News Predator - Science News Archive 11/12/2008

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Lower heating costs predicted for this winter (AP)

AP - With oil prices plummeting, the government says people will get a break this winter on their heating bills. And next year's gasoline prices should average $2.37 a gallon.

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Doctors say marrow transplant may have cured AIDS (AP)

AP - An American man who suffered from AIDS appears to have been cured of the disease 20 months after receiving a targeted bone marrow transplant normally used to fight leukemia, his doctors said Wednesday.

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Raul Castro says Cuban storm losses near $10 billion (Reuters)

Reuters - Cuba has suffered almost $10 billion in damages from the three hurricanes that struck the island this year, President Raul Castro said in a report aired on Tuesday on state-run television.

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Same-sex marriage ban to hit California economy: mayor (Reuters)

Reuters - California's vote last week to ban same-sex marriage will hit the state's economy by making it harder for cutting-edge industries like biotechnology to recruit top talent, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom said on Wednesday.

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Brisk Walk Can Curb Chocolate Cravings (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - Assuming you'd want to avoid chocolate, a short, brisk walk could help curb your cocoa cravings, a new study suggests.

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11/12/2008 4:56 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Study: Lots of recoverable frozen gas in Alaska (AP)

AP - Government scientists believe Alaska's North slope has huge deposits of frozen natural gas that current technology could extract, according to an Interior Department report.

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Woolly Rhinoceros Discovery Is Oldest in Europe (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - A woolly rhinoceros was just 12 years old when it died in a pool of meltwater flowing off an inland glacier in Germany. That was 460,000 years ago. Now, scientists have pieced together the skull of this extinct mega-mammal and found it to be the oldest woolly rhinoceros in Europe.

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11/12/2008 9:08 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

The Obama Conspiracies: Truth Will Be Revealed (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - Hundreds of thousands of Americans believe - or at least claim to believe - that the next president of the United States is a Muslim, a terrorist, or both.

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11/12/2008 3:17 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Evolution in Action: Lizards Losing Limbs (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - Some slender Australian lizards called skinks have gone from being five-legged to legless (like most snakes) in just 3.6 million years, a new study finds. That's a blink of an eye in geologic time.

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Key 'switch' found for popular breast cancer drug (AP)

AP - Scientists have pinpointed the molecular on-off switch that the powerful drug tamoxifen uses to attack breast cancer and which prevents it from working in some women.

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11/12/2008 9:22 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

California starring in massive earthquake drill (AP)

AP - California will star Thursday in a mock earthquake disaster drill ? considered the largest in U.S. history ? with some 5 million people pledging to do everything from ducking for cover to rescuing faux victims.

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Young Musicians Get Smarter, Study Suggests (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - Children who study a musical instrument for at least three years outperform children with no instrumental training on non-musical tests of vocabulary and non-verbal reasoning.

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11/11/2008 9:32 PM - Views: 4 Rating: +1

Egypt unveils discovery of 4,300-year-old pyramid (AP)

AP - Archaeologists have discovered a new pyramid under the sands of Saqqara, an ancient burial site that has yielded a string of unearthed pyramids in recent years but remains largely unexplored.

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Icy Slush Chills Blood to Save Lives (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - A bio-compatible ice slurry created by scientists in the Nuclear Engineering Division at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory can be injected directly into the body. The ice slurry can be used to lower the temperature of an organ, reducing its need for oxygen, giving doctors extra time to diagnose and heal.

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11/11/2008 11:29 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

StatoilHydro says it will invest $3.4bln in US gas project (AFP)

AFP - Norwegian energy giant StatoilHydro intends to invest about 3.4 billion dollars (2.65 billion euros) in a shale gas project in the United States, it said in a statement on Tuesday.

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Indonesia launches new early warning tsunami system (Reuters)

Reuters - Indonesia launched a new hi-tech system Tuesday aimed at detecting a potential tsunami and providing faster alerts in a region battered by frequent earthquakes.

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11/11/2008 6:10 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Fast Food Loaded with Corn (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - When you eat a burger and fries from a fast food restaurant, you're ultimately chowing down on corn.

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11/10/2008 11:54 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Hawaii switching to digital TV early for the birds (AP)

AP - Hawaii will switch to digital TV faster than the rest of the country to make way for an endangered, volcano-dwelling bird.

