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After years as a NASA engineer, Earl Driscoll left the space program and never looked back. He was content taking over the family janitorial business -- a job where his mistakes didn't cost lives.

A new partnership at the Utah Museum of Natural History aims to stimulate an essential part of scientific research curiosity.

It's been said that the Indianapolis 500 is more than a race and officials with the Indiana Economic Development Corporation couldn't agree more. This weekend, IEDC will use the "Greatest Spectacle in Racing" to entertain dozens of decision-makers whose companies or organizations could bring investment and jobs to the state. Beginning with today's Carburetion Day activities and through the ...

Kent Police are given extra time to question a man arrested on suspicion of murder after a taxi driver was run over by his own cab.

WARREN -- Saturn Wheel Co., which specializes in aluminum wheel refinishing, will expand its northeastern Indiana operations and add 32 employees by 2010.

UPI horoscopes for Saturday, May 26, 2007.

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Part fictional spaceship log, part nuts-and-bolts survival manual, the astrophysicist Neil F. Comins? book warns of mundane dangers in space travel.

Saturn Minerals Inc. (TSX-V: SMI) ('Saturn')wishes to announce that Saturn has arranged a private placement with one ofCanada's premier mining funds, the MineralFields Group of Toronto, Ontario.It has been agreed that this institutional non-brokered private placement(the 'MineralFields Placement') will consist of the issuance of 1,500,000flow-through units ('FT Units') at $0.20 per unit to the ...

Saturn Minerals Inc. wishes to announce that Saturn has arranged a private placement with one of Canada's premier mining funds, the MineralFields Group of Toronto, Ontario. It has been agreed that this institutional non-brokered private placement (the "MineralFields Placement") will consist of the issuance of 1,500,000 flow-through units at $0.20 per unit to the MineralFields Group.

If you want to test drive a Toyota Camry or Honda Accord, starting next month you'll be able to do it at a Saturn dealership. General Motors is asking Saturn dealers to have one or more of the competing models in the showroom so customers can look at it, sit in it and drive it.

A Fort Smith woman died Tuesday of injuries suffered during a Saturday morning wreck. Gillian Lane, 21, died after the 1995 Saturn she was driving swerved off the road and hit a utility pole on South 16th Street at about 5:19 a.m., said Fort Smith police officer Wes Milam.

The many moons of Saturn are a strange collection, and among the most puzzling is a modest lump of ice named Enceladus that is constantly erupting plumes of steam like the geysers of Yellowstone or the fumaroles of Lassen Peak. But there's no molten...

Single-car crash sends two teens to hospitalBRENTWOOD — Two Fremont teenagers were airlifted to medical centers late Thursday afternoon after their 1997 Saturn slammed into a bridge abutment on Route 101.

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Saturn Vue, Ford F-150s, and speed traps. (Daily Auto News)

Bad valve guides found after I bought it. Blue smoke came out of the exhaust pipes when started after the car sat for a few hours. Was covered under dealer warranty.

On May 12, 2007, Cassini completed its 31st flyby of Saturn's moon Titan, which the team calls T30.

On May 12, 2007, Cassini completed its 31st flyby of Saturn's moon Titan, which the team calls T30. The radar instrument obtained this image showing the coastline and numerous island groups of a portion of a large sea, consistent with the larger sea seen by the Cassini imaging instrument.

PORTLAND - Another vehicle fire was reported early Thursday in Portland. It was the eighth car fire in three days. Tuesday, three Honda CR-V sport utility vehicles and a Ford pickup truck were torched before dawn. Wednesday, a Saturn Vue, a Honda Element and a Ford Ranger pickup were set ablaze.

Astronomers are getting clearer views of alien worlds. This month, a research team published the first ever "weather" map of an exoplanet. Another group took the temperature of an exoplanet that glows like a hot coal. And recent data from a planet-hunting satellite has led scientists to think that they can at last detect exoplanets as small as Earth.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- Saturn's rings may look smooth and even when viewed through a telescope but they are in fact made up of clumps of particles and may be much denser than realized, scientists said on Tuesday.

