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Sunday, September 12, 2010

Supply ship reaches space station

HOUSTON, Sept. 12 (UPI) -- Parking at the International Space Station got a little tighter Sunday when an ISS Progress spacecraft arrived with fresh supplies, NASA announced. The unmanned ISS 39 joined an earlier resupply ship as well as the two Russian Soyuz spacecraft that brought the six-member... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, September 11, 2010

Permanent Pa. 9/11 memorial nearly ready

SHANKSVILLE, Pa., Sept. 11 (UPI) -- Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar said Saturday a permanent memorial to the crash of a hijacked airliner in Pennsylvania would be dedicated Sept. 11, 2011. First Lady Michelle Obama and her predecessor, Laura Bush, attended an event near Shanksville Saturday... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, September 10, 2010

Wisdom teeth could be stem cell source

TOKYO, Sept. 10 (UPI) -- A study has found that human wisdom teeth contain a valuable reservoir of tissue that could be used to create stem cells, researchers say. Research has found that inducing the activity of four genes in adult cells could "reprogram" them into a stem cell-like state;... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, September 6, 2010

Grover Cleveland started Labor Day

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- The 116th observance of Labor Day Monday marks a federal holiday proffered by U.S. President Grover Cleveland to pacify an angry labor movement, historians say. Labor Day, often considered the day that signals the start of school, the end of wearing white accessories and... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, September 5, 2010

Trapped miners get inspirational message

COPIAPO, Chile, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- The 33 miners trapped in a Chilean mine got a message of hope from rugby players who waited months before being rescued from a plane crash, officials said. "Don't give up," former rugby player Moncho Sabella told the miners via video Saturday, CNN reported Sunday.... Sign in to see full entry.

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