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Aug 7, 2011

SPORTS News, Aug 07, 2011

Piercy sets course record to grab lead at Reno-Tahoe Open
Sat,6 Aug 2011 10:55 PM PDT
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Nevada native Scott Piercy struck eight consecutive birdies in a course record 11-under-par 61 to grab a two shot lead at the Reno-Tahoe Open after the third round on Saturday. Full Story

Golf-Piercy sets course record to grab lead at Reno-Tahoe Open
Sat,6 Aug 2011 10:22 PM PDT
Reuters - LOS ANGELES, Aug 6 (Reuters) - Nevada native Scott Piercy struck eight consecutive birdies in a course record 11-under-par 61 to grab a two shot lead at the Reno-Tahoe Open after the third round on Saturday. Full Story

Hamels goes the distance
Sat,6 Aug 2011 07:57 PM PDT
Reuters - SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Cole Hamels pitched a complete game gem to carry the Philadelphia Phillies to a 2-1 victory over the slumping San Francisco Giants on Saturday for their ninth straight win. Full Story

Golf-Reno-Tahoe Open scores
Sat,6 Aug 2011 06:49 PM PDT
Reuters - Aug 6 (Reuters) - Third round scores from the Reno-Tahoe Open at the par-72 Montreux Golf and Country Club in Nevada on Saturday. 203 Scott Piercy (U.S.) 72 70 61 205 Josh Teater (U.S.) 72 67 66 206 Pat Perez (U.S.) 73 68 65 Full Story

Hamels goes the distance as Phillies edge Giants
Sat,6 Aug 2011 04:25 PM PDT
Reuters - SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Cole Hamels pitched a complete game gem to carry the Philadelphia Phillies to their ninth straight win, a narrow 2-1 victory over the San Francisco Giants. Full Story

Woods endures another erratic day at Firestone
Sat,6 Aug 2011 02:24 PM PDT
Reuters -
photoAKRON, Ohio (Reuters) - Tiger Woods again mixed the good with the bad on his PGA Tour return as he toiled to a two-over-par 72 at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational on Saturday in only his third tournament round in three months.

UPDATE 1-Golf-Woods endures another erratic day at Firestone
Sat,6 Aug 2011 02:22 PM PDT
Reuters - * Poor putting and wayward driving costs Woods dear Full Story

photoAKRON, Ohio (Reuters) - A bogey at the par-four last failed to wipe the smile from Luke Donald's face after the British world number one charged into contention at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational Saturday.

Golf-Donald delight after deft putting lifts him into contention
Sat,6 Aug 2011 02:08 PM PDT
Reuters - AKRON, Ohio Aug 6 (Reuters) - A bogey at the par-four last failed to wipe the smile from Luke Donald's face after the British world number one charged into contention at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational on Saturday. Full Story

Golf-Ishikawa's Firestone surge no surprise to leader Scott
Sat,6 Aug 2011 01:19 PM PDT
Reuters - AKRON, OHIO, Aug 6 (Reuters) - For the past four years, Japanese teenager Ryo Ishikawa has been regarded as one of the brightest prospects in the game but had not translated his rich promise to the highly competitive U.S. PGA Tour. Full Story

Golf-WGC-Bridgestone Invitational third round scores
Sat,6 Aug 2011 12:21 PM PDT
Reuters - Aug 6 (Reuters) - Leading third-round scores from the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational at the par-70 course in Akron, Ohio on Saturday 198 Adam Scott (Australia) 62 70 66 199 Ryo Ishikawa (Japan) 67 68 64 Full Story

Australian Scott takes one-shot lead at Firestone
Sat,6 Aug 2011 12:13 PM PDT
Reuters -
photoAKRON, Ohio (Reuters) - Australian Adam Scott edged one stroke clear of a congested third-round leaderboard at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational on Saturday after a thrilling day of dazzling shot-making and low scoring.

UPDATE 1-Golf-Australian Scott takes one-shot lead at Firestone
Sat,6 Aug 2011 12:08 PM PDT
Reuters - * Scott regains outright lead with fast Firestone finish Full Story

Forgotten man Dix ready to rock Bolt's world in Daegu
Sat,6 Aug 2011 09:55 AM PDT
Reuters -
photoLONDON (Reuters) - Walter Dix said Olympic and world champion Usain Bolt could "definitely be beaten" at the global championships in South Korea after easing to victory in the 200 meters on the second day of the London Diamond League meeting Saturday.