Today is Thursday, May 24, the 144th day of 2007 with 221 to follow. The moon is waxing. The morning stars are Mars, Jupiter, Neptune and Uranus. The evening stars are Mercury, Venus and Saturn.

Free helmets drew 140 children and their parents to Saturn of Elk Grove on Saturday.

On May 12, 2007, Cassini completed its 31st flyby of Saturn's moon Titan, which the team calls T30. The radar instrument obtained this image showing the coastline and numerous island groups of a portion of a large sea, consistent with the larger sea seen by the Cassini imaging instrument (See Seeing Farther North).

The Cassini spacecraft surveys Saturn's outstretched ring system in the infrared from a vantage point high above the planet's northern latitudes. Nearly the full expanse of the main rings is visible here -- from the C ring to the outer edge of the A ring (in the upper left corner).

The F ring shepherd moon Prometheus touches the face of Saturn once more before moving off into blackness and continuing in its orbit. The F ring itself is visible as a thin line just below Prometheus (102 kilometers, or 63 miles across).

Across the expanse of Saturn's rings, the Cassini spacecraft spies two small moons in consort. Atlas (32 kilometers, or 20 miles across) is seen exterior to the bright outer edge of the A ring.

The rings of Saturn glow softly as sunlight from below wends its way through. Some of the Sun's light bounces off the rings' opposite side and can be seen illuminating Saturn's night side southern hemisphere.

In Saturn's bluish north, day ends for the dreamy white clouds that stretch here into twilight. This natural color scene shows middle latitudes in Saturn's north at excellent resolution, and with little detectable blur due to spacecraft motion.

The Cassini spacecraft looks across Saturn's cloud-dotted north and shadowed pole, and out across the lanes of ice that compose its rings. Prometheus (102 kilometers, or 63 miles across) is visible between the A and F rings near the center of the image.

Held in gravity's embrace, Saturn's darkened, icy rings encircle the clouded gas giant. This view looks toward the unilluminated side of the rings from about 29 degrees above the ringplane.

A suburban Cincinnati company plans to convert gasoline-burning cars to electric power and sell them for under $50,000, the company's president said.Advanced Mechanical Products Inc., or AMP, plans to complete its first prototype by year's end and begin production next year Jack Kuntz said.AMP plans to take existing Saturn Corp. models -- including its four-door sedans and small sport utility ...

A suburban Cincinnati company plans to convert gasoline-burning cars to electric power and sell them for under $50,000, the company's president said.

Astronomers are getting clearer views of exoplanets by measuring the light change during distant eclipses.

WASHINGTON Saturn’s rings are made up of clumps much more dense than scientists had thought.

New observations from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft have revealed that Saturn’s largest ring isn’t a smooth distribution of particles like it looks in photographs. Instead, it’s actually made up of tightly packed clumps of material surrounded by empty spaces. According to researchers, these clumps of material are constantly colliding, breaking up, and reforming. And these clumps have [...]

Images taken by the joint NASA, Italian and European Space Agency Cassini spacecraft has revealed that Saturn's rings are not smooth and even as assumed, but is in fact made up of particles with gaps in between.

I bought used at 65000 miles and right away have problem also with coolant leak. As of now... they want to replace the engine oil cooler and this is going to cost me about $2000...

The U.S. Department of Energy has selected five next-generation vehicle research projects to share in $19 million in government funding.

Scientists working with data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft have concluded that one of Saturn'...

This false-color image of Saturn's main rings was made by combining data from multiple star occultations using the Cassini ultraviolet imaging spectrograph. During occultations, scientists observe the brightness of a...

The European Space Agency said data from its Venus Express spacecraft will be temporarily augmented by synoptic data from Earth's telescopes.

Saturn's rings may look smooth and even when viewed through a telescope but they are in fact made up of clumps of particles and may be much denser than realised, scientists said.

Saturn's rings may look smooth but they are in fact made up of clumps of particles and may be much denser than realised, scientists say.

