Space shuttle blasts off on last night flight
(AP: Mon, 08 Feb) Endeavour and six astronauts rocketed into orbit Monday on what's likely the last nighttime launch for the shuttle program, hauling a new room and observation deck for the International Space Station. |
Teens Favor Social Media Over Blogs
(LiveScience.com: Mon, 08 Feb) The preferred mode of communication, at least among young people, is
social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter, according to a new
survey. |
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US urged new safety standards days before Middletown explosion
(The Christian Science Monitor: Mon, 08 Feb) Only three days before the massive explosion that killed at least five workers at a newly constructed natural gas plant in Middletown, Conn., the US Chemical Safety Board (CSB) issued urgent new recommendations on how to prevent explosions when handling or purging natural gas pipelines. |
Ex-Boeing engineer gets 15 years in spy case
(Reuters: Mon, 08 Feb) An ex-Boeing Co engineer, found guilty last year of passing space shuttle secrets to China in America's first conviction under a 1996 espionage law, was sentenced on Monday to 15 years in prison. |
ACLU accuses Calif. instructor of religion lessons
(AP: Mon, 08 Feb) An instructor at a public community college in Fresno has been improperly presenting his religious views on homosexuality, abortion and global warming as fact to students in an introductory health science class, the American Civil Liberties Union alleged Monday. |
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