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11/11/2008 2:07 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Obama team: No decisions on reversing Bush orders (Reuters)

Reuters - U.S. President-elect Barack Obama's team cautioned on Monday he had not yet decided whether to reverse executive orders on topics such as stem cell research and oil drilling imposed by President George W. Bush.

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11/11/2008 4:16 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Ice, snow make travel treacherous on Plains (AP)

AP - Wintry weather across much of the northern Plains caused fatal accidents in Minnesota and left a layer of ice and nearly a foot of snow in parts of Nebraska.

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Oil price dives under 55 dollars per barrel in London (AFP)

AFP - Oil prices sank under 55 dollars a barrel on Tuesday to strike a 21-month low as fresh recession jitters fanned fears about slowing global energy demand, traders said.

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Indonesia launches tsunami early warning system (AFP)

AFP - Indonesia launched a high-tech tsunami warning system Tuesday in a bid to prevent a repeat of tragedies like the 2004 Asian tsunami that killed around 170,000 people in the archipelago nation.

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11/11/2008 4:22 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Cold front could thwart Friday's shuttle launch (AP)

AP - An approaching cold front could thwart NASA's plans to launch space shuttle Endeavour on Friday on a flight to the international space station.

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11/10/2008 10:02 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

NASA can't reach Mars lander, ends mission (Reuters)

Reuters - NASA scientists said on Monday they could no longer communicate with the Phoenix Mars Lander and were calling an effective end to its five-month-plus mission on the Red Planet.

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What is the Origin of Veterans Day? (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - Veterans day can be traced back to the end of World War I.

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Chinese menus, medicine threatening wildlife (Reuters)

Reuters - Wild animals are climbing back onto Chinese plates after the deadly SARS virus made some diners wary, and booming demand for traditional medicine is also threatening some plants, environmentalists said on Wednesday.

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11/11/2008 4:35 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

Origin of Bad Hair Discovered (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - Having a bad hair day? You're excused. After all, hair has its origins in stuff that used to make just claws. Research now suggests that hair of all kinds extends much further back into evolutionary time, with birds and reptiles having genes for hair proteins.

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World Needs a Backup Plan (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - World leaders need an emergency backup plan to stave off catastrophic climate change if cuts in greenhouse gas emissions don't work, says climate scientist Ken Caldeira of the Carnegie Institution in Washington, D.C.

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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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Sea census leads to discoveries of marine 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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11/10/2008 1:25 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Bigger Hockey Players Causing More Concussions (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - One painful lesson every National Hockey League rookie learns is to keep your head up when skating through the neutral zone. If you don't, you will not see the 4,700 joules of kinetic energy skating at you with bad intentions.

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11/10/2008 5:12 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Two New 'Flying Lemur' Species Identified (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - They aren't monkeys and they don't really fly, but the story of flying lemurs just got twice as interesting. Genetic material has revealed that one species of the acrobatic primate is really three.

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Helicopters Collect Whale Snot from Blowholes (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - Tiny, remote-controlled helicopters hovering above the blowholes of whales have collected snot samples that could help scientists learn which bacteria lurk in seemingly healthy cetaceans in the wild.

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Stem-cell firms surge as Obama fuels funding hopes (Reuters)

Reuters - Shares of companies developing therapies based on stem cells surged on Monday, after confirmation over the weekend that U.S. president-elect Barack Obama plans to reverse an existing executive order against federal funding of embryonic stem-cell research.

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11/10/2008 4:07 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Obama makes triumphant White House visit (AFP)

AFP - Barack Obama and President George W. Bush held their first meeting at the White House on Monday, a cherished US political ritual ahead of the president-elect's historic January 20 swearing-in.

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11/10/2008 4:17 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

How Great Leaders Evolved (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - Humans are creatures who need leaders.      Like most primates, that is lemurs, monkeys and apes, humans live in social groups, and these groups are essential for our survival.      We don't just stand around in a herd, pushing and shoving each other to get into the middle and away from preying lions. Instead, for us, a social group is all about connecting with other primates. ...

