Provides the latest RSS feeds for Space Science News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Houston Mirror.com http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/cat/89d96798a39564bd/ en-us Wed, 22 May 2013 15:19:35 -0400 Wed, 22 May 2013 15:19:35 -0400 30 Emerging evidence continues to point to a major cosmic impact 12,800 years ago as the primary cause for the tragic loss of nearly all of the remarkable large animals that had survived the stresses of many ice age periods, including mammoths, mastodons, giant ground sloths, American camel and horse, and saber- toothed cats. About 12,800 years ago when the Earth was warming and emerging from the ... http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214680709/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 01:20:03 -0400 http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214680709/scat/89d96798a39564bd '); The pale rock in the upper center of this image, about the size of a human forearm, includes a target called "Esperance," which was inspected by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity. This image is a composite of three exposures taken by Opportunity's panoramic camera during the 3,262nd Martian day, or sol, of the rover's work on Mars (March 28, ... http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214694075/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 13:00:00 -0400 http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214694075/scat/89d96798a39564bd On occasion I'll get an e-mail from someone who says they've just received a telescope as gift and while they've enjoyed looking at the moon and the planet Jupiter or Venus with it, they really would love to get a view of Saturn. The problem for most people is that ... http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214694076/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 12:55:33 -0400 http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214694076/scat/89d96798a39564bd Lois Lerner, the Internal Revenue Service official in charge of approving applications for tax-exempt status, denied wrongdoing in response to accusations that the IRS targeted conservative organizations seeking nonprofit status for heavier scrutiny between 2010 and 2012. "I have not done anything wrong," Lerner told the House Oversight Committee during a hearing about the IRS' ... http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214692817/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 12:42:25 -0400 http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214692817/scat/89d96798a39564bd awarded a $125,000 six month grant to the Systems & Materials Research Cooperation to design a 3D printer capable of printing a pizza from 30-year shelf stable ... http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214694078/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 12:31:34 -0400 http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214694078/scat/89d96798a39564bd Astronauts living on board the International Space Station managed to get these dramatic pictures of the Pavlof Volcano as it erupted over the weekend. The volcano began acting up last Monday, the ... http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214693838/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 12:31:31 -0400 http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214693838/scat/89d96798a39564bd A Russian space capsule containing mice, sand eels, geckos, gerbils, snails, fish and plants returned to Earth after a month-long mission in space. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown ... http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214692518/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 11:43:06 -0400 http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214692518/scat/89d96798a39564bd has presented to the U.S. Coast Guard a new report that found that 36 sunken vessels strewn across the U.S. seafloor could pose an oil pollution threat to the nation's coast marine resources.Of those 36 vessels, 17 were recommended for further assessment and potential removal of both fuel oil and oil cargo. They include a barge lost in rough seas in 1936, two ships that sank in separate ... http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214692519/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 11:40:55 -0400 http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214692519/scat/89d96798a39564bd In this historical photo from the U.S. space agency, a multiple exposure image of Rendezvous Docking Simulator is shown on Feb. 7, 1964. The Gemini spacecraft was supported in a gimbal system by an overhead crane and gantry arrangement which provided 6 degrees of freedom - roll, pitch, yaw, and translation in any direction - all controllable by the astronaut in the spacecraft. The controls fed ... http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214692513/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 11:23:55 -0400 http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214692513/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tony Stark has been to a lot of cool places in that Iron Man get-up of his. But low Earth orbit might still be a bit beyond his operational flight envelope. Not so for the developers of the ... http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214692522/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 11:19:30 -0400 http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214692522/scat/89d96798a39564bd The Dream Chaser space plane atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. Image Credit: SNC It was surely one of those moments where NASA could hardly wait to tear off the shrink wrap.Sierra Nevada Corp.’s privately constructed Dream Chaser spacecraft engineering test article arrived at the Dryden Flight Research Center last week — wrapped in plastic for shipping protection — ... http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214692521/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 11:19:30 -0400 http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214692521/scat/89d96798a39564bd NASA's Cassini spacecraft . Methone is utterly unlike the other small balls of ice and rock that dot the solar system, which are deeply scarred by impacts. Instead it is smooth, with not a hill or pockmark in sight. Now astronomers may have a clue as to why: Methone is made of lightweight ... http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214692515/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 11:10:09 -0400 http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214692515/scat/89d96798a39564bd In this Saturday, May 11, 2013, photo made available by NASA, astronaut Chris Cassidy and Tom Marshburn, not pictured, perform a space walk to inspect and replace a pump controller box on the International Space Station