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Space shuttle Endeavour lifts-off from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape AP

Space shuttle on course for midnight rendezvous

AP – Tue Feb 9, 7:06 pm ET

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Endeavour zoomed toward a midnight rendezvous with the International Space Station late Tuesday, and NASA grew ever more optimistic that the shuttle is free of any launch damage. Full Story »

New federal climate change agency forming

AP – Mon Feb 8, 12:41 pm ET
  • Thousands of dinosaur footprints uncovered in China

    AFP – Sun Feb 7, 12:55 am ET  
    A mound strewn with dinosaur bones is seen October 2009 in Zhucheng,... AFP/File

    BEIJING (AFP) - Archaeologists in China have uncovered more than 3,000 dinosaur footprints, state media reported, in an area said to be the world's largest grouping of fossilised bones belonging to the ancient animals. Full Story »

  • State: Birth defect rate in CA town not unusual

    AP – 2 hrs 52 mins ago  

    FRESNO, Calif. - State health officials said Tuesday they found nothing unusual about the rate of infant birth defects in an impoverished San Joaquin Valley farm town located next to the West's largest toxic waste dump. Full Story »

  • The nation's weather

    AP – Tue Feb 9, 5:05 am ET  
    The Weather Underground forecast for Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, shows... AP

    Snowy weather was expected to move into the Eastern U.S. from the Plains on Tuesday. Full Story »

  • Saturn's Moon Does Harbor an Ocean, New Evidence Suggests

    SPACE.com – Tue Feb 9, 1:45 pm ET  

    Icy plumes of water vapor erupting from Saturn's moon Enceladus have left scientists divided over whether a liquid ocean lies hidden beneath the icy surface. Now evidence from a 2008 plume fly-through by NASA's Cassini spacecraft has turned up short-lived water ions that suggest liquid water does indeed exist inside the moon. Full Story »

  • Genes Play Role in Prognosis With Non-Small Cell Lung Cancers

    HealthDay – Tue Feb 9, 7:04 pm ET  

    TUESDAY, Feb. 9 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. scientists have discovered there are genetic profiles that play a part in prognosis with non-small cell lung cancers, and those profiles differ depending on the age and gender of the patient. Full Story »

  • Conn. worker cites gas smell an hour before blast

    AP – Tue Feb 9, 2:48 pm ET  

    MIDDLETOWN, Conn. - A worker who was in a Connecticut power plant when it exploded on Sunday tells The Associated Press there was a smell of natural gas in the plant less than an hour before the blast. Full Story »

  • LA-area foothills under mudslide threat

    AP – 1 hr 39 mins ago  
    Catherine Markgraf shovels mud from the entrance of her property... AP

    LA CANADA FLINTRIDGE, Calif. - A new wave of winter rains on Tuesday washed over the wildfire-scarred foothill towns north of Los Angeles, forcing some residents to flee homes while others risked remaining to deploy shovels and buckets in an attempt to hold back the muddy deluge. Full Story »

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Lawmaker's death a reminder of surgery risks

AP – Tue Feb 9, 6:48 pm ET

Gallbladder surgery is usually a very safe operation, but a powerful congressman's death is a reminder of the known risks. Full Story »

Business News

In public, Toyota is running apologetic TV ads and vowing to win back customers' trust. Behind the scenes, the besieged carmaker is trying to learn all it can about congressional investigations, maybe even steer them if it can. Full Story »

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Micron to buy Numonyx in $1.3 billion stock deal

AP – Tue Feb 9, 7:51 pm ET

Micron Technology says it plans to buy fellow memory chip maker Numonyx in an all-stock transaction the companies value at $1.27 billion. Full Story »

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