SpaceX rocket launch hailed as 'a new era in space exploration'
23.05.2012, 07:00:00
SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket, topped by an unmanned capsule, blasts off from Cape Canaveral, Fla., on a three-day trip to the International Space Station. In a pivotal moment for private spaceflight, a towering white rocket lifted into space a cone-shaped capsule headed for a three-day trip carrying cargo to the International Space Station and a tricky rendezvous in outer space this week.
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Group that backed downtown stadium criticizes environmental report
23.05.2012, 07:00:00
The Natural Resources Defense Council says the document on the proposed football stadium failed to fully analyze traffic-related health risks. An environmental group that has supported a proposed downtown Los Angeles football stadium and helped the developer secure special treatment in the courts issued a sharply worded critique Tuesday of environmental documents prepared for the project.
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Has blazing a trail in solar energy cost California too much?
23.05.2012, 07:00:00
California leads the nation in solar power, but the proliferation of home installations has been fueled by electric rate incentives. A battle over how much longer they will be available is being waged. That ray of light you see peeking through all the clouds darkening California's future? That's the sun. More specifically, solar power, in which California is the hands-down national leader.
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PSA test for prostate cancer should be dropped, task force says
22.05.2012, 07:00:00
An expert advisory panel argues that needless treatments hurt many more men than are helped by early detection, but some doctors take issue. The PSA test should be abandoned as a prostate cancer screening tool, a government advisory panel has concluded after determining that the side effects from needless biopsies and treatments hurt many more men than are potentially helped by early detection of cancers.
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California Senate passes bill for self-driving cars
22.05.2012, 01:34:00
The measure sets guidelines for 'autonomous vehicles' to be tested and operated in California. It now goes to the Assembly for consideration next month. A bill that would allow self-driving cars on California's roads has passed the California Senate.
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A political debate plays out among Louisiana oil rigs
21.05.2012, 04:48:00
President Obama takes credit for a rebound in drilling jobs, while Mitt Romney criticizes the president's policies as outdated. In a community that vividly recalls the Deepwater Horizon disaster, the issue is personal. LAFAYETTE, La. — Visitors to this oil town might be forgiven for wondering whether the BP oil spill and subsequent drilling moratorium ever happened. "Now hiring" signs are plastered on billboards around town, and hotels such as the Crowne Plaza are chock full of seminars training students to work on offshore rigs. Many offshore companies can't find enough workers for the jobs they're listing. This parish has the lowest unemployment rate in Louisiana, 4.8%.
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This eclipse runs a ring around the others
20.05.2012, 03:38:00
A rare annular solar eclipse will be visible from California on Sunday. From Los Angeles, the moon will block enough of the sun to leave a crescent; viewers farther north will see a fiery ring. A rare "ring" solar eclipse is coming to California on Sunday evening — the first of its kind to be visible from the continental United States since 1994.
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SpaceX aborts first private launch to space station
19.05.2012, 23:57:00
Computers sense an engine anomaly at the last second and shut down the Falcon 9 rocket at Cape Canaveral, Fla. The first mission by a private company to the International Space Station was aborted before dawn Saturday at Cape Canaveral, Fla., when computers detected an anomaly in one of the rocket's engines and automatically shut down the launch sequence.
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