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Emirates first half profits nosedive (AFP)

AFP - Dubai's Emirates airline said on Monday its net profit for the first half of the financial year dropped a dramatic 88 percent to 77 million dollars because of high oil prices.

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11/10/2008 9:35 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

NASA says can't reach Mars lander, ends mission (Reuters)

Reuters - NASA scientists said on Monday that they could no longer communicate with the Phoenix Mars Lander and were calling an effective end to its five-month-plus mission on the Red Planet.

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How Plants Become Annuals vs. Perennials (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - Scientists with the Flanders Institute for Biotechnology in Gent, Belgium, have determined what makes plants either "annual," meaning they live one growing season and die, or "perennial," meaning they regrow every spring.

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Big Bird Brains Force Evolution (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - Having a big brain can open all kinds of doors, even evolutionary ones, it seems.

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World oil prices more than two dollars higher (AFP)

AFP - World oil prices were higher in Asian trade Monday after OPEC refused to rule out further output cuts and China announced a massive stimulus package aimed at boosting domestic spending, dealers said.

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Producer prices plunge at record rate in October (AFP)

AFP - The cost of goods leaving British factories fell at a record rate in October from the previous month, as oil prices dived on global recession concerns, official data showed Monday.

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11/10/2008 2:55 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

The Carbon Footprint of Wine (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - NEW YORK - While sipping a glass of wine one evening, wine enthusiast Tyler Colman began to think about the impact that particular wine, which happened to come from South America in a particularly heavy glass bottle, had on the environment.

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11/10/2008 4:17 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Paloma dissipating after ravaging central Cuba (AP)

AP - Thousands of Cubans returned to homes demolished by Hurricane Paloma even as the once-powerful storm dissipated off the coast on Monday.

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11/10/2008 9:37 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

NASA: Phoenix Mars mission has ended (AP)

AP - NASA says the Phoenix Mars mission has ended.

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Stem cell supporters await their Obama moment (Reuters)

Reuters - Stem cell advocates and researchers are eagerly awaiting the moment next year when president-elect Barack Obama rescinds a directive that limits federal funding of human embryonic stem-cell research.

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Heartbeats may power future pacemakers (Reuters)

Reuters - Pacemakers and defibrillators of the future may generate an extra power boost from a surprising energy source: The heart itself.

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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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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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11/12/2008 10:00 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Endeavour shuttle ready for Friday launch: NASA (AFP)

AFP - All conditions including the weather are favorable for Friday's launch of the space shuttle Endeavour and its seven astronauts on a "home improvement" mission to the International Space Station, NASA said Wednesday.

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NASA'S Carbon-Sniffing Satellite Sleuth Arrives at Launch Site

NASA's first spacecraft dedicated to studying carbon dioxide, the leading human-produced greenhouse gas driving changes in Earth's climate, has arrived at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., to begin final launch preparations.

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11/12/2008 4:14 AM - Views: 5 Rating: -

Shuttle crew to outfit living quarters on space station (AFP)

AFP - The space shuttle Endeavour is set to lift off on Friday with seven astronauts who plan to make repairs to the International Space Station and expand its living quarters for bigger crews.

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11/12/2008 8:17 PM - Views: 5 Rating: -

Mars Rover Spirit Has 'Serious' Problem (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - On Monday, NASA declared the Phoenix Lander sitting in Mars' arctic plains as a rest-in-peace goner. Dust storm activity and the seasonal decline in sunshine at the robot's landing site meant that the craft's solar arrays couldn't churn up enough energizing power â?? an expected outcome after five months of exploration.

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11/12/2008 5:43 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

NASA clears shuttle Endeavour for Friday launch (AP)

AP - NASA cleared space shuttle Endeavour for a Friday night launch to the international space station, but the weather outlook was not too promising.

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11/12/2008 2:21 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

NASA rover low on power from Martian dust storm (AP)

AP - NASA's Spirit rover, which is nearing its fifth year on Mars, is struggling to survive after a dust storm sapped its power, mission scientists said Tuesday.

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NASA begins countdown for space shuttle launch (Reuters)

Reuters - CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) -- Countdown clocks at the Kennedy Space Center began ticking down on Tuesday toward Friday's launch of space shuttle Endeavour on a mission to outfit the International Space Station for an expanded live-aboard crew.

