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Endeavour lands safely in Florida

Chris — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 07:09:34 +0000

The U.S. space shuttle Endeavour returned to Florida on Wednesday, capping a milestone flight that brought Japan fully into the International Space Station partnership with the delivery of the first part of its research laboratory.

Unexpected clouds at the Kennedy Space Center prompted NASA to skip Endeavour’s first landing opportunity and delay touchdown until 8:39 p.m. EDT, ending the 122nd shuttle mission in darkness, just as it began 16 days ago.

The shuttle dropped off at the space station a storage room for Japan’s elaborate Kibo laboratory, as well as a Canadian robot to help astronauts maintain the $100 billion outpost.

Endeavour brought back space station flight engineer Leopold Eyharts, who spend seven weeks aloft to set up a European laboratory, called Columbus, which was delivered on the last shuttle mission in February.

"Maybe If I Adopted a Child": Leven Rambin Speaks

Chris — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 17:27:49 +0000

Leven Rambin, the seventeen-year-old soap star who’s often described as a “socialite,” told Daily Intel that she’s a big fan of Ashton Kutcher’s show, Pop Fiction. The show makes up stories and tries to get tabloids to...

13-Year-Old Pimp Arrested In Dallas Nightclub

Chris — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 20:07:40 +0000

Dallas police arrested a 13-year-old middle school student Saturday and charged her with luring young girls into prostitution, WFAA.com reports.

Authorities arrested the girl at local nightclub Club Metropolis, where she allegedly brought other girls to dance and to be sold for sex, enticing them with money.

Cheney Tells Israel He Will Counter 'Iran threat'

Chris — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:03:24 +0000

US Vice President Dick Cheney has promised that the White House would do its utmost to counter Iran’s ‘nuclear threat against Israel’.

Man caught shooting at own shadow

Chris — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:35:55 +0000

A condominium complex was evacuated Monday after a man opened fire on his own shadow. Orange County deputies forced people to leave the Village Grove condos near West Colonial Drive and Park Avenue after reports of gunfire at a...

Detroit's Democrat mayor involved in sex scandal

Chris — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:22:32 +0000

Another prominent Democratic politician has become involved in a sex scandal in the city of Detroit in the US.

Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has been charged with perjury, obstructing justice and abuse of power.

He was allegedly been involved in a secret relationship with a member of his staff about six years ago.

According to the indictment, Mr Kilpatrick used nine million dollars of the taxpayers money to prevent his extramarital escapades from being revealed.

He used the funds to settle a wrongful dismissal lawsuit by three police officers who said they were dismissed while investigating the mayor.

Mr Kilpatrick, 37, who says he will fight the charges, could face up to 15 years in jail if convicted.