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Lunar orbiter beams back first Moon snaps

NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has beamed back its first snaps of the Moon - images from the Mare Nubium region captured by the spacecraft's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera, aka LROC: LROC Principal Investigator Mark Robinson of Arizona State University explained: "Our first images were taken along the moon's terminator - the dividing line ...

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Sat Jul 04, 2009

KTVK Phoenix

2 critical in wreck involving alcohol near ASU

Police in Tempe say alcohol was a factor in an early Saturday morning car accident near Arizona State University.

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CPJ Press Freedom Online

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's now-banned private newspapers are at the center of a mock political trial being filmed as an educational documentary this week at Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at Arizona State University.

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Related Topix: Eritrea, World News, Africa, Journalism

Fri Jul 03, 2009

EurekAlert!

Stanford bioethicist and colleagues call for federal regulation of genetic ancestry testing

Imagine donating a sample of your DNA to help researchers study the genetics of diabetes.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, Life, Hobbies, Genealogy

Thu Jul 02, 2009

PhysOrg Weblog

Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter's first moon images available

NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has transmitted its first images since reaching the moon on June 23.

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Related Topix: Cameras, Science / Technology, NASA, Space, Greenbelt, MD

Alaska Star

Daugharty FundraiserConor is out of a coma, but not yet fully awake

Friends, family and community members came out in droves to Lions Park June 25 to help Conor Daugharty - a 22-year-old man with deep Eagle River roots - and his family.

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Related Topix: Eagle-River, AK, Anchorage, AK, University of Alaska Anchorage

Arizona Republic

ASU seeks funding to become green-energy powerhouse

Researcher Milton Sommerfeld opens a vial of oil made from algae and tilts it toward the lawmakers gathered at his Mesa laboratory.

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Related Topix: Alternative Energy, Science / Technology, Energy, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Phoenix Metro, Mesa, AZ, Arizona

Wed Jul 01, 2009

KGUN-TV Tucson

Ariz. colleges to stay open if gov't shuts down

Arizona's three state universities are telling students and staff to show up on Wednesday even if lawmakers fail to approve a state budget by a deadline set for midnight Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Northern Arizona University

Tue Jun 30, 2009

Newswise

First Wave of Swine Flu Requires New Public Health Strategy

There is no way to know how the newest strain of the H1N1 influenza virus will behave in the future.

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Related Topix: Mathematics, Science, Epidemic, Natural Disasters

Digital Producer

National Federation of the Blind and American Council of the Blind...

Darrell Shandrow , a blind ASU student, is also a named plaintiff in the action.

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Related Topix: Charitable Organizations, Case Western Reserve University, University of Virginia, Pace University, Reed College

Mon Jun 29, 2009

hosted Christian Science Monitor | Christian Science Monitor

Jackson: the definitive superstar of the MTV-era

Precisely the same force that led Michael Jackson to the pinnacle of popular culture contributed to his eventual - some say precipitous - fall: the confluence of his rise with MTV and the rise of the music video, say analysts.

Mr. Jackson's dance moves were an integral part of his appeal, and he is credited with transforming the idea of a music video into both an art form and promotional tool. He was a major force in attracting the viewers that made MTV a cultural phenomenon.

Yet the very same focus on appearance, most obvious in drastic plastic surgeries, is what may have helped lead to Jackson's eventual fall from popularity.

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Related Topix: Black Entertainment, Pop/Rock, Michael Jackson

Sun Jun 28, 2009

Customer Interaction Solutions

Conference at ASU projects swine flu's future

A vaccine for swine flu remains months away, but experts gathering at Arizona State University hope to fend off the disease with their smarts.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Epidemic, Natural Disasters, Mathematics, Science, Maricopa County, AZ, Medicine, Influenza

Sat Jun 27, 2009

Arizona Republic

More pain for non-profits as funds drop and demand rises

The recession is forcing Phoenix-area non-profit groups to lay off staff, reduce costs and seek new ways to raise money.

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Related Topix: Non-Profit, Phoenix Metro, Phoenix, AZ, Arizona, Central, AZ

Fri Jun 26, 2009

Arizona Republic

After 2 decades, city manager of Phoenix to retire

For two decades, City Manager Frank Fairbanks steered Phoenix through periods of unprecedented growth.

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Related Topix: Phoenix, AZ, Phoenix Metro, Tempe, AZ, Mesa, AZ

Thu Jun 25, 2009

Azcentral.com north phoenix

Phoenix tries for All-American City status

A delegation from Phoenix traveled to Tampa, Fla., this week to compete for the All-American City Award, a national competition recognizing municipalities that have developed programs that show innovation and community involvement.

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Related Topix: Phoenix, AZ, Family, Teenagers

Wed Jun 24, 2009

MyFoxPhoenix

Man Accused of Beating Family Arrested

Phoenix police have arrested Erick Lampert, accused of beating his mother and 14-year-old nephew to death.

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Related Topix: Phoenix, AZ, Phoenix Metro, Tempe, AZ

Tue Jun 23, 2009

Newswise

Outsmarting Swine Flu Pandemic

Mathematicians, biostaticians and public health officials from Canada, Mexico and the United States will gather at Arizona State University this week to focus on understanding, possibly mitigating the spread of the H1N1 flu virus.

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Related Topix: Epidemic, Natural Disasters, Medicine, Influenza, H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu

Arizona Republic

Man arrested in deaths of his mother, nephew

Police on Monday arrested a mentally-ill man suspected of bludgeoning to death his mother and 14-year-old nephew two days earlier.

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Related Topix: Phoenix, AZ, Phoenix Metro, Tempe, AZ

Mon Jun 22, 2009

ClipSyndicate

VIDEO: Power Lunches

Arizona State University nutritionist Rick Hall has some lunch ideas that will give you a mental boost or an energy boost in the middle of the day!

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Related Topix: Video, Health, Fitness

EurekAlert!

Return to the moon

Enroute to Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, NASA's LRO and LCROSS spacecrafts move past the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in... The Interdisciplinary A building on the Arizona State University Tempe campus looks rather average from the outside.

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Related Topix: US Military, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, US Air Force, Science / Technology, Space

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