CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Astronauts aboard the space shuttle Endeavour wrapped up a 16-day mission to prepare the International Space Station for its first six-member crew with a flawless touchdown at NASA’s backup landing site in California.
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Yahoo agrees a deal that will make it the exclusive search engine for Virgin Mobile’s four million subscribers.
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Study Finds Cell Phones Are a Major Driver Distraction
eWeek - By Nathan Eddy Many SMBs require "road warriors", employees who spend much of their time in the car. A new study finds talking on your cell phone while driving is more dangerous than talking to a passenger. Study: Cell Phones Worse Than Chatty Passenger For Driver Distraction Cellphones bigger distraction for drivers than passengers |
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CHICAGO (Reuters) - The brains of autistic children react to sounds a fraction of a second slower than those of normal children, which may help explain the communication problems associated with autism, researchers said on Monday.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Clearwire Corp said on Monday that it would call its high-speed wireless WiMax service “Clear” instead of the “Xohm” brand its venture partner Sprint Nextel has been using.
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SYDNEY (Reuters) - At least 150 whales have died in a mass stranding off Tasmania’s west coast, Australian authorities said on Sunday, despite the efforts of rescuers who managed to shepherd a small number back to the ocean.
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AP - The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from a pipeline company over denial of environmental permits for a proposed natural gas pipeline through Long Island Sound.
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Internet fraudsters have stolen credit and debit cards with a value of more than ?3.3bn, research suggests.
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Microsoft & Novell Still Together Two Years Later
SYS-CON Media - The two-year anniversary of the Novell-Microsoft alliance that scandalized the open source community passed quietly enough earlier this month. Open Source: The Model Is Broken Ubuntu Remains Best Linux Distribution for Desktops |
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After 16 Named Storms, Hurricane Season Finally Ends
dBTechno - Washington (dbTechno) - The 2008 Atlantic hurricane season finally came to an end after 16 named storms were confirmed in what was a very busy season. Forecasters Look Back at 08 Hurricane Season Hurricane watches and warnings might be extended |
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