Another strong argument for the new Saturn. (Reviews - SUVs/Wagons)

Saturn rings are made up of clumps of particles with empty spaces in between and may be much denser than realized, scientists said on Tuesday.

LA CAÑADA FLINT- RIDGE - One of the biggest surprises of the Cassini mission is Saturn's moon Enceladus, which stunned scientists a year and a half ago with its jetting geysers of ice crystals and water vapor.

BROCKTON -- Repo men are known to be aggressive when they hunt down debtors. They often call bosses, landlords, and relatives to track their quarry, or lie in wait at a debtor's house to take the possessions in the middle of the night.

Washington, May 23 : A research team at the University of Central Florida has reportedly been able to map clumps in Saturn's rings with the help of a CAT scan, that may eventually explain origin of the planet's three rings.

BLUE ASH - Hoping to appeal to folks fed up with rising gasoline prices, the nation's dependence on foreign oil and global warming, a new company plans to offer motorists an alternative: a 100 percent electric car.

Students in Fond du Lac School District Grades K-5 created colorful walleyes that will be strung throughout Saturn Familyland at Walleye Weekend. Each school had a designated color and students, with the help of their art teachers, created their designs.

The false-colour image of Saturn's main rings provided by NASA is made by combining data from multiple star occultations using the Cassini spacecraft ultraviolet imaging spectrograph.

A research team at the University of Central Florida has reportedly been able to map clumps in Saturn's rings with the help of a CAT scan, that may eventually explain the origin of the planet's three rings.

BIRTHDAY GAL: The singer/songwriter known as Jewel was born in Payson, Utah, on this date in 1974.

UPI horoscopes for Wednesday, May 23, 2007.

An American research team has been able to map the nature of Saturn's rings with the help of data provided the NASA spacecraft Cassini. Saturn has a newly discovered ring, a faint trail of particles just visible in between some of its better-known rings, NASA said on Tuesday.

An American research team has been able to map the nature of Saturn's rings with the help of data provided the NASA spacecraft Cassini.

A research team at the University of Central Florida has reportedly been able to map clumps in Saturn's rings with the help of a CAT scan, that may eventually explain the origin of the planet's three rings.

UPI almanac for Wednesday, May 23, 2007.

Washington, May 23 (ANI): A research team at the University of Central Florida has reportedly been able to map clumps in Saturn's rings with the help of a CAT scan, that may eventually explain origin of the planet's three rings. According to Josh Colwell, an Assistant Professor of Physics at the university, and a member of the Cassini ultraviolet imaging spectrograph team, Saturn's ...

Warwick - To the police chief, the Saturn driving down Brady Road minus a front bumper didn’t seem right. It was about 8:30 a.m.

WASHINGTON - Saturn's rings may look smooth and even when viewed through a telescope but they are in fact made up of clumps of particles and may be much denser than realised, scientists said today.

The Greater Riverside Chambers of Commerce will hold an after-hours mixer today at 5:30 p.m. It will take place at Saturn of Riverside, 8101 Auto Drive.

SATURN'S rings may look smooth and even when viewed through a telescope but they are in fact made up of clumps of particles and may be much denser than realised, scientists say.

SATURN'S rings may look smooth and even when viewed through a telescope but they are in fact made up of clumps of particles and may be much denser than realised, scientists say.

Saturn's rings may look smooth and even when viewed through a telescope but they are in fact made up of clumps of particles and may be much denser than realized, scientists said on Tuesday.

Dear Elsa, I am going through the first serious sex drought of my life. I just don't get it - in both senses of the phrase, if you get my meaning! I am in the best relationship of my life and happily married, although my life is more conventional and settled than it has ever been to date. I am married to an Aquarian. He is very kind and we get on well on so many levels. It's not that it's ...

Saturn's largest and most densely packed ring is composed of tightly packed clumps of particles separated by nearly empty gaps, according to new findings from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.

MANTECA – The driver of a stolen vehicle pursued by police raced down Elm Avenue at nearly 100 mph before losing control, plowing into a fire hydrant and hitting another car around 4:30 p.m.

