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Monthly Archives: August 2003
Next Generation Space Plane Unveiled
An artist rendering released by NASA Friday shows four concepts being considered for the design of the Orbital Space Plane. A capsule, a lifting body, a sharp body with wings and a blunt body with wings. In just five years, … Continue reading
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Somebody Make Me an Offer
Every day I tell myself that I am the luckiest man in the world to get paid to blog. Wait a minute – nobody pays me to blog! But some people do get paid to do what they love…… An … Continue reading
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Muslims Blame US for Lack of Security
Pakistani Shi’ite Muslims parade on a street during a rally in Karachi, August 31, 2003. The Imamia Students Organization held the rally to condemn Friday’s car bomb attack in Najaf, Iraq, which killed some 75 people, including a Shi’ite leader … Continue reading
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Why is Fasting Not a Competitive Sport?
In the last few years competitive eating has been transformed into a national circuit complete with television coverage, prize money and its own governing body, the International Federation of Competitive Eating. The federation oversees 150 events and counts 3,000 eaters … Continue reading
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Japan, Korea, China to Announce Asian OS
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan, South Korea and China are set to agree to jointly develop a new computer operating system as an alternative to Microsoft Corp.’s Windows software, Japanese media reported on Sunday. Quoting sources close to the matter, the … Continue reading
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Scientists Crack Secret Strength of Silk
Humans have relied on silk for more than 2,000 years,but scientists have never been able to unravel the mystery of how silkworms produced their incredibly strong fibers. Now, a Tufts team has figured out how, which could have far-reaching implications … Continue reading
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PETA Protests Pig Races
SPENCER, MA– Mike and Kathy Warren insist there’s no such thing as bad publicity. Especially when you make your livelihood training piglets named Hammy Faye Bakker and Elvis Pigsley to race around a small track and jump into a swimming … Continue reading
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Afgan Drug War – David vs. Goliath
KABUL, Afghanistan — The country is fighting an uphill, ”David and Goliath” battle to control opium production, which is being used to fund terrorism in some parts of the nation, Antonio Maria Costa, chief of the United Nations antidrug agency, … Continue reading
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Hungry Giant Lizards Invade Florida
Iguanas Multiplying in Florida In neighborhoods from Key Biscayne to Boca Raton, it is the night, and day, of the fearsome-looking iguana. Escaped from captivity, or turned loose in the wild by pet owners, the large, usually green-skinned reptiles that … Continue reading
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Harley Davidson Turns 100
Norma "Duffy" Lyon from Des Moines creates a full-scale butter chopper to celebrate Harley-Davidson’s 100th. 100 Years of Harley Davidson If you live in the Midwest, that rumble you hear outside your window these days is probably coming from a … Continue reading
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Which One is Madonna?
Rush Reviews Standing CPR Nobody is shocked by Christina Aguilera and Britney Spears "honoring" Madonna by making out with her at the Mtv Music Awards, but everyone is acting as if they are. One year, there was none of this … Continue reading
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