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Holiday Sky Treat: Spot the Shuttle and Space Station

SPACE.com - Wed Nov 25, 2:31 PM ET

The space shuttle Atlantis and the International Space Station are separately flying around the Earth until Friday, and they can be seen as a pair of bright lights in the sky at certain times over the next few days.

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  1. Ireland's Justice Minister Dermot Ahern puts his hand to his mouth during a press conference at Government Buildings regarding the cover up of child abuse within the Catholic church Thursday Nov. 26, 2009. Bishops of the Roman Catholic Church in Dublin covered up decades of child abuse by priests in order to protect the church's reputation, an expert commission reported Thursday after a three-year investigation. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)
    Experts: Bishops covered up priests' child abuse AP - 2 hours, 7 minutes agoSent 558 times

    DUBLIN - Roman Catholic Church leaders in Dublin spent decades sheltering child-abusing priests from the law and most fellow clerics turned a blind eye, an investigation ordered by Ireland's government concluded Thursday.

  2. Rising high among the towers in Business Bay, Burj Dubai, the world tallest tower, which is still under construction, is scheduled to be open in January 2010 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Thursday, Nov. 26, 2009. In a brief statement Wednesday, Dubai's government said its main development engine, Dubai World, would ask creditors for a 'standstill', and to delay maturity of its $60 billion debt until at least May 2010.(AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)
    Dubai request for debt 'standstill' raises fear AP - 1 hour, 48 minutes agoSent 474 times

    DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Just a year after the global downturn derailed Dubai's explosive growth, the city is now so swamped in debt that it's asking for a six-month reprieve on paying its bills — causing a drop on world markets Thursday and raising questions about Dubai's reputation as a magnet for international investment.

  3. This screen image made from Michaele Salahi's Facebook page shows a photo of, Tareq Salahi, left, Vice President Joe Biden and Michaele Salahi, right, at the White House state dinner in Washington on Tuesday Nov. 24, 2009. The Secret Service is looking into its own security procedures after determining that a Virginia couple, Michaele and Tareq Salahi, managed to slip into Tuesday night's state dinner at the White House even though they were not on the guest list, agency spokesman Ed Donovan said. (AP Photo) NO SALES
    Attorney says dinner crashers shouldn't need him AP - 2 hours, 55 minutes agoSent 360 times

    WASHINGTON - The couple who crashed a White House dinner shouldn't need legal help, an attorney who knows them said Thursday, as the Secret Service remained quiet publicly about the eye-catching security breach.

  4. A handout photo released by NASA shows the space shuttle Atlantis over the Mediterranean Sea, near the Algerian coast November 25, 2009. Photo taken November 25, 2009. REUTERS/NASA Handout (SCI TECH) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS
    Holiday Sky Treat: Spot the Shuttle and Space Station SPACE.com - Wed Nov 25, 2:31 PM ETSent 312 times

    The space shuttle Atlantis and the International Space Station are separately flying around the Earth until Friday, and they can be seen as a pair of bright lights in the sky at certain times over the next few days.

  5. A strip of gold bearing a Biblical inscription, part of a hoard of Anglo-Saxon treasure named 'The Staffordshire Hoard', is held by a member of museum staff at the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery in Birmingham, central England September 24, 2009. REUTERS/Eddie Keogh
    Metal-detector enthusiast unearths $5.5 million in gold Reuters - Thu Nov 26, 1:58 PM ETSent 173 times

    LONDON (Reuters Life!) - The largest haul of Anglo-Saxon gold ever discovered, unearthed by a metal-detector enthusiast in a farmer's field, has been valued at 3.28 million pounds ($5.5 million) by a committee of experts.

  6. Man stuck upside-down in Utah cave dies AP - Thu Nov 26, 6:26 AM ETSent 129 times

    SALT LAKE CITY - A man stuck upside-down in a cave for more than a day died early Thursday, despite the efforts of dozens of rescuers, authorities said.

