Engineers on Monday are closely scrutinizing a small crack in insulation on the space shuttle's fuel tank
Jul. 3, 2006

Engineers on Monday are closely scrutinizing a small crack in insulation on the space shuttle's fuel tank as NASA continues to prepare for a Tuesday launch.

It is time for Russia and China to clean up their booming pirating industries
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....United States Commerce Department officials as a $1.8 billion per year barrier to Russia's entry to the World Trade Organization
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NASA postponed the launch of the space shuttle Discovery a second time Sunday because of bad weather
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The space agency said it will try for a launch Tuesday at 2:38 p.m. ET.
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China is tightening controls on blogs and search engines to block material deemed subversive or immoral to Chinese Government
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The announcement comes amid a media crackdown by President Hu Jintao's government, with Web sites being shut down and journalists jailed.
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The number of gray whales born along the Pacific Coast has rebounded from record low levels
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The number of gray whales born along the Pacific Coast has rebounded from record low levels, suggesting that pregnant females are thriving despite a warming Arctic feeding environment, federal biologists said.
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A federal judge has dismissed Go Computer Inc.'s antitrust case against Microsoft Corp.
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In a ruling Thursday, U.S. District Judge J. Frederick Motz in Maryland granted Microsoft's request that the lawsuit be dismissed because the antitrust claims are barred by the four-year statute of limitations.
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The main camera on the Hubble Space Telescope came back to life Friday
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The main camera on the Hubble Space Telescope came back to life Friday for the first time in nearly two weeks after NASA engineers switched to a backup power system, the space agency announced.
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French lawmakers tone down threat over Apple’s iTunes
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French lawmakers on Friday watered down their contentious legislation to force Apple Computer to open up its closed system of iPod players and iTunes online music.
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Google Inc. Thursday will launch a long-awaited service called Google Checkout, which some analysts said could help online merchants boost sales
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Google Inc. Thursday will launch a long-awaited service called Google Checkout, which some analysts said could help online merchants boost sales and convince them to commit more advertising money to the Web search leader.
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Universities and Colleges inefficient out of tune with modern time : Report
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A draft report released Monday by a national commission on higher education calls for more federal money to help low-income students attend college, and places much of the blame for rising prices on the inefficiencies of colleges themselves.
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