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  • NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 18 November 2008 Tuesday, November 18, 2008 @ 8:26PMAll ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Flight Day 5 (FD5) of STS-126/ULF-2.
  • Astronaut outside space station loses grip on tool bag, watches it float away Tuesday, November 18, 2008 @ 8:14PMA spacewalking astronaut accidentally let go of her tool bag Tuesday after a grease gun inside it exploded, and helplessly watched as the tote and everything inside floated away.
  • Spacewalk No. 1 ends Tuesday, November 18, 2008 @ 7:48PMAstronauts Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper and Stephen Bowen wrapped up a six-hour 52-minute spacewalk today, installing a spare coolant system component on the international space station, moving a depleted nitrogen tank to the shuttle Endeavour for return to Earth and cleaning a damaged solar array rotary joint.
  • Astronauts end space walk marred by lost tool bag Tuesday, November 18, 2008 @ 7:47PMTue, Nov 18, 2008 (5:33 p.m.) A spacewalking astronaut accidentally let go of her tool bag Tuesday after a grease gun inside it exploded, and helplessly watched as the tote and everything inside floated away.
  • Birds of prey freed at Rancho Sonado Tuesday, November 18, 2008 @ 7:45PMTwo hawks are released back into the wild after being healed from injury.
  • Struggling Automakers Press Congress for Government Aid Tuesday, November 18, 2008 @ 7:20PMOn Capitol Hill Tuesday, Ben Bernanke and Henry Paulson defended their economic rescue strategy and automakers made their case for federal aid. Senators detail the debate over using bailout funds to help automakers.
  • Tool bag vanishes as explosion rattles spacewalker Tuesday, November 18, 2008 @ 7:03PMOne of the largest items ever lost by a spacewalker is seen here floating off into space.
  • Shuttle Crew Unpacks Aboard Space Station Monday, November 17, 2008 @ 8:38PMHOUSTON, Nov. 17, 2008
  • Hughes pleads for time Monday, November 17, 2008 @ 8:18PMHULL , England: Mark Hughes pleaded for time to turn Manchester City around after his side were forced to settle for a frustrating 2-2 draw against Hull.
  • The future of the click Monday, November 17, 2008 @ 8:14PMComputers have come a long way in the last 20 years, but as we got better at making computers talk to one another, the interface between humans and computers stagnated.
  • Lone survivor staggers away from deadly crash Monday, November 17, 2008 @ 8:11PMSeven people died and one man was in hospital with severe burns after their plane slammed into a steep hillside on the northwest of Vancouver Sunday, marking the second deadly crash for a small B.C. airline in just four months.
  • Emergency crews test disaster response Monday, November 17, 2008 @ 8:00PMAlmost 1,000 police, emergency services and government agency personnel took part in Exercise Graphite, testing their response to a plane simulated crash.
  • Real Madrid and Valencia beaten on night of surprises - Summary Saturday, November 15, 2008 @ 5:24PMMadrid - A Saturday night of surprises in Spain saw defeats for Real Madrid and Valencia. Real crashed 1-0 in Valladolid, a defeat which could call for the sacking of embattled coach Bernd Schuster. ...
  • Astronauts inspect spaceship for any damage Saturday, November 15, 2008 @ 4:02PMAfter spotting debris in launch photos the Endeavour is being inspected.
  • Heroes among us honored Saturday, November 15, 2008 @ 8:33AMThe moment George Foos and Joshua Grimm entered the turbulent waters of the Maumee River, they distinguished themselves from those...
  • Turbulence cause of Mexican jet crash Saturday, November 15, 2008 @ 8:18AMMEXICO CITY (AP) — The turbulent wake of a large passenger plane likely caused the fatal crash of a government jet carrying Mexico’s second most powerful official, the transportation secretary said Friday.
  • Spartanburg native helps send shuttle into space Saturday, November 15, 2008 @ 7:34AMSpartanburg native John Chapman looks inside a liquid hydrogen tank. Chapman is manager of the Space Shuttle External Tank Project Office at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala.
  • Shuttle racing toward space station Saturday, November 15, 2008 @ 7:11AMCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.
  • School Bosses Brace For Cuts Thursday, November 13, 2008 @ 4:38PMFor New York schools these are desperate times. Administrators hope to avoid having to take desperate measures. Rochester city schools stand to lose $13 million in state aid under the cuts proposed by Governor David Paterson Wednesday.
