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blog-heap o' links
Opera is hoping to lure users away from
Microsoft's Internet Explorer 7 by building on Opera 9's use of small Web
applications called Widgets... Opera wants version 10 to work on any
platform... "We will be unleashing developer tools, which are still in the
planning stages...We want developers to use Opera as a Web development
platform, using open standards. We need to keep the Web ready for open
standards..." 
Bumblebees have an incredible homing instinct that
allows them to find their way home from up to eight miles
away... 
A COLLIE that can’t bark is recovering after
spending 26 days trapped in a 10ft gully that she fell into while trying to
escape a thunderstorm... eventually found by a family friend... was able to
survive by drinking rainwater dripping from the roof of the neighbouring
building and licking moisture off the side of the gully. She is now back home
after being treated for malnutrition, dehydration and an eye infection which
caused both eyes to gum up, leaving her temporarily blind... 
Visitors to "Pub in the Paddock"
in the island-state of Tasmania are invited to pour bottles of beer down the
willing throats of resident pigs Priscilla and P.B... the tourist attraction
had been attacked as cruel in the latest edition of a magazine published by
animal welfare group Choose Cruelty Free... Pub owner... said the pigs liked
beer. She also watered the beer down to ensure they never got drunk...
ELLICOTT CITY, Md. -- Federal
drug agents aren't laughing about marijuana packaged in yellow, smiley-faced
gumballs.... "Greenades...." federal Drug Enforcement Agency recently released
an intelligence bulletin about them.... school resource officer... seized the
bag, which contained two "candy balls" wrapped in foil, police said.
Instructions on the foil told users to chew for 30 minutes to 1 hour before
they wanted to be high and to "chew for as long as possible, then swallow..."
A New York man who
was hit by lightning has been suffering from headaches and chest pain, but is
glad to be a survivor... had one hand touching a truck and the other holding a
pole when the lightning hit, throwing him several feet... canada.com/ ... 10:58:18Heavy
rains from tropical storm Kaemi caused a 200-metre-long levee in southern China
to collapse and floods were threatening 20,000 villagers... Cannabis extracts used in medicines may
worsen symptoms rather than have the beneficial effects that are intended, it
has been reported. Cannabis extracts can be harmful because of the
unpredictable way the body reacts... mysanantonio.com/ ... 15:38:33The
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is launching a study of Morgellons
disease that may target South Texas where more than 100 people are suffering
from the illness. ... Symptoms of the disease include lesions that leave scars,
the sensation of bugs crawling under the skin, and fibers that pop out of the
skin... Most of the research on Morgellons is being done at Oklahoma State
University in Tulsa. Doctors and scientists at OSU said this disease is real,
and it's frightening. "I am 100 percent convinced that Morgellons is a real
disease pathology," said Dr. Randy Wymore, an assistant professor of
pharmacology and physiology at OSU... the more damaging effects of this disease
are the nerve and neurological damage, which affects the ability to think and
move. "Trouble concentrating, trouble communicating, and problems thinking of
the words you want to say, and how you want to express yourself..."
today.reuters.com/ ... 14:20:04An
international team of scientists has discovered two genes
that enable cells to respond to electrical signals in the body to heal
wounds... today.reuters.com/ ... 13:57:21A
study of men and women age 70 to 79 found that those who downed one to seven
alcoholic drinks a week had a significantly lower risk of heart problems or
death than those who didn't imbibe... [and yet... alcohol was involved!]
Army Spc. Dennis K.
Samson Jr., 24, of Hesperia, Mich., died on July 24 in Taqaddum, Iraq, of
injuries sustained by enemy small arms fire. Samson was assigned to 1st
Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Ky.
defenselink.mil/ ... 05:21:14Army Cpl. Adam J.
Fargo, 22, of Ruckersville, Va., died on July 22 in Baghdad, Iraq, of
injuries sustained when his convoy encountered enemy forces small arms fire.