after an ammonia coolant leak was discovered. (AP Photo/NASA) NASA can send robots to Mars, no problem. But if it's ever going to put humans on the Red Planet, it has to ... http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214691260/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 11:07:32 -0400 http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214691260/scat/89d96798a39564bd When it comes to science fiction all eyes may be on 'Star Trek Into Darkness' right now, but last month's 'Oblivion' grabbed my attention and not just because it's one of the slickest sci-fi movies I've seen in years. No, what really grabbed my attention was NASA's hidden cameo - an appearance that sets up a pivotal plot point for the ... http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214690797/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 10:34:03 -0400 http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214690797/scat/89d96798a39564bd A group of men pray with tornado survivor Tim Wardwell. (Jason Sickles/Yahoo News) MOORE, Okla. -- Atop a pile of rubble that had been his home, Tim Wardwell choked back tears. A group of strangers prayed with him and gave thanks that he wasn't among the 24 tornado fatalities. "I don't know how I'm here, dude," Wardwell told Yahoo News. Wardwell and his wife, Kelsey, ... http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214690799/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 10:17:14 -0400 http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214690799/scat/89d96798a39564bd The images from space show the mammoth storm before and after it struck, along with views of the weather system that caused the tornado. The pictures reveal the sheer scale and power of the twister, while night time images show just how much damage was caused by the twister. The storm was classified as an F-4 tornado with wind speeds of between 166 to 200 mph, according to the National Weather ... http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214690406/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 10:13:13 -0400 http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214690406/scat/89d96798a39564bd NASA astronaut Sally Ride, who died in 2012. Credit: NASA Sally Ride was only 32 years old when she flew into space for the first time 30 years ago, in June 1983. ... http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214690801/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 10:06:00 -0400 http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214690801/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wow – that’s a tail! Comet C/2011 L4 PANSTARRS on May 21, 2013, when its anti-tail (left) had grown to more than 12 full moons in length. Meanwhile, what was once the main dust tail (right) has faded and shortened over the past few weeks. Click to enlarge. Credit: Damian Peach While comets can’t tell lies, they do sometimes grow long noses. As the weeks click by and our ... http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214690800/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 10:05:59 -0400 http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214690800/scat/89d96798a39564bd Astronauts may chow down on food produced through a 3-D printer in the near future. An Austin tech company has won a $125,000 grant from NASA to develop a 3-D printer that creates food for astronauts. Systems and Materials Research Corp. received the funding to research combining powders to produce a digital recipe. The printer-produced food would have the same texture and smell as real food, The ... http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214689668/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 10:03:31 -0400 http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214689668/scat/89d96798a39564bd Russia would launch 12 Proton-M heavy space rockets this year, Khrunichev space industry center said Wednesday.Three had already been launched and a further nine would be launched from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan, Khrunichev CEO Alexander Seliverstov told reporters.Meanwhile, the new Angara-5 heavy rocket would be launched from the Vostochny cosmodrome in the Far Eastern Amur region ... http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214688476/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 09:08:13 -0400 http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214688476/scat/89d96798a39564bd A Russian space capsule containing mice, geckos, gerbils, snails and fish returns to Earth after a month-long mission in space. The Bion-M craft orbited at a height of 575km (360 miles). Scientists hope the mission will allow them to study the effect of microgravity on animals' bodies. Half of the mice died in space, as did eight ... http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214688418/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 08:48:23 -0400 http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214688418/scat/89d96798a39564bd -- An Apollo Saturn V F-1 engine thrust chamber, recovered by Bezos Expeditions, at the Kansas Cosmosphere's SpaceWorks conservation facility. The engine's nozzle would extend from the top as positioned in the wooden ... http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214688869/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 08:48:18 -0400 http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214688869/scat/89d96798a39564bd NASA has announced it is to fund construction of the world's first ever 3D food printer. The American space company has given a $125,000 grant to mechanical engineer Anjan Contractor, who has already designed the machine. And the space agency hopes it will eventually be able to provide food for astronauts on long-distance journeys through ... http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214688057/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 08:48:17 -0400 http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214688057/scat/89d96798a39564bd NASA has announced it is to fund construction of the world's first ever 3D food printer. The American space company has given a $125,000 grant to mechanical engineer Anjan Contractor, who has already designed the machine. And the space agency hopes it will eventually be able to provide food for astronauts on long-distance journeys through ... http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214689218/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 08:48:15 -0400 http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214689218/scat/89d96798a39564bd EMCORE Corporation, a leading provider of compound semiconductor-based components and subsystems for the fiber optic and solar power markets, announced today that it has been awarded a contract by ATK (NYSE:ATK) to design and manufacture solar panels for NASA's Green Propellant