February 20, 2008
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Space shuttle Atlantis lands in Florida after 5 million-mile journey
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Space shuttle Atlantis and its crew returned to Earth on Wednesday, wrapping up a 5 million-mile journey highlighted by the successful delivery of a new European lab to the international space station.
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February 20, 2008
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Lunar eclipse tonight is last until 2010
The last total lunar eclipse until 2010 begins about 8:45 tonight, with cameo appearances by Saturn and the bright star Regulus on either side of the veiled full moon.
December 18, 2007
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'Death star galaxy' blasts its neighbor
WASHINGTON — The latest act of senseless violence caught on tape is cosmic in scope: A black hole in a “death star galaxy” blasting a neighboring galaxy with a deadly jet of radiation and energy.
November 26, 2007
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Monclova Township scientist saving at-risk species 1 byte at a time
For a certain self-important species of mammals, the notion of computer dating took hold a decade ago with the hissing sounds of modems and chirps of “you’ve got mail.” Yet several years before humankind evolved to nurturing its lonely hearts in chat rooms, there was computer dating in the animal kingdom.
November 14, 2007
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Database shows global warming gases by plants, companies, towns
WASHINGTON — There’s growing worry about global warming, but how much of it is the work of that power plant just outside town? And if Congress limits heat-trapping greenhouse gases, will it affect utility and electric bills? And who’s the biggest corporate culprit when it comes to climate change?
September 4, 2007
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Memory book brings new life to Armstrong's moonwalk
WAPAKONETA - The remember-where-you-were recollections of the live global broadcast of astronaut Neil Armstrong's first steps on the moon have been captured by a museum in this western Ohio city and compiled as a memory book with hundreds of handwritten pages.