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HIV in breastmilk killed by flash-heating May 21, UCB -- Research led by UC Berkeley and UC Davis has found that breast milk naturally infected with HIV can be treated with a simple method of flash-heating, providing hope that HIV-positive mothers in developing countries will soon be able to more safely feed their babies.

The Cassini spacecraft reveals the planet's bright B ring is not uniform but clumpy, suggesting the famous rings are heftier than previously thought

The Cassini spacecraft reveals the planet's bright B ring is not uniform but clumpy, suggesting the famous rings are heftier than previously thought

May 22, 2007 - Warner Home Video and Kids' WB today announced the release of four episodes from the hot new series Legion of Super Heroes: Volume 1 , inspired by the legend of DC Comics' Superman , on August 28, 2007 for $14.98.

Notice: For the foreseeable future, the daily reports may contain apparent discrepancies between some proposal descriptions and the listed instrument usage.

Busy Atlantic hurricane season forecastSILVER SPRINGS, Md., May 22 (UPI) -- U.S. meteorologists expect the 2007 Atlantic hurricane season to be above normal levels, urging people in hurricane-prone areas to begin emergency planning.The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is projecting a 75 percent probability the Atlantic hurricane season will be a very active one.For the 2007 ...

HERRIN - The third time was indeed the charm for Tyra Zoeller of Marion.

Busy Atlantic hurricane season forecast ... Mathematicians break calculation record ... Saturn's largest ring surprises scientists ... Teenage non-marital sex studied ... News from United Press International.

GS Metals in Pinckneyville recently donated a replica of the stone medallion that adorns the new Busch Stadium in St. Louis to the Perry County Relay for Life silent auction.

Saturn's largest and most densely packed ring is composed of tightly packed clumps of particles separated by nearly empty gaps, according to new findings from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.

Several bystanders did their best to help the driver of a Saturn that crashed with a sport utility vehicle at the intersection of Highway 29 and Salvador Avenue on Monday evening.

Saturn’s largest ring might appear solid when viewed from Earth, but closer inspection by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft reveal it is composed of tightly packed clumps of particles separated by nearly empty gaps.

Close on the heels of the Mars occultation two months ago, skywatchers will get to see another one on Wednesday. This time the moon will eclipse Regulus - the brightest star in the Leo constellation. This event is scheduled to take place after about 10:15 pm Indian Standard Time, but the exact time of the event will depend upon the location of the observer. In this case the moon will come ...

Notice: For the foreseeable future, the daily reports may contain apparent discrepancies between some proposal descriptions and the listed instrument usage.

NASA scientists say Saturn's largest and most densely packed ring is composed of tightly packed clumps of particles separated by nearly empty gaps.The discovery that the clumps in Saturn's B ring are neatly organized and constantly colliding, which surprised scientists, came from data returned by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Cassini spacecraft.The rings are different from ...

WASHINGTON, May 22: NASA scientists say Saturn's largest and most densely packed ring is composed of tightly packed clumps of particles separated by nearly empty gaps.

NASA scientists say Saturn's largest and most densely packed ring is composed of tightly packed clumps of particles separated by nearly empty gaps. The discovery that the clumps in Saturn's B ring are neatly organized and constantly colliding, which surpr

NASA scientists say Saturn's largest and most densely packed ring is composed of tightly packed clumps of particles separated by nearly empty gaps.

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Saturn's largest and most densely packed ring is composed of dense clumps of particles separated by nearly empty gaps, according to new findings from NASA's Cassini spacecraft. These clumps in Saturn's B ring are neatly organized and constantly colliding, which surprised scientists.

Saturn's largest and most densely packed ring is composed of dense clumps of particles separated by nearly empty gaps, according to new findings from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.

HIV in breastmilk killed by flash-heating May 21, UCB -- Research led by UC Berkeley and UC Davis has found that breast milk naturally infected with HIV can be treated with a simple method of flash-heating, providing hope that HIV-positive mothers in developing countries will soon be able to more safely feed their babies.

