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The Universe Courtesy of the Twitterverse: Aurora Borealis From Space [PHOTO]

(Nov. 8) -- NASA astronaut Douglas H. Wheelock was in perfect position to navigate the Twitterverse today as he and fellow members of Expedition 25 -- a mission to the International Space Station for experimental research -- passed over Europe on the spacecraft Soyuz TMA-19, giving the crew a stunning view of the aurora...

Man Battles Jellyfish, Eels to Cross English Channel

(Aug. 9) -- You'd think that if a person went to all the trouble of swimming the 27 or so miles of ocean separating England from France, the least the French could do is let a guy stay, right? But that's not the case according to Charlie Wittmack, who has just completed the swimming portion of the World Tri, an 11-month,...

Johnson Serves Title Notice at Dover

It took just 3 hours, 24 minutes and 20 seconds of racing action Sunday at Dover International Speedway to allow "Superman" to reassert his dominance over NASCAR Sprint Cup racing. Jimmie Johnson pounded the field around the concrete one-mile oval for his fifth career win at Dover and fourth of the season to take home the...

Sprint Cup N's & Q's: Autism Speaks 400

Since we're a little late on this week's edition of Sprint Cup Notes & Quotes, we're gonna do both a rewind of last weekend's festivities at Dover and a bit on Wednesday night's Prelude to the Dream. Capisce? Capisce.Prelude to the Twitter - Can't be in or around the booming metropolis that is Rossburg, Oh., (Pop: 224) for...

Dover a Monster Success for Dale Jr.

Sure, he didn't get the race win and he certainly didn't challenge for it. The No. 88 didn't finish in the Top-10 and it never led a lap.But was Sunday's Autism Speaks 400 at Dover International Speedway a rousing improvement for Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s, uh, lackluster season? Can we really say a 12th-place finish is a good...

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London 2012: Olympic Flame's Journey A Far Cry From London 1948's

As the Olympic flame, lit in Olympia last week, is brought over to the UK and relayed around Britain, it will be on a very different journey to London than when it was last there for the 1948 Games.

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05/27/12 Things to Do in Dover and/or Sherborn for May 27 Source: Wicked Local Dover - Dover MA Learn to Sail with the Sherborn Yacht Club. For more details, dates and an application, look under the Learn to Sail tab at www.SherbornYachtClub.com. For more information or to check on available openings, call 508-653-7069.
05/27/12 Jamaica takes on Caribbean at Dover today Source: Jamaica Gleaner Expectations are high and the Jamaican drivers will start as favourites this morning in the first leg of the Seaboard Marine Caribbean Motor Racing Championship at Dover Raceway, St Ann. Jamaica will be up against Barbados, Guyana and the Cayman Islands, vying for the regional title and the Caribbean Champion Driver's Award, which goes to the driver who amasses the most points at the end of three legs.
05/25/12 NSTAR Vegetation Management Program in Dover Source: Wicked Local Dover - Dover MA NSTAR is implementing its vegetation management program in Dover to ensure safe, reliable electric service by managing the healthy and proper growth of trees around power lines.
05/24/12 Paramotor charity fliers head down the east coast of... Source: Kent Online - Kent - UK A Kent man and a colleague who are flying by paramotor from John O' Groats to Dover have now covered more than 550 miles, well over half the total distance.
05/24/12 New Jersey Transit metal stolen in Denville found... Source: Cedar Grove / Verona Observers - Cedar Grove NJ Two Denville 18-year-olds and a juvenile were charged in connection with the theft of metal from New Jersey Transit property after a citizen called police about suspicious activity and provided a description of a vehicle to police.

Background on Dover

Dover (; ) is a town and major ferry port in the home county of Kent, in South East England. It faces France across the narrowest part of the English Channel, and lies south-east of Canterbury; east of Kent's administrative capital Maidstone; and north-east along the coastline from Dungeness and Hastings.

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