Fargo was assigned to the 4th Brigade Troop Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team,
101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Ky. defenselink.mil/ ... 05:20:57Army Spc. Stephen W.
Castner, 27, of Cedarburg, Wis., died on July 24, of injuries sustained
when an improvised explosive device detonated near his HMMMV during combat
operations in Tallil, Iraq. Castner was assigned to the Army National Guard's
1st Battalion, 121st Field Artillery, Milwaukee, Wis. 
LA CROSSE, Wis. -- Hundreds
of dead bass have been collected from La Crosse-area river waters, days after a
major fishing tournament was held in the region.... Nearly all of the 582 bass
were marked with a clipped tail fin, evidence they were caught and released
during a bass-fishing tournament from July 12-15.... second year that
higher-than-normal fish deaths were reported.... Last year, most of the dead
fish tested positive for largemouth bass virus, which can cause death when the
fish is stressed. The majority of the fish Hobbs collected this year were
largemouth, and he said the stress of being caught, held in a livewell and
released might be a factor in their deaths... Army Capt. Blake H.
Russell, 35, of Forth Worth, Texas died on July 22 of injuries sustained
from enemy forces munitions while investigating a possible mortar cache during
combat operations in Baghdad, Iraq. Russell was assigned to the Army's 1st
Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne
Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky. defenselink.mil/ ... 15:24:21Army 1st Sgt.
Christopher C. Rafferty, 37, of Brownsville, Pa., died on July 21 in
Sharana, Afghanistan of injuries sustained on July 20, when his unit
encountered small arms fire during combat operations. Rafferty was assigned to
37th Engineer Battalion, Fort Bragg, N.C. This incident is under investigation.
defenselink.mil/ ... 15:23:52Marine Capt.
Christopher T. Pate, 29, of Hampstead, N.C., died July 21 while
conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to 2nd
Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, Command Element, II Marine Expeditionary
Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C. 
Only 56 butterfly
species now remain in Britain as others have fallen victim to disappearing
habitat... urban sprawl, modern farming techniques and lack of woodland
management had all played their part in habitat loss... hosted.ap.org/ ... 11:22:59CORONA
DEL MAR, Calif. -- There was good news and bad news when Crash, the California
brown pelican that earned her nickname when she flew beak-first into a car
windshield, was released back into the wild. As soon as workers with the
Wetlands and Wildlife Care Center released Crash on Big Corona Beach on
Thursday, she stumbled and fell beak-first into a pile of rocks. But after
taking a few moments to gather her bearings, Crash shook her tail, bobbed in
the surf and then headed for the heavens... "What happened was, there were so
many cameras.... She looked back and then took a step..." hosted.ap.org/ ...
11:21:43STOCKTON, Calif... About 1,000 bats lost their home when a
Central Valley church had the top of its roof torn off... Central United
Methodist Church had left the winged-pests alone for 10 years until the
population exploded and they feared bat urine would soak into the roof and
cause a stink in the sanctuary... The church's next plague? Termites, with a
scheduled eradication in August... Marine Cpl. Julian A.
Ramon, 22, of Flushing, N.Y., died July 20 while conducting combat
operations in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 8th
Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp
Lejeune, N.C. defenselink.mil/ ... 08:43:39Army Pfc. Derek J.
Plowman, 20, of Everton, Ark., died on July 20 in Baghdad, Iraq, from a gun
shot wound. Plowman was assigned to the Army National Guard's 1st Battalion,
142nd Fires Brigade, Rogers, Ark. This incident is under investigation.
Army Staff Sgt.
Robert J. Chiomento, 34, of Fort Dix, N.J., died on July 17 in Khwaya
Ahmad, Afghanistan, when his patrol encountered enemy forces using
rocket-propelled grenades and mortars. Chiomento was assigned to the 2nd
Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain
Division, Fort Polk, La. defenselink.mil/ ... 18:40:16Army Sgt. Mark R.
