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Shuttle Is Checked for Damage
CAPE CANAVERAL -- Space shuttle Endeavour's astronauts unfurled a 100-foot laser-tipped pole and surveyed their ship for any launch damage while drawing ever closer to their destination, the international space station. At least two pieces of debris were spotted in launch photos, but Mission Control told the astronauts there were no obvious signs of damage. The spacecraft and its crew of seven were on track to hook up Sunday afternoon with the space station, which is home to three astronauts.
New Trouble for Young Runaway
TACOMA, Wash. -- A boy who ran away at age 9 and talked his way onto flights to Texas has blown too many chances to reform and will carry a felony record for car theft, a judge has decided. Since his headline-making escapade in January 2007, Semaj Booker, now 11, has attempted to repeat his airline runaway act, broken curfew, lied to police, burglarized an apartment and destroyed a mattress in juvenile detention, Pierce County Deputy Prosecutor Fred C. Wist said.
-- From News Services
