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...Gemini Observatory. The researchers said the ball of rock and ice is the first object larger than Pluto to be found in the outer reaches of the solar system. won. lance armstrong, 33, in his last professional competition; a record seventh consecutive Tour de France; by 4 min. 40 sec. over Ivan Basso of Italy; in Paris. Of the race that defined his career, the world champion, who announced his planned retirement in April, said, "Vive le Tour, forever!" Charged. Vladimir Arutyunian, 27, ethnic Armenian who confessed to throwing a live grenade at George W. Bush during the U.S. President...
...Victorian virus has recently infected two of the top anime-tors: Miyazaki set his latest feature, Howl's Moving Castle, in a fanciful antique England; Otomo retreated to 1860s London for the first anime feature he has directed since Akira. Steamboy, available in two cuts (get the 126-min. director's version), sets a complex spy plot chugging across its sooty landscapes, with villains pursuing the boy hero--in some great chase scenes--to harness a 19th century WMD. Only the lad's ingenuity can defeat them. That's the power of anime: it's a weapon of mass perception...
...LANCE ARMSTRONG, 33, a record seventh consecutive Tour de France; by 4 min. 40 sec. over Ivan Basso of Italy; in his last professional competition; in Paris. Of the race that defined his career, the cycling champion, who in April announced his planned retirement, said, "Vive le Tour, forever...
However long the investigation takes, it will start with an examination of the last 45 min. of Columbia's life. Commander Rick Husband fired his deorbit engines at 8:15 a.m. E.T. when the ship was high over the Indian Ocean. Half an hour--and half a world--later, it hit the edges of the atmosphere just north of Hawaii at an altitude of about 400,000 ft. (122,000 m). Shortly after, a faint pink glow began to surround the ship, as atmospheric friction caused temperatures to rise to between 750[degrees]F and 3,000[degrees]F across...
...suspect or respond to a call for help. On a cloudy, humid afternoon, in Roviana lagoon, south of Munda, RSIP officer Ege Saro skippers the inflatable around shallow-lying coral reefs. Reaching open water, he pushes it to a zippy, if bumpy, 27 knots. After a 50-min. journey, the boat arrives at Rendova Island, and Curragh and Sergeant Allenson Tiazy jump from the boat onto a small wharf at Ughele village - to be greeted by a throng of children that appears to double in size by the minute. It's a common Melanesian scene: skylarking children enjoying their freedom...