  7. A Muslim pilgrim prays on Mount Mercy on the plains of Arafat outside the holy city of Mecca, November 26, 2009. REUTERS/Caren Firouz
    Two million Muslims prepare to stone devil at haj Reuters - Thu Nov 26, 12:41 PM ETSent 103 times

    MUZDALIFA, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) - Some two million Muslims headed to Muzdalifa on Thursday after spending the day at the plain of Arafat to prepare to cast stones at the devil in the most dangerous part of the annual haj pilgrimage.

  8. FILE - In this Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009 file photo, a piece of Chinese drywall leans against the wall of a home in Davie, Fla. A federal probe of tainted Chinese drywall has broadened because a small number of homeowners are reporting that American-made drywall is causing some of the same problems: a sickening, sulfurous stench and corroded pipes and wiring. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter, File)
    Drywall investigation expands into US products AP - Wed Nov 25, 5:21 PM ETSent 89 times

    WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - A federal probe of tainted Chinese drywall has broadened because a small number of homeowners are reporting that American-made drywall is causing some of the same problems: a sickening, sulfurous stench and corroded pipes and wiring.

  9. The Kermit the Frog balloon floats through Times Square during Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade in New York, Thursday, Nov. 26, 2009. (AP Photo/Jeff Christensen)
    Americans give thanks, see parades, feast in space AP - 2 hours, 16 minutes agoSent 86 times

    NEW YORK - Giant balloons, floats, marching bands and clowns with confetti brought smiles to hundreds of thousands of revelers eager to catch a glimpse of a parade as steeped in Thanksgiving Day tradition as turkey and pumpkin pie.

  10. A relative cries during burial rites for massacred members of the Mangudadatu family in Buluan town, Maguindanao province, southern Philippines on Thursday Nov. 26, 2009. A scion of a powerful clan suspected in the massacre of 57 people in an election caravan in the southern Philippines turned himself in Thursday amid mounting pressure on the government to crack down on lawlessness and warlords. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
    Philippines prepares to charge suspect in massacre AP - 36 minutes agoSent 76 times

    AMPATUAN, Philippines - Under threat of military attack, the scion of the clan suspected in the slaughter of 57 people in the southern Philippines turned himself in Thursday, and prosecutors say he will face murder charges in the country's worst election violence.

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  1. A handout photo released by NASA shows a close-up view of a water bubble floating freely on the middeck of space shuttle Atlantis shows a refracted image of astronaut Leland Melvin November 24, 2009. Photo taken November 24, 2009. REUTERS/NASA Handout (SCI TECH) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS
    Holiday Sky Treat: Spot the Shuttle and Space Station SPACE.com - Wed Nov 25, 2:31 PM ET

    The space shuttle Atlantis and the International Space Station are separately flying around the Earth until Friday, and they can be seen as a pair of bright lights in the sky at certain times over the next few days.

  2. Guests listen as US President Barack Obama and his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh address the first official state dinner of Obama's administration at the White House in Washington, DC on November 24. The US Secret Service is investigating how two White House gatecrashers beat several layers of security to attend the state dinner.(AFP/File/Nicholas Kamm)
    Attorney says dinner crashers shouldn't need him AP - 2 hours, 55 minutes ago

    WASHINGTON - The couple who crashed a White House dinner shouldn't need legal help, an attorney who knows them said Thursday, as the Secret Service remained quiet publicly about the eye-catching security breach.

  3. Dubai request for debt 'standstill' raises fear AP - 1 hour, 48 minutes ago

    DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Just a year after the global downturn derailed Dubai's explosive growth, the city is now so swamped in debt that it's asking for a six-month reprieve on paying its bills — causing a drop on world markets Thursday and raising questions about Dubai's reputation as a magnet for international investment.

  4. Visitors view artifacts at the Staffordshire Hoard exhibition at the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery in September. The record hoard of Anglo-Saxon treasure found in a field has been valued at more than three million pounds, to be split equally between the man who found it and the owner of the land.(AFP/File/Frantzesco Kangaris)
    Metal-detector enthusiast unearths $5.5 million in gold Reuters - Thu Nov 26, 1:58 PM ET

    LONDON (Reuters Life!) - The largest haul of Anglo-Saxon gold ever discovered, unearthed by a metal-detector enthusiast in a farmer's field, has been valued at 3.28 million pounds ($5.5 million) by a committee of experts.