Saturn's largest ring might appear solid when viewed from Earth, but closer inspection by NASA's Cassini spacecraft reveals it is composed of tightly packed clumps of particles in constant collision with one another.

HERRIN - The third time was indeed the charm for Tyra Zoeller of Marion.

HELSINKI, May 22 (Reuters) - Finland coach Roy Hodgson named a 24-man squad on Tuesday for Euro 2008 qualifying games at home against Serbia on June 2 and against Belgium four days later.

A Clarksville man was killed in a morning wreck on Memorial Drive Monday.

Roman Eremenko and Hannu Patronen are in line for their Finland debuts after being called for the home qualifiers in Helsinki against Serbia and Belgium.

Kodak signs printer deals Winery opens outside Geneva Salvatore Pizza opens in city

Today is Tuesday, May 22, 2007TODAY'S ASTROLOGICAL TIMETABLEPositions of the planets and luminaries today at noon GMT (8 a.m. EDT):Sun............... 2nd degree GeminiMoon.............. 16th degree LeoMercury........... 21st degree GeminiVenus............. 16th degree CancerMars.............. 6th degree AriesCeres............. 25th degree AriesJupiter........... 17th degree Sagittarius, ...

UPI horoscopes for Tuesday, May 22, 2007.

The Madera Police Department received about 165 calls for service between the hours of 12:01 a.m. and 11:59 p.m. on May 13. The following is a partial list of those calls.

UPI almanac for Tuesday, May 22, 2007.

Honda of Santa Maria is holding a grand opening celebration today and Sunday at its new location, offering free hot dogs, a bounce house for the kids, door prizes and more.

OSNABURG TWP. A woman lost control of the sport utility vehicle she was driving and smashed into a tree on Swallen Avenue, just north of Route 172, just before 10 p.m. Monday.

A Fosston man was transported to Altru Hospital in Grand Forks this morning after a one-vehicle accident south of Fosston on Polk County Road 6.

UCF scientist helps discover more about the structure of Saturn's rings.

The Barbarian Group likes to operate on the fringes of the advertising scene. Based on Newbury Street, the tiny shop avoids calling itself an ad "agency" even though it's made a name...

What?s heating the inside of Saturn?s moon Enceladus?

A Longwood man died in a head-on collision in east Orange County Monday, Florida Highway Patrol troopers said.

Third parties should be making better games and take on Nintendo directly. Also, DS games that donʼt use everything the handheld has to offer and the deal with Wii spin-offs instead of true sequels.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed Friday a decree on the Glonass navigation system to provide the service free for customers, the Kremlin press service said.

Rochester, MN. The ABA Rochester Fire has announced the signing of several new corporate sponsors to serve as partners for the new expansion professional basketball team that begins play in November.

HOUSTON, May 21, 2007 — ADV Films , the number one producer-distributor of anime outside of Japan, is pleased to bring you the next chapter of the title you may have trouble saying, but still love to watch!

Visitors to Kennedy Space Center in Florida recently poured into the Saturn V Center and curiously stepped up to a display. They watched as a small group of lab-coated experts surrounded an aluminum box about the size of a file cabinet.

A Fosston man was transported to Altru Hospital in Grand Forks this morning after a one-vehicle accident south of Fosston on Polk County Road 6.

GS Metals in Pinckneyville recently donated a replica of the stone medallion that adorns the new Busch Stadium in St. Louis to the Perry County Relay for Life silent auction.

OSA Combo, a nine-piece R&B outfit from the Oakland School for the Arts, won the second annual High School Battle of the Bands on Saturday night at the Sleep Train Pavilion in Concord.

An Alexandria man was arrested Sunday night on child endangerment charges, among other charges, Alexandria police report.

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AUBURN HILLS, Mich. -- Jessica Marie Parks perches her bare feet on the edge of her desk at Volkswagen of America headquarters and types furiously _ with her toes.

The most recent spacecraft telemetry was acquired on Tuesday, May 15, from the Goldstone tracking complex. The Cassini spacecraft is in an excellent state of health and all subsystems are operating normally.

