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NASA Birth of Astronauts Daughter Delayed
SPACEcom
(21 November 05:16) |
| SPACE.com - NASA has
joined astronaut Randy Bresnik, who is in orbit now, in the waiting game for
the birth his daughter, just one day before the spaceflyer is poised to make
his first space... |
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Measure to change U of Neb stem-cell rule fails
AP
(21 November 04:37) |
| AP - The University of Nebraska's governing board on Friday voted not to place tighter restrictions on embryonic stem cell research than those outlined under federal guidelines, which were e... |
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Nebraska ethanol plant fire produces lawsuit
AP
(21 November 04:21) |
| AP - The owners of a Lexington ethanol plant and their insurer are suing a subsidiary of a Houston-based natural gas provider they say is responsible for an explosion and fire that shut down... |
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Europe Proton beams circulate in Big Bang machine
AP
(21 November 03:56) |
| AP - Scientists circulated beams of protons in the world's largest atom smasher Friday night for the first time after a year of repairs caused by a spectacular failure after the $10 billion ... |
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Asian carp may have breached electronic barrier
AP
(21 November 03:43) |
| AP - Asian carp may have breached an electronic barrier designed to prevent the giant invaders from upsetting the ecosystem in the Great Lakes and jeopardizing a $7 billion sport fishery, of... |
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Researcher Faint writing seen on Shroud of Turin
AP
(21 November 03:39) |
| AP - A Vatican researcher has rekindled the age-old debate over the Shroud of Turin, saying that faint writing on the linen proves it was the burial cloth of Jesus. |
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Astronauts Unfazed by False Alarms in Space
SPACEcom
(21 November 03:15) |
| SPACE.com - Astronauts on the linked shuttle Atlantis and International
Space Station said Friday that they're not worried about recent false alarms
that disrupted their sleep with erroneous... |
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Colo to review taxpayer-paid lobbyists practice
AP
(21 November 02:42) |
| AP - At a time of budget cuts, Democratic Gov. Bill Ritter's administration last year paid employees and outside contractors $1.1 million to lobby Colorado lawmakers on legislation ranging f... |
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How to Take a Gorillas Blood Pressure Very Carefully
LiveSciencecom
(21 November 02:41) |
| LiveScience.com - Humans can be difficult enough patients, but try a 300-pound gorilla. |
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Key Parts Returned from Hubble Telescope Now on Display at Smithsonian
SPACEcom
(21 November 01:46) |
| SPACE.com - WASHINGTON - The camera that captured many of the Hubble Space
Telescope's most famous images and the "contact lenses" that
focused the observatory's flawed mirror... |
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U of Neb board votes down stem-cell rule changes
AP
(21 November 01:23) |
| AP - The University of Nebraska's governing board on Friday voted down a proposal to restrict the school's rules governing embryonic stem-cell research beyond what the federal government all... |
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Zap! Light Used to Paralyze Tiny Creatures
LiveSciencecom
(21 November 01:05) |
| LiveScience.com - Set your ultraviolet rays to stun. Researchers have now developed a
molecular on-off switch that can paralyze animals when they are exposed
to ultraviolet beams. |
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Permafrost thaw threatens Russia oil and gas complex study
AFP
(21 November 12:33) |
| AFP - Thawing permafrost caused by global warming is costing Russian energy firms billions of dollars annually in damage control and shrinking Russia's territory, Greenpeace warned in a new ... |
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Turkey scraps nuclear power plant tender
AFP
(20 November 11:37) |
| AFP - Turkey on Friday scrapped a 2008 tender won by a Russian-led consortium to build the country's first nuclear power plant -- a process that had been under threat of being invalidated by... |
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Stuck Mars Rover Finally Budges a Little
SPACEcom
(20 November 11:17) |
| SPACE.com - NASA's stuck Mars rover Spirit took a tiny step Thursday,
its first progress in months, during the latest attempt to extricate the robot
from deep Martian sand. |
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U of Neb board mulls new stem cell restrictions
AP
(20 November 10:44) |
| AP - The University of Nebraska's governing board was expected to vote Friday on a resolution that would limit stem-cell research at the university system's facilities to rules approved unde... |
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Vt nuke critics renew campaign against relicense