Infusion Mission (GPIM) planned for launch in ... http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214689219/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 08:35:21 -0400 http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214689219/scat/89d96798a39564bd A meteorite that originated on Mars is expected to fetch at least $160,000 when it hits the auction block June 2 as part of a collection of rare geological specimens. The Martian meteorite NWA 7397 was found in 2012 in Morocco's Sahara Desert. Scientists think it was part of a chunk of Mars that was chipped from the planet when an asteroid impacted it. At 1.37 lbs (0.62 kg), the sample ... http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214687785/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 08:05:01 -0400 http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214687785/scat/89d96798a39564bd Anjan Contractor develop a 3D food printer. Contractor received the six month grant from NASA to create a prototype of his universal food synthesizer. The mechanical engineer plans to build ... http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214686923/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 08:03:45 -0400 http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214686923/scat/89d96798a39564bd A Russian space capsule carrying lizards, mice, gerbils, fish and other creatures has safely returned to Earth, but not all of its animal passengers survived the month-long spaceflight, according to news ... http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214687783/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 07:41:39 -0400 http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214687783/scat/89d96798a39564bd 17/07/2012 00:25 CET There is to be a rare celestial choreography in the night sky from May 24 until the end of the month involving three of Earth’s neighbours in the Solar System. Mercury, Jupiter and Venus will all be aligned in the same field of vision, each seeming to spin and move around the others in a phenomenon known as ... http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214686903/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 07:35:53 -0400 http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214686903/scat/89d96798a39564bd '); A notional concept of a solar-electric-powered spacecraft, designed to capture a small near-Earth asteroid and relocate it safely close to the Earth-moon system so astronauts can explore ... http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214686419/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 06:55:49 -0400 http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214686419/scat/89d96798a39564bd View Photo Associated Press - File-This file combo shows a Feb. 20, 2013 file photo of Los Angeles mayoral candidate Eric Garcetti speaking to media in Los Angeles, left, and undated image provided by the Wendy ... http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214684672/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 05:32:19 -0400 http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214684672/scat/89d96798a39564bd FILE - In this May 20, 2013 file photo, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., left, confers with Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., center, and Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., as the Senate Judiciary Committee assembled to work on a landmark immigration bill to secure the border and offer citizenship to millions, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Leading senators working on immigration ... http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214683899/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 04:40:45 -0400 http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214683899/scat/89d96798a39564bd In this image released by the Pima County Sheriff's department, police notes are seen scrawled on the trunk of a police car, in the aftermath of the Tucson shooting rampage that killed six people and wounded former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and 12 others in January 2011. Authorities released more than 300 photos on Tuesday, May 21, 2013, made by investigators during their investigation in ... http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214683671/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 04:40:45 -0400 http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214683671/scat/89d96798a39564bd Coalition for Life of Iowa president Sue Martinek holds a sign in her home, Tuesday, May 21, 2013, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. When the Coalition applied for tax-exempt status in 2008, the tiny group thought getting IRS approval would be easy. But the group faced months of delay, was ordered to provide details about its prayer events outside the local Planned Parenthood clinic, and even directed to ... http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214683900/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 04:40:44 -0400 http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214683900/scat/89d96798a39564bd TEHRAN, Iran -; Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says a decision by election overseers to disqualify his top aide from an upcoming presidential race is an act of "oppression" and he will take the case to the country's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali ... http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214683791/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 04:40:44 -0400 http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214683791/scat/89d96798a39564bd KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Hard-line Islamist students are protesting in the Afghan capital demanding the repeal of a presidential decree for women's rights that they say is ... http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214683811/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 03:59:57 -0400 http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214683811/scat/89d96798a39564bd Five men are under round-the-clock U.S. surveillance in Libya, wanted for questioning in the attack last year on the diplomatic mission in Benghazi, ... http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214683323/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 03:21:11 -0400 http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214683323/scat/89d96798a39564bd Anthony Weiner 's run for a renaissance is officially on. The ex-congressman whose career imploded in a rash of raunchy tweets two years ago said in a YouTube video announcement late Tuesday that he's in the New York City mayoral race. He'd said last month he was considering it. "I made some big mistakes and I know I let a lot of people down, but I also learned some tough ... http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214682709/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 03:18:17 -0400 http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214682709/scat/89d96798a39564bd The three-day US Space Tech Conference and Expo kicked off at the Long Beach Convention Center in California on Tuesday with focuses on the future of commercial space flight.The debut of Lynx, the piloted two-seat reusable spacecraft developed by XCOR Aerospace attracted the attention of many visitors who have been keen on the arrival of the age of space tourism.The aircraft-like Lynx vehicle is ... http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214682483/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 02:19:46 -0400 http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214682483/scat/89d96798a39564bd Campaign of mayoral candidate Greuel meeting with voters. Despite the high stakes, the race has been a mostly low-drama affair between two government regulars. In a city known to yawn at local politics, turnout is expected to be sparse, perhaps only one in four voters will go to the polls. (AP ... http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214681741/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 02:11:36 -0400 http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214681741/scat/89d96798a39564bd Bowling Green was closed for a couple hours following Tuesday night's crash, but has since been reopened. Initial reports indicated that the passengers of the two vehicles were taken to local hospitals but were not badly hurt. Toledo News Now reports that a Toyota Camry was rear-ended by a bus transporting employees of ... http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214681742/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 02:11:32 -0400 http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214681742/scat/89d96798a39564bd (NaturalNews) Practically everything you have been told by the mainstream scientific community and the media about the alleged detriments of greenhouse gases, and particularly carbon dioxide, appears to be false, according to new data compiled by NASA's Langley Research Center. As it turns out, all those atmospheric greenhouse gases that Al Gore and all the other global warming hoaxers have ... http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214680859/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 01:15:51 -0400 http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214680859/scat/89d96798a39564bd MONTGOMERY, Ala. – A mysterious respiratory illness has left five people hospitalized and two dead in southeast Alabama, state health officials said Tuesday. Seven people have been admitted to hospitals with a fever, cough and shortness of breath in recent weeks, Alabama Department of Public Health spokeswoman Mary McIntyre said in a statement. Two of the seven have died. The Alabama ... http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214680851/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 00:52:20 -0400 http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214680851/scat/89d96798a39564bd PORTLAND, Ore. -; Residents are voting to keep Portland, Ore., as the largest U.S. city without fluoride in the water or any plans to add ... http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214679799/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 00:09:56 -0400 http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214679799/scat/89d96798a39564bd Oklahoma know all too well the destructive power of a tornado, but when a big one rolled toward the town of Moore again on Monday, residents had few basements ... http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214679713/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 23:53:51 -0400 http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214679713/scat/89d96798a39564bd Senate Judiciary Committee 's action, saying the bill was consistent with the goals he has expressed. "I encourage the full Senate to bring this bipartisan bill to the floor at the earliest possible opportunity and remain hopeful that the amendment process will lead to further improvements," Obama said in a statement released by the White House. By a vote of 13-5, the Senate ... http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214679714/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 23:53:50 -0400 http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214679714/scat/89d96798a39564bd View Photo Reuters/Reuters - Workers from Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc gather during a protest over an accident where 39 workers attending an underground training were trapped when a tunnel collapsed, at Mile ... http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214679715/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 23:53:47 -0400 http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214679715/scat/89d96798a39564bd Choe Ryong Hae . There were no other details. Choe is the North Korea military's top political officer tasked with supervising the 1.2-million-strong force. China is North Korea's only major political and economic benefactor. Beijing has faced pressure from Washington to use its influence to ... http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214678830/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 22:46:00 -0400 http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214678830/scat/89d96798a39564bd We at Universe Today have been wondering, where did Chris Hadfield find the time to do all the great videos he put together during his five months on the International Space Station, all while his Expedition set records for the amount of scientific research performed? Now there’s even more. Hadfield teamed up with Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage ... http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214678515/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 21:23:22 -0400 http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214678515/scat/89d96798a39564bd Congress isn’t rushing to stave off looming furloughs for federal weather forecasters, even after they issued tornado warnings credited with saving countless lives in Oklahoma.Some lawmakers are open to looking at sequestration’s effects on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, home to the National Weather Service and its 3,500 forecasters. But they said it’s too ... http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214677466/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 20:39:47 -0400 http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214677466/scat/89d96798a39564bd WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday approved legislation that would bring about the biggest changes in U.S. immigration policy in a generation, setting up a spirited debate in the full Senate next ... http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214676548/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 20:14:18 -0400 http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214676548/scat/89d96798a39564bd Astronaut Neil Armstrong's original electrocardiogram recording from the moment he stepped onto the moon in July 1969 is among the lots that were withdrawn from RR Auction's ... http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214676368/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 19:29:15 -0400 http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214676368/scat/89d96798a39564bd MIAMI (AP) -- An 18-year-old Florida cheerleader is facing felony charges that she had sexual contact with her underage, 14-year-old girlfriend, ... http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214675376/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 19:16:49 -0400 http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214675376/scat/89d96798a39564bd Space Race: Astronauts break record for quickest journey to International Space Station - making trip in less time than standard flight from London to New ... http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214675698/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 19:12:51 -0400 http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214675698/scat/89d96798a39564bd WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Senate panel voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to send weapons to rebels fighting Syria's government, but it was not clear who would get the arms even if the bill succeeds, as Washington struggles to deal with its response to the ... http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214675593/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 19:06:12 -0400 http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214675593/scat/89d96798a39564bd '); A Chinese Long March 2F rocket launches on the Shenzhou 9 mission, China's first manned space docking flight and first flight of a female astronaut, on June 16, 2012 from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch ... http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214675138/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 18:20:54 -0400 http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214675138/scat/89d96798a39564bd A line of thunderstorms that resembles an exclamation mark in this image from NOAA's GOES-13 satellite gave rise to the Moore, Okla. tornado on May 20, 2013. The tornado was generated near the bottom of the line of clouds, NASA officials ... http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214675139/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 18:20:53 -0400 http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214675139/scat/89d96798a39564bd HOUSTON -; A man accused of vandalizing a 1929 Pablo Picasso painting in an act that was caught on cellphone video has pleaded guilty in exchange for a two-year prison ... http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214674330/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 18:20:48 -0400 http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214674330/scat/89d96798a39564bd square between revolutionary Uranus in Aries and transformative Pluto in Capricorn, it could boggle the mind and shake up dusty mental structures. This Full Moon energy can bring up old feelings and memories dealing with the experience of being taught to separate and categorize people, things and events without really knowing ourselves what that thing was. We accepted the category when we ... http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214675140/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 18:18:41 -0400 http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214675140/scat/89d96798a39564bd An artist's concept showing a possible layout of a commercial rocket and spacecraft positioned at Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in ... http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214675141/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 18:17:16 -0400 http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214675141/scat/89d96798a39564bd The guitar Canadian astronaut Commander Chris Hadfield played on board the International Space Station was made in Vancouver. The three-quarter-size travel guitar, created and manufactured in the Vancouver office of Larrivee Guitars, spins around in front of the Canadian spaceman as he sings David Bowie's Space Oddity in ... http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214674220/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 18:03:49 -0400 http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214674220/scat/89d96798a39564bd 1 of 3. Jodi Arias addresses the jury during the penalty phase of her murder trial at Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix, Arizona May 21, ... http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214674287/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 17:58:09 -0400 http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214674287/scat/89d96798a39564bd LOS ANGELES – AEG Live LLC did not conduct any background checks or supervise the doctor who was later convicted of killing Michael Jackson, a corporate attorney testified Tuesday in a lawsuit claiming the concert promoter was negligent in hiring the physician. AEG Live General Counsel Shawn Trell told jurors that no legal or financial checks were done involving Conrad Murray or anyone ... http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214674183/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 17:54:17 -0400 http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214674183/scat/89d96798a39564bd noisy environment inside the Station, even a simple diagnostic task like listening to a heartbeat can be a challenge. That’s why engineering students at Johns Hopkins University have developed a special ';out of this world'; space stethoscope designed to work well while in orbit… as well as down here on ... http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214675143/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 17:54:07 -0400 http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214675143/scat/89d96798a39564bd NASA's GOES-13 satellite captured images of the storm system that sparked tornadoes in the middle of the country. The video includes images of the twister left dozens of people dead in Moore, ... http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214675137/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 17:51:41 -0400 http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214675137/scat/89d96798a39564bd '); This artist's illustration shows a meteor crashing into the surface of the moon. Scientists say hundreds of space rocks impact the lunar surface