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    Jan 11, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. NASA to launch new Landsat earth observation satellite

    NASA is preparing to launch the eighth observation satellite in the Landsat remote sensing program that has chronicled changes in the Earth’s land cover for four decades.
    NASA is preparing to launch the eighth observation satellite in the Landsat remote sensing program that has chronicled changes in the Earth’s land cover for four decades. Landsat 8, set for a Feb. 11 launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base in...

    Tags: NASA, U.S. Geological Survey

    2. Dec 19, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Sirius XM names Meyer interim CEO as Karmazin leaves

    Sirius XM Radio has tapped James Meyer as its interim chief executive officer while the search for a permanent replacement for Mel Karmazin continues. Meyer, currently president of sales and operations, has been with the satellite radio broadcaster...

    Tags: Liberty Media Corporation, Radio Industry, Corporate Officers, Radio, Tribune Company

    3. Dec 19, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. No standing for Ovation. Sirius XM names new CEO! Comcast soars.

    <span style="font-size: small;"><strong>After the coffee. Before packing in case the Mayans are right.</strong></span>
    After the coffee. Before packing in case the Mayans are right. The Skinny: It's cold here! What's up with that? Wednesday's headlines include Time Warner Cable dropping the little arts channel Ovation and a review of "Zero Dark Thirty." Also,...

    Tags: BBC, Football, Fiction, Entertainment, National Football League

    4. Jan 8, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Turn the channel to Al Jazeera

    AMMAN, JORDAN &mdash; The Arab world's best-known satellite TV network purchased the American cable channel Current TV last week. That means you may soon be able to add "Al Jazeera America" to your remote control favorites. If you're a news junkie like me, you should tune in. The network, founded 15 years ago in the Qatari capital of Doha, has forever improved TV news, especially in the Middle East.
    AMMAN, JORDAN — The Arab world's best-known satellite TV network purchased the American cable channel Current TV last week. That means you may soon be able to add "Al Jazeera America" to your remote control favorites. If you're a news junkie like...

    Tags: BBC, George W. Bush, CNN (tv network), Television Stations, Iraq

    5. Dec 25, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. Quentin Tarantino discusses the music of 'Django Unchained'

    The music in any Quentin Tarantino film is an adventure unto itself, a tradition that continues with <a href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-django-unchained-review20121224,0,2901748.story">&ldquo;Django Unchained,&rdquo;</a> Tarantino&rsquo;s movie opening on Christmas Day.
    The music in any Quentin Tarantino film is an adventure unto itself, a tradition that continues with “Django Unchained,” Tarantino’s movie opening on Christmas Day. The soundtrack album was released a week ahead of the film itself, and...

    Tags: Spaghetti, John Legend, Django Unchained (movie), Music, Entertainment

    6. Dec 24, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. SpaceX's newest rocket hovers above launch pad in test flight

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    Outside of a science fiction movie, it’s a little strange to see a rocket fire up its engines, blast off, and then hover in the air. But that’s exactly what Hawthorne rocket maker SpaceX pulled off with its 10-story Grasshopper test vehicle....

    Tags: Technology, Science and Technology, Rocketry, NASA, SpaceX

    7. Dec 11, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. Air Force set to blast off another secretive space drone

    An experimental robotic space plane developed for the Air Force is slated to launch Tuesday from Cape Canaveral, fueling an ongoing mystery about its hush-hush payload and overall mission.
    An experimental robotic space plane developed for the Air Force is slated to launch Tuesday from Cape Canaveral, fueling an ongoing mystery about its hush-hush payload and overall mission. Air Force officials offered few details about the mission....

    Tags: Technology, Landforms, The Pentagon, Science and Technology, Rocketry

    8. Dec 13, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. CALM law regulating TV commercial volume takes effect

    TV viewers finally should get some relief from a major annoyance: excessively loud commercials.
    By Meg James
    TV viewers finally should get some relief from a major annoyance: excessively loud commercials. On Thursday, the Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act, which limits the volume of TV commercials, goes into effect. The federal law, known as...

    Tags: Denmark, Federal Communications Commission, Anna Eshoo, Television Industry, Television

    9. Dec 7, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. 'Round About the Earth' traces a history of ambition and colorful personalities

    <strong>Round About the Earth</strong>
    -------------------- Round About the Earth Circumnavigation From Magellan to Orbit Joyce E. Chaplin Simon & Schuster: 560 pp., $35 -------------------- A trip on a 140-foot sailboat helped inspire Harvard professor Joyce E. Chaplin to write...

    Tags: Sailing, Science and Technology, Joseph Pulitzer, Travel, Petroleum Industry

    10. Dec 12, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. North Korea still a long way from a reliable weapon, experts say

    As news broke of North Korea's successful launch of a long-range rocket on Wednesday, alarm bells went off around the world. The technology used to send a satellite into orbit or fire a missile carrying a warhead are basically the same, raising fears that the Wednesday launch could be the next step toward a missile system capable of hitting the United States.
    As news broke of North Korea's successful launch of a long-range rocket on Wednesday, alarm bells went off around the world. The technology used to send a satellite into orbit or fire a missile carrying a warhead are basically the same, raising fears that...

    Tags: Weaponry, Kim Jong Il, Fishing, Engineering, Unrest, Conflicts and War

    11. Dec 12, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. SAG nominations out! 'Teen Wolf' comes home. RIP Ravi Shanker.

    <span style="font-size: small;"><strong>After the coffee. Before seeing if the Dodgers need a tweeter. </strong></span>
    After the coffee. Before seeing if the Dodgers need a tweeter. The Skinny: There is a great article in today's Wall Street Journal about all the distractions people face every day at work. I'm glad to see I'm not the only one with ADD. Wednesday's...

    Tags: Silver Linings Playbook (movie), Taxation, Entertainment, Don Imus, Radio Industry

    12. Dec 6, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. Bill Nye, the (planetary) science guy, on NASA's future

    What should the future of our space program be?
    What should the future of our space program be? The National Research Council had unpleasant medicine for NASA in its just-released report on the vision and direction of the agency. A panel of 12 independent experts concluded, among other things, that...

    Tags: Bill Nye, U.S. Congress, Science, Science and Technology, NASA

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