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Mesothelioma victims deserve better than wasteful legal maneuvers
John Johnson died three months ago, his body racked with malignant mesothelioma, a disease that's almost always caused by asbestos exposure. The Marine veteran had sued dozens of companies he believed shared responsibility for his condition, but he...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Mesothelioma, University of California, Los Angeles, Witnesses, Michael Hiltzik
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Mitt Romney: 'I believe the economy's coming back'
With signs the country is emerging from its economic slump, Mitt Romney has begun to blame President Obama for making it far worse than it would have been under a Romney presidency.
“I believe the economy’s coming back, by the way,”...Tags: Politics, Foods and Beverages, Pancakes, Mitt Romney, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Researcher gave the Chumash a gift: their heritage
Everyone thought the tall, strange white man was some kind of genius. But to teenage Ernestine De Soto he was a giant pain in the neck, a nosy, "Ichabod Crane-like" character who drew her mother's attention from its rightful place -- on her.
John Peabody...Tags: Museum Dioramas, Behavioral Conditions, Science and Technology, History, Anthropology
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Rutan and Branson make a giant leap for space tourism
On a wind-tossed desert night, the dream of space pioneers Richard Branson and Burt Rutan to bring space flight to everyone -- at least everyone who can afford it -- drew closer to reality when the pair unveiled the world's first commercial passenger...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Science and Technology, Burt Rutan, Space Programs, Bill Richardson
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Masten Space Systems takes lead in Lunar Lander Challenge
On Friday, only days after NASA tested its next big-ticket rocket, a ragtag group of space junkies in the Mojave Desert flew a bargain-basement rocket ship that could be the real future of spaceflight in the 21st century. -------------------- FOR THE...Tags: NASA, Gaming, Companies and Corporations, Science and Technology, Entertainment
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'The moon is alive,' NASA says after water discovery
Scientists have found "significant" amounts of water in a crater at the moon's south pole, a major discovery that will dramatically revise the characterization of the moon as a dead world and likely make it a more attractive destination for future human...Tags: NASA, Science and Technology, Disasters, Space Programs, University of California, Berkeley
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Perchlorate found in Martian soil
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterNew soil chemistry tests by NASA's Phoenix Mars lander have unexpectedly uncovered evidence of perchlorate, a highly reactive salt found naturally on Earth and used in a variety of products, including fertilizer, fireworks and rocket fuel, scientists said...Tags: NASA, Death, Chile, Science and Technology, Space Programs
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No signs of water yet from Mars lander
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterIn its first chemical analysis of soil from Mars' northern plains, NASA's Phoenix lander has turned up no evidence of water, scientists said Monday. Still, researchers remained confident that the craft is in the right place to uncover veins of ice...Tags: NASA, Phoenix (Maricopa, Arizona), Science and Technology, Science, Space Programs
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Awaiting a puff of moon dust
In the predawn hours Friday, while those on the West Coast still snooze, a rocket is scheduled to punch a 13-foot-deep hole in a crater at the moon's south pole that hasn't seen sunlight in billions of years. The purpose: to find out whether ice lies...Tags: NASA, Science and Technology, Disasters, Space Programs, Aerospace Manufacturing
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For Mars rover Spirit, it's do or die
NASA scientists said Thursday that they had come up with a plan to free the stalled rover Spirit from its Martian sand trap but also warned that the plan might not work. If it doesn't, the popular robot could finally reach its end.
Rover managers will...Tags: NASA, Gaming, Entertainment, Science and Technology, Science
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Evidence suggests water exists on the moon
Space scientists have found the strongest evidence yet that water exists on the moon, a discovery that helps complete a picture of a water-rich solar system and that could make colonizing our nearest neighbor in space much easier than previously thought....Tags: University of Maryland, College Park, NASA, Death, Science and Technology, Space Programs
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NASA scientists find hydrogen in moon's sunlit regions
NASA's lunar-mapping satellite has just begun its four-year mission searching for water on the moon, but it has already turned up a discovery that has scientists scratching their heads.
The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter's seven scientific instruments have...Tags: NASA, Science and Technology, Greenbelt (Prince George's, Maryland), Space Programs, Satellite Technology
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