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11/12/2008 6:01 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Space Shuttle Endeavour Go for Friday Launch (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The shuttle Endeavour and seven NASA astronauts are cleared for their planned Friday night launch toward the International Space Station, mission managers said Tuesday.

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NASA Announces Exploration Systems Mission Directorate Leadership Changes

NASA Associate Administrator for Exploration Systems Rick Gilbrech announced Wednesday that he will be leaving the agency for a position in the private sector.

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NASA TV to Air Clean Feed of Endeavour's STS-126 Countdown

NASA Television will provide a continuous clean video feed on its Media Channel of space shuttle Endeavour in the hours before its 7:55 p.m. EST liftoff on Nov. 14.

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11/12/2008 7:48 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

NASA clears shuttle for space station visit (Reuters)

Reuters - NASA managers on Wednesday cleared the space shuttle Endeavour and seven astronauts for launch on Friday on a mission to make the International Space Station a bit more like home.

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11/12/2008 12:17 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Space Shuttle Gears up for Home Improvement in Orbit (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - When NASA's shuttle Endeavour launches toward the International Space Station this Friday, it will be hauling the mother lode of new gear for some orbital renovations.

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11/11/2008 5:49 AM - Views: 5 Rating: -

Astronaut set to become Japan's first mom in space (Reuters)

Reuters - A Japanese astronaut and mother of one has been picked as a crew member of the space shuttle Atlantis, Japan's space agency said Tuesday, making her the country's first mom to go into space.

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11/10/2008 10:49 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Phoenix probe mission on Mars ends: NASA (AFP)

AFP - NASA scientists have said the Phoenix Mars lander has gone silent because of a lack of sunlight needed to power its batteries, after a five-month mission that produced a mother lode of scientific data from the red planet.

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11/11/2008 9:30 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

ESA’s ‘treasure trove’ on YouTube

ESA is launching its own YouTube site in a new initiative to communicate even more widely with the general public by using the latest social media channels.

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11/11/2008 12:45 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

NASA Surprised by Unexpected Meteor Outburst (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - When NASA meteor expert Bill Cooke arrived at the Marshall Space Flight Center and checked his email Sept. 9, 2008, he was very surprised to learn that he'd slept through a dramatic event.

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11/11/2008 4:08 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Reaching for the moon? Just look at your wrist (Reuters)

Reuters - Forget diamonds -- one Swiss watchmaker is betting on watches made from moon dust, parts of the Apollo 11 space shuttle and bits of spacesuits to capture consumer cash as an economic slow down bites.

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11/11/2008 5:05 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

NASA Watches Weather for Friday Shuttle Launch (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - NASA is keeping an eye on the weather as it prepares the shuttle Endeavour for a Friday night launch toward the International Space Station.

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11/10/2008 11:53 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

NASA says Phoenix Mars mission has ended (AP)

AP - NASA on Monday declared an end to the Phoenix mission, some five months after the spacecraft became the first to land in Mars' arctic plains and taste water on another planet. Mission engineers have not heard from the Phoenix lander in over a week. It fell silent shortly after a raging dust storm blocked sunlight from reaching its solar panels.

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11/11/2008 12:26 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

GENSO - Call for Proposals for new students or teams

The ESA Education Office is currently looking for student teams to fill the following vacancies in the Global Educational Network for Satellite Operations project.

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11/11/2008 12:58 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

NASA loses contact with Mars lander, ends mission (Reuters)

Reuters - The Phoenix Mars Lander, which made history by finding definitive proof of water on the Red Planet, has lost contact with Earth, effectively ending its more than five-month mission, NASA said on Monday.

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NASA Hosts Seminar on Earth's Role in our Carbon Dioxide Future

NASA will host a seminar at 11 a.m. EST, Friday, Nov. 14, to discuss the current state of knowledge about how the "breathing" Earth influences current and future levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

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NASA Teleconference Today about Status of Phoenix Mars Lander

NASA will hold a media teleconference at 4 p.m. EST today, Monday, Nov. 10, to discuss the status of the Phoenix Mars Lander. Phoenix has been operating on the Red Planet for more than five months.