Vecchione, 25, of Tucson Ariz, died on July 18 in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, of
injuries sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his M1A1
Abrams tank. Vecchione was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 37th Armor Regiment,
1st Armored Division, Friedberg, Germany. defenselink.mil/ ... 18:40:00Marine Lance Cpl.
Geofrey R. Cayer, 20, of Fitchburg, Mass., died July 18 from a
non-hostile incident in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to 3rd
Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary
Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif. The incident is under investigation. Army Spc. Manuel J.
Holguin, 21, of Woodlake, Calif., died on July 15 in Baghdad, Iraq, of
injuries sustained when his dismounted patrol encountered enemy small arms fire
and an improvised explosive device. Holguin was assigned to the 2nd Battalion,
6th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 1st Armored Division, Baumholder, Germany.
defenselink.mil/ ... 23:15:09Army Sgt. 1st Class
Scott R. Smith, 34, of Punxsutawney, Pa., died on July 17 in Al
Iskandariyah, Iraq, of injuries sustained when an improvised explosive device
detonated during a controlled ordnance clearing mission. Smith was assigned to
the 737th Explosive Ordnance Detachment, 52nd Ordnance Group, Fort Belvoir, Va.
defenselink.mil/ ... 23:14:52Army Cpl. Kenneth I.
Pugh, 39, of Houston Texas, died on July 17 in Baghdad, Iraq, of injuries
sustained when his M1A2 Abrams tank encountered enemy forces small arms fire.
Pugh was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 67th Armor Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat
Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas. This incident is under
investigation. defenselink.mil/ ... 23:14:38Army Staff Sgt.
Michael A. Dickinson II, 26, of Battle Creek, Mich., died on July 17 in
Ar Ramadi, Iraq, when his dismounted patrol encountered enemy forces small arms
fire. Dickinson was assigned to the 9th Psychological Operations Battalion, 4th
Psychological Operations Group, U.S. Army Special Operations Command, Fort
Bragg, N.C. Piaractus mesopotamicus...
postring.net/ ... 19:52:50Pacu are
related to piranha but are not considered piranha. They are a vegetarian
version and are cousins in a sense. They have teeth that could resemble a
piranha and will eat other fish. However, they are much more docile and their
facial features are a bit different. The jaw and the mouth size are different
than most piranha... local6.com/ ... 19:51:25A fish caught in Lubbock,
Texas, with teeth that look like they belong to a human has baffled wildlife
officials in the area... A search for what the fish may be suggested that it
may be a pacu, which is found in South America.... believes he saw another
similar fish while on the lake... newsday.com/ ... 18:24:14KETCHUM,
Idaho -- It took surgery to save a 12-foot Burmese python after it swallowed an
entire queen-size electric blanket -- with the electrical cord and control
box... today.reuters.com/ ... 18:18:40A
kangaroo is roaming the green hills of Ireland after escaping a circus near the
picturesque port of Kinsale... hosted.ap.org/ ... 09:04:29After
living in cardboard U-Haul boxes for two days, 28 endangered
North American aplomado falcons got a glimpse of their new home in the rugged
West Texas desert Tuesday... Army Air Corps 1st Lt.
William M. Hafner, Norfolk, Va.;Army Air Corps 2nd Lt. Arthur C. Armacost, III,
Cincinnati, Ohio;Army Air Corps 2nd Lt. David R. Eppright, Warrensburg,
Mo.;Army Air
Corps 2nd Lt. Charles F. Feucht, Reynoldsburg, Ohio;Army Air Corps Technical
Sgt. Raymond S. Cisneros, San Antonio, Texas;Army Air Corps Technical Sgt. Alfred W.
Hill, Temple, Okla.;Army Air Corps Technical Sgt. James G. Lascelles, New York,
N.Y.;Army Air
Corps Staff Sgt. William C. Cameron, Los Angeles, Calif.; andArmy Air Corps Staff
Sgt. Wilburn W. Rozzell, Duncan, Okla.Army Cpl. Nathaniel
S. Baughman, 23, of Monticello, Ind., died of injuries on July 17 in Bayji,
Iraq, when his HMMWV encountered enemy forces rocket-propelled grenades during
patrol operations. Baughman was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry
Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Ky.
defenselink.mil/ ... 23:19:47Army Sgt. Alkaila T.
