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Jul 13, 2011
TECHNOLOGY News, Jul 13, 2011
SPORTS News, Jul 13, 2011
| Brewers acquire Mets closer Rodriguez Tue,12 Jul 2011 10:42 PM PDT Reuters - MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - The Milwaukee Brewers acquired relief pitcher Francisco Rodriguez and cash from the New York Mets in exchange for two unnamed players, the Major League Baseball clubs said on Tuesday. Rodriguez has 291 career saves over his 10-year career, including a MLB record 62 in 2008 with the Los Angeles Angels. Full Story |
| Factbox: List of All-Star Game MVP winners Tue,12 Jul 2011 09:33 PM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - Prince Fielder of the Milwaukee Brewers was named Most Valuable Player in Tuesday's 82nd All-Star Game in a 5-1 National League victory over the American League. Full Story | |
 PHOENIX (Reuters) - Prince Fielder smacked a three-run homer to lead the National League to a 5-1 win over the American League in Tuesday's All-Star Game and clinch home field advantage in this year's World Series. Milwaukee Brewers slugger Fielder connected off Texas Rangers lefty C.J. Wilson in the bottom of the fourth, sending the ball off the top of the wall in left-center to score Carlos Beltran of the Mets and Matt Kemp of the Dodgers. | |
 BLAYE LES MINES, France (Reuters) - Mark Cavendish should have his usual lead-out train in full throttle again as he chases his 18th Tour de France victory in the 11th stage on Wednesday. | |
 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lawyers for Roger Clemens, on trial on charges he lied to Congress, plan to argue that U.S. lawmakers overreached when they called the former pitching ace to testify about steroids in Major League Baseball. | |
| Vancouver Whitecaps sign Gambian striker Jarju Tue,12 Jul 2011 12:24 PM PDT Reuters - VANCOUVER (Reuters) - The Vancouver Whitecaps have signed Gambian international striker Mustapha Jarju as their second designated player, the Major League Soccer (MLS) club said on Tuesday. Full Story | |
 LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Anaheim Ducks have acquired center Andrew Cogliano from the Edmonton Oilers in exchange for a 2013 second-round draft pick, the National Hockey League (NHL) teams said on Tuesday. | |
| Confident Jason Day working it out for himself Tue,12 Jul 2011 12:03 PM PDT Reuters - SANDWICH, England (Reuters) - Australian Jason Day relished the challenge of working out the secrets of Royal St George's by himself as he prepared for the British Open on Tuesday. Full Story | |
| INTERVIEW-Golf-Confident Day working it out for himself Tue,12 Jul 2011 11:35 AM PDT Reuters - SANDWICH, England, July 12 (Reuters) - Australian Jason Day relished the challenge of working out the secrets of Royal St George's by himself as he prepared for the British Open on Tuesday. Full Story | |
 TORONTO (Reuters) - The Toronto Blue Jays traded outfielder Juan Rivera to the Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for a player to be named later or cash considerations, the Major League Baseball team said on Tuesday. | |
 MADRID (Reuters) - Madrid's mayor has called a news conference Wednesday to make an Olympics-related announcement as local media reported the city was set to unveil a bid for the 2020 summer Games. | |
 CARMAUX, France (Reuters) - German Andre Greipel put one over bitter rival and former team mate Mark Cavendish by securing a maiden Tour de France stage win at the expense of the Manxman on Tuesday. | |
 SANDWICH, England (Reuters) - It was the calm before the storm for Rory McIlroy on Tuesday as he sauntered into blustery Royal St George's fully comfortable with his role as favorite for this week's British Open. | |
 NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Minnesota Timberwolves fired head coach Kurt Rambis after a last-place overall finish that stretched the struggling team's playoff drought to seven seasons, the National Basketball Association team said on Tuesday. | |
| Golf-Calm before the storm for McIlroy Tue,12 Jul 2011 09:53 AM PDT Reuters - SANDWICH, England, July 12 (Reuters) - It was the calm before the storm for Rory McIlroy on Tuesday as he sauntered into blustery Royal St George's fully comfortable with his role as favourite for this week's British Open. Full Story |
SCIENCE News, Jul 13, 2011
| Texas artist's work hurtling through space with Atlantis Tue,12 Jul 2011 04:12 PM PDT Reuters - HOUSTON (Reuters) - It's a rare person who can say that her artwork is hurtling through space. Full Story |
 HOUSTON (Reuters) - A pair of spacewalking astronauts floated outside the International Space Station on Tuesday to pack up a broken cooling pump and tackle other tasks before NASA's last space shuttle heads back to Earth. | |
| Billions of bugs wiped out on Dutch roads Tue,12 Jul 2011 10:33 AM PDT Reuters - AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch motorists kill about 133 billion insects a month, splattering bugs on their vehicles and eliminating important members of the food chain, according to a study released this week. Full Story | |
 HOUSTON (Reuters) - With the end of the space shuttle program in sight, the U.S. government intends to stimulate development of private space transportation and also to lay the foundation for an entire new industry to service satellites in orbit. | |
| Japan idled reactors could restart after stress test Mon,11 Jul 2011 04:05 AM PDT Reuters - TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's idled nuclear reactors could restart work if they pass the first stage of two-step post-Fukushima safety checks, the government said on Monday.Full Story | |
| End of shuttle program could be boon for startup SpaceX, others Fri,8 Jul 2011 10:47 AM PDT Reuters -  CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - After the U.S. space shuttle program ends this month, NASA will rely on Russia and its Soyuz craft to deliver Americans to the International Space Station -- at a cost of more than $50 million a seat. | |
| Factbox: Space shuttle Atlantis' final mission Fri,8 Jul 2011 10:05 AM PDT Reuters - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - Space shuttle Atlantis is due to launch on Friday on the 135th and final flight in NASA's shuttle program. The mission, scheduled to last 12 days, is intended to stockpile a year's worth of supplies on the International Space Station. Full Story | |
 TOKYO (Reuters) - Two months of baking heat will test Japan's resolve to wean itself off nuclear power and show whether an energy-saving drive set off by meltdowns at the Fukushima plant will bring lasting efficiency gains the way the 1970s oil crisis did. | |
 TITUSVILLE, Florida (Reuters) - The end of the U.S. space shuttle program is the end of the line for Tom Brown and other workers like him at the Kennedy Space Center in central Florida. He is about to join the ranks of the unemployed. | |
| Experts find rogue stem cells in liver cancer Thu,7 Jul 2011 04:10 AM PDT Reuters - HONG KONG (Reuters) - Liver cancers are embedded with a type of super cancer stem cells that make them resistant to chemotherapy, spread to other body parts and stage a comeback even after they are surgically removed, researchers in Hong Kong reported on Thursday. Full Story | |
 CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Space shuttle Atlantis, carrying a crew of four and food and other supplies critical for the International Space Station, is set to vault into orbit on Friday on the final flight in the 30-year U.S. shuttle program. | |
 CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - It's been 28 years since NASA launched a four-person shuttle crew, but that will be the number of astronauts slated to fly on Atlantis for the program's last flight, a 12-day cargo run to the International Space Station. | |
 CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - As the clock ticks down to this week's final space shuttle launch, there is a mounting sense of uncertainty about future U.S. dominance in space. | |
 CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Four veteran astronauts landed at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday to prepare for the launch of NASA's last space shuttle on a cargo run to the International Space Station. | |
 CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - I have watched as space shuttles nosedive toward the runway more than 100 times, knowing that there are no engines available to carry them back into the sky if something goes wrong. |
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