Very disappointed in Saturn will never buy another one. How well written is this review? Would you buy another car from this manufacturer?

ELGIN -- A rock that's traveled from the Moon to the Earth on an Apollo rocket had problems Sunday making it to its next, local destination.

MOSCOW, May 21 (RIA Novosti) - Russia will conclude contracts on the procurement of up to 100 SuperJet-100 regional passenger aircraft by the end of 2007, a first deputy prime minister said Monday.

In my last column, I recounted a brief history of planets - specifically, what we humans have taken to be planets - and described how the number of planets was not written in stone.

Today is Monday, May 21, 2007TODAY'S ASTROLOGICAL TIMETABLEPositions of the planets and luminaries today at noon GMT (8 a.m. EDT):Sun............... 1st degree GeminiMoon.............. 3rd degree LeoMercury........... 20th degree GeminiVenus............. 15th degree CancerMars.............. 5th degree AriesCeres............. 25th degree AriesJupiter........... 17th degree Sagittarius, ...

Missing Plainfield woman Lisa Stebic's blood was found on a tarp recovered from husband Craig's vehicle, an unnamed police source said. A DNA test determined that the blood on the tarp was Lisa's, and authorities used that information to convince a judge to issue a search warrant that was executed at the Stebic's Plainfield home late Monday night.

The Grand Chute Police Department is seeking leads regarding a suspect who committed an armed robbery Saturday evening at La Quinta Inn.

UPI horoscopes for Monday, May 21, 2007.

UPI almanac for Monday, May 21, 2007

A: Leos and Pisceans never do anything small or halfway. Both signs think big, want to have it all and, most importantly, need to feel fulfilled.

A space shuttle has finally landed in Elgin — at the Gail Borden Public Library. Sunday was move-in day for the “Space: Dare to Dream” exhibition, previously viewed in Seattle, St. Louis, Detroit and Tampa, Fla.

CENTER LINE -- It looked like a scene from the TV show "Cops."

The fifth biennial showcase of women in the arts features more than 50 performances from local men and women, highlighting music, theater, dance, poetry, visual and performance art. Also features food vendors, workshops and panels. Discussions follow.

NASA is testing an underwater robot in one of Earth's deepest sinkholes in a first step toward searching for life on Jupiter's icy moon, Europa. El Zacaton, near the Gulf coast of northeastern Mexico, is about 100 metres (328 feet) wide and more than 1,000 metres (3,280 feet) deep.

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LA CAÑADA FLINT- RIDGE - One of the biggest surprises of the Cassini mission is Saturn's moon Enceladus, which stunned scientists a year and a half ago with its jetting geysers of ice crystals and water vapor.

Argentine Div 1: Lanus 3 Colon 0, Newell's Old Boys 0 San Lorenzo de Almagro (BA) 1, Velez Sarsfield 0 Gimnasia-La Plata 0.

DOHA • As the morning assembly got over, the whole school seemed to be buzzing with a lot of activities and the students collected themselves at different venues to participate in the celebration of English Day at Birla Public School.

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LA CAÑADA FLINT- RIDGE - One of the biggest surprises of the Cassini mission is Saturn's moon Enceladus, which stunned scientists a year and a half ago with its jetting geysers of ice crystals and water vapor.

CHRYSLER SALE: GM cites technology, alternative fuel and union relations as its priorities.

Seats became hard & uncomfortable by 30,000 miles -but they were never great even when new. Typical for Saturn's, I think. Original tires (Firestone's) had squirrelly handling; new Goodyear's @ 40,000 miles solved the problem.

Ignition Cylinder at 118,000 miles. (Found Transmissions on Saturns this vintage have problems with iron deposits and bad valve bodies. This can be frustrating at times because it will not upshift or engage if hot).

On this day in history in .... 1993 - Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue defeat Terry Gordy & Steven Williams for the All Japan World Tag Team Title in Sapporo, Japan.

