NASA has settled on April 5 as a launch date for space shuttle Discovery.
Senior managers met Friday and agreed unanimously on the launch date. They determined that leaky helium valves aboard Discovery would pose no safety concerns.
Discovery will haul up spare parts and extra supplies for the International Space Station. The mission is one …
STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- Metallica may work as a name for a heavymetal band, but a Swedish couple is in court, trying to convinceauthorities it's also suitable for a baby girl. Michael and …
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is slapping sanctions on Iran's ministry of intelligence and security, asserting that it supports global terrorism, commits human rights abuses against Iranians and participates in ongoing repression in Syria.
The Treasury Department announced Thursday that it added the ministry to its list of specially designated global terrorists. The step freezes any assets the group …
B. Jan. 17, 1946 in Twillingate, Nfld. S. of William F. Noel (dec.) and Marion E. Noel (dec.). Ed. at Prince of Wales Coll., St. John's; Memorial Univ. of Nfld.; Carleton Univ., Ottawa and Dalhousie Univ., Halifax. M. to Ruth Gilis. Two children: Elliott and Miriam. A lawyer. Private Career: Solicitor, Dept. of Justice, 1973-76. Called to the Bar of Nfld., 1974. Legislative Counsel, 1977-79. Sr. Legislative Counsel and Law Clerk of the House of Assembly, 1979-91. Ass't Deputy Min., Dept. of Justice, 1983. Appt'd Clerk of the House of Assembly, Nov. 26, 1991. Appt'd Q.C., May 2000. Address: …
A fresh approach both on and off the pitch will pay dividends inthe second half of Street's season, according to club chairman PhilNorton-Ashley.
After a disappointing start to the campaign, Dave Pople steppeddown as manager and was replaced at the Tannery Ground helm byreserve-team boss Dan Badman at the end of November.
Despite the new manager presiding over successive defeats inhis first three matches, Norton-Ashley believes the acquisition ofseveral new players in recent weeks means his side will fare muchbetter in the new year.
"I feel very optimistic for the future of the club, there areexciting times ahead," he said.
"When Dave …
HOUSTON - Two astronauts floated outside the international space station Wednesday to help fold up a solar wing and bring to life a rotating joint that will allow a new pair of solar arrays to track the sun.
Space shuttle Atlantis astronauts Patrick Forrester and Steve Swanson spent the first two hours of their scheduled 6 1/2-hour spacewalk helping to put the 115-foot solar wing away in its storage box.
The spacewalk began at 2:28 p.m. EDT as the astronauts were 206 miles above eastern Europe.
A few hours before the walk started, astronauts began retracting the solar wing's 31 1/2 sections by computer command.
Using specially designed tools, including …
AB de Villiers struck an outstanding 105 not out and seam bowler Pradeep Sangwan took 3-28 to guide the Delhi Daredevils to a thrilling nine-run win over the Chennai Super Kings in an Indian Premier League match at Kingsmead on Thursday.
After being set on course by De Villiers' contribution to a Delhi total of 189-5, left-arm medium pacer Sangwan claimed the key wickets of Parthiv Patel (16), Matthew Hayden (57), Suresh Raina (41) to reduced Chennai to 180-9.
Hayden's 50 was the fastest of the tournament, knocking it off in just 22 balls. He stroked five boundaries and three sixes. Hayden and Patel put on 57 for the first wicket before Patel miscued to …