  5. A float representing the animated character Sponge Bob is moved east on 42nd Street along the new route of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday, Nov. 26, 2009, in New York. (AP Photo/Peter Morgan)
    Americans give thanks, see parades, feast in space AP - 2 hours, 16 minutes ago

    NEW YORK - Giant balloons, floats, marching bands and clowns with confetti brought smiles to hundreds of thousands of revelers eager to catch a glimpse of a parade as steeped in Thanksgiving Day tradition as turkey and pumpkin pie.

  6. FILE - In this Thursday July 9, 2009 file photo, Iranian Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi, center, gestures with youths wearing T-shirts with 'Peace' written on the front, as she visits the Scampia district, in Secondigliano on the outskirts of Naples, southern Italy. Iranian authorities have confiscated Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi's medal, the Norwegian government said Thursday, Nov. 26, 2009, accusing Iran of a shocking first in the history of the prize. (AP Photo/Salvatore Laporta, File)
    Iran seizes rights lawyer's Nobel Peace medal AP - 15 minutes ago

    TEHRAN, Iran - Iranian authorities have confiscated Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi's medal, the human rights lawyer said Thursday, in a sign of the increasingly drastic steps Tehran is taking against any dissent.

  7. Quake shakes El Salvador, Guatemala AP - 2 hours, 20 minutes ago

    SAN SALVADOR, EL Salvador - A strong earthquake struck off El Salvador's Pacific coast Thursday, sending people running from buildings in this Central American nation and in neighboring Guatemala.

  8. Belgian Rom Houben (C), 46, stays next to his mother Fina (R) and an assistant (L) at Weyerke institute in Heusden-Zolder November 25, 2009. Houben was misdiagnosed for 23 years as being in a coma until a doctor at Liege University discovered three years ago that Houben's brain was still functioning. Houben was diagnosed as being in a vegetative state following a car crash in 1983. REUTERS/Stringer (BELGIUM HEALTH SOCIETY IMAGES OF THE DAY)
    Coma recovery case attracts doubters AP - Thu Nov 26, 12:12 PM ET

    BRUSSELS - Rom Houben's mother remembers her son's amazement when he finally started communicating again after spending 23 years locked in a paralyzed body that was misdiagnosed as vegetative.

  9. A salesman shows a sheep to a customer in Cairo November 26, 2009. Muslims around the world celebrate Eid al-Adha to mark the end of the haj by slaughtering sheep, goats, cows and camels to commemorate Prophet Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son Ismail on God's command. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih (EGYPT RELIGION ANIMALS)
    Two million Muslims prepare to stone devil at haj Reuters - Thu Nov 26, 12:41 PM ET

    MUZDALIFA, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) - Some two million Muslims headed to Muzdalifa on Thursday after spending the day at the plain of Arafat to prepare to cast stones at the devil in the most dangerous part of the annual haj pilgrimage.

  10. FILE - In this Nov. 25, 2009 file photo, President Obama speaks during the pardoning of the National Thanksgiving Turkey, Courage, in a ceremony in the North Portico of the White House, in Washington. President Barack Obama is committing the United States to a goal of substantial cuts in greenhouse gas pollution over the next decade when he travels to a widely anticipated climate conference in Copenhagen next month. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
    Obama and GOP differ over recipe for jobs, economy AP - Thu Nov 26, 11:46 AM ET

    WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama and a top House Republican acknowledged in holiday messages Thursday the economic struggles facing Americans this Thanksgiving but offered starkly different recipes for relief.

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  1. Police: Dad leaves boy and goes into strip club AP - Tue Nov 24, 9:24 PM ET

    INDIANAPOLIS - A man was arrested after police said he left his 5-year-old son in a tractor-trailer while he ducked into an Indianapolis strip club to drink. The 39-year-old was arrested at 1:15 a.m. Tuesday on child neglect and public intoxication charges after calling police to report his truck stolen and his child missing. Police said the man was too drunk to remember where he had parked.