Missing Plainfield woman Lisa Stebic's blood was found on a tarp recovered from husband Craig's vehicle, an unnamed police source said.

GRAND CHUTE The Grand Chute Police Department is seeking leads regarding a suspect who committed an armed robbery Saturday evening at La Quinta Inn, 3920 W. College Ave.

A green Saturn wagon filled with teens who weren't wearing their seat belts crashed into the center median on I-280 in San Jose on Saturday.

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UPI horoscopes for Sunday, May 20, 2007.

Today is Sunday, May 20, 2007TODAY'S ASTROLOGICAL TIMETABLEPositions of the planets and luminaries today at noon GMT (8 a.m. EDT):Sun............... 30th degree TaurusMoon.............. 19th degree CancerMercury........... 18th degree GeminiVenus............. 14th degree CancerMars.............. 4th degree AriesCeres............. 25th degree AriesJupiter........... 17th degree Sagittarius, ...

UPI almanac for Sunday, May 20, 2007.

More than 1,000 amateurs were attracted to Beijing Planetarium on Saturday night for promised star observing for free. But the unexpected visitor inflow made chaos.

LA CAÑADA FLINTRIDGE - One of the biggest surprises of the Cassini mission is Saturn's moon Enceladus, which stunned scientists a year and a half ago with its jetting geysers of ice crystals and water vapor.

Honda of Santa Maria is holding a grand opening celebration today and Sunday at its new location, offering free hot dogs, a bounce house for the kids, door prizes and more.

I'm probably showing my age here, but I love the song "Far Away Places" by Bing Crosby from about 1950.

GRAND CHUTE - The Grand Chute Police Department is seeking leads regarding a suspect who committed an armed robbery Saturday evening at La Quinta Inn, 3920 W. College Ave.

You might have noticed the bright object in the sky next to the moon Saturday night. We took several calls in the newsroom Saturday evening inquiring about the object.

A green Saturn wagon filled with teens who weren't wearing their seatbelts crashed into the center median on I-280 in San Jose on Saturday.

Cam sensor, roughly 180.00-a Saturn only fix--supposedly because the engine got wet. Turn signal assembly in column caught fire while I was driving it on highway...heat, smoke, odor and lots of melted plastic. 32.00 part. Put it in ourselves.

The Indira Gandhi Planetarium began its sixth show, Saturn: The Lord of the Rings, on Saturday. Many school children and their parents were present. The 40-minute show, which began with a brief introduction of the planets of the solar system, also described the various scientific discoveries of Saturn. Anil Yadav, an engineer at the planetarium, said the show on Saturn was one of their best ...

ATLANTA Welcome to Abdullah the Butcher's House of Ribs & Chinese Food, a few miles northwest of the Atlanta airport. Your eponymous host earned his fame as a professional wrestler -- "the Madman From Sudan," they called him. He started out in a fez, graduated to a kaffiyeh. Over time, he perfected a wild-eyed stare. He dismantled foes with his signature "Sudanese meat cleaver," a running elbow ...

Scientists have long known that the lower atmosphere of Saturn's moon Titan contains organic aerosols, or tholins, formed from simple organic molecules, such as methane and nitrogen.

LONESOME PONY , 9:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m., The Pump Bar, Ohio 4 and Strub Road, Sandusky. UPTOWN COUNTRY BAND , 8 to 11:30 p.m., Sandusky Am Vets.

Pasadena, Calif.--Rubbing your hands together on a cold day generates a bit of heat, and the same process of frictional heating may be what powers the geysers jetting out from the surface of Saturn's moon Enceladus.

LAST September, astronomers observed a supernova explosion resulting from the death of a massive star in a galaxy over 200 million light years away.

FRAZEYSBURG -- A Frazeysburg woman died Thursday while driving her car southbound on Ohio 79 in Coshocton County. Tina M. Grigsby, 47, was treated at the scene of a car crash by Coshocton County EMS and Frazeysburg EMS, a press release from the Coshocton County Sheriff's Office said.

