Archive for August, 2007

Wild Vervet Monkeys Wreak Havoc in Kenya

Saturday, August 25th, 2007

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A small village in Kenya is being sexually harassed by marauding monkeys; women and children are the targets as the monkeys are afraid of men.

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Advertising Age - BP Touts Greenness, Then Asks to Dump Ammonia

Monday, August 20th, 2007

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BP has applied for, and received a permit to dump more toxic discharges into Lake Michigan, all the while promoting their green image.

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Darker fruits could fight cancer

Monday, August 20th, 2007

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Scientists show that not only are darker colored fruits slowing down cancer, the darker more exotic ones can actually killed cancer cells.

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Earthquake felt in downtown Lima, Peru

Wednesday, August 15th, 2007

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A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 7.7. struck Peru on Wednesday shaking buildings in the capital and causing electrical power failures in some areas, the U.S.
Geological Survey and eyewitnesses said.

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Religion beat became a test of faith

Monday, August 13th, 2007

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A reporter looks at how the stories he covered affected him and his spiritual journey.

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Animal Diesel at US Pumps in 2007

Thursday, August 9th, 2007

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ConocoPhillips, one of the largest US oil companies, and Tyson Foods, the world’s largest meat produces, have recently announced that they plan to start adding animal
fat to the diesel sold by ConocoPhillips at pumps by the end of 2007. The fat, which would come from pigs, cows, and chickens, would be indistinguishable from regular
diesel, and chemically equivalent to diesel itself.

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Biofuels shift seen to put major squeeze on food prices

Thursday, August 9th, 2007

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A global shift toward renewable energy could jack up food prices by up to 80 percent as crops and farmland are diverted to producing biofuels, an international agricultural
think-tank warned Thursday.

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Physicists have ’solved’ mystery of levitation

Tuesday, August 7th, 2007

Physicists in Scotland have figured out a way to reverse the Casimir effect. This could lead to frictionless levitating of small parts or possibly even larger things like people.

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Defcon 1, Dateline 0

Sunday, August 5th, 2007

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Hackers catch and humiliate undercover reporter at defcon convention.

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Phoenix takes flight!

Sunday, August 5th, 2007

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NASA’s $420 million Phoenix Mars lander blasted off early today and began a 10-month voyage to the red planet, bound for the northern polar plains where scientists
believe vast deposits of ice are hidden just beneath the frozen surface.

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