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11/10/2008 9:08 AM - Views: 5 Rating: -

Texas clout takes a hit as Democrats take control (AP)

AP - Had voters re-elected Rep. Nick Lampson to Congress, he would have taken the helm of a House subcommittee that oversees NASA projects and guides its budget.

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11/10/2008 12:21 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Chandrayaan-1 now in lunar orbit

Chandrayaan-1, the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) lunar orbiter, was captured into orbit around the Moon on 8 November. One day later, the spacecraft performed a manoeuvre that lowered the closest point of its orbit down to 200 km from the Moon.

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11/10/2008 8:32 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Step closer to crew selection for simulated Mars mission

The crew selection for a simulated Mars mission moved a step closer to completion recently with ESA's last eight candidates being put through extensive medical screening in Moscow. Two of the European candidates will be chosen to join four Russian crew members on a 105-day study due to start in March next year.

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11/10/2008 5:46 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

On Heels of Campaign Promises, Obama Faces Big NASA Decisions (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - WASHINGTON - As U.S. President-elect Barack Obama prepares to take office in January, he does so having offered more specifics about his plans for NASA than any U.S. presidential candidate in history.

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Mars Phoenix Lander Finishes Successful Work on Red Planet

NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has ceased communications after operating for more than five months.

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NASA To Test Motor For Orion Crew Capsule's Launch Abort System

NASA and ATK will conduct the first full-scale test fire of the motor for a new launch abort system.

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11/10/2008 6:49 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Europe space chief seeks 9 bln euros, Mars rover delayed again (AFP)

AFP - European space boss Jean-Jacques Dordain said on Monday he would seek "at least" nine billion euros (11.52 billion dollars) from ministers next month to fund new and existing projects in the coming years.

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NASA Announces Space Shuttle Prelaunch and Mission Web Coverage

A prelaunch webcast, live blogs, podcasts, pictures and videos will highlight NASA's Web coverage of space shuttle Endeavour's STS-126 mission to the International Space Station.

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11/10/2008 12:48 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Satellite Images Help Aid Groups Track Atrocities (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - WASHINGTON - Amnesty International and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) are collaborating on Eyes on Darfur (eyesondarfur.org), a Web site that shows before and after satellite images of areas the Washington-based human rights organization believes are, or could be at risk of, being under siege.

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11/10/2008 2:40 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Romanian NASA hacker gets suspended sentence (AP)

AP - A Romanian computer programmer who hacked into computers used by the U.S. Navy, the Department of Energy and NASA has been convicted on Romanian charges and ordered to pay thousands in damages.

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11/10/2008 8:32 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Vigorous New Space Exploration Plan to be Proposed (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - Look for the Planetary Society to hold a National Press Club briefing in Washington, D.C. on Nov. 13, outlining "a vigorous new space exploration plan" – one designed "to achieve more, cost less, and engage the world."

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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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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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11/12/2008 10:55 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Carling Cup: Didier Drogba throws coin as Burnley beat Chelsea in penalty shoot-out

Burnley put Chelsea out of the Carling Cup 5-4 on penalties after Ade Akinbiyi's equaliser took the game to extra-time

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

Ainslie is yachtsman of the year for a third time

The IOC president, Jacques Rogge, has compared Ben Ainslie's Olympic feat to that of Michael Phelps and Usain Bolt

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11/12/2008 10:17 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Rockets win game marked by skirmish (AP)

Tracy McGrady shot out of slump and Shaquille O'Neal shoved his way up the NBA career scoring list. And there was a fracas in the waning seconds of the third quarter that resulted in two ejections and seven technical fouls. One-sided victories seldom have as many story lines as the Houston Rockets' 94-82 rough-and-tumble win over the Phoenix Suns on Wednesday night.

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11/12/2008 10:27 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Carling Cup: Sunderland 1-2 Blackburn

It is doubtful if Roque Santa Cruz will still be a Blackburn Rovers player by the time the Carling Cup final comes round in March but the Paraguay striker certainly helped propel Paul Ince's side into the quarter-finals last night.Within two minutes of stepping off the bench Santa Cruz headed Rovers into a rather unlikely lead before transforming them into a suddenly menacing ensemble. That piece of technical-area inspiration on Ince's part consigned his former Manchester United team-mate and good friend Roy Keane to a fourth straight defeat on an evening when Sunderland were undermined by an amalgam of their own failings and Chris Samba's defensive excellence...

