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A spacecraft designed to gather more Mars data than all previous missions combined blasted off Friday into a golden morning sky on its way to the Red Planet.5.4

NASA officials revealed the space shuttle fleet will remain grounded until November at the earliest.5.8

Peachtree City, Georgia, puts Wi-Fi into parks : Some parents may be able to stay at parks longer and keep working, one city councilor says.3.1

Perhaps nothing contributes more to the first impression your home makes than its front door.2.7

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Bush's current policy allows federal funding for embryonic stem cell research only when conducted using stem cell lines created on or before Aug.2.7

Astaro Corporation celebrates one of the industry's most illustrious honors awarded yesterday at the LinuxWorld Conference & Expo .2.7

Just three days after Microsoft disclosed multiple critical vulnerabilities in Windows, exploit code for one of the most dangerous has appeared on the Internet.3.1

A Russian journalist is downplaying an illness contracted after covering areas affected by outbreaks of bird flu.2.7

After launching its coco-methyl ester preblended diesel fuel, Transworld Asia Inc., operator of Flying V, is contemplating the adoption of another alternative fuel.2.7

RALEIGH + North Carolina Governor Mike Easley reappointed his three picks for the board of the NC Biotechnology Center.3.1

Fedora Core is one of the world's most popular Linux distributions in part from support by Red Hat and a strong community of users.2.7

SEATTLE , Cellular biologist Bruce Lipton holds no fond memories of his early struggles to get his book published.2.9

Works with MySQL, Derby and other databases. Key features: - Creates web applications operated through any Internet browser with an intuitive HTML-based interface.2.7

In a small or medium-sized business, the cost of telephone equipment, phone lines, and long distance calls can easily reach tens to hundreds of thousands of dollars.2.7

The Belgium research center claims its design for an organic rectifier diode has the potential to power high-frequency and ultra-high frequency passive RFID tags.2.7

Customizing Envelopes With Pictures Have you ever wanted to customize an envelope with apicture or a logo? While Microsoft Word doesn't have an easy way to insert a picture ...2.7

In 1998, Michael Kunze wrote an article for c't, a biweekly German computing magazine, hoping to demonstrate that free software could be an effective substitute for its ...2.7

Overview: Improved network security is a critical issue driving the telecommunications/networking industry to spend billions of dollars to secure networks with sophisticated ...2.7

NEW YORK - In thousands of pages of oral histories released Friday, firefighters describe in vivid, intimate detail how they rushed to save fleeing civilians from churning ...2.7

Three Northern Territory sites in Australia earmarked for a radioactive waste dump have been tested geologically, officials said.2.7

A controversial plan to embed radio frequency identification chips in license plates in the United Kingdom also may be coming to the United States, experts told UPI's ...2.7

By Carol Shukle Correspondent A nation held its breath and waited for the safe return of the Space Shuttle Discovery Aug.2.7

U.S. glaciologists say the Greenlandic glacier Kangerdlugssuaq is retreating so fast it has become one of the world's fastest-moving glaciers.2.7

ST. THOMAS - The Public Services Commission heard a proposal Thursday from a partnership looking to build four 30-megawatt power plants in the territory.3.1

Shares of Cree Inc. fell sharply Friday as investors worried about slowing revenue growth at the maker of light-emitting diodes and the surprise resignation of its chief ...2.7

An alien seaweed introduced here 31 years ago has spread rapidly throughout Hawaii and has even reached the remote, unspoiled Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, which has ...2.7

PEAK Technologies, an RR Donnelley company , today announced that it has opened a new Radio Frequency Identification Test and Integration Laboratory at the company's ...2.7

ET Transitioning OpenVMS Apps to Itanium Without Compromising Business with Frank Derfler.4.5

Posted 8/12/05 10 a.m. CDT WASHINGTON — The energy bill President Bush signed into law Monday will give incentives to automakers to produce dual-fuel vehicles for at ...2.7

Fugitive Couple Refuses Return to Tenn. Poll: Many Fear Financial Hit of Gas Prices Officials Release 9/11 Oral Histories Sunnis Reject Proposal for Federal Iraq TiVo Tests ...3.2