NASA still searches for missing Contour spacecraft after failed burn
NASA and Johns Hopkins officials say the Contour probe remains lost but not declared a failure yet. If no signals arrive, antennas will attempt Earth contact within 96 hours, with Monday into Tuesday potential next steps. observers note a two-object sighting near the expected position and compare it to past Mars Polar Lander losses.
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Johns Hopkins
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Johns Hopkins University
Applied Physics Laboratory
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Telescope
Buckley
Red Planet
Don Savage
Israel pledges Gaza pullbacks amid caution from militants
Israeli defense minister and a top Arafat envoy agreed to withdraw forces from parts of Gaza and Bethlehem with Palestinian security to take over. Hamas and Islamic Jihad rejected the move, warning attacks would continue. Sofer tied progress to Palestinian security force actions, while Israeli commanders prepared a staged pullback then potential broader handover if calm returns.
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Abiel Razak Yehiyeh
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Mark Sofer
Arafat
Hamas
Ismail Haniya
Associated Press
Islamic Jihad
Sofer
Palestinian Authority
Five Officers Shot by Gunman in Mississippi Delta Town
Five officers were wounded and a police hostage situation persisted for a six hour standoff in Priaes Paine Mississippi. Residents reported heavy gunfire that shook homes as officers closed in on a dumpy one story house where Patrick Harper holed up with hostage John Martin Harris. Mayor Herbert Thomas said one officer remained seriously hurt while Harper faced custody for an earlier Friday night shooting.
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Pastor in Texas charged with murder shocks former NC neighbors
Marla Tabb, a newly rising pastor in a Texas circuit, was found beaten to death in the parsonage bedroom two months after the family moved from North Carolina. Her husband, 41 year old Mike Tabb, faces murder charges amid neighbors recalling a close military community in Camp Lejeune.
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Mike Tabb
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Tyler
Jim Sliger
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Pope John Paul II bids farewell with Mass at Kalwaria monastery
Pope John Paul II, frail yet revered, ends a four day Poland visit with a mountain Mass at Kalwaria Zebrzydowska vowed to persevere in his mission. Crowds of about 60 000 greet him as he recalls his youth and prays for strength, while recalling his Krakow bishop tenure and Polish devotion.
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