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Celebrity's Ashes 'Beamed Up' Into Space

Posted 05.22.2012

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By: Clara Moskowitz Published: 05/22/2012 08:15 AM EDT on SPACE.com CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Scotty has finally been beamed up. The ashes of the...

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Maker Lab Teaches Rockets, Circuits, and Soldering

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 05.24.2012

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Originally published on Youthradio.org, the premier source for youth generated news throughout the globe. By: Youth Radio Bicycle pump-powered rock...

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Andrew Bynum Ejected Again

AP | Posted 04.08.2012

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Houston Rockets have discovered a winning formula for beating the Los Angeles Lakers: Stay close long enough until Andrew Byn...

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Lakers Overcome By Rockets' Rally

AP | CHRIS DUNCAN | Posted 03.21.2012

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HOUSTON -- Kobe Bryant gave Goran Dragic a quick hug after Houston's pesky point guard led the Rockets past the Lakers on Wednesday night. Dragic hit...

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Derek Fisher On The Move Again

AP | GREG BEACHAM | Posted 05.18.2012

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Derek Fisher confirmed Sunday night he has reached a buyout agreement with the Houston Rockets. The 37-year-old po...

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TOMORROW: Five Rocket Launches To Light Up Evening Skies

Posted 03.17.2012

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By: Mike Wall Published: 03/16/2012 03:21 PM EDT on SPACE.com This story was updated at 3:57 p.m. EDT. After a four-day delay, NASA is planning...

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Lakers Trade Longtime Point Guard

AP | CHRIS DUNCAN | Posted 03.16.2012

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HOUSTON -- A person familiar with the deal says the Houston Rockets have acquired center Marcus Camby from Portland and Derek Fisher and a 2012 first-...

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TONIGHT: Rare Rocket Barrage To Delight Skywatchers On Coast

Posted 03.14.2012

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By: Mike Wall Published: 03/13/2012 02:55 PM EDT on SPACE.com NASA will launch five rockets in five minutes Wednesday (March 14) to study fast-m...

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Israel's South Surviving Next Round of Gaza Rocket Fire

Anav Silverman | Posted 05.13.2012

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More than 200 rockets have been fired at Israel's southern urban areas since Friday afternoon, following Israel's killing of the leader of the hardline Popular Resistance Committee (PRC), the terrorist group behind the kidnapping of Gilad Shalit.

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KG Makes History As Celtics Win In OT

AP | By JIMMY GOLEN | Posted 03.07.2012

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BOSTON -- Kevin Garnett grabbed 13 rebounds to pass Shaquille O'Neal and move into 12th on the NBA's career list, and Paul Pierce scored seven of his ...

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A United Vision for Space

Rick Tumlinson | Posted 05.02.2012

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It is time to declare that the goal of the United States in space is the settlement of the solar system, from low Earth orbit to the Moon and Mars.

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Slam Dunk Contest Dunkers Revealed

Posted 02.23.2012

Blake Griffin will apparently not be defending his Slam Dunk Contest title. According to ESPN's Marc Stein and Tim MacMahon, the four contestants at t...

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WATCH: NBA's Highlights Of The Night

Posted 02.10.2012

Thanks to Russell Westbrook, we can add yet another epic moment to the catalog of fantastic play-by-play calls by Kevin Harlan. On Thursday night, the...

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NBA Plays Of The Night

Posted 02.09.2012

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The Jeremy Lin show continued on Wednesday night as the 23-year-old lifted the Knicks over the Wizards with 23 points and a career-high 10 assists, ma...

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Tiny Rockets Use Bubble Power to Zoom Through Gut

Posted 02.09.2012

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By: InnovationNewsDaily Staff Published: 02/08/2012 08:06 PM EST on InnovationNewsDaily Perhaps a certain magical school bus could have gotten a...

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Timberwolves Star Suspended For Stomping On Opponent

AP | JON KRAWCZYNSKI | Posted 04.07.2012

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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Kevin Love's frustration with physical play and officiating have been apparent early and often this season. Emotio...

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Space Station Scrambles To Dodge Space Junk

Posted 05.08.2012

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By: Tariq Malik Published: 01/29/2012 01:31 PM EST on SPACE.com The International Space Station fired its thrusters Saturday (Jan. 28)...

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Why Space?

Rick Tumlinson | Posted 03.07.2012

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We who are only a blink of an eye beyond the discovery of fire can wonder "Why space?" or even "Why are we here?" To those of us who know, it is obvious: We are here... to go there.

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LOB CITY! Clippers Rout Rockets With Flurry Of Alley-Oops

Posted 01.05.2012

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Despite having played in the same building against the Lakers just a night earlier, the Houston Rockets could have been forgiven last night for losing...

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Israel's Most Fortified City Celebrates Hanukkah

Anav Silverman | Posted 02.26.2012

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A menorah made of Qassam rockets fired at Sderot is about to be lit as the rain stops. The rocket menorah has come to symbolize the city's own Hanukkah miracle -- one where the resilience and faith of a community can overcome difficult times.

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Afghanistan: Robin Hood and the Sheriff of Nottingham II

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 12.13.2011

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Two years ago, I contributed a piece, "Afghanistan: Robin Hood and the Sheriff of Nottingham," to the Huffington Post. This week, I saw a news clip o...

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Ex-NBA Player Accuses Restaurant Of Discrimination

AP | GREG BLUESTEIN | Posted 11.12.2011

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ATLANTA — The retired NBA All-Star and a friend claim they were ousted from the bar of a ritzy Atlanta restaurant because they were black. The r...

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NewSpace to the Rescue for the Space Station

Rick Tumlinson | Posted 10.28.2011

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It is absurd that more then 50 years into the age of human spaceflight, the entire world depends on one launch system to get people to and from space.

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I'm With Stupid: Running Out of Space to Put All Our Junk

Todd Hartley | Posted 10.12.2011

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Way to go, people: We've done it again. Give ourselves a hand! We morons have gone and done something I would have sworn was impossible. We weren't c...

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RETIRES

Posted 09.07.2011

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Yao Ming has decided to retire after eight seasons in the NBA, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports. The Houston Rockets star center r...

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