins. Team-mates in a cycling co-op we have rarely seen at an event like the Olympic Games. Hamilton held his nerve all the way to the end. And David Haye was awesome in overwhelming Enzo Maccarinelli. If he rounds it off by beating Monte Barrett on Saturday, he is on his way to seriously worrying every heavyweight out there.Brian Oliver, Editor, Observer Sport1 Rebecca Adlington2 Lewis Hamilton3 Chris Hoy4 Louis SmithThe top three look after themselves...

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Sailing: Vendée Globe voyage begins

Seven Britons will compete in the Vendée Globe, labelled the toughest race in the world

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11/9/2008 6:17 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Boxing: Calzaghe recovers from knockdown to teach Jones Jr a lesson

Joe Calzaghe extended his 15-year unbeaten record to 46 fights in New York this morning, and the outcome was never seriously in doubt once he had opened a cut over the left eye of Roy Jones Jr in seventh round. By that time Calzaghe had already overcome the shock of a first-round knockdown to build a platform for a convincing victory.Calzaghe received the judges' unanimous decision, all three of them giving him every round from the second to the 12th. With the exception of that brief early setback, he had looked fresh and fast enough, even at 36, to put thoughts of retirement aside...

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11/9/2008 7:17 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Kevin Mitchell: Calzaghe's masterclass would be a fitting end to a stellar career

This was not the Roy Jones of old, just an old Roy Jones. But Joe Calzaghe, 36 years young, none the less brought what he had said beforehand would be the conclusion to his fighting life with a performance at an historic venue which might have been too good for the American even when he was in his pomp.In the warm glow of triumph, as even hard-to-please American critics were hailing him as maybe the best pound-for-pound in the world, he hinted he is reconsidering his decision to walk away from boxing after 15 glorious years...

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11/9/2008 11:25 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Vikings PR Gordon carted off field (AP)

Minnesota Vikings cornerback Charles Gordon was carted off the field in the second quarter against Green Bay after a gruesome ankle injury that occurred on a punt return. Gordon fielded the punt inside the Vikings 10, headed upfield and was immediately met by two Packers. As he planted his left leg to change direction, one of the Packers rolled up on the leg, and the ankle gave way.

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11/9/2008 11:45 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Tennis: Determined Djokovic eyes Shanghai renaissance after Del Potro victory

Serbia's Novak Djokovic notched up his maiden Tennis Masters Cup win against Juan Martin del Potro in Shanghai

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11/9/2008 12:12 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Spurs G Parker to miss 4 weeks (AP)

Tony Parker will be out about four weeks with a sprained left ankle, a critical blow to the San Antonio Spurs, who are off to their worst start in 12 years. An MRI taken Saturday confirmed the injury to the Spurs' star guard, who was hurt during a 99-83 loss to the Miami Heat on Friday -- two nights after scoring a career-high 55 points against the Minnesota Timberwolves.

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11/9/2008 12:18 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Rugby League: Australia ease to comfortable 46-6 win over Papua New Guinea

Debutant David Williams scores a hat-trick as Australia beat Papua New Guinea 46-6 in Rugby League World Cup

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11/9/2008 1:16 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Jaguars run past Culpepper, Lions 38-14 (AP)

The Jacksonville Jaguars got back to their winning formula of relying on their efficient quarterback and tandem of running backs. Maurice Jones-Drew ran for a career-high three touchdowns in the second quarter alone after Detroit took the lead and David Garrard threw two touchdown passes in the second half, leading the Jaguars to a 38-14 victory Sunday over the winless Lions.

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11/9/2008 1:23 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Brees' 3 INTs help Falcons beat Saints (AP)

When John Abraham wasn't bearing down on him, Drew Brees had to contend with all those pesky Atlanta defensive backs, constantly getting in the way of his throws. It was a miserable afternoon for the NFL's most prolific passer. While Atlanta rookie Matt Ryan turned in another solid performance, Brees threw a season-high three interceptions, the last of them returned 95 yards for a touchdown by...

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11/9/2008 1:36 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Peterson leads Vikings by Packers 28-27 (AP)

Adrian Peterson was fired up as always, so determined to beat Green Bay he stormed to the sideline at one point in the fourth quarter with a demeanor that could be described, politely, as angry. Success for Minnesota's star running back, though, came as usual through patience. Peterson rushed for 192 yards and reached across the goal line with 2:22 left to lift the Vikings to a 28-27 victory on...

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11/9/2008 2:26 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Golf: Wilson takes one-shot lead into final round of HSBC Champions tournament

Oliver Wilson has a first career title in his sights after taking a one-shot lead into the final round of HSBC Champions tournament in Shanghai

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11/9/2008 3:22 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Yankees' Pettitte files for free agency (AP)

Yankees left-hander Andy Pettitte filed for free agency Sunday after repeatedly saying he hopes to return to the club next year. Pettitte went 14-14 last season with a 4.54 ERA -- his highest ERA since 1999. General manager Brian Cashman said last week he wants Pettitte to return next season but the 36-year-old veteran said Friday night he hadn't heard from the team.

