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• Space toilet goes on the fritz ... again!
That issue was quickly tracked to an electronics box aboard the station, but the balky space toilet in the Russian Zvezda service module continues to plague astronauts and flight controllers. "It failed late yesterday," NASA spokesperson John Ira Petty ...
• Space millionaire confident ahead of liftoff
BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan - Richard Garriott, a U.S. space tourist due to travel to space on a Russian spaceship on Sunday, said he was unfazed by the prospect of a bumpy ride back to Earth, saying he expected to land safely. Crews returning from the ...
• Georgian official: Russian pullout incomplete
TBILISI, Georgia - Russia pulled back its troops on Wednesday from buffer zones it set up on Georgian territory during a summer war, but Georgia demanded it take further steps before a deadline of Friday. Russian forces have pulled out from all but ...
• Grrr! Russia's Putin gets tiger cub for birthday
   Oct. 10: Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin was recently given a baby tiger as a birthday present. MSNBC's Willie Geist reports. Oct. 8: Russian Prime Minister Vladamir Putin unveils a new instructional judo DVD. NBC's Yonatan Pomrenze ...
• Iceland takes Russian loan, nationalizes bank
Oct. 7: CNBC’s Jim Cramer explains his advice for investors to pull out of the stock market if they need their money within five years; CNBC contributor Michael Farr also weighs in. REYKJAVIK, Iceland - Iceland nationalized its second-largest bank ...