Tuesday, May 08, 2007
Who's paying $200K for a few minutes in space?
NEWS
Bush offers spectacle fit for Queen
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What the guest list lacked in Hollywood glitter, Queen Elizabeth II more
than
made up for with a dazzling display of royal jewelry when she dined at a
White
House white-tie state dinner Monday.
Who's paying $200,000 for a few minutes in space?
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The next space race is on, and this time it's for the masses. Well, not
exactly the masses. More like the actors, real estate magnates, hedge
fund
managers and well-off adventurers who can afford $200,000 or so for a
quick jaunt beyond the Earth's atmosphere and several minutes of
zero-gravity
weightlessness.
Tainted pet food: Lab says melamine not only culprit
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Melamine combined with a related chemical rather than melamine alone
likely caused the kidney damage in pets that ate tainted food, one lab
investigating the case has found.
