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Breaking News Tue, 16 Mar 2010
Space Shuttle Atlantis preparing for takeoff
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 Valve problem could delay Discovery mission
Tue 16 Mar 2010
By Marcia Dunn Cape Canaveral, Florida - The space shuttle Discovery has some leaky valves that could delay its launch next month.... (photo: Public Domain / NASA)
France's Economy Minister Christine Lagarde, arrives at the Eurogroup meeting in Brussels, Monday, March 15, 2010.
EU   Economy   Finance   Greece   Photos		  The New York Times 
Finance Ministers Stand Ready to Help Greece
Mon 15 Mar 2010
BRUSSELS (AP) — European finance ministers said Monday that they were ready to pledge financial help for Greece — likely in the form of bilateral loans — but refused to give details... (photo: AP / Yves Logghe)
Traffic congestion along ML King Bridge in Downtown St. Louis, Missouri, USA as seen on this February 11, 2010 file photo.  The New York Times  Mon 15 Mar 2010
The Rental Car Squeeze
Tried renting a car lately? In some cases, travelers say, the final bill is double or even triple the amount they thought they had agreed to. The charges include roadside assistance or collision... (photo: WN / Janice Sabnal)
Cars   Insurance   Photos   Road   Travelers
Continental Airlines Boeing 757-200 (N18119) lands at London Heathrow Airport, England.  The New York Times  Mon 15 Mar 2010
Continental Is Latest Airline to End Free Meals
ATLANTA (AP) — Attention coach passengers. The free hamburgers and sandwich rolls that Continental Airlines used to boast about, while rivals passed out bags of pretzels, will not be free come... (photo: Public Domain / Arpingstone)
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Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner testifies during a joint hearing of the House Financial Services and the Agriculture Committees on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, July 10, 2009 The New York Times Mon 15 Mar 2010
Rates Rise at Weekly Treasury Auction
Filed at 4:50 p.m. ET WASHINGTON (AP) -- Interest rates on short-term Treasury bills rose in Monday's auction to the highest levels in seven months. The Treasury... (photo: AP / Gerald Herbert)
Billion   Photos   Price   Rates   Treasury
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Like a phoenix rising from the flames, space shuttle Atlantis emerges from the exhaust cloud building on Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Liftoff on its STS-129 mission came at 2:28 p.m. EST Nov. 16. Aboard are crew members Commander Charles O. Hobaugh; Pilot Barry E. Wilmore; and Mission Specialists Leland Melvin, Randy Bresnik, Mike Foreman and Robert L. Satcher Jr. On STS-129, the crew will deliver two Express Logistics Carriers to the International Space Station, the largest of the shuttle's cargo carriers, containing 15 spare pieces of equipment including two gyroscopes, two nitrogen tank assemblies, two pump modules, an ammonia tank assembly and a spare latching end effector for the station's robotic arm. Atlantis will return to Earth a station crew member, Nicole Stott, who has spent more than two months aboard the orbiting laboratory. STS-129 is slated to be the final space shuttle Expedition crew rotation flight. For information on the STS-129 mission and crew CBS News Mon 15 Mar 2010
Shuttle Launch in Limbo
NASA: Leaky Valves Could Delay April Launch Of Space Shuttle Discovery, Extra Tests Planned Font size Print E-mail Share 0 Comments The space shuttle Discovery (AP... (photo: Public Domain / NASA)
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Senate Banking Committee Chairman Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn. unveils his proposal on new financial rules during a news conference in the Senate Radio and Television Gallery on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, March 15, 2010. The New York Times Mon 15 Mar 2010
Democrats Appeal Across the Aisle on Financial Overhaul
WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats, with the backing of the Obama administration, took a big step forward on Monday toward adopting the most sweeping overhaul of... (photo: AP / Haraz N. Ghanbari)
Democrats   Economy   Financial Crisis   Photos   US
Robert Downey Jr IGN Insider Mon 15 Mar 2010
Downey Jr. in Space
Iron Man star to team with Harry Potter director for 3D sci-fi pic. by March 15, 2010 - . is in talks to star in a 3D picture set in outer space called . Alfonso Cuaron... (photo: AP / Kevork Djansezian)
Actor   Arts   Entertainment   Kids   Photos
YouTube - Videos - Internet Zeenews Mon 15 Mar 2010
Astronaut posts stunning videos from space on YouTube
