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NASA Delays Space Shuttle Endeavour's Last Launch

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA abruptly called off space shuttle Endeavour's final launch Friday because of a puzzling heater failure in a critical power unit, disappointing huge crowds converging on the area for the afternoon liftoff. President Barack Obama and his family were planning to watch Endeavour blast off. It...

Appeals Court Overturns Stem Cell Research Ban

WASHINGTON -- Opponents of taxpayer-funded stem cell research lost a key round in a federal appeals court Friday. In a 2-1 decision, a panel of the U.S. court of appeals in Washington overturned a judge's order that would have blocked taxpayer funding for stem cell research. The judges ruled that opponents of...

Deadliest Tornado Outbreak in Decades Kills Nearly 300

PLEASANT GROVE, Ala. -- Firefighters searched one splintered pile after another for survivors Thursday, combing the remains of houses and neighborhoods pulverized by the nation's deadliest tornado outbreak in almost four decades. At least 297 people were killed across six states - more than two-thirds of them in Alabama,...

Army Corps Preps to Blast Levee to Save Town; Legal Tussle Looms

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. -- As ominous as a floating hearse, twin barges creep up the Mississippi River carrying a payload of explosives bound for southeast Missouri and a levee facing the prospect of being sacrificed to spare a flood-threatened Illinois town just upriver. The Army Corps of Engineers' tugboat-shoved shipments...

Buddhists Remember Japan's Tsunami Victims

SOMA, Japan -- Buddhist priests in black and gold robes chanted and rang bells Thursday to mark the 49th day since Japan's massive tsunami when the dead are believed to end their restless wandering through the devastated coastline. About 1,200 mourners filled a hall to overflowing, with many standing outside a gate, for a...

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05/31/12 Exprodat Takes an Unconventional Approach at SPE... Source: PRWeb (PRWEB) May 31, 2012 Exprodat will travel to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in June 2012 to attend SPE America's Unconventional Resources Conference and present the first release of their Team-GIS Unconventional Analyst software for well planning and reserves estimation.
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05/31/12 In-Pipe Technology Announces Webinar Series on... Source: PRWeb Wheaton, IL (PRWEB) May 31, 2012 In-Pipe Technology® Company, Inc. announced today a four-week webinar series entitled "Overflow Prevention with Biological Control of Fats, Oil, and Grease" to discuss how In-Pipe's green sewer collection system treatment is an effective, environmentally-friendly, and fiscally responsible method to prevent fats, oil, and grease (FOG) related wastewater overflows and reduce accumulated FOG deposits.
05/31/12 Japan Looks on the Bright Side of Life and Goes Green Source: Softpedia News Following the Fukushima "incident" in March, 2011, Japan was forced to instate a stand-by policy for 50 of its nuclear reactors.
05/31/12 Storms topple power lines in N. Okla. Source: NBC - NBC 2 KJRH Another round of severe weather toppled power lines in northern Oklahoma, leaving dozens of homes and businesses without electricity.