Discovery lifts off to pave way for new station labs
Space shuttle Discovery and a seven member crew launched on a mission to assemble the international space station. The 14 week stay will install a living compartment relocate a girder and solar wings test a tile repair and conduct five spacewalks the most ever during a shuttle dock. Peggy Whitson becomes first female station skipper and Pamela Melroy is the second woman to command a shuttle as Clay Anderson backflips in orbit.
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Rice tightens oversight for private security protecting U.S. diplomats in Iraq
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice ordered new measures to oversee private guards in Iraq, including cultural training, aligning engagement rules with the military, and creating go teams to probe weapon discharges. The plan names Steve Browning to oversee Iraq security operations, a temporary post pending further steps after talks with Defense Secretary Gates.
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Painting worth up to 1 million found after 20 years
A Ragman New York City morning walk yielded a bright abstract Tamayo painting found in a trash pile on Manhattan's Upper West Side. The 1970 oil titled Tres Personajes by Rufino Tamayo, stolen in 1987 from a Houston warehouse, is slated for Sotheby's auction next month for the original owners now widowed.
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Bill moves to curb veteran personal crisis reports
Congress passed a death by own action prevention bill 417 0 sent to President Bush amid concerns over mental health among veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan. VA figures estimate about 1000 personal crisis reports yearly within VHA and up to 5000 among all living veterans.
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Preppie Killer Arrested in Undercover Drug Sting
Robert Chambers, 41, known as the Preppie Killer for the 1986 Central Park strangling of Jennifer Levin, was jailed after police say he sold cocaine from his Manhattan apartment during an undercover operation. The raid injured two officers. he faces 14 drug counts and possible resisting arrest and assault charges. A judge ordered him held without bail.
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