London: Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi, who has already made his name as a prolific Twitterer, has gone one step better this time by posting spectacular videos of... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
Photos   Space   UK   Video   Youtube
Workers install door paneling on a Lincoln Town Car at the Ford Wixom Assembly Plant in Wixom, Mich., Wednesday, May 16, 2007. The suburban Detroit factory, which opened in 1957, will cease operations on May 31. The idling is part of a restructuring plan in which the Dearborn-based automaker said it would close 16 facilities b The New York Times Mon 15 Mar 2010
U.S. Industrial Production Rises but Manufacturing Lags
WASHINGTON (AP) — Industrial production edged up 0.1 percent in February, topping expectations and marking the eighth monthly increase. But the crucial... (photo: AP / Carlos Osorio)
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Team members, from left, Ed Weiler, Charles Elachi, Peter Smith and project manager Barry Goldstein conduct a news conference at Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. as they discuss NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander after it landed safely on Mars near its north pole, Sunday, May 25, 2008. Collin College students discover asteroid, earn nod from NASA The Dallas Morning News
President Barack Obama smiles at a town hall style meeting at Lorain County Community College in Elyria, Ohio, Friday, Jan. 22, 2010. Obama Nasa plans 'catastrophic' say Moon astronauts BBC News
President Barack Obama speaks at a fundraising event for Sen. Claire McCaskill in St. Louis, Wednesday, March 10, 2010. Obama facing uprising over new NASA strategy The Star
President Barack Obama walks to the lectern to present his strategy during a live televised address to the nation at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in New York Dec. 1, 2009. Obama Plans Florida Forum to Discuss NASA's Future The New York Times
Space Shuttle
126093main s114e7200 ISS.jpg An astronaut aboard Space Shuttle Discovery captured this image of the International Space Station moments after the orbiter undocked from the Station. Senator Aims To Save Space Shuttle Program redOrbit
A Space Shuttle is a spacecraft. The word craft in its most common sense now is a short and definite word for a vehicle or vessel that is used for transportation on the sea, in the air or in space Space shuttle Discovery transported to launch pad Syracuse
This image provided by NASA shows Space Shuttle Discovery as seen from the International Space Station as the two spacecraft begin their relative separation Tuesday Sept. 8, 2009. Russia halts space tours as U.S. retires Shuttle The Star
With landing gear down, space shuttle Endeavour approaches the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida after 14 days in space, completing the 5.7-million-mile STS-130 mission. Endeavour landed at 10:20 p.m. EST on Sunday, Feb. 21, after delivering the new Tranquility node and its seven-window cupola to the International Space Station. Returning to Earth aboard Endeavour are Commander George Zamka; Pilot Terry Virts; and Mission Specialists Robert Behnken, Nicholas Patrick, Kathryn Hire and Stephen Robinson. Space shuttle Endeavour touches down in rare nighttime landing The Daily Mail
Alternative Energy
A gas tanker truck heads down an Interstate-84 offramp and towards a gathering of gas stations in Troutdale, Ore., Thursday, July 13, 2006. Oil prices surged Thursday to a record above $78 a barrel in world markets agitated by the escalating Israel-Lebanon conflict and the threat of supply disruptions in the Middle East and beyond. The previous Nymex settlement record of $75.19 was set J Oil Falls Below $81 Amid Weak US Crude Demand The New York Times
Skype, online free call, online, internet chat, internet. tp1 Skype Is Poised for a Big Initial Stock Offering The New York Times
A Chinese worker smokes a cigarette while carrying bags in Beijing, in this Dec. 6, 2007 file photo. The world economy, buffeted by the credit crisis gripping financial markets, is expected to keep expanding in 2008 _ albeit at a slower pace _ with little fear of recession. But unlike past economic upswings driven by the U.S., Japan and Western Europe, the main engines of growth this time are predicted to be China, India and other emerging econom China Uses Rules on Global Trade to Its Advantage The New York Times
The Minister of State for Environment and Forests (Independent Charge), Shri Jairam Ramesh . Many western nations have distorted IPCC reports: Jairam The Hindu
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