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School kicked out of Milwaukee voucher program
The city of Milwaukee has ordered a private high school to fix safety problems at its building or close by Monday. The state Department of Public Instruction has already evicted R&B Academy from the city's voucher program because of the building code... -
Hubble device fails; shuttle launch delayed
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterAn instrument that stores and transmits science data back to Earth has broken down on the Hubble Space Telescope, forcing NASA on Monday to postpone a long-scheduled repair mission to the ailing, 18-year-old telescope. The 136-pound control unit and...Tags: Space Programs, NASA
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Snow is the surprising forecast for Mars
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThe latest forecast on Mars calls for morning fog and swift-moving clouds -- along with light snow. The surprising weather report was part of the latest scientific findings from NASA's Phoenix lander, which has been taking measurements at the Martian...Tags: Satellite Technology, Space Programs, Weather Reports, NASA
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NASA's Mars rover will embark on two-year trek
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterFour years into its mission to explore the surface of Mars, one of NASA's twin rovers, Opportunity, is about to set out on a do-or-die trek to a giant crater about seven miles away. Originally expected to survive a few months on the harsh surface of...Tags: Satellite Technology, Space Programs, NASA, Cornell University
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Douds sets PSAC mark as ESU nips Shipp in OT
Greg Knauss kicked a 29- yard field goal in overtime to lift East Stroudsburg to a 44-41 win over Shippensburg on Saturday and give Warriors coach Denny Douds his 213th career victory, a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference record. After Shippensburg's...Tags: Russell Johnson, Charlie Parker
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Phoenix Mars mission races against clock -- and waning sunlight
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterWith the waning of the Martian summer, electrical power to NASA's Phoenix lander has begun to decline, so scientists are racing to finish their experiments before the dark and cold of winter ends the mission. "We're now at the point . . . where we have...Tags: Satellite Technology, Space Programs, Weather Statistics, Alternative Energy, NASA
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X-rays could tell Chinese Olympic gymnasts' ages, scientists say
Los Angeles Times Staff WritersHow do you tell the age of a Chinese gymnast? Don't bother with those government-issued passports or birth certificates. Go for the X-rays. For all the global hand-wringing over how international gymnastics officials will ever figure out whether...Tags: Migration, Olympic Games, Demographics, Medical Specialization, Immigration
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Now you see it, now you don't
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterLong the stuff of fantasy, practical invisibility shields have been brought a step closer to reality by researchers who say they have engineered materials that can hide an object by bending ordinary light like balloon animals at a circus. The...Tags: Semiconductors and Active Components
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Philip Geoffrey Saffman, 77; Caltech professor, leading expert on vortex dynamics
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterPhilip Geoffrey Saffman, the former Theodore von Karman Professor of Applied Mathematics and Aeronautics at Caltech and a leading expert on vortex dynamics -- the study of how liquids and gases of varying densities and viscosities interact -- died...Tags: Petroleum Industry, Applied Physics, Air and Space Accidents, Death and Dying, Applied Science
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NASA's Phoenix spacecraft is ready to get its hands dirty on Mars
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterGround operations began Monday at the Phoenix landing site at Mars' north pole, with the latest images from the robotic lander showing a bizarre, checkerboard landscape apparently shaped by the movement of ice lying only inches beneath the surface....Tags: Satellite Technology, Space Programs, Weather Statistics, NASA, Aerospace Manufacturing
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Car title loans snare victims at 300% rates
Tribune ReporterRosa Mobley never imagined her debts would swell so large. There were times when the 66-year-old widow, who struggles by on Social Security and her pension as a school crossing guard in Chicago, fell behind on her gas, electric and mortgage payments. But...Tags: Dolton, Consumers, Dodge, Pontiac, Wages and Pensions
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