Saturday, June 12, 2004

Meteorite touches down in NZ home

A meteorite has crashed through the roof of a house in Auckland, New Zealand, much to the surprise of the home's owners.

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Friday, June 11, 2004

Sun Myung Moon Crowned Messiah By Congressmen

YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS, ON GOVERNMENT PROPERTY, KISS COMPLETE FREAKING WACKO'S ASS."
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"Mummified" Dinosaur Discovered In Montana

Leonardo, a mummified, 77-million-year-old duck-billed dinosaur was only about three or four years old when he died, but he's proving to be a bonanza for paleontologists today.


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Why realistic graphics make humans look creepy

whenever the camera zooms in on her face, you're staring at a Jennifer Garner death mask. I nearly shrieked out loud at one point. And whenever other characters speak to you?particularly during cut-scenes, those supposedly "cinematic" narrative moments?they're even more ghastly.
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UFO OR METEOR SPOTTED AND DETECTED ON MILITARY RADAR, PORTUGAL

The Portuguese airforce has been on alert since late Tuesday, when several authorities and witnesses reported seeing a luminous unidentified flying object, the national press reported on Thursday. "Military radar surveillance has been increased and F16 planes are ready for take-off,"
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Britain turns into a tornado hotspot with 100 twisters a year

Tornadoes are five times more likely to hit Britain than the United States, research has revealed. A geographer who describes himself as a "fair-weather scientist" has discovered that Britain is in fact a tornado hotspot -
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Beating the Bushes in Hollywood

Tuesday's filmgoers offered a different (but equally impressive) tribute. After the screening, no one raced up the aisles to get to their car, no one pushed to be first at the reception, and people were talking about the film long after it ended -- three things that are surprisingly rare at Hollywood events.
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Thursday, June 10, 2004

Meteor?s streak and boom shocks island residents awake

A brilliant flash of light over Whidbey Island early Thursday morning woke residents out of a sound sleep, only to be followed about a minute later by a thunderous boom that shook houses, rattled windows, and put nerves on edge.
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Giant blast believed to be Meteor

A meteor entering Earth's atmosphere is the most likely explanation for a huge bang and flash of light that woke people all over Wairoa.
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TIA now verifies flight of Saudis

For nearly three years, White House, aviation and law enforcement officials have insisted the flight never took place and have denied published reports and widespread Internet speculation about its purpose.

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Cassini closes in on strange moon

The Cassini spacecraft, on its final approach to Saturn before it enters orbit, is to make a close pass of its mysterious moon - Phoebe.
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Tuesday, June 08, 2004

Africa's deserts are in "spectacular" retreat

Burkina Faso, one of the West African countries devastated by drought and advancing deserts 20 years ago, is growing so much greener than families who fled to wetter coastal regions are starting to go home.

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Bush can 'legally order torture'

group of lawyers in the Bush administration argued that the president has supreme authority over the questioning of terrorist suspects, and can legally order interrogators to torture or commit other crimes against them, it has emerged today.
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Monday, June 07, 2004

Is the world's oil running out fast?

How will you pay to run your car? How will you get the children to school? How will you heat your house? How much will transported food go up in price?

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Cities Say No to the Patriot Act

Forget drug-free and nuclear-free zones. A growing grassroots movement seeks to make the United States a Patriot Act-free zone, one city at a time.
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White House Pressures Public TV

Public broadcasting has found itself in the crosshairs of a partisan firing squad. New and intensifying ideological pressures from the Bush Administration have forced the public broadcaster to add new programs and alter others, in an attempt to be "more balanced" in the view of the current leadership.
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Reagan - More Proof Only The Good Die Young

You're not going to like this. You shouldn't speak ill of the dead. But in this case, someone's got to.
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The Serious Implications Of President Bush's Hiring A Personal Outside Counsel For The Valerie Plame Investigation

This action by Bush is a rather stunning and extraordinary development. The President of the United States is potentially hiring a private criminal defense lawyer.
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Hard Evidence Of Liquid Water On Mars Today

Mars can indeed support liquid water on its surface during the daytimes, particularly in the summers.Read it here...

Sunday, June 06, 2004

Air force on alert about UFO

The Portuguese airforce has been on alert since late on Tuesday, when several authorities and witnesses reported seeing a luminous unidentified flying object, the national press reported.
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Seismologists help locate burst some had reported as UFO

It was earthquake scientists rather than astronomers who figured out exactly where in the sky a meteor exploded early yesterday
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Local News: What was that flash? What was that boom?

Rattled outdoor furniture, frightened cats. We heard reports from several readers about the mysterious booms and flashes of light early this morning over Puget Sound:
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Bizarre Horse Mutilation in Northwestern Missouri

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Critical Art Ensemble

Three artists have been served subpoenas to appear before a federal grand jury that will consider bioterrorism charges against a university professor whose art involves the use of simple biology equipment.
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Unidentified creature stumps experts

First of all, this is a real newspaper, not a grocery-store tabloid.

So, the story you're about to read is true.

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Satellite images 'show Atlantis'

Satellite photos of southern Spain reveal features on the ground appearing to match descriptions made by Greek scholar Plato of the fabled utopia.

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