Examiner for weeks of 5/15, 5/21

Another weekend, another Examiner roundup covering 2 weeks.

Space News
Endeavour cleared for Monday launch
Endeavour launches for last time

Stephen Hawking: afterlife 'a fairy story'

World to end May 21? Don't bet on it
'Orphan planets' could outnumber stars, host life
3 real ways the world could end
2 more Doomsday scenarios
NASA says Endeavour in no danger during re-entry
The ultimate space photo-op becomes reality

Students capture HD video at 100,000 feet
Killer Joplin storm from space
RIP Spirit
One last inspection for Endeavour
Woman busted for trying to sell Moon rock

National Photography
White House to end photo re-enactments
Nikon stocks rising despite product shortages
Tracking Nikon's surging prices

$4000 Leica lenses cut in half, sold as 'art'
Canon reverses forecast, expects 2011 growth

JFK assassination photographer grants rare interview
Video from Sunday's killer twister

People of Walmart: the music video

Satellite images reveal 17 lost pyramids
Nikon sues Sigma for patent infringement

Joplin before and after photos from space

Cleveland photography:
Four Thirds is not dead
Nikon kills cameras because of tsunami
Local police get camera glasses
Sigma SD1 to sell for $10,000
Photozone tests Sigma 120-300 f2.8 OS
Sigma downplays $10,000 SD1 price
Ken Rockwell test drives Fuji X100



Cleveland Astronomy:
Featured sight for week of 5/16: planetary get together

Tracking satellites, there's an app for that
Student balloon photographs shuttle launch
Shuttle launch photographed from plane
The Pope calls space
Featured sight for 5/21: more morning planets

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