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Jose Manuel Lara shot a 4-under 68 to move into first at the Czech Open on Friday after rain cut short the second round.

CELADNA, Czech Republic (AP) -Jose Manuel Lara shot a 4-under 68 to take a provisional lead at the Czech Open on Friday after rain cut short the second round.

A federal government shutdown would cut short a key NASA field campaign to monitor Arctic ice. For the past three weeks, NASA researchers and crew have been surveying Arctic land and sea ice using specially equipped aircraft. The work is part of a larger project, "Operation IceBridge," designed to fill a gap between NASA's now-defunct ICESat satellite and its replacement, which isn't scheduled to launch until 2016.