International Business News - Station http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif NASA has awarded Boeing Co. a $650 million sole-source contract extension for its International Space Station project. Boeing said Wednesday that the contract will allow it to continue to deliver and integrate remaining components and software for the space station. The 24-month contract will keep Boeing on the project through 2010. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081002/boeing-gets-650m-space-station-contract-extension.htm Thu, 02 Oct 2008 06:17:45 EDT Giuseppe Verdi's classic "La Traviata" made a seamless transition from Parisian opulence to the everyday reality of Switzerland's busiest train station Tuesday night--a challenging experiment in live television designed to bring opera to a wider audience. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/142823-switzerland-opera-la-traviata.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080930/swiss-tv-airs-la-traviata-from-train-station.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080930/swiss-tv-airs-la-traviata-from-train-station.htm Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:52:48 EDT Federal inspectors are blaming a fatal explosion at a West Virginia convenience store in part on a propane tank being located too close to the building. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080925/feds-blame-tank-training-in-fatal-w-va-blast.htm Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:03:42 EDT Russian Mission Control says an unmanned Russian cargo ship has blasted off successfully carrying supplies, equipment and gifts for the international space station. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080910/russia-sends-supply-ship-to-intnl-space-station.htm Wed, 10 Sep 2008 16:34:21 EDT The Justice Department filed an antitrust lawsuit Thursday against Raycom Media Inc. for its failure to divest a CBS affiliate in Richmond, Va. The sale of WTVR was required as a result of Raycom's $583 million purchase in April 2008 of three stations and a sports syndication business from Lincoln Financial. One of the stations Raycom bought was the NBC affiliate in Richmond, WWBT. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080828/antitrust-lawsuit-filed-against-raycom-media.htm Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:09:42 EDT Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. said Wednesday that the Justice Department has declined to approve its $85 million acquisition of a CBS affiliate in Richmond, Va. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080827/sinclairs-acquisition-of-va-tv-station-denied.htm Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:24:03 EDT Firefighters were right on top of this blaze. The De Queen fire station is closed on weekends, so when a call is received the firefighters go to the station to get their gear before heading out. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080826/returning-firefighters-find-own-station-ablaze.htm Tue, 26 Aug 2008 09:30:34 EDT The ex-wife of a gunman fatally shot by police outside a central Pennsylvania radio station says the man struggled with bipolar disorder. Coroner Scott Sayers says the gunman is 50-year-old Brian Neiman of Pottersdale. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/98345-radio-station-shooting.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080726/gunman-at-pa-radio-station-bipolar-ex-wife-says.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080726/gunman-at-pa-radio-station-bipolar-ex-wife-says.htm Sat, 26 Jul 2008 17:09:24 EDT A man who had threatened a Christian radio station was shot and killed by police Friday after he fired at officers with a rifle and tried to run them over with his sport utility vehicle, authorities said. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/97926-radio-station-shooting.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080725/police-fire-shots-near-pa-christian-radio-station.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080725/police-fire-shots-near-pa-christian-radio-station.htm Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:48:22 EDT The space station's two Russian astronauts stepped outside for the second time in less than a week Tuesday, taking a spacewalk that promised to be tame compared to last week's work with explosives. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/91815-space-station.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080715/astronauts-take-another-spacewalk-for-tamer-job.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080715/astronauts-take-another-spacewalk-for-tamer-job.htm Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:17:58 EDT Russian scientists are evacuating a research station built on an Arctic ice floe because global warming has melted the ice to a fraction of its original size, a spokesman said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080714/russian-researchers-flee-melting-arctic-ice-floe.htm Mon, 14 Jul 2008 07:19:00 EDT In a daring spacewalk, two space station astronauts cut into the insulation of their descent capsule Thursday and removed an explosive bolt that could have blown off their hands with firecracker force. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/89754-international-space-station.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080711/astronauts-handle-explosives-on-daring-spacewalk.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080711/astronauts-handle-explosives-on-daring-spacewalk.htm Fri, 11 Jul 2008 07:28:34 EDT In a daring spacewalk, two space station astronauts cut into the insulation of their descent capsule Thursday and removed an explosive bolt that could have blown off their hands with firecracker force. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/89462-international-space-station.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080710/astronauts-handling-explosives-on-daring-spacewalk.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080710/astronauts-handling-explosives-on-daring-spacewalk.htm Thu, 10 Jul 2008 21:11:59 EDT Federal regulators say KFGO radio talk show host Joel Heitkamp should not have broadcast a voicemail message from former North Dakota workers compensation director Sandy Blunt. Heitkamp says Blunt threatened his job and he doesn't regret airing the comments. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080710/nd-fcc-issues-fine-for-kfgo-broadcast.htm Thu, 10 Jul 2008 11:33:16 EDT The former owner of KGFO radio in Fargo has been fined for broadcasting a voicemail message left by former state workers comp director Sandy Blunt. The Federal Communications Commission fined Capstar $12,000 for airing the recording from Blunt to talk show host Joel Heitkamp. Blunt said the comments were cut down and aired several times without his permission. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080709/fcc-issues-fine-for-fargo-radio-station-kfgo.htm Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:18:54 EDT City Councilman Bill Rosendahl drove into a corner gas station with a big grin on his face. He stepped out of a sports utility vehicle, pumped fuel into the tank and declared it "the most joyous moment I've had since being elected to office." http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/80620-oil-prices.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080627/la-gas-station-gets-hydrogen-fuel-pump.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080627/la-gas-station-gets-hydrogen-fuel-pump.htm Fri, 27 Jun 2008 07:01:46 EDT A 36-year-old man being sought by police for questioning in a series of motor vehicle accidents was arrested after crashing his truck into a state police garage in Bridgeport. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080626/sought-man-allegedly-crashes-into-police-garage.htm Thu, 26 Jun 2008 21:09:35 EDT Maine's newest museum looks a lot like a gas station. Lamb's Antique Gas Station Museum, which opened to the public over the weekend, is dedicated to all things related to Shell gasoline. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080623/maine-couple-opens-shell-gas-museum.htm Mon, 23 Jun 2008 08:53:09 EDT Jennifer Marsh was sick of paying high gas prices and bothered by the abandoned gas station that was an eyesore on the drive to her studio each day. So the aspiring artist and inspired activist came up with an idea _ to cover the gas station with a colossal handmade blanket in a way that would bring greater attention to the world's dependency on oil. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/artist-covers-old-gas-station-with-huge-blanket.htm Sat, 17 May 2008 06:47:24 EDT An unmanned Russian cargo ship blasted off Thursday with supplies, equipment and gifts for the international space station, an official said. Mission Control spokesman Valery Lyndin said the ship is carrying about 2.5 short tons of oxygen, water and food for the crew _ U.S. astronaut Garrett Reisman and Russian cosmonauts Sergei Volkov and Oleg Kononenko. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080514/russia-launches-cargo-ship-with-supplies-for-space-station.htm Wed, 14 May 2008 19:43:12 EDT