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11/12/2008 10:36 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Carling Cup: Motherwell 0-0 Rangers

Barry Ferguson returned from injury but Rangers lost ground to Celtic as they drew 0-0 with Motherwell at Fir Park

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11/12/2008 10:19 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Pavlyuchenko double sinks ragged Liverpool

Harry Redknapp had feared a backlash from Liverpool last night. Instead, he was treated to a rout. Tottenham Hotspur maintain their grip on this trophy and progress to the quarter-finals after a rumbustious and thrillingly entertaining victory here delivered in a style that sums up Redknapp's reign to date. Spurs, shaky at the back but glorious going forward, remain a club who can do no wrong under new management. They have now scored 18 times in his six matches in charge, five of which have been won...

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11/12/2008 10:34 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

Sheridan spurs Celtic

Celtic earned a ninth Scottish Premier League win in a row as they beat Kilmarnock 3-0 at Parkhead

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11/11/2008 10:19 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Carling Cup: Manchester United 1-0 QPR

On a night when most of Sir Alex Ferguson's A-list footballers were watching from the stands, Carlos Tevez could be forgiven if he had mixed feelings about turning out in the Carling Cup, against strange opposition, in a typically Mancunian downpour, but the Argentinian can at least reflect on a decisive contribution, with the goal that sent Manchester United into the quarter-finals.It came from the penalty spot, 14 minutes from the end of an otherwise soporific match in which Queens Park Rangers seemed so intent on keeping out their opponents they seemed to forget that opposition teams are allowed to attack United, too...

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11/12/2008 12:02 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Keane and Ince bound together by more than shared battles in United's midfield

The Blackburn manager talks to Andy Hunter about his friendship with Roy Keane ahead of tonight's Carling Cup clash

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

Premier League: I will struggle to sell Everton, admits Keith Harris

Keith Harris, the merchant banker who has orchestrated the takeovers of five Premier League clubs, said yesterday that he is making "no progress at all" with finding a buyer for Everton, because the club are not an attractive enough financial investment. The Everton chairman, Bill Kenwright, has instructed Harris to find new investors after admitting that the club cannot keep borrowing and with a planned new stadium at Kirkby yet to be financed.Harris explained that buyers of a club would expect to make money because its value should increase by 5% to 10% every year, without them having to spend cash investing in facilities or funding transfers "unless they choose to"...

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11/12/2008 8:28 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Big East names Marinatto commissioner (AP)

The new commissioner of the Big East Conference wants to solidify the league's future bowl berths and discounts the possibility the league would split its membership or add another football program. John Marinatto, the conference's senior associate commissioner, was unanimously promoted to the top job Wednesday by the league's presidents and chancellors.

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11/12/2008 9:56 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Wednesday's football transfer rumours: Xavi to Manchester United?

Andrei Arshavin to Real Madrid | Jimmy Bullard to Spurs | Elano to anywhere

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

Football: Fabio Capello appointed to England's 2018 World Cup bid team

The FA has announced the addition of Fabio Capello as one of six new vice-presidents to England's 2018 bid

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11/12/2008 11:35 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Sources: DEI, Ganassi to combine teams (AP)

Teresa Earnhardt and Chip Ganassi will combine their slumping race teams next season, an effort to stabilize their organizations in a tough economic time, The Associated Press has learned.

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11/12/2008 11:51 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Tennis: Andy Murray sees off Gilles Simon in Masters Cup in Shanghai

Andy Murray has reached the semi-finals of the Masters Cup, after beating Gilles Simon of France

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11/12/2008 12:05 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Talking Horses: the best bets for today's race meetings

Today's top jumps action is at Kempton, but the best bet runs at Bangor where Grizebeck (3.10) can make a winning debut for the in-form Nicky Richards stable. Bought for 75,000gns out of Roger Fisher's yard, Grizebeck finished fifth on his only start over hurdles at Catterick last season and on that evidence has ground to make up on the runner-up, Fortunate Isle. But whereas the latter seems to have deteriorated, both over hurdles and on the Flat, Grizebeck has gone from strength to strength with four wins from his last five Flat races...

