Europe celebrates first moon mission success
Europe marks a successful SMART 1 mission to the moon as the 809 pound probe enters lunar orbit at 3,100 miles and will approach within 185 miles of the south pole and 1,850 miles of the north pole. ESA cites fuel efficiency and potential extended science phase.
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Berlin
Europe
European Space Agency
ESA
Franco Bonacina
Space Agency
Paris
Moon
South Pole
North Pole
Bonacina
Darmstadt
NASA
Swedish Space Corporation
United States
Border crossings begin fingerprinting travelers at three ports
Foreign travelers at Laredo Douglas and Port Huron face fingerprinting and photo checks in a Monday test of a broader border security program. Exemptions include U S and Canadian citizens and those under 14 or over 79. 97 percent of border crossers remain unaffected. The Homeland Security Department plans a nationwide rollout funded at 340 million dollars with a national database to store biometrics while protecting privacy.
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Laredo
Texas
United States
U.S
Mexico
Central America
Douglas
Ariz
Port Huron
Mich
Stefano Spaggiari
Modena
Italy
Gerscans
Canada
Alfonso Martinez-Fonts
Homeland Security
Tom Ridge
Betty Flores
Homeland Security Department
Honolulu
Ridge
Network news chiefs brace for impatient audience shift
At Stanford a forum of ABC NBC and CBS News chiefs recognized a fast changing media landscape. They noted audiences move to Internet streaming and cell devices and pledged to adapt without embracing overt opinionated formats. They also admitted they should have pressed harder on Iraq WMD justification in 2003.
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Stanford
Calif
David Westin
ABC News
Network News
Westin
Neal Shapiro
NBC News
Andrew Heyward
CBS News
Stanford University
Fox News Channel
Fox News
Fox
FDA blamed over abortion pill safety handling in deaths
In Washington the father of a teen who died after taking RU-486 says new warnings are insufficient and calls for barring the drug. He cites a third death and current FDA data showing hundreds of adverse events, hospitalizations, ectopic cases, and transfusions tied to the pill.
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Washington
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Monty Patterson
Livermore
Calif
Holly
Patterson
United States
Holly Patterson
Dance Laboratories
Cynthia Summers
New York
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