every ... http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214672283/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 17:09:36 -0400 http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214672283/scat/89d96798a39564bd '); This sky map from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory shows the locations of the constellations Leo and Virgo in relation to the moon and Saturn looking southeast on May 22, ... http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214672282/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 17:09:36 -0400 http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214672282/scat/89d96798a39564bd , at times, reads like an updated version of Sagan’s classic book about the history of astronomy and our place in the universe. Like Sagan, Tyson talks about the human perception of astronomy over the years, starting from our belief that everything centered around us and then gradually graduating to the more nuanced perception of the universe that we have ... http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214672285/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 16:42:13 -0400 http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214672285/scat/89d96798a39564bd POINT AND SHOOT: If you're into hunting but not a very good shot then the TrackingPoint smart rifle may appeal: you point and it locks a laser on the target. You pull the trigger, but it doesn't fire until the weapon has been pointed in exactly the right place, taking into account dozens of variables, including wind, shake and distance to the target. The rifle has a built-in laser range finder, a ... http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214676369/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 16:20:00 -0400 http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214676369/scat/89d96798a39564bd Here’s a nautical Geo Quiz for you. There’s a new study out about the risk of ocean pollution caused by shipwrecks. There’s everything from pirate ships that sank with chests full of gold to oil tankers that have gone down in more modern times at the bottom of the ocean. Many of the vessels could be leaking something toxic into the sea. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric ... http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214670519/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 16:00:27 -0400 http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214670519/scat/89d96798a39564bd The first trailer for the new science fiction film "Europa Report" has launched onto the Internet and just might be the most realistic - and harrowing - depiction of space travel on the big screen in years. In ... http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214670520/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 15:57:50 -0400 http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214670520/scat/89d96798a39564bd night of Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012, in Benghazi, Libya. The U.S. has identified five men they believe might be behind the attack on the diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, last year, and have enough evidence to justify seizing them by military force as suspected terrorists _ but not enough proof to try them in a U.S. civilian criminal court, the process the Obama administration prefers, U.S. ... http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214669312/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 15:39:48 -0400 http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214669312/scat/89d96798a39564bd 51st Super Bowls on Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at their spring meetings. The San Francisco area, where the new stadium is being built in Santa Clara, and South Florida are competing for the the 50th edition, to be held in February 2016. The loser in that bidding will go against Houston to host the 51st game the following year.(AP Photo/San Francisco 49ers) NO ... http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214670521/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 15:39:46 -0400 http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214670521/scat/89d96798a39564bd Recent Sun Pillar seen near Toronto, Canada. Credit and copyright: Rick Ellis. Astrophotographer Rick Ellis from Toronto, Canada recently imaged a Sun pillar against a truly fiery sunset. Sun pillars are a vertical shaft of light extending upward or downward from the Sun, usually seen during sunrise or sunset. They form when when sunlight reflects off the surfaces of high-altitude ... http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214670522/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 15:28:54 -0400 http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214670522/scat/89d96798a39564bd John Sciulli/Getty Images for Samsung Jared Leto stands in the art-deco lobby of a lower Manhattan hotel at 11 A.M., holding a half-consumed bag of cereal and a vegan muffin. "Have we met before?" he asks. I tell him we met once for three minutes at a fashion week party for Alexander Wang, and he gives me a hug. Leto's cheek bones are still steep enough to ski down, but he's ... http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214668998/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 14:43:09 -0400 http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214668998/scat/89d96798a39564bd Sandy Hook Elementary School on Dec. 14 before killing himself as police arrived. He also killed his mother at their Newtown home before going to the school. The official said ... http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214668987/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 14:25:35 -0400 http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214668987/scat/89d96798a39564bd Qusair near the Lebanese border on Tuesday, opposition activists said. They said fighting was raging in Qusair, as well as in areas to the east where several army bases are located, and in the Hezbollah-held southern and western approaches to the town. One ... http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214668988/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 14:25:31 -0400 http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214668988/scat/89d96798a39564bd carnivalofspace@gmail.com , and the next host will link to it. It will help get awareness out there about your writing, help you meet others in the space community - and community is what blogging is all about. And if you really want to help out, sign up to be a host. Send an email to the above ... http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214668999/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 14:14:18 -0400 http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214668999/scat/89d96798a39564bd DALLAS (Reuters) - Leaders of Boy Scout