Floyd, 23, of Grand Rapids, Mich., died on July 13 in Landstuhl Regional
Medical Center, Landstuhl, Germany, of injuries sustained on July 8 when an
improvised explosive device detonated near his Mine Protected Vehicle in Ar
Ramadi, Iraq. Floyd was assigned to the 54th Engineer Battalion, 130th Engineer
Brigade, Bamberg, Germany. defenselink.mil/ ... 20:05:48Army Staff Sgt. Jason
M. Evey, 29, of Stockton, Calif., died on July 16 of injuries sustained
when his Bradley Fighting Vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device
during combat operations in Baghdad, Iraq. Evey was assigned to the 1st
Squadron, 10th Calvary Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, Fort Hood, Texas.
defenselink.mil/ ... 11:50:41Army Sgt. Andres J.
Contreras, 23, of Huntington Park, Calif., died on July 15 of injuries
sustained when his HMMWV encountered an improvised explosive device in Baghdad,
Iraq during combat operations. Contreras was assigned to the 519th Military
Police Battalion, 1st Combat Support Brigade, Fort Polk, La. 
ASTORIA, Ore... [woman] found a pair of garter snakes in the back
seat of her car on a recent shopping trip to the grocery store, then found more
under a floor mat.... Eventually more than 20 of the harmless snakes were found
inside the car, some pencil-thin and one the diameter of a quarter and 3 feet
long... hosted.ap.org/ ... 18:24:36
A group of bottlenose
dolphins left the open sea and swam up a New Zealand river, apparently to
escape killer whales... One of the dolphins got stranded and died on Thursday,
so conservation staff are monitoring the remaining dolphins to ensure no more
become trapped... Maria Vasquez said
she would not watch the video and had little interest in news from Iraq.
"I don't care. Leave him in peace," she said. "He's
passed, and it's past," she said... newsday.com/ ... 00:35:10A U.S.
Army Apache attack helicopter crashed Thursday during a combat patrol southwest
of Baghdad, but the two pilots survived, the U.S. military said...
Army Spc. Damien M.
Montoya, 21, of Holbrook, Ariz., died in Baghdad, Iraq, on July 9 from a
non-combat related cause. Montoya was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 67th Armor
Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
defenselink.mil/ ... 19:58:31Army Sgt. Irving
Hernandez Jr., 28, of New York, N.Y., died in Mosul, Iraq, on July 12 when
he encountered enemy small arms fire during combat operations. Hernandez was
assigned to the 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, 172nd Stryker Brigade
Combat Team, Fort Wainwright, Alaska. 
John Lennon
movie promo webpage mocks Drudge 
Crow
Believed to Be Oldest in World Dies... There's no way to prove Tata was the
world's oldest crow when he died Sunday at age 59. But an expert on crows says
it's possible... today.reuters.com/ ...
20:28:58Wildlife officials in Mexico, the United States and Canada have
agreed to work together to protect the Monarch butterfly, which makes a
spectacular migration every year from Canada to Mexico... today.reuters.com/ ...
10:59:26West Africa's version of the black rhino appears to be
extinct... an intensive survey has failed to find any sign of the west African
black rhino in its final refuge in northern Cameroon... The northern white
rhino is also on the verge of oblivion... Army Sgt. Maj.
Jeffrey A. McLochlin, 45, of Rochester, Ind., died in Orgun-E,
Afghanistan, on July 5, when his unit encountered enemy forces using small arms
fire. McLochlin was assigned to the Army National Guard 152nd Infantry
Regiment, Marion Ind. defenselink.mil/ ... 20:07:58Army Chief Warrant
Officer 3 William T. Flanigan, 37, of Milan, Tenn. died in Kandahar,
Afghanistan, on July 2 when his helicopter crashed during combat operations.
