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Two spacewalking astronauts may have fixed an ammonia leak outside the International Space Station Saturday, perhaps bringing the outpost's vital cooling system back up to full strength.Clad in bulky spacesuits, NASA astronauts Chris Cassidy and Tom Marshburn replaced a pump control box thought to be responsible for the leak of ammonia, which cools down the orbiting lab's systems. It looks like th...    

Two of the three women held captive in a Cleveland home for a decade have been in contact since their rescue, NBC News has learned.Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight, who police say spent nine years together in captivity before the were freed Monday, have spoken since Knight was released from the hospital yesterday. Knight, DeJesus and Amanda Berry, along with a 6-year-old daughter whom Berry bore i...    

Two spacewalking astronauts may have fixed an ammonia leak outside the International Space Station Saturday, perhaps bringing the outpost's vital cooling system back up to full strength.Clad in bulky spacesuits, NASA astronauts Chris Cassidy and Tom Marshburn replaced a pump control box thought to be responsible for the leak of ammonia, which cools down the orbiting lab's systems. It looks like th...    

Two spacewalking astronauts may have fixed an ammonia leak outside the International Space Station today (May 11), perhaps bringing the outpost's vital cooling system back up to full strength.Clad in bulky spacesuits, NASA astronauts Chris Cassidy and Tom Marshburn replaced a pump control box thought to be responsible for the leak of ammonia, which cools down the orbiting lab's systems. It looks l...    

A volunteer paramedic in the Texas town rocked by a massive fertilizer plant explosion in April will plead not guilty to charges that he possessed an explosive device, his lawyer said Saturday.Bryce Reed, 31, is due to appear in court on Wednesday. He was arrested after a friend told a local sheriff that Reed possessed explosives, authorities said.  Reed had gathered pieces for a pipe bomb, accord...    

    

Two NASA spacewalkers are troubleshooting an ammonia leak in the coolant system for one of the International Space Station's massive solar arrays, just two days after the problem was detected.Watch the spacewalk liveSaturday's operation ranks as one of the fastest turnarounds ever for a space station repair — a feat that impressed the orbital outpost's Canadian commander, Chris Hadfield. "The whol...    

    

Two NASA spacewalkers are troubleshooting an ammonia leak in the coolant system for one of the International Space Station's massive solar arrays, just two days after the problem was detected.Watch the spacewalk liveSaturday's operation ranks as one of the fastest turnarounds ever for a space station repair — a feat that impressed the orbital outpost's Canadian commander, Chris Hadfield. "The whol...    

A hostage situation in the New Jersey capital of Trenton entered its second day on Saturday as police worked to draw out an unidentified armed man who has taken “multiple” hostages amid reports of fatalities.Negotiations continued in the standoff Saturday said Trenton Police spokesman Lt. Steve Varn. He declined to comment on reports that a woman and child had been killed in the home where the gun...    

    

    

A Port Angeles man damaged four houses after he drove his bulldozer through them. At least one vehicle was also destroyed. The Clallam County Sheriff's Office said the man was "irate with neighbors." The man was booked into jail for malicious mischief. A major power outage was caused after Bonneville Power Administration lines were tripped. Power has been restored to all but a few customers who co...    

    

    

    

Two NASA spacewalkers are troubleshooting an ammonia leak in the coolant system for one of the International Space Station's massive solar arrays, just two days after the problem was detected.Watch the spacewalk liveSaturday's operation ranks as one of the fastest turnarounds ever for a space station repair — a feat that impressed the orbital outpost's Canadian commander, Chris Hadfield. "The whol...