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TUCSON, Ariz. – A glitch with a Mars orbiter relaying commands from Earth delayed plans for the Phoenix Mars Lander’s second day of activities on Tuesday, NASA officials said. The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter turned its UHF radio off, possibly because of a cosmic ray, cutting off communications with the lander, …

ST. LOUIS – The Shawn Hornbeck Foundation has been dissolved by the state because of paperwork problems, but its members continue to pursue their mission of finding missing children. The foundation was dissolved in late December after its administrators failed to file an annual report with the Missouri Secretary of …

RIDLEY PARK, Pa. – Investigators have concluded that two military helicopters were vandalized on the production line at a Boeing factory near Philadelphia, the Defense Department said Thursday. Federal officials were handing out fliers to workers at the Boeing Rotorcraft Systems plant in Ridley Township, Pa., in which they offered …