groups across the country will vote this week on a controversial proposal that would remove the organization's ban on gay scouts but not gay adult ... http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214668206/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 14:13:45 -0400 http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214668206/scat/89d96798a39564bd '); -- An Apollo Saturn V F-1 engine thrust chamber, recovered by Bezos Expeditions, at the Kansas Cosmosphere's SpaceWorks conservation facility. The engine's nozzle would extend from the top as positioned in the wooden ... http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214667243/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 13:26:11 -0400 http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214667243/scat/89d96798a39564bd The Mars Science Laboratory has completed its second drill into the surface of the Red Planet. The drilling target was nicknamed ... http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214667245/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 13:26:10 -0400 http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214667245/scat/89d96798a39564bd Hidden oceans underneath the icy moon's surface attracts a privately funded manned mission to Europa. Technical failures lead to death and loss of communication. But is something else at work? In theaters on August 2nd, ... http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214667244/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 13:26:08 -0400 http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214667244/scat/89d96798a39564bd Sauer Inc. of Jacksonville has won a $6.5 million NASA task order to renovate the B-2 space rocket test stand at Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. Sauer expects to break ground in late spring and complete the project in 10 months, the company said in a news release. The B-2 Test Stand at Stennis was originally built to test Saturn rocket stages that propelled astronauts to the moon, NASA said ... http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214668755/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 13:24:31 -0400 http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214668755/scat/89d96798a39564bd robotic arm to drill into a rock dubbed "Cumberland" to collect a powdered sample from inside the rock that will be delivered to the rover's onboard science instruments over the next several days. This is only the second time that a sample has been collected from inside a rock on Mars, according to the space agency. In March, NASA reported that Curiosity, in its first rock ... http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214667246/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 13:13:03 -0400 http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214667246/scat/89d96798a39564bd . And we do mean subtle, as in invisible to the naked eye... this eclipse only lasts 34 minutes in duration and less than 2% of the disk of the Moon enters the bright outer penumbra of the Earth's shadow! So, why talk about such a non-event at ... http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214667249/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 12:55:14 -0400 http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214667249/scat/89d96798a39564bd more variable temperatures that can get a little chilly. Understanding how atmospheres escape into outer space is the main goal of SPRINT-A. The sun, the scientists stated, had more intense activity in the past than what we see presently, which could have blown away the atmosphere on some terrestrial planets. ';The study on interaction of the strong solar wind on the atmosphere of the ... http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214667248/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 12:55:13 -0400 http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214667248/scat/89d96798a39564bd from Quartz. Anjan Contractor, who runs Systems & Materials Research Corporation, hopes to design a system that will turn shelf-stable cartridges of sugars, complex carbs, and protein into edible food on demand. Contractor asserts that by the time the population reaches 12 billion people ("peak human" for Earth being around 9.5 billion to 10 billion people), we will have to change ... http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214665291/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 12:50:30 -0400 http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214665291/scat/89d96798a39564bd A Comparative Climatology Symposium held at NASA Headquarters on May 7 focused on new approaches to climate research by highlighting the similarities and contrasts between the environments of the rocky worlds Venus, Earth, Mars and Saturn’s smoggy moon Titan. The symposium also included discussions ... http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214664789/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 12:13:40 -0400 http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214664789/scat/89d96798a39564bd Photographer Thomas Kast (facebook.com/salamapaja) imaged the aurora borealis from September 2012 to March 2013. Different shooting locations include the frozen Baltic Sea, Lapland and Oulu in ... http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214664791/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 12:13:40 -0400 http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214664791/scat/89d96798a39564bd BANGOR, Maine -; A 20-year-old Maine man has been charged with murder in the death of a 15-year-old girl who was last seen more than a week ago, when she went to meet someone she befriended ... http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214664577/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 12:13:22 -0400 http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214664577/scat/89d96798a39564bd The National Weather Service is feeling the effects of automatic budget cuts but says it was still able to give ample warning of Monday’s deadly tornado in Oklahoma.The ... http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214664792/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 12:11:58 -0400 http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214664792/scat/89d96798a39564bd Abrams' hyperactive movie talked fast and walked fast -- when it wasn't at a dead run. Indeed, in its breakneck pace and its camera-flare and whip-pan-loving ... http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214663705/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 12:10:06 -0400 http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214663705/scat/89d96798a39564bd View Photo Reuters/Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama (2nd L) and Vice President Joe Biden (L), along with members of the national security