Flanigan was assigned to the Army National Guard's 4th Squadron, 278th Armor
Cavalry Regiment, Jackson, Tenn. The incident is under investigation. defenselink.mil/ ... 00:14:31Army Sgt. James P.
Muldoon, 23, of Bells, Texas, died on June 29 in Balad, Iraq, of injuries
sustained earlier that day in Baquba, Iraq. Muldoon was shot while manning a
control point during combat operations. Muldoon was assigned to the 1st
Battalion, 68th Combined Arms Regiment, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 4th
Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colo. defenselink.mil/ ... 00:14:16Army Staff Sgt. Paul
S. Pabla, 23, of Fort Wayne, Ind., died on July 3 in Mosul, Iraq, of
injuries sustained from enemy small arms fire during combat operations. Pabla
was assigned to the Army National Guard's 139th Field Artillery, Kempton, Ind.
...Mr. Jennings says Messrs. Brin and Page
"had some strange requests," including hammocks hung from the ceiling of the
plane. At one point he witnessed a dispute between them over whether Mr. Brin
should have a "California king" size bed, he says. Mr. Jennings says Mr.
Schmidt stepped in to resolve that by saying, "Sergey, you can have whatever
bed you want in your room; Larry, you can have whatever kind of bed you want in
your bedroom. Let's move on." Mr. Jennings says Mr. Schmidt at another point
told him, "It's a party airplane..." 
A group of tourists was inadvertently
introduced to Norwegian hunting practices during a whale-watching trip in the
far north of the country. As they were admiring one of the animals, a Norwegian
whaling boat came along and harpooned it... "The blood flowed and it wasn't a
pretty sight. This really wasn't what we came to see..." Later, the tour party
passed a boat hauling a dead whale onto its deck... FAIRBANKS, Alaska -- A young
beluga whale whose carcass was found in a river nearly 1,000 miles from its
natural ocean habitat probably died last fall and remained in the frozen river
all winter, according to scientists. Canoeists found the whale June 9 on the
Tanana River in central Alaska, about 40 miles southwest of Fairbanks... The
beluga likely followed migrating salmon up river. But exactly what the whale
was doing so far inland on a freshwater river is something "we'll never know
for sure..." news.bbc.co.uk/ ... 23:41:01Scientists believe they
have found a possible cause for mental impairment in Down's syndrome. They have
identified a gene that, if over-produced, can cause some brain cells to stop
working properly... hosted.ap.org/ ... 19:24:29The
next time an earthquake hits Southern California, go online later that day to
watch a 3-D rendition of it. Scientists at the California Institute of
Technology can now create a movie just 45 minutes after a temblor, showing how
seismic waves spread from the epicenter... today.reuters.com/ ...
19:22:30Locating so-called "silent earthquakes" may help scientists
better predict the probability of severe temblors, a Stanford University
professor said on Wednesday. Silent earthquakes -- slow-moving events tracked
by satellites measuring subtle changes on the earth's surface because they do
not broadcast shock waves -- appear to build pressure on fault zones,
contributing to weak magnitude-two and magnitude-three earthquakes... today.reuters.com/ ...
19:21:59
Monkeys
recognize each other by comparing faces to an average stored in their brains,
not by memorising what every individual looks like, scientists said on
Wednesday. And that probably goes for people, too, explaining how faces can be
recognised in a fraction of a second... 
LINCOLN, Neb. -- Meteorologists at the National Weather Service
office in Hastings are feeling pretty lucky this year. Here's why: The
30-county area they serve in central Nebraska and north-central Kansas hasn't
had a confirmed tornado for the first six months of this year. And that hasn't
happened since 1950. There were two years that came close, 1966 and 1981, when
a single tornado was reported during the first half of each year... hosted.ap.org/ ... 09:51:36Healthy
adults taking maximum doses of Tylenol for two weeks had abnormal liver test
results in a small study, researchers found, raising concerns that even
recommended amounts of the popular painkiller might lead to liver damage...
sciencedaily.com/ ...
