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Grayson raises voice, hackles in D.C.
Washington BureauIn just a few short weeks, freshman U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson, D-Orlando, has delivered more memorable quotes than some members of Congress do in an entire career. He has fired up the liberal base by picking a fight with Rush Limbaugh, calling the...Tags: Rich Crotty, University of Central Florida, Bob Dylan, Ric Keller, Corporate Crime
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On Feb. 9, 1943, the World War II battle of Guadalcanal ended with an Allied victory over Japanese forces
Today is Monday, Feb. 9, the 40th day of 2009. There are 325 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Feb. 9, 1943, the World War II battle of Guadalcanal in the southwest Pacific ended with an Allied victory over Japanese forces. On...Tags: John Quincy Adams, Rock and Roll, Celebrity, Parliament, Virginia
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THIS DATE IN HISTORY
1964: The Beatles began their first American tour as they arrived at New York's Kennedy Airport. 1984: Space shuttle Challenger astronauts Bruce McCandless II and Robert L. Stewart went on the first untethered spacewalk, which lasted nearly six hours.Tags: Kennedy Airport, The Beatles
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On this date: Feb. 7, 2009
1857: A French court acquitted Gustave Flaubert of obscenity for writing Madame Bovary. 1964: The Beatles began their first American tour as they arrived at New York's Kennedy Airport. 1971: Women in Switzerland gained the right to vote through a...Tags: Kennedy Airport, The Beatles, Gustave Flaubert
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Plane truth: Lt. governor's trips home cost taxpayers
Megan O'Matz and John Maines, (Fort Lauderdale) Sun SentinelFlorida's little-known lieutenant governor, Jeff Kottkamp, billed taxpayers $425,000 for 365 flights on state planes during his first two years in office, the Sun Sentinel found. Two-thirds of the flights involved getting Kottkamp to and from Fort Myers,...Tags: Jeb Bush, Constitutional Issues, Petroleum Industry, Parliament, West Palm Beach
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Space: We've trashed it -- with high-speed debris
Washington BureauHuman exploration of space has turned low Earth orbit into a high-tech junkyard. In the five decades since Sputnik, space agencies have littered the night sky with everything from grease guns to dead satellites and even a golf ball -- sliced into orbit by...Tags: Rocketry, Natural Science, United Nations, Air and Space Accidents, NASA
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The tools for the job
At home, you might find Matt Ashmore reaching into his tool chest for the right socket wrench to speed up the restoration of his 1969 Dodge Polara. But at the Goddard Space Flight Center, the 30-year-old aerospace engineer has spent the past several...Tags: Aerospace Manufacturing, Metal and Mineral, Engineering, Defense, Firearms
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It's premature to shelve the shuttle
Special to the sentinelThe U.S. Government Accountability Office has identified the space shuttle retirement date as one of the top 13 urgent decisions facing the government in the near future. NASA is currently planning to retire the shuttle in 2010 and divert money to...Tags: Vehicles, Rocketry, Transportation Accidents, Air and Space Accidents, Mike Griffin
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Further gas-valve testing delays Discovery launch until at least Feb. 22
Sentinel Space EditorThe launch of space shuttle Discovery to the international space station has been delayed at least three more days and is now scheduled to lift off from Kennedy Space Center on Feb. 22 at the earliest. Shuttle mission STS-119 to install the last major U....Tags: NASA, Kennedy Space Center
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ALMANAC: Feb. 7, the 38th day of 2009
There are 327 days left in the year. Today's highlight in history: In 1984, space shuttle Challenger astronauts Bruce McCandless II and Robert L. Stewart went on the first untethered spacewalk. On this date: •In 1904, a fire began in Baltimore...Tags: Kennedy Airport, The Beatles
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Campesino en misión espacial
AGENCIA EFEEl astronauta José Hernández, hijo de un matrimonio de campesinos mexicanos, cumplirá su gran sueño de participar en una misión de la NASA que lo enviará a la Estación Espacial Internacional (EEI). El próximo 6 de agosto Hernández, de 45 años, formará...Tags: Lyndon B. Johnson, California, NASA
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Space Station will "buzz" Venus this evening
Maryland WeatherSo how's your view of the southwestern sky? If you can get a clear view in that direction early this evening, you can look forward to a very nice flyby by the International Space Station as it passes over the......Tags: California
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