Spirit rover breaks cord and begins first Mars roll
NASA reported Spirit severed the final umbilical to its lander and backed up ten inches to begin a multi step turn toward the exit ramp. The six wheeled rover aims to roll ten feet onto martian soil later, then meander to sample rocks and soil for signs of past water activity.
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Pasadena
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NASA
Spirit Rover
Mars
Spirit
Chris Lewicki
Feds delay plan to drop protection for gray wolves
Federal officials postpone removing gray wolves from protections around Yellowstone and central Idaho. They requested Montana Idaho and Wyoming plans for safeguards with Montana and Idaho open to lethal shooting under few limits, while Wyoming plans were deemed inadequately monitored and boundary issues flagged.
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Yellowstone National Park
Idaho
Montana
Rockies
Fish and Wildlife Service
Wyoming
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Two Women Sentenced in Akron for Abusing Five Boys
Two women, Mary Bowles and Alice Jenkins, were each sentenced to 30 years in prison after admitting to beating five boys, locking them in a closet, depriving them of food, and forcing them to eat animal feces for up to a year. The eldest victim, now 15, told his mother he hated them and warned to stay away if they were released. The case, involving children aged 7 to 15, included charges of unlawful restraint and child endangerment.
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Akron, Ohio
Mary Bowles
Alice Jenkins
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