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1. A huge moving job is complete for astronauts on board the shuttle Discovery. Discovery's mission was to deliver the Harmony Module, something like a high-tech hallway, which will eventually connect to the European space lab. The astronauts encountered some issues with a rotary joint that keeps the space station's solar panel wings facing the sun. On Tuesday, they spent the day trying to fix that issue. Now, Discovery's return home has been extended by one day because of the outer space delays.
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html
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2. Last week's rapidly spreading wildfires have mostly been contained or completely extinguished. Only five fires remained active Tuesday, compared with about 16 last week.
And of those five, the “Battling California's Wildfires” website reported Tuesday that those are from seventy to ninety-seven percent contained. A lot of effort and extreme hard work went in to helping to contain the wildfires. CNN's Kyra Phillips shows us how some of the relief came from above, thanks to the California National Guard and some Blackhawk helicopters.
http://www.calfires.com/
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3. The world's largest airliner made aviation history in Australia last week. The Airbus A380, a gigantic double-decker airplane, took off from Singapore, and landed in Sydney, Australia on its first commercial flight. The plane has luxurious suites, dining areas and even beds! Four-hundred fifty people bought tickets at an on-line charity auction. The top bidder paid more than one hundred thousand dollars for his ticket! But that came with champagne and caviar, not to mention the chance to fly into history.
http://www.airbus.com/en/
http://travel.howstuffworks.com/a380.htm
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4. Less than one year away from the Olympic Games in Beijing, China, pollution and how it will affect the athletes is still a major concern. Hugh Riminton takes us to a U.N. sponsored conference on sport and the environment in Beijing which opened with a grim warning on climate change. Global warming could threaten the very existence of winter sports in some parts of the world. Jacques Rogge, International Olympic Committee President also warned that China’s terrible pollution and poor air quality could affect the ability of athletes to perform next summer.
http://en.beijing2008.cn/
http://www.olympic.org/uk/games/beijing/index_uk.asp
http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article.cfm?articleid=1634
http://www.chinacp.com/eng/cpcities/cp_beijing.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7061253.stm
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/tag/air+pollution
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Grade Levels: 4-6)
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5. In Columbus, Ohio last Friday, Senator Barack Obama campaigned for president.
The Democratic Senator from Illinois got the crowd going with the Buckeye cheer, before moving on to more serious issues. Ohio is a crucial state for presidential elections.
No republican has ever been elected President without winning in Ohio and only two democrats have done so, since 1900.
http://www.barackobama.com/index.php
http://obama.senate.gov/
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6. The members of Team Case are out in the California desert this week putting Dexter through his paces. Dexter is a robotic vehicle that Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland has entered in the 2007 DARPA Urban Challenge. The challenge is to create a full-sized vehicle that can drive itself through an urban environment, interacting with live traffic. Members of team case hope they will qualify for the final event and the first prize of two million dollars this weekend.
http://urbanchallenge.case.edu/
http://www.darpa.mil/grandchallenge/
Lesson Plans (Science Grade Levels: 6-8)
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7. A Dayton National Guard unit is home from the war. C-Troop, Second Squadron, 107th Cavalry came home last week, after sixteen months in Iraq. The ninety three soldiers in C-Troop were greeted by family and friends, happy to be reunited with loved ones.
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8. Insurance experts say more and more pet owners in Ohio are buying health insurance for their pets. Around 10,000 cats, dogs and other pets are insured in our state.
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9. One of NewsDepth’s most popular stories last year was about Winter, the dolphin with no tail. In 2005, Winter was found near Titusville, Florida tangled in crab trap line. A couple of months old, winter was dehydrated and near death. Circulation to her tail had been cut off by the trap line. Veterinarians knew it needed to be amputated. She was brought to the Clearwater Marine Aquarium where teams of volunteers kept her alive. Winter needs a tail with flukes to swim properly, and Hanger Orthopedic Group has made a series of prosthetic tails for the bottle nose dolphin to try. Winter is learning to swim like a dolphin, thanks to short sessions of physical therapy every day. Winter has now become an inspiration to other amputees who see how she has overcome her disability.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20415964/
http://www.cmaquarium.org/
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10. One thing everyone agrees on: too many people lost too much in southern California. There is a lot of heartache, but some are finding that humor can help ease the pain. One couple in San Diego lost everything in the fire. But Jim and Carol Wall have each other...and they're finding humor in the chaos by posting a sign that declares, Finally … No More Termites!”
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11. In Erie, Pennsylvania, a two-thousand pound Clydesdale horse got all dressed up - like a poodle! The horse's owner used to show poodles professionally and she thought it would be fun to dress her horse up like one! And of course, the horse won best in show!
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