Segway completes trans-continental voyage
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Tired scooter rider enthused to finish coast-to-coast journey across 14 states.
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER, Associated Press WriterCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - After a two-day journey, space shuttle Discovery reached the international space station Monday for a weeklong stay to continue construction on the orbiting lab and rotate out a crew member.
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The first section of one of the world's most advanced telephone networks is complete.
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Ellen MacArthur is confident she can successfully complete her round-the-world trip in record time.
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Travel: A new route from Madrid to Malaga marks the final link in a luxurious rail trip from London to the Costa del Sol. Robin McKie puts it to the test
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HP's Imaging and Printing Group today announced the successful completion of its Middle East corporate and enterprise Roadshow.
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Britain's Ellen MacArthur became the fastest sailor to complete a solo non-stop circumnavigation of the globe, when she crossed the finish line at Ushant, off the French coast.
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(InfoWorld) - Segway Inc. has recalled all 23,500 of its electric scooters to fix a software glitch that can topple users off the platform and that has caused six head and wrist injuries. The problem can unexpectedly shift the wheels into reverse, causing riders to fall off, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said Thursday. The commission advised all users to stop using the devices until upgrading the software. With a starting price of US$4,000, the self-balancing scooter has seen slow sales for simple recreation, but its ability to cruise at 12 miles per hour for 24 miles on each battery charge has made it popular with golfers, police officers and urban tourists. Companies such as City Segway Tours of Paris offer guided tours on rented scooters, cruising the streets of Atlanta, Chicago, New Orleans and Washington, D.C. as well as Budapest, Paris and Vienna. On Thursday that company sought to reassure its customers, posting a statement that every machine in its fleet had already been updated, and that its tour schedule would continue without interruption. Likewise, workers at San Francisco Electric Tour Co., which offers Segway tours of San Francisco and Sausalito, California, said they had scheduled the upgrade to be completed by the end of the day. "It hasn't affected us because it's such a freak thing," said Lawrence Sylou-Creutz Ojermark, a company spokesman. "It's like those cell phone batteries which can catch fire. There was a recall for those a couple years ago, but how many people do you know whose cell phones actually exploded?" The recall affects all Segway Personal Transporters (PTs) sold between March 2002 and September 2006, including the Segway PT i167, i170 and i180 models, the e167 and p133 models, and the XT (cross-terrain) and GT (golf) models. Segway, of Bedford, New Hampshire, can fix the problem with a free software upgrade, Chief Executive Officer Jim Norrod said in a statement. He asked all users toÂ visit their Web site orÂ  or to phone 800-750-6557.
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The Cassini spacecraft completed a successful rendezvous with Saturn&#39;s moon Titan today. This was the last pass before the European Space Agency&#39;s Huygens probe is sprung loose from Cassini on Christmas Eve.
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Smoothly and ahead of schedule, Expedition 9 Commander Gennady Padalka and Flight Engineer Mike Fincke completed the fourth and final spacewalk of their six-month mission today.
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The space shuttle Atlantis returned safely to Earth early this morning, after a 12-day mission that included construction of the international space station for the first time since the loss of the shuttle Columbia in 2003.
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Atlantis and its seven astronauts returned to Earth safely Thursday, ending a two-week mission to deliver an addition to the international space station and bring home a crew member from the outpost.
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The Discovery space shuttle undocked from the International Space Station to begin its journey back to Earth after an eight day construction visit.
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HALIFAX (CP) - HMCS Chicoutimi left Scotland on its ill-fated maiden voyage to Canada with an unresolved glitch in its main electrical system, The Canadian Press has learned.
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The Space Shuttle Atlantis made a flawless landing after a successful 12-day mission that NASA officials hailed as proof their troubled space program is back on track.
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Science & environment: One of the first large cargo ships in 100 years to cross the Atlantic with the help of the wind due to set sail
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Restoration of a failed computer system returned life to a regular rhythm on the international space station Sunday, as two astronauts completed the fourth spacewalk since space shuttle Atlantis docked with the outpost a week ago.