SO it's that wonderful time of year again when high school bands pack up the gear and drive up into the hills to attack the big stage at the Sleep Train Pavilion.

Despite leading a life filled with tragedy, 17-year-old Brittany Scott was known for cheering up others on the North Medford High School campus.

CAMPBELL Campbell Avenue, 5:12 a.m. Friday Someone forced entry into L&L Hawaiian Barbecue.

UPI horoscopes for Saturday, May 19, 2007.

Today is Saturday, May 19, 2007TODAY'S ASTROLOGICAL TIMETABLEPositions of the planets and luminaries today at noon GMT (8 a.m. EDT):Sun............... 29th degree TaurusMoon.............. 5th degree CancerMercury........... 16th degree GeminiVenus............. 13h degree CancerMars.............. 3rd degree AriesCeres............. 24th degree AriesJupiter........... 18th degree Sagittarius, ...

UPI almanac for Saturday, May 19, 2007.

Baltimore County Digest A 29-year-old Randallstown man who was shot while sitting on his porch died early yesterday, county police said.

Car trophy winds way through Volusia

Verathon(R) (formerly Diagnostic Ultrasound) is pleased to announce the introduction of the portable BladderScan(R) BVI 9400 bladder volume instrument with patent pending NeuralHarmonics(TM) Technology. [click link for full article]

Depressed about the high price of gas these days? Of course you are. It isn't even Memorial Day yet, prices at the pump are at historic highs, and the experts say they'll probably head higher leading up to July 4, when they mightstart coming down again.

‘Shocking’ jump within hours attributed to supply and demand

The Hamilton City School District was one of six in the nation recently selected to receive the 2007 NEA-Saturn/UAW Partnership Award for Teacher Induction Programs.

Test drive a 2007 Saturn Sky and buy a raffle ticket to win the car! All proceeds benefit children with disabilities served by Easter Seals. Test drive the Sky from 11-2 on May 19th. Drawing held on June 23rd, need not be present to win!

Fortune is so elusive. Many of us wonder when it will smile on us. So how do you trace the tide of Fate and Fortune? Look at the face.

We iPod users are a lucky bunch because much of the videos that NASA has offered on its varied missions and accomplishments can be found as free downloads at the iTunes Store in the Video Podcast section. Raving, a free short movie is also available at the iTunes Store, along with much more

Alaska State Troopers say a junior at North Pole High School died from injuries she suffered in a traffic collision. Seventeen-year-old Beth Osterby died Saturday, a day after her car was struck by a car driven by another North Pole High student.

(Corrects depth conversion in second paragraph) By Robin Emmott

NASA is testing an underwater robot in one of Earth's deepest sinkholes in a first step toward searching for life on Jupiter's icy moon, Europa.

This week will be especially interesting for skywatchers because of a fine array of bright planets in our evening sky. In fact, four of the five bright naked-eye planets are now readily visible beginning about 45 minutes after sundown.

A newly formed company will launch its first product on May 22 -- an automobile converted to run on electricity.

EL ZACATON, Mexico (Reuters) -- NASA is testing an underwater robot in one of Earth's deepest sinkholes in a first step toward searching for life on Jupiter's icy moon, Europa.

Source: Reuters By Robin Emmott EL ZACATON, Mexico, May 18 (Reuters) - NASA is testing an underwater robot in one of Earth's deepest sinkholes in a first step toward searching for life on Jupiter's icy moon, Europa ...

NASA is testing an underwater robot in one of Earth's deepest sinkholes in a first step toward searching for life on Jupiter's icy moon, Europa.

Notice: For the foreseeable future, the daily reports may contain apparent discrepancies between some proposal descriptions and the listed instrument usage.

Alaska State Troopers say a junior at North Pole High School died from injuries she suffered in a traffic collision.

The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films recently honored York County native Dan Rebert with a Saturn Award for best make-up for his work in the movie "Slither."

UPI horoscopes for Friday, May 18, 2007.

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in his backyard, displays the Chester County Astronomical Society's 20-inch telescope, which he made from a kit. Observers need a ladder to see through it.