09:38:18Pervasive developmental disorders (PDD) like autism and Asperger
Syndrome have been on the rise for years. Measles Mumps Rubella (MMR) vaccines
and thimerosal-containing vaccines (which are approximately 50 percent
ethylmercury) have been suggested as possible causes. A new MUHC study,
published in the scientific journal Pediatrics today, assesses the link between
childhood immunizations and PDD in 28,000 Quebec children and finally clears
MMR vaccines and thimerosal-containing immunizations as risk factors...
[hmmm...] A federal judge issued a
temporary restraining order Monday barring the Navy from using a type of sonar,
allegedly harmful to marine mammals, during a Pacific warfare exercise
scheduled to begin this week. The order comes three days after the Navy
obtained a six-month national defense exemption from the Defense Department
allowing it to use "mid-frequency active sonar..." chron.com/ ... 15:20:51CHARLOTTE,
N.C. — Federal prosecutors accused a former U.S. soldier Monday of raping
and murdering a young Iraqi woman and gunning down her family, all of whose
bodies were found burned in an apparent coverup. Steven D. Green, a 21-year-old
former Army private first class who was recently discharged because of a
"personality disorder," appeared in a federal magistrate's courtroom in
Charlotte Monday. The murder and rape charges against him grew out of a
military investigation involving up to five soldiers in the March rape and
killing of the woman in Mahmoudiya and three of her relatives, one of them a
young girl believed to be about 5 years old... 
Desert ants
use an internal "pedometer" to measure exact marching distances... sciencedaily.com/ ... 08:23:15
the
capacity for empathy, previously suspected but unproven even among higher
primates, is also evident in lower mammals... mice that were co-housed (that
is, familiar to each other) and able to see one another in pain were more
sensitive to pain than those tested alone. The results, which for the first
time show a form of "emotional contagion" between animals, shed light on how
known social factors play a role in pain management... Army Pfc. Justin R.
Davis, 19, of Gaithersburg, Md., died in Korengal Outpost, Afghanistan
(near Kunar Province), on June 25, when he came in contact with indirect fire
while on patrol during combat operations. Davis was assigned to the 1st
Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain
Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, N.Y. The circumstances of the soldier's
death are under investigation as a possible friendly-fire incident. defenselink.mil/ ... 08:21:28Army Spc. Christopher
D. Rose, 21, of San Francisco, Calif., died on June 29 of injuries
sustained from an improvised explosive device during combat operations in
Baghdad, Iraq. Rose was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 67th Armored Regiment,
2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas. defenselink.mil/ ... 08:21:09Army Cpl. Ryan. J.
Clark, 19, of Lancaster, Calif., died on June 29 in the Brooke Army Medical
Center, San Antonio, Texas, of injuries sustained on June 17 when an improvised
explosive device detonated near his HMMWV during combat operations in Ar
Ramadi, Iraq. Clark was assigned to the 40th Engineer Battalion, 1st Brigade
Combat Team, Baumholder, Germany. defenselink.mil/ ... 08:20:43Army Cpl. Aaron M.
Griner, 24, of Tampa, Fla., died in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, on June
28, of injuries sustained when his vehicle struck a mine during combat
operations. Griner was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum,
N.Y. It's pretty difficult to
overlook the proverbial 800-pound gorilla, or even an average-size person
dressed in a gorilla suit. But a new study indicates that people who were given
a simple visual task while mildly intoxicated were twice as likely to have
missed seeing the person in a gorilla suit than were people who were not under
the influence of alcohol... 
North Carolina's
southern coast. Jellyfish have stung so many people in the area of Wrightsville
Beach and Carolina Beach that the New Hanover County Health Department issued
an alert on Friday... reports