AP
(20 November 10:11) |
| AP - Hoping to sway lawmakers, two of the state's most famous residents and one of its former governors joined groups opposed to the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant in announcing a push f... |
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WVas Capito troubled by EPA response on permits
AP
(20 November 10:02) |
| AP - Rep. Shelley Moore Capito says she's troubled by what she heard in a meeting with Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson. |
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Astronauts await word of baby girl on Earth
AP
(20 November 10:00) |
| AP - Atlantis' astronauts anxiously awaited word on the birth of one crewman's daughter Friday, as they moved more supplies into the International Space Station and geared up for another spa... |
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Pennsylvania residents sue over gas drilling
Reuters
(20 November 09:39) |
| Reuters - Residents of a small rural Pennsylvania town sued Cabot Oil & Gas Corp on Friday, claiming the company's natural-gas drilling has contaminated their water wells with toxic chemical... |
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Giant Cannibal Galaxys Last Meal
SPACEcom
(20 November 09:15) |
| SPACE.com - New images show the "last meal" of a giant cannibal galaxy
as it gobbles down a smaller spiral galaxy, which has been twisted and warped
from being devoured. |
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Cosmonaut says Russia falling behind in space race
AP
(20 November 09:04) |
| AP - Russia lacks a viable program for developing a new spacecraft and risks losing its place as a leader in space travel, a veteran Russian cosmonaut said in an interview published Friday. |
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Robotic Spy Planes Go Green
LiveSciencecom
(20 November 08:46) |
| LiveScience.com - Robot spy planes are harnessing alternative energy to make them more covert and longer lasting than ever. |
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Floods devastate UK Lake District much of Ireland
AP
(20 November 07:18) |
| AP - Military helicopters winched dozens of people to safety and emergency workers in inflatable boats rescued scores more as floods on Friday swamped northern England's picturesque Lake Dis... |
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LDK Solar completes sale of stake in Chinese plant
AP
(20 November 06:48) |
| AP - LDK Solar Co. Ltd., a Chinese maker of parts for solar cells, on Friday said it completed the sale of a 15 percent ownership stake in a polysilicon plant in China for about $219 million... |
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Astronaut Stuck in Space for Daughters Birth
SPACEcom
(20 November 06:46) |
| SPACE.com - It may be
the mother lode of all bad timing: Atlantis shuttle astronaut Randy Bresnik is stuck
at the International Space Station, hundreds of miles from his pregnant wife
Rebecc... |
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Thinspiration Do Web Sites Encourage Anorexia
LiveSciencecom
(20 November 06:36) |
| LiveScience.com - Recently there has been increased concern over hundreds of
"pro-eating disorder" Web sites that provide "thinspiration" to legions
of young women who want to become stick-t... |
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Stem-cell debate unlikely to fade after Neb vote
AP
(20 November 05:24) |
| AP - The University of Nebraska's governing board was expected to vote Friday on a resolution that would limit stem-cell research at the university system's facilities to rules approved unde... |
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Floods devastate UK Lake District Many rescued
AP
(20 November 05:02) |
| AP - Military helicopters winched dozens of people to safety and emergency workers in inflatable boats rescued scores more as floods swamped homes and roads Friday in northern England's pict... |
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Dark Energy Search Could Aid Planet Hunters
SPACEcom
(20 November 04:46) |
| SPACE.com - Dark energy isn't good for life in the universe. This
mysterious substance, which cosmologists believe makes up around 70 percent of
the universe, may eventually pull apart galax... |
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Ask AP Shuttle complexity credit union agency
AP
(20 November 04:46) |
| AP - A space shuttle is no tinker toy. But is it the most complex machine ever built? |
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Evacuations underway as floods hit towns
AFP
(20 November 04:45) |
| AFP - Rescuers were working on Friday to evacuate about 200 people by helicopter from a town after storms triggered flooding across parts of the country, police said. |
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200 in UK tourist region rescued from floodwaters
AP
(20 November 03:43) |
| AP - Britain's air force and emergency workers using inflatable boats rescued about 200 people Friday as rising floodwaters caused widespread havoc in northern England's picturesque Lake Dis... |