  2. US President Barack Obama stands with First Lady Michelle Obama as they host thier first official State Dinner at the White House in Washington, DC on November 24. The US Secret Service is investigating how two aspiring reality TV stars beat several layers of security to gatecrash the dinner.(AFP/File/Nicholas Kamm)
    Attorney says dinner crashers shouldn't need him AP - 2 hours, 55 minutes ago

    WASHINGTON - The couple who crashed a White House dinner shouldn't need legal help, an attorney who knows them said Thursday, as the Secret Service remained quiet publicly about the eye-catching security breach.

  3. Americans Toss Out 40 Percent of All Food LiveScience.com - Thu Nov 26, 9:46 AM ET

    While many Americans feast on turkey and all the fixings today, a new study finds food waste per person has shot up 50 percent since 1974. Some 1,400 calories worth of food is discarded per person each day, which adds up to 150 trillion calories a year.

  4. Allen Iverson (pictured on November 4), a 10-time NBA All-Star who guided Philadelphia to the 2001 NBA Finals, has announced plans to retire in a statement released on a website.(AFP/NBAE/Getty Images/File/Rocky Widner)
    Report: Former MVP Allen Iverson set to retire AP - Thu Nov 26, 9:05 AM ET

    PHILADELPHIA - With no apparent interest from NBA teams, Allen Iverson is set to retire, according to an online report.

  5. A view of the conference room at the beginning of an Atomic Energy Agency IAEA board of governors meeting in Vienna, November 26, 2009. REUTERS/Heinz-Peter Bader
    World powers demand Iran mothball nuclear site Reuters - Thu Nov 26, 1:28 PM ET

    VIENNA (Reuters) - Six world powers are demanding Iran immediately mothball a uranium enrichment site it hid for years in a resolution to be voted on by U.N. nuclear agency governors, calling it a message to Tehran to change its ways.

  6. US President Barack Obama speaks during a joint press conference on November 24. Having vowed US climate action, Obama heads to Copenhagen needing to perform a delicate balancing act between huge expectations and the reality of a reluctant Congress.(AFP/File/Saul Loeb)
    Obama and GOP differ over recipe for jobs, economy AP - Thu Nov 26, 11:46 AM ET

    WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama and a top House Republican acknowledged in holiday messages Thursday the economic struggles facing Americans this Thanksgiving but offered starkly different recipes for relief.

  7. MSNBC EXCLUSIVE: FORT HOOD NEVER HAPPENED! Ann Coulter - Wed Nov 25, 11:39 PM ET

    It's been weeks since eyewitnesses reported that Maj. Nidal Hasan shouted "Allahu akbar" before spraying Fort Hood with gunfire, killing 13 people.

  8. The Shrek float is inflated in New York on Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009 in preparation for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
    New Macy's Parade route means no cutting corners AP - Thu Nov 26, 8:26 AM ET

    NEW YORK - It won't be just the balloons, marching bands and floats on display in the annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. The laws of physics will also be on parade.

  9. FILE - In this Monday, Nov. 16, 2009 file photo, Lou Dobbs, left, speaks with Bill O'Reilly during taping a segment for Fox News channel's 'The O'Reilly Factor,' in New York. Former CNN host Lou Dobbs is seriously considering running for U.S. Senate in New Jersey in 2012 as 'an intermediary step' that could lead to a run for the White House. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)
    Ex-CNN host Lou Dobbs weighs Senate run in NJ AP - Thu Nov 26, 6:21 AM ET

    HILLSIDE, N.J. - Former CNN host Lou Dobbs is seriously considering running for U.S. Senate in New Jersey in 2012 as a stepping stone to a possible White House bid — a congressional matchup that would pit one of illegal immigration's biggest critics against a champion for immigrant rights.

  10. Outgoing Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Mohamed ElBaradei waits for the start of the IAEA's 35-nation board meeting at Vienna's International Center, in Vienna, on Thursday, Nov. 26, 2009. (AP Photo/Hans Punz)
    IAEA chief: Iran investigation at 'dead end' AP - 44 minutes ago

    VIENNA - The outgoing head of the International Atomic Energy Agency said Thursday his probe of Iran's nuclear program is at "a dead end" and that trust in Tehran's credibility is shrinking after its belated revelation that it was secretly building a nuclear facility.

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