  • Details of Headless Chickens Powerstation Show Thursday, November 13, 2008 @ 4:18PMHeadless Chickens, much-loved barnyard strutters of New Zealand rock of the nineties, are returning to the stage for the first time in over a decade when they perform at the Powerstation on Friday 28 November.
  • WITNESS: Zero G is like being born Thursday, November 13, 2008 @ 3:44AM Tim Hepher has been a journalist with Reuters for 14 years, with experience covering trade wars and takeover battles, and now specializes in aerospace business in Paris. In the following story, he describes a parabolic flight where he somersaulted weightless with space officials and politicians.
  • Police beat Thursday, November 13, 2008 @ 2:47AMChristopher Jones, 22, 228 Crooked Creek Road, Lafayette, charged with disturbing the peace by fighting and aggravated second-degree battery.
  • Egencia enters India Thursday, November 13, 2008 @ 2:23AMEgencia has launched its service in India. Based in Gurgaon, the agency will offer local account management and customer service teams.
  • Governor Proposes Cuts in Growth Wednesday, November 12, 2008 @ 2:23PMAnd he said all areas of government will suffer. He outlined a proposal to save $2 billion this year. He will present that plan, which calls for less school aid to state lawmakers, Tuesday.
  • Longer Terms, Lower Mortgage Rates For Some Wednesday, November 12, 2008 @ 12:08PMIf you are at least 90 days behind on your mortgage payments, there might be a way to reduce monthly payment costs. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have announced a new plan to help homeowners facing foreclosure.
  • Land of the Sugar Plum Fairy Awaits Wednesday, November 12, 2008 @ 12:08PMA magical holiday tradition is getting ready to hit the Rochester stage. The Nutcracker is a timeless favorite this time of the year. The ballet will be performed at the Eastman Theatre Thanksgiving weekend.
  • Firms fined for breaking U.S. blockade of Cuba Wednesday, November 12, 2008 @ 11:55AMMIAMI.—Three U.S. firms have been fined more than $43,000 for breaking the U.S. blockade, according to the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), and reported by Notimex.
  • Telos Awarded NETCENTS Task Order to Provide Net-Centric Premise Wiring for Charleston Air Force Base Wednesday, November 12, 2008 @ 8:15AM ASHBURN, Va.----The Air Force has awarded Telos® Corporation a task order valued at almost $800,000 to install premise wiring that supports secure Wireless Local Area Network voice and data communications at Charleston Air Force Base in South Carolina.
  • Mass. man charged with lying during terror probe Wednesday, November 12, 2008 @ 8:14AM(The Associated Press) A Massachusetts man is being held without bail for allegedly lying to federal authorities during a terror investigation. Tarek Mehanna of Sudbury was arrested last weekend as he was about to board a flight from Boston to start a new job in Saudi Arabia. In an affidavit unsealed Monday, federal authorities allege the 26-year-old Mehanna lied to the FBI in December 2006 ...
  • United Teams with FAA to Save Fuel, Aid Environment Wednesday, November 12, 2008 @ 8:00AM United Airlines will become the first U.S. carrier to demonstrate how next-generation technologies could save more than two thousand gallons of fuel and cut up to 55,000 pounds of carbon emissions on a single, trans-Pacific flight.
  • Lockheed Martin Wins $667m Nasa Contract Wednesday, November 12, 2008 @ 12:43AMLockheed Martin has won a $667.3m facilities development and operations contract, FDOC, from Nasa to provide integrated support for hardware, software, data, and displays for human spaceflight missions.
  • Embraer to showcase its executive jet portfolio at MEBA 2008 Wednesday, November 12, 2008 @ 12:42AMEmbraer will participate in the Middle EastBusiness Aviation (MEBA) exhibition November 16-18, at Dubai International Airport, United Arab Emirates (UAE).
  • NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 11 November 2008 Wednesday, November 12, 2008 @ 12:26AMAll ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.
  • War forces constant flight of Congolese Wednesday, November 12, 2008 @ 12:25AMRUTSHURU, Congo -- Even before fighting flared, Anita Kakule and her smallest son lived on a tattered straw mat in a corner of a schoolroom. When classes met, she relocated their mat and three salvaged pots to the shade of a nearby eucalyptus tree.
  • Feeling the pain at PSU Wednesday, November 12, 2008 @ 12:01AMNittany Nation is hurting right now.Penn State lost 24-23 to Iowa Saturday. It fell to 9-1, and from No. 3 in the BCS standings to No. 8, and out of the national championship race.Joe Paterno feels it as much as anybody."Saturday night was a tough night for me, no sense kidding you about that," he s...
