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Catch ISS and Endeavour in Baltimore pass
Maryland WeatherIf skies are clear overnight, Marylanders may be able to catch the International Space Station and the shuttle Endeavour as they fly almost directly over Baltimore. It may be the last chance any of us ever gets to see a......Tags: Space Programs, Florida, Science and Technology
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Last launch of Discovery
Maryland WeatherI remembered the belching, billowing smoke at liftoff. I remembered the towering pillar of smoke as the shuttle climbs toward orbit. And I remembered suppressing the fear that something might go wrong.But as my son and I watched Discovery's launch......Tags: Traffic, Rentals, NASA, Space Programs, Florida
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Fay stalls, drowns Florida
Maryland WeatherYou can say what you want about the way the news media hype tropical systems that never really grow into 'dangerous' hurricanes. But Fay is a good example of why we can't afford to ignore the little storms.Although it never......Tags: Disasters, North Carolina, Natural Disasters, Tropical Storms, Meteorological Disasters
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Obama to astronaut: 'Fashion statement'
The Swampby Mark Silva The president placed a long-distance phone call today - to the International Space Station - with the help of some school-kids who had some pretty good questions. The Washington, D.C.-area middle-schoolers joined President Barack Obama in...Tags: Government, Bill Nelson, National Government, Barack Obama, Space Programs
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Will space shuttle -- and bucket list -- ever get off the ground?
Mayo on the Side: Broward news columnist Michael Mayo | Sun-Sentinel BlogsI???m still waiting to scratch off the first item from my Florida bucket list. The Space Shuttle Endeavour hasn???t been a willing accomplice. After living here 20 years, I want to write about some quintessential Florida things I???ve never done......Tags: NASA, New York, Vehicles, Melbourne, Dania Beach
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Obama's stars: $2.5 million for the party
The Swampby Mark Silva and updated They don't call it Star Island for nothing. Gloria and Emilio Estefan, of Miami Sound Machine fame, live on the gated island, a circle of mansions on a Biscayne Bay island along the causeway to......Tags: Broward County, Miami Beach, NASA, Timothy M. Kaine, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida)
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Angry Birds nest at Kennedy Space Center
Now it can be said: The Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex is for the birds. Make that the Angry Birds. The attraction has just opened Angry Birds Space Encounter, which brings the fowl characters from the digital-gaming world to real life in hopes of...
Tags: Halloween Horror Nights, Finland, Brevard County, Space Programs, Entertainment
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Some Gators fans turn in season tickets
I was raised in the Gator faith. So it pains me to say that I can't blame longtime season ticket holders who are giving up the seats they've had for decades. Some Gator fans are making the decision because they feel underappreciated. Pushed out....
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Time for new and improved update for the theme parks
Spring is in the air, and so are new experiences at Orlando-area theme parks and attractions. Let's walk through a few fresh — or upcoming — opportunities. Waterworks Legoland Florida's water park is back open for the season, and it has...
Tags: Amusement and Theme Parks, NASA, Xbox, International Drive, LEGO Group
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Lessons in risk and reality
On Feb. 11, 1986, as the Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident was plowing through testimony on that January's shuttle disaster, a commission member asked for a glass of ice water. Richard Feynman, a theoretical physicist and...Tags: Disasters, NASA, Air and Space Accidents, Vehicles, Disasters and Accidents
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State Sen. Alan Hays' extreme bill to limit conservation land buying should be defeated
This is the time of year when state Sen. Alan Hays usually tries to turn one of his extreme opinions into law by filing a bill that the Legislature has to consider with a straight face. Session 2013: The Umatilla Republican does not disappoint. Hays...
Tags: Conservation, Nature Conservancy, Wekiva River, Property, Alan Hays
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Retiring Field Museum, Adler Planetarium presidents give their final thoughts
This autumn and early winter will see the biggest change in Chicago's Museum Campus since Lake Shore Drive took a hard swing to the west to create the parkland connection of cultural institutions 14 years ago. This time, though, the alteration is not one...
Tags: Conservation, NASA, Museum of Science and Industry, University of Oregon, Ecosystems
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