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11/12/2008 1:06 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Video: Kevin Pietersen unconcerned by heavy defeat to Mumbai CA XI

On the back of a 124-run thrashing in Mumbai, England captain Kevin Pietersen says his team have been taught 'a few quick lessons' but insists only the internationals count

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11/12/2008 2:39 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Video: rugby union: England v Australia: 'It doesn't get more fierce than that'

Coach Martin Johnson, hooker Lee Mears and No8 Nick Easter look ahead to Saturday's game against the Wallabies

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11/12/2008 3:18 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Penny Woods: Women's rugby looking to sidestep the doubters

Penny Woods talks to some of the women looking to boost the game's profile in England ahead of the 2010 World Cup

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11/12/2008 5:41 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Football: Barack Obama's election threatens to derail England's bid to host the 2018 World Cup

A 'high-placed' Fifa official has claimed Barack Obama's election could make the United States favourites to host the 2018 World Cup

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11/12/2008 5:44 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Who should win week two of Big Blogger 2008?

Week two of our writing competition: choose A, B or C

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11/11/2008 10:22 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Carling Cup: Arsenal 3-0 Wigan Athletic

On a flawless night for Arsenal it was only their stadium disc jockey who fluffed his lines. He was so desperate to unleash Teenage Kicks at full-time that he pressed play fractionally too early. The crowd, however, had already got theirs from a group of players who were not even twinkles in their fathers' eyes when the Undertones released their hit single.The feel-good factor at the club is not confined to the first team. Arsène Wenger had rung the changes from the side that restored morale in the Premier League against Manchester United on Saturday and he watched his second string produce a performance full of sumptuous class...

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11/11/2008 10:34 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Carling Cup round-up: Delight for Derby

Two goals inside the first 18 minutes helped Derby County defeat Leeds United 2-1 at Pride Park. All the goals came in the first half with the hosts taking the lead on six minutes thanks to Emanuel Villa's left-footed shot. Paul Jewell's side then made it 2-0 when Nathan Ellington scored his sixth goal of the season. 'After 18 minutes it was one-way traffic and I was wondering how many goals we were going to score,' said Jewell. 'But then they absolutely dominated possession ... they battered us for 70 minutes...

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

Big debate: Is the Australian cricket team being written off too soon?

Debate: Dominic Cork and Aakash Chopra argue the toss on whether the Australians can still dominate international cricket

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

Snooker: Ryan Day's time up as Matthew Stevens moves on in Bahrain

Matthew Stevens, one of the circuit's forgotten men, eliminated Ryan Day, runner-up in last month's Grand Prix in Glasgow and third in the provisional world rankings, 5-4 to reach the quarter-finals of the Bahrain Open.Stevens, twice runner-up at the Crucible but down to 33rd in the provisional rankings, led 3-1, then 4-2 after Day had failed to pot the last red which would have guaranteed him 3-3, barring two snookers. At 4-3 Stevens led 46-0 but Day won it on the black with an unorthodox corner pocket double...

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11/12/2008 12:02 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Premier League: Tony Adams fears for job as Pompey step up buyer search

Tony Adams admitted he has concerns over his managerial security at Portsmouth, saying that "time is a fear", as takeover talk continued to link the club to South African businessmen. A key figure in the potential sale has emerged as Greg James, the chief executive of Central Rand Gold, the South African gold mining company, although he has moved to state that he would not be a direct part of any takeover group. "I can categorically say that Greg James is not buying Portsmouth FC and nor is he fronting a South African consortium that is seeking to do so," said Bobby Morse, his spokesman...

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

Maddon, Piniella named managers of year (AP)

Joe Maddon took Tampa Bay from last place to first, a few years after Lou Piniella tried to turn that trick himself. But it didn't take Piniella long to find success elsewhere, and both managers were big winners Wednesday. Maddon easily won the American League Manager of the Year award for guiding the Rays from baseball's basement to the World Series.

