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Space agency hopes to send a spacecraft into the solar atmosphere by 2018. (news.cnet.com)

Boeing Co. doesn't plan to finance any of the 787 aircraft due for delivery next year, while one of its largest customers said it needs more clarity on the final delivery schedule before it can approach lenders. (feeds.wsjonline.com)

Boeing Co. will do some limited testing on two more 787 airliners besides the six planes in its flight test fleet. (www.newsvine.com)

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A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has ruled the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service must revise a Bush administration recovery plan for the northern spotted owl. (www.newsvine.com)

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At 6-foot-3, 290 pounds, Anthony "Freak" Johnson probably isn't your typical choir boy, although he is by most accounts an outstanding singer. (www.newsvine.com)

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An IPO research firm says it has been told General Motors plans to start trading shares on Nov. 18. (www.newsvine.com)

Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan says an Islamic community center and mosque planned near ground zero should be built because Muslims were among those of many faiths who died in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. (www.newsvine.com)

The top executive of the South Carolina State Ports Authority said Thursday he has asked architects to submit design proposals for a new cruise ship passenger terminal to open within two years in Charleston. (www.newsvine.com)

Congress seems increasingly reluctant to let taxes go up, even on wealthier Americans. (www.newsvine.com)

The transplant recipient made his first appearance on Thursday, about a week after he underwent a nearly 18-hour transplant procedure at a hospital. Hospital - Surgery - Hand transplantation - Health - Transplantation (pheedo.msnbc.msn.com)

Officers Heard "Pop" Just Before SWAT Team Moved in on Suspect; Captives Looked Ready to Run, Authorities Say (feeds.cbsnews.com)

The Israeli and Palestinian leaders conclude a first set of direct peace talks and plan a second set Sept. 14-15, U.S. Middle East peace envoy George Mitchell says. Middle East - Israel - Palestinian people - Warfare and Conflict - Israel-Palestine (pheedo.msnbc.msn.com)

The recipient of a rare double hand transplant says he feels "fantastic" and can wiggle fingers on both his new hands. (www.newsvine.com)

rexjoec writes "Cisco is making a bid for Skype. The deal, if successful, would derail a planned initial public offering from Skype and redraw the battle lines in the lucrative market of video communications." The rumored price is $5B. Read more of this story at Slashdot. (rss.slashdot.org)

By DAVID DISHNEAU and SARAH BRUMFIELD 2010-09-02T16:21:09Z SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) -- As the three hostages at Discovery Channel's headquarters appeared ready to make a run for it, police said Thursday that a SWAT team officer quickly shot and killed the increasingly agitated gunman who had explosives strapped to himself, ending the f... (hosted.ap.org)

(Sept. 2) -- The attacker who held three employees hostage at the Discovery Communications headquarters before being shot to death by police told an NBC producer during the siege that he had spent about a month planning the attack. "I did a lot of research. I had to experiment," James J. Lee told the producer, according to recordings played on NBC'... (www.aolnews.com)

All banks and building societies have put in place plans to begin dispensing £5 notes from the cash machines, a report reveals. (www.bbc.co.uk)

Rangers fans will go into a "holding zone" ahead of their team's Champions League match in Manchester, to prevent a re-run of the 2008 riots. (www.bbc.co.uk)

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The 130 New Hampshire workers who lost their jobs at the Precision Technology printing plant in Pembroke will be paid for some of their unused vacation time. New Hampshire - United States - Business and Economy - Recreation and Sports - Government (feeds.boston.com)

In a move that could raise privacy concerns, the microblogging site said Wednesday evening that it will record and analyze every link users click on when using its Web site or any of the thousands of third-party apps. (news.cnet.com)

Nepalese investigators have found the flight data recorders from the wreckage of a small plane that crashed last week en route to the Mount Everest area, killing 14 people including six foreigners, officials said Thursday. (www.newsvine.com)

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An 11-year-old girl injured when a jetliner carrying 131 people crashed on Colombia's San Andres Island last month has died, raising the accident's death toll to two. (www.newsvine.com)