team, receive an update on the mission against Osama bin Laden in the ... http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214663452/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 10:57:43 -0400 http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214663452/scat/89d96798a39564bd Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks on May 9. (Win McNamee/Getty Images) A bipartisan group of senators begin a fifth full day of debating changes to the immigration reform bill Tuesday. So far, the so-called mark-up process has left the sweeping overhaul of the nation's immigration laws--which would legalize most of the country's 11 million undocumented immigrants--largely untouched. On ... http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214663453/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 10:57:42 -0400 http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214663453/scat/89d96798a39564bd Montana Democrat says his committee will follow the facts wherever they lead. Scheduled to testify to Congress for the first time was former IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman, who headed the agency for most of the period when it was improperly focusing on the conservative ... http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214663454/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 10:57:41 -0400 http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214663454/scat/89d96798a39564bd solar storm aimed at the Earth hits in just the right way, it could put interconnected electrical grids around the world at serious risk, experts say. In addition to creating beautiful auroras, ... http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214663455/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 10:57:40 -0400 http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214663455/scat/89d96798a39564bd View Photo Reuters/Reuters - A combo photo shows a detail view of the damaged Michelangelo's Pieta and it after restoration works at the Vatican. Forty-one years ago, a crazed Hungarian named Laszlo Toth jumped an ... http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214663456/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 10:57:39 -0400 http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214663456/scat/89d96798a39564bd This stunning space wallpaper reveals Supernova 1987A in the Large Magellanic Cloud. Glittering stars and wisps of gas create a backdrop for the self-destruction of a massive star. The supernova remnant in the center of the picture, looking like a trio of red, linked rings will continue to heat and excite the gas around it for a ... http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214664786/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 10:50:20 -0400 http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214664786/scat/89d96798a39564bd LIVERMORE, California, May 21. FINIS out does itself as the world leader in technical swimming products with the launch and immediate availability of ... http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214664849/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 10:37:06 -0400 http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214664849/scat/89d96798a39564bd In this historical photo from the U.S. space agency, NASA aerospace engineers Pete Zell (left) and Dr. William Clifton Horne (right), project director are shown preparing a laser light sheet for a flow visualization test on June 3, 1993. The subject of their test is Pratt & Whitney's Advance Ducted Propulsor (ADP) demonstrator engine in the Full-Scale Aerodynamic Complex (NFAC) 40 x ... http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214663151/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 10:01:41 -0400 http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214663151/scat/89d96798a39564bd Three planets are coming together in the evening sky at the moment, putting on a celestial show that won't be seen again for more than a ... http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214663150/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 10:01:41 -0400 http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214663150/scat/89d96798a39564bd Power Players When it comes to immigration reform, perhaps no senator has been more vocal about their displeasure with the newest bill, drafted by the group of bipartisan senators known as the "Gang of Eight," than Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.)--the Republican many blame for the defeat of the last immigration reform bill in 2008. "This bill, written by the 'Gang of ... http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214662020/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 09:42:12 -0400 http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214662020/scat/89d96798a39564bd View Photo Associated Press/Andrew Medichini - Pope Francis greets the faithful in St. Peter Square at the Vatican, after celebrating a Pentecost mass, Sunday, May 19, 2013.(AP Photo/Andrew ... http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214662021/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 09:42:11 -0400 http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214662021/scat/89d96798a39564bd NEW YORK (AP) -- The killing of a gay man who police say was taunted with homophobic slurs drew thousands of people to the scene of the crime to restore a sense of safety to one of the nation's most gay-friendly neighborhoods. Fabio Cotza, a gay member of an interfaith Bronx church, said he looked around cautiously when he stepped out of the subway in Greenwich Village Monday evening to ... http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214663152/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 09:42:09 -0400 http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214663152/scat/89d96798a39564bd Spokesman Steve McCausland says the body was found at about 9:30 p.m. Monday by the Maine Warden Service in an undisclosed wooded location. Recovery will begin at daylight ... http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214661613/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 08:48:00 -0400 http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214661613/scat/89d96798a39564bd Two men stand in front of Plaza Towers Elementary after a tornado destroyed the school on Monday. (Bryan Terry/AP/The … MOORE, Okla. - The hell he saw was harrowing, but it's the sounds at Plaza Towers Elementary that Stuart Earnest Jr. says will haunt him forever. "All you could hear were screams," Earnest said. "The people screaming for help. And the people trying ... http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214661761/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 08:30:58 -0400 http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/sid/214661761/scat/89d96798a39564bd