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A Culture that Capitalism Can't Crush (LiveScience.com via Yahoo! News)
It often feels like Western culture has poked its sticky fingers into every nook and cranny on Earth, destroying other cultures as traditional people take on Western dress, get hooked on a Western diet and gather 'round to watch American programs on a newly installed TV with satellite hook-up. In fact, many people on Earth have actually retained their cultural ways in spite of the lure (or …
Canada's new radar satellite ready for a December launch (Global TV Winnipeg)
OTTAWA — As its older brother inches toward a fiery death after a spectacular life of 11 years — long for space flights — Canada's new radar satellite is being boxed and prepared for a December launch in Russia.
KXAN working on satellite HDTV deal (Austin American-Statesman)
Benjamin Franklin mapped out his day down to such details as when he would play music, pray and sleep. This week we'll log our daily routines as a means to meeting a goal. Ready to take a close look at how you spend your time? Stop by statesman.com/lifeguide for the tip of the week.
NASA STS-120 Report #09 1 a.m. CDT Saturday, October 27, 2007 (SpaceRef)
This image, captured by the MODIS on the Aqua satellite, shows the California fires on October 25, 2007 at 2:30 pm local time.
KDVR moves satellite dish after disputed crane goes up (Denver Post)
KDVR-Channel 31 relocated a satellite dish on its building Friday after a developer built a tower crane on land he owns across from the Fox station.
XM Satellite loss widens, subscribers in cars grow (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc posted a wider quarterly loss on Thursday as higher marketing costs overshadowed a strong increase in subscriptions to its pay-radio service by car owners.
Sick of Cable TV Service? Switch to Satellite (Richfield Reaper)
(ARA) - Tired of the fuzzy picture on your TV screen? Or the cable going out at the most inopportune moment? Satellite may have seemed more costly upfront when it first surfaced, but these days it can be a better value than cable and just makes sense.
Ahead of the Bell: XM Satellite Radio (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc.'s stock price doesn't fully reflect the probability of the company's acquisition by smaller rival Sirius Satellite Radio Inc., several analysts said on Friday.
SIRIUS to be Exclusive Satellite Radio Broadcaster of WCSN'S 2007-08 FIS World Cup Ski Races (Broadcast Newsroom)
NEW YORK and LOS ANGELES, Oct. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — SIRIUS Satellite Radio (Nasdaq: SIRI), together with World Championship Sports Network (WCSN), will provide exclusive satellite radio coverage of international alpine skiing events during the 2007-08 FIS World Cup ski season, broadcast on WCSN.