  • Bark Beetles Wreak Havoc On Trees Tuesday, November 11, 2008 @ 11:57PMBark beetles, family Scolytidae, are common pests of conifers and some attack broadleaf trees. Several hundred species occur in the United States.
  • Lotter murder accused denied bail Tuesday, November 11, 2008 @ 11:42PM22-year-old double murder accused Mathew Naidoo has been denied bail mainly because he lied to his mother, said the magistrate.
  • Site Launches To Connect Veterans Tuesday, November 11, 2008 @ 6:24AMA public service campaign is underway to help connect veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan. Organizers hope the social networking site will reach out to those veterans who have not joined or go to their local Veterans of Foreign Wars or American Legion.
  • Vidyut and Suresh Kumar keep TN in control Tuesday, November 11, 2008 @ 6:10AMS Vidyut, who got his first first-class century as a No. 11 batsman, punished the lacklustre Karnataka bowlers ruthlessly on day two at the Chinnaswamy Stadium.
  • Rabbi, Investor Vie to Run Jerusalem as Young Depart (Update2) Tuesday, November 11, 2008 @ 5:59AMNov. 11 (Bloomberg) -- Michal Matthews was born, raised and attended university in Jerusalem. Today, she works as a lawyer in Tel Aviv and dismisses a return to her hometown.
  • Morning update: Saluting our veterans Tuesday, November 11, 2008 @ 5:43AMGood morning, Quad-Cities. At  5:30 a.m. it’s 35 degrees in the Quad-Cities under overcast skies. We could see a brief period of a wintry mix of rain, freezing rain, sleet or snow early this morning during our commute. It could be enough to produce a thin glaze of ice on elevated surfaces such as handrails, vehicles and fences. So be careful. 
  • Hanging it up Tuesday, November 11, 2008 @ 5:35AMERATH -- Sometime after 9 p.m. Friday night, after all the players from both teams have had their traditional post-game handshake and after he has addressed his team, one could forgive Erath coach Jacob Byler if he lingers on the field for just a moment longer before stepping off for the last time.
  • Plane wreckage found Monday, November 10, 2008 @ 6:41PMSAN GORGONIO PEAK • A pilot from Hesperia and the three passengers aboard his Piper Cherokee went missing late Sunday night, and searchers on Monday afternoon reported finding plane wreckage in local mountains.
  • Chandrayaan-1 now in lunar orbit Monday, November 10, 2008 @ 6:26PMChandrayaan-1 now in lunar orbit
  • Michael Sarafin: lead shuttle flight director Monday, November 10, 2008 @ 6:06PMClarkson University alumnus Michael L. Sarafin is the lead shuttle flight director for the Endeavour space shuttle mission STS-126, scheduled to launch from Kennedy Space Center on November 14. Sarafin graduated from Clarkson in 1994 with a bachelor of science degree in aeronautical engineering.
  • FAA renews, toughens warning to Boeing 737 pilots Monday, November 10, 2008 @ 5:27PMThe Federal Aviation Administration has toughened a requirement that Boeing 737 pilots be reminded not to ignore a cabin pressure warning horn, ordering preflight briefings as well as changes in manuals.
  • Winner of Kuhl, Massa Race Unknown Monday, November 10, 2008 @ 5:24PMAlthough the elections are over, the winner of one local race remains unknown. Republican Randy Kuhl and Democrat Eric Massa both ran in the 29th Congressional District race, but neither candidate knows the outcome of the race yet because the result was too close.
  • New Hotel Opens in Brooks Landing Monday, November 10, 2008 @ 5:08PMCity of Rochester and 19th Ward officials celebrated a long-awaited addition to an urban revitalization project. The Staybridge Suites Hotel officially opened in the Brooks Landing development at Brooks Avenue and Genesee Street.
  • New Citizen Already Made Great Sacrifice Monday, November 10, 2008 @ 5:08PMRochester welcomed more than fifty new U.S. citizens to our community during a naturalization ceremony at the federal courthouse. One man in the group has already made a great sacrifice for our country.
  • Airline food quality group planned Sunday, November 9, 2008 @ 8:50PMChinese airline catering companies and their suppliers plan to form an Airline Catering Committee (ACC) as part of efforts to ensure food quality and diversity, amid the global financial crisis and a slew of tainted-food scandals, a senior industry official has said.