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Biologists save fish after landslide
AP
(20 November 03:11) |
| AP - A gigantic landslide that buried a highway, uprooted homes and rerouted a river in Washington state's Cascade Range left hundreds of smaller victims: fish. |
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Astronauts get extra moving time at space station
AP
(20 November 01:46) |
| AP - The astronauts aboard the shuttle-station complex are getting some extra moving time. |
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Shun beef to stop climate change says India
AFP
(20 November 01:43) |
| AFP - India, a stronghold of vegetarianism where the cow is a sacred animal for the majority Hindu population, has urged the rest of the world to give up eating beef to help reduce global wa... |
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Military experiment seeks to predict PTSD
AP
(20 November 11:31) |
| AP - Two days before shipping off to war, Marine Pfc. Jesse Sheets sat inside a trailer in the Mojave Desert, his gaze fixed on a computer that flashed a rhythmic pulse of contrasting images... |
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Bardot urges end to animal sacrifice in Nepal
AFP
(20 November 11:27) |
| AFP - The legendary French movie star turned animal rights campaigner Brigitte Bardot has written to Nepal's president urging him to stop a mass animal sacrifice from going ahead next week. |
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Australia disappointed at Japan whaling mission
AFP
(20 November 09:59) |
| AFP - Australia said it was "deeply disappointed" after a fleet of Japanese whaling ships set out to kill hundreds of the giant ocean mammals on their annual hunt. |
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Teams Compete to Build a Better Astronaut Glove
SPACEcom
(20 November 08:46) |
| SPACE.com - NASA offered a total of $400,000 to inventors who can
make stronger and more dexterous spacesuit gloves Thursday in the second Astronaut
Glove Challenge. |
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The Digital Divide Why Grandma Should Get Online
LiveSciencecom
(20 November 08:31) |
| LiveScience.com - Grandma doesn't spend much time online - but she would be better off if she did, researchers agree. |
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Asthma Combo Seems Less Influenced by Genes
HealthDay
(20 November 05:55) |
| HealthDay - THURSDAY, Nov. 19 (HealthDay News) -- People's genetic makeup has
been shown to affect how they respond to asthma medications, but a new
study finds that many people respond we... |
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Obama administration pauses on Alaska drilling
AP
(20 November 04:35) |
| AP - The Obama administration has delayed a decision on a request by Shell Oil Co. to drill for oil and gas in Alaska's rugged Chukchi Sea. The delay came after the oil company asked for tim... |
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Sushi Often Not What You Think
LiveSciencecom
(20 November 04:11) |
| LiveScience.com - That tuna in your sushi might be an endangered species, a new study finds. |
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Atlantis pair replace antenna in first space walk
AFP
(20 November 04:07) |
| AFP - Astronauts from the shuttle Atlantis completed Thursday the first space walk of their mission, replacing a vital communications antenna on the exterior of the International Space Stati... |
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Astronauts get extra work done in 1st spacewalk
AP
(20 November 03:12) |
| AP - A pair of spacewalking astronauts, one of them a surgeon, hustled through antenna and cable work outside the International Space Station on Thursday and even whipped off an extra chore. |
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Astronauts Breeze Through Missions First Spacewalk
SPACEcom
(20 November 03:00) |
| SPACE.com - Two
astronauts breezed through the first spacewalk of their mission Thursday as
they upgraded the International Space Station with a spare antenna and other gear. |
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NY AG AES Corp agrees to pollution disclosures
AP
(20 November 02:17) |
| AP - AES Corp., which operates several coal-fired power plants in the U.S., has agreed to put more information about global warming in its public financial disclosures. |
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Shell denies asking for delay in drilling plan
AP
(20 November 02:01) |
| AP - The president of Shell Oil Co. says the company did not ask a federal agency to delay a decision on the company's request to drill for oil and gas in Alaska's Chukchi Sea. |
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Md regulators approve Garret County wind farm
AP
(20 November 01:17) |
| AP - The Maryland Public Service Commission has approved an application to build a 50-megawatt wind energy farm atop Backbone Mountain near Oakland in Garrett County. |
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