Saturday, July 18, 2009

To the moon and back: Apollo 11 success was quietly hatched in ... - San Jose Mercury News


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To the moon and back: Apollo 11 success was quietly hatched in ...

San Jose Mercury News


Jack Boyd, 83, and Bill Borucki, 70, are photographed in the observation bay of an Arc Heater in the Aerodynamic Heating Facility at NASA/Ames Research Center in Mountain View on July 16, 2009. Boyd and Borucki worked on developing the ...


Apollo 11's Bright Glare

Washing! ton Post


US needs Apollo-age adroitness

The Star-Ledger - NJ.com


Apollo 11: Moon mission rocketed Houston to the future

Houston Chronicle


Youngstown Vindicator -Macon Telegraph -Pittsburgh Tribune-Review


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Friday, July 17, 2009

Back then, “Cronkite” meant the news. - New York Times


Washington Post


Back then, “Cronkite” meant the news.

New York Times


It's almost impossible to convey the place Walter Cronkite held in American life for the 19 years he spent as the anchor of “The CBS Evening News.” It wasn't just that he narrated the spikes in modern history, from the Kennedy assassination to the ...


Walter Cronkite, from the Bay Area point of view

San Francisco Chronicle


Obama praises Cronkite as icon who will be missed

The Associated Press


Remembering Walter Cronkite

San Jose Mercury News


The Star-Ledger - NJ.com -United Press International -Belleville News Democrat


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Thursday, July 16, 2009

Obama Tells Fellow Blacks: 'No Excuses' for Any Failure - New York Times


New York Times


Obama Tells Fellow Blacks: 'No Excuses' for Any Failure

New York Times


President Obama addressed the NAACP convention on the organization's 100th anniversary in New York on Thursday. By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG President Obama delivered a fiery sermon to black America Thursday night, warning black parents that they must accept ...


Obama to NAACP: Progress made but much still to accomplish!

CNN


Obama has tough-love message for African-Americans

Reuters


Obama: Civil rights leaders paved way for him

The Associated Press


New York Daily News -BBC News -ABC News


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Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Debris Strikes Endeavour During Liftoff - New York Times


Washington Post


Debris Strikes Endeavour During Liftoff

New York Times


KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. â€" As the space shuttle Endeavour lifted off into orbit Monday evening, several pieces of debris fell off the external fuel tank and at least one hit the orbiter. Submit photographs of you (or your family and ...


Space shuttle blasts off after month's delay

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Shuttle Endeavour blasts off; debris strikes mulled

CNET News


US space shuttle launched to space station

Reuters


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Tuesday, July 14, 2009

House Dems unveil landmark health care legislation - San Francisco Chronicle


Voice of America


House Dems unveil landmark health care legislation

San Francisco Chronicle


(07-14) 16:24 PDT Washington -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and top Democrats opened an  »


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Monday, July 13, 2009

Sotomayor hearings begin with support, skepticism - Los Angeles Times


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Sotomayor hearings begin with support, skepticism

Los Angeles Times


Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee tout her Bronx upbringing and historic nomination, while some Republicans warn she could be an 'activist judge' with an agenda. By James Oliphant Reporting from Washington -- The cases for and against the ...


'Jane Roe' Arrested at Supreme Court Hearing

Washington Post


Sotomayor vows impartiality if confirmed to court

The Associated Press


Sotomayor pledges to apply not make the law

MiamiHerald.com


Christian Science Monitor -Voice of America -U.S. News & World Report


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