Jenkins wins as Olympic course favors fleet of foot
Sat,6 Aug 2011 06:22 AM PDT
Reuters -
photoLONDON (Reuters) - British former world champion Helen Jenkins raced to an impressive victory in the London leg of the triathlon world championship series Saturday to put her in great heart for next year's Olympic race on the same Hyde Park course.

SCIENCE News, Aug 07, 2011

Power companies prepare as solar storms set to hit Earth
Sat,6 Aug 2011 10:04 AM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Three large explosions from the Sun over the past few days have prompted U.S. government scientists to caution users of satellite, telecommunications and electric equipment to prepare for possible disruptions over the next few days. Full Story

NASA's Juno probe sets sail for Jupiter
Fri,5 Aug 2011 01:55 PM PDT
Reuters -
photoCAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - An unmanned rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Friday, sending a robotic scout on its way to Jupiter to gather details about how the solar system formed.

Bad weather delays Ariane rocket launch
Fri,5 Aug 2011 11:28 AM PDT
Reuters - CAYENNE, French Guiana (Reuters) - Bad weather on Friday delayed the launch in French Guiana of an Ariane rocket carrying two satellites, the Arianespace rocket launch company said. Full Story

Experts study what parasites eat to find ways to kill them
Fri,5 Aug 2011 12:56 AM PDT
Reuters - HONG KONG (Reuters) - Researchers in Australia are working on a technique that will allow them to starve to death parasites which are proving harder to destroy using existing drugs. Full Story

NASA finds new evidence of liquid water on Mars
Thu,4 Aug 2011 04:39 PM PDT
Reuters -
photoLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - NASA scientists have discovered new evidence that briny water flows on Mars during its warmest months, raising chances that life could exist on the Red Planet, the space agency said on Thursday.

NASA confirms space shuttle debris found in Texas
Thu,4 Aug 2011 01:49 PM PDT
Reuters -
photoCAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA confirmed on Thursday that a large piece of debris from space shuttle Columbia, which was destroyed in 2003, has been found in a drought-stricken Texas lake.

Post-shuttle, U.S. space explorers need not be human
Thu,4 Aug 2011 06:31 AM PDT
Reuters -
photoWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Now that the shuttle fleet is permanently grounded, the U.S. space spotlight could shift toward the path-breaking astronomical science that NASA does without human beings on board.

Alaska study finds female moose manipulate males to fight
Wed,3 Aug 2011 04:49 PM PDT
Reuters - ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Moose-mating season, just around the corner in Alaska, means crisp fall days, ripe berries on the bushes and, according to a new study, animal behavior that might seem more at home in a rowdy singles bar. Full Story

Spacewalkers ready space station for Russian upgrade
Wed,3 Aug 2011 02:57 PM PDT
Reuters -
photoCAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - A pair of spacewalking cosmonauts floated outside the International Space Station Wednesday to prepare the orbital outpost for upcoming Russian renovations.

Russia says high ice melt opens Arctic trade routes
Wed,3 Aug 2011 02:41 PM PDT
Reuters - MOSCOW (Reuters) - Arctic ice cover receded to near record lows this summer, opening elusive northern trade routes from Asia to the West, Russia's climate research agency said on Wednesday. Full Story

Cameroon, Chad sign pact to fight elephant poaching
Wed,3 Aug 2011 10:00 AM PDT
Reuters - YAOUNDE (Reuters) - Cameroon and Chad have signed an accord to ramp up efforts to fight poachers who kill hundreds of elephants a year in a protected park on their common border, ministers from both nations said. Full Story

20-million year-old ape skull found in Uganda
Tue,2 Aug 2011 10:00 AM PDT
Reuters -
photoKAMPALA (Reuters) - Ugandan and French scientists have discovered a fossil of a skull of a tree-climbing ape from about 20 million years ago in Uganda's Karamoja region, the team said Tuesday.

Rare fossil of sea reptile found on Alaska beach
Fri,29 Jul 2011 05:15 AM PDT
Reuters -
photoANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Alaska scientists have discovered the fossil of a rare, prehistoric marine reptile that is likely the most complete remnant of the creature ever found in North America.

SpaceX eyes November 30 cargo launch to space station
Thu,28 Jul 2011 03:20 PM PDT
Reuters - CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Space Exploration Technologies, a privately owned firm developing a space taxi with U.S.-government backing, plans to launch its second test capsule on November 30 and send it all the way to the International Space Station, a company manager said on Thursday. Full Story

NASA probe poised for launch to Jupiter
Thu,28 Jul 2011 06:08 AM PDT
Reuters -
photoCAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - A NASA satellite was hoisted aboard an unmanned Atlas 5 rocket at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Wednesday in preparation for launch next week on an unprecedented mission to the heart of Jupiter.