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11/12/2008 12:33 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Football: Scottish Football Association remain wary of GB Olympic team

Plans for a British Olympic football team remain unsupported by the Scottish Football Association, despite pledges from Fifa that such a side would not threaten the home nations' independence.Government minister Jim Murphy today received "reassurances" from Fifa that the participation of a joint UK team at London's 2012 Games would not threaten Scotland's footballing independence. A British team has the backing of prime minister Gordon Brown and Tory leader David Cameron, but the SFA maintains such a precedent could be damaging, because Fifa's members are not bound by any statement from the governing body's executive...

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11/12/2008 5:50 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Poll: Will Martina Navratilova win I’m a Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here?

The multiple grand slam winner and respected tennis pundit has put her reputation on the line by taking part in the reality TV show. But can she beat the likes of Esther Rantzen to the title?

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11/12/2008 9:56 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Avs end Luongo's run, beat Canucks in SO (AP)

Every win is big for Peter Budaj and the struggling Colorado Avalanche. But a comeback victory against counterpart Roberto Luongo and the Vancouver Canucks was extra special. Paul Stastny tied it on an early third-period power play that also ended Luongo's three-game shutout streak, and Wojtek Wolski and Marek Svatos scored in the shootout, lifting Colorado to a 2-1 win over Vancouver on Wednesday...

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11/11/2008 10:18 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Carling Cup: Stoke City 2-0 Rotherham

A competition that could hardly have ranked lower on Stoke City's list of priorities at the start of the season can no longer be dismissed so easily. Premier League survival remains the number one objective for Tony Pulis but the Stoke manager might have to take the League Cup a touch more seriously in the next round after a brave Rotherham United side were overcome to secure a place in the quarter-finals for the first time in 30 years.Having once again used this stage to field fringe players, Pulis was able to enjoy a comfortable evening's work ahead of Saturday's trip to Old Trafford as Stoke dominated their League Two opponents on a night when Glenn Whelan and Danny Pugh supplied the goals...

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11/12/2008 12:02 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Championship: Barnsley bring in Old Trafford lawyer for advice on horror challenge

Manchester United's top lawyer, Maurice Watkins, has been brought in by Barnsley to look at the possibility of taking legal action against Sheffield United's defender Chris Morgan for the elbow on Iain Hume that has left him in hospital with a fractured skull.Watkins was approached by Barnsley's owner, Patrick Cryne, to act on the club's behalf over an incident that, in the words of the Barnsley manager, Simon Davey, could have left Hume in "the mortuary". The striker needed an emergency operation and could miss the rest of the season even though Barnsley reported an improvement in his condition last night...

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11/12/2008 12:02 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Football: Fernando Torres focused on winning the league - not on a move south

The Liverpool striker has reaffirmed his commitment to the club ahead of their Carling Cup tie against Tottenham Hotspur

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11/12/2008 12:02 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Football: Scotland prepare for the Maradona X factor

Argentina's first match under their new manager is expected to bring global attention to Hampden Park

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

Football: New drug test scheme is a 'step too far', says Taylor

Premier League footballers will fight a new drug testing code for fear they could fall foul of administrative errors

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11/12/2008 10:22 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Rugby league World Cup: Tony Smith refuses to comment on England line-up for semi-final

The England coach, Tony Smith, refused to comment on the fitness of key players ahead of Saturday's meeting with New Zealand

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11/12/2008 10:25 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

From the Vault: the battle of Highbury: England v Italy 1934

Guardian Classic: The 1934 visit of world champions Italy to London for a match against England was dubbed the real World Cup final. But the ferocious tactics of the visitors caused outrage and sparked a now familiar debate

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11/12/2008 10:34 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Tennis: Roger Federer beats Radek Stepanek to set up Masters Cup crunch clash with Andy Murray

Roger Federer will now face Andy Murray after beating the unprepared Radek Stepanek

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11/12/2008 11:38 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Poker: Howard Swains on the World Series Championship Event final

Howard Swains: In front of thousands of fans, hundreds of journalists and with millions at stake, a 22-year-old Dane held his nerve to win poker's biggest prize

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11/12/2008 12:26 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Hansbrough extremely doubtful for opener (AP)

North Carolina coach Roy Williams said reigning national player of the year Tyler Hansbrough is "extremely doubtful" for Saturday's season opener for the top-ranked Tar Heels. In a statement from the school Wednesday, Williams said the team will keep Hansbrough out of practice a little longer as he recovers from a stress reaction in his right shin.