Science Daily - Fri Nov 06
With satellites, they have discovered that more than 1.2 billion lightning flashes occur around the world every year.
Plumes on Saturn's moon may be a sign of lifeUSA Today - Fri Nov 06
Saturn 's geyser-spewing moon, Enceladus - visited by the international Cassini spacecraft on its closest flyby this week - presents planetary scientists with a geophysical locked-room mystery.
Weekend Picks for Prince George's CountyGazette.Net - Fri Nov 06
Fans of musical theater have a couple of options this weekend, but the question is: Do they go old-school, or for something a bit more modern? Two new musicals are opening at community theaters in Prince George's County, one by one of the great writing combinations of the past century and one by someone who has been at the top of this generation ...
Employee Absences Close Catholic SchoolNBC Washington - Thu Nov 05
GREENBELT, Md. -- The latest area school to close because of flu isn't closing because sick students or even because of sick faculty and staff.
Unmanned planes converted to climate scoutsMSNBC - Thu Nov 05
In a modern-day rendition of beating swords into plowshares, a pair of unmanned military aircraft have been turned over to NASA for research on Earth's environment.
Presidio Program Identifies Grant Funding for IT SolutionsHealthcare Informatics - Thu Nov 05
Greenbelt, Md.-based Presidio Networked Solutions, Inc. , a provider of professional and managed services for IT infrastructure solutions, launched its Presidio Grants Office program, developed to help organizations identify and secure grant funding for IT projects.
NASA Showcases 'Green' Missions at SC09 ConferenceSpace Ref - Wed Nov 04
PRESS RELEASE Date Released: Wednesday, November 4, 2009 Source: Ames Research Center - Comments MOFFETT FIELD, Calif.
Greenbelt Elects First Black CouncilmemberNewsChannel 8 - Wed Nov 04
Greenbelt has elected its first black council member, a victory that followed expansion of the council amid complaints the Prince George's County town had not had minority representation in its 71-year-history. Emmett V. Jordan was among the seven candidates elected to the seven-member council.
NBA player West indicted for carrying concealed weaponsGazette.Net - Tue Nov 03
NBA athlete and Eleanor Roosevelt High School graduate Delonte M. West was indicted by a grand jury Tuesday on six counts of carrying three concealed weapons as he rode a motorcycle Sept.
Deep space objects guide Eartha s GPS systemMSNBC - Tue Nov 03
That global positioning system that guides your car and keeps you on the map is itself guided by the positions of some of the brightest, strangest objects in the universe a ' quasars.
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