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Astronaut who lost tool bag admits making mistake (AP)

Thu, 11/20/2008 - 07:22 — eport

In this image provided by NASA shows an extravehicular activity (EVA) tool bag drifting away from the International Space Station during the mission's first scheduled spacewalk Tuesday Nov. 18, 2008. The astronaut who lost her tool bag on a spacewalk, Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper, admitted Wednesday that she made a mistake by not checking to see if the sack was tied down, and said she's still smarting over the whole thing. (AP Photo/NASA)AP - The astronaut who lost her tool bag on a spacewalk admitted Wednesday that she made a mistake by not checking to see if the sack was tied down, and said she's still smarting over the whole thing.


Arraignment set for Cheney, Gonzales in Texas (AP)

Thu, 11/20/2008 - 05:20 — eport

U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, left, and Vice President Dick Cheney are shown in this 2006 file photo at the White House. Cheney and Gonzales have been indicted on state charges involving federal prisons in a South Texas county that has been a source of bizarre legal and political battles under the outgoing prosecutor. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, file)AP - A Texas judge has set a Friday arraignment for Vice President Dick Cheney, former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and others named in indictments accusing them of responsibility for prisoner abuse in a federal detention center.


Calif. Supreme Court to take up gay marriage ban (AP)

Thu, 11/20/2008 - 05:17 — eport

Rev. Amos Brown, a national board member of the NAACP, raises his hands as he speaks to a large crowd of supporters of same-sex marriage, as they cheer in front of San Francisco City Hall on Saturday, Nov. 15, 2008. Thousands of demonstrators gathered to listen to speakers and protest the passage of Proposition 8, a ballot measure amending California's constitution to ban same-sex marriage. The event is part of a simultaneous protest planned in in hundreds of communities. (AP Photo/Darryl Bush)AP - California's highest court agreed Wednesday to hear several legal challenges to the state's new ban on same-sex marriage but refused to allow gay couples to resume marrying before it rules.


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Snow Blitz for Atlantic Canada

Thu, 11/20/2008 - 08:03 — eport

Atlantic Canada can expect very stormy weather conditions Wednesday night
and Thursday. Most of Newfoundland and eastern Labrador can expect wind and

How Lake-Effect Snow Works

Thu, 11/20/2008 - 08:03 — eport

Lake-effect snow is caused by rapid destabilization of the air combined with
additional lifting produced by friction and terrain. Arctic air masses become

Cold Pattern Locked In

Thu, 11/20/2008 - 08:03 — eport

The eastern United States often has to endure a period of very cold weather
when a large high pressure system builds northward toward Greenland. This

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