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11/9/2008 6:15 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Premier League: Familiar defensive errors return as Newcastle are undone by Fulham

A Danny Murphy penalty gave Fulham a 2-1 win over Newcastle

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11/9/2008 9:28 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Garcia wins HSBC Champions in playoff (AP)

Sergio Garcia won the rain-delayed HSBC Champions to take the No. 2 spot in the world rankings behind Tiger Woods, beating Oliver Wilson with a birdie on the second hole of a playoff Monday. The Spanish star made a 7-foot birdie putt on the par-5 18th -- the only hole used for the playoff at Sheshan Golf Club -- after the Englishman missed a 10-footer.

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11/9/2008 12:06 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Cricket: India captain Mahendra Dhoni strangles Australia

India's new Test captain, Mahendra Dhoni, has been the pin-up of the nation since his international debut almost four years ago. Dhoni the dasher, of the flowing black locks with the ability - and inclination - to belt the ball out of the ground, was the most treasured IPL cricketer of all when the players were auctioned earlier this year. Here was an irresistible, box-office cavalier for the 21st Century.But we are learning more now. For this series Dhoni has sported a neat, sensible haircut. More importantly we discover that he can be as dourly pragmatic and cunning as his predecessors...

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Rowing: Tideway Scullers pull out victories

The Tideway Scullers were the classiest outfit on show at the Head of River fours in Putney

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Boxing: The legends who paved the way for Barack Obama

Jimmy Glenn is funny, black and, at 78, as wise as my old granny's belief in the power of warm milk. Jimmy runs a bar on 44th St in Manhattan that is home to the fight game's alleged wise guys, and Jimmy is cool enough not to bother with contradicting the foolishness of some of the late-night nonsense pedalled there by self-appointed experts. As for what they think, you would be hard pressed to get an ounce of sense from their gallon of pretension. Last week was a particularly satisfying one for Jimmy...

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11/9/2008 6:08 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Giants lead Eagles 10-7 after 1 quarter (AP)

Eli Manning threw a 17-yard TD pass to Plaxico Burress and John Carney kicked a field goal to give the NFC East-leading New York Giants a 10-7 lead over the Philadelphia Eagles after one quarter on Sunday night. The defending Super Bowl champions have opened some daylight with a two-game lead in the division over the Eagles (5-3) and 1 1/2 games over the Redskins.

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11/9/2008 12:41 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Boxing: Joe Calzaghe v Roy Jones Jr - as it happened

Joe Calzaghe had to pick himself up from a first round knockdown to beat Roy Jones Jr on points in New York

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11/9/2008 7:01 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Boxing: Calzaghe remains tight-lipped on retirement

Joe Calzaghe refused to say whether or not his victory over Roy Jones Jr would be his last ring appearance

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11/9/2008 9:22 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Culpepper to start for Lions vs. Jaguars (AP)

Four days of practice was enough for the Detroit Lions, who started new quarterback Daunte Culpepper on Sunday. The three-time Pro Bowl selection hasn't played this season, but got the nod against Jacksonville. Culpepper signed a two-year contract, which he negotiated as his own agent, with the Lions on Tuesday and began practicing with the team the same day.

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11/9/2008 10:23 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Bears start QB Grossman against Titans (AP)

Kyle Orton was listed as the Chicago Bears' third quarterback Sunday against the unbeaten Tennessee Titans, who held out defensive end Kyle Vanden Bosch. A two-time Pro Bowl pick, Vanden Bosch has been bothered by a strained groin since Oct. 5, so Dave Ball started at right defensive end. Outside linebacker Keith Bulluck was available to play in his 106th straight game after cracking cartilage in...

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11/9/2008 11:47 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Cricket: Andrew Flintoff's century gets England's tour of India off to winning start

Andrew Flintoff scores an unbeaten 112 as England ease to 122-run victory in opening match of Indian tour

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11/9/2008 1:31 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Love wins season-ending PGA Tour event (AP)

Davis Love III hit into the rough and a bunker on the last two holes. Then he hit the jackpot. Love scrambled for pars on both holes and closed with an 8-under 64 to win his first tournament in more than two years, holding off a late challenge from Tommy Gainey for a one-shot victory Sunday in the Children's Miracle Network Classic at Disney World.

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11/9/2008 1:39 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Unbeaten Titans hold off Bears 21-14 (AP)

LenDale White and Chris Johnson were on their way to history -- the wrong kind, because they were running in reverse. Even though they kept losing yards, the Tennessee Titans refused to lose the game. Now, they're 9-0 despite one of the worst rushing performances in franchise history: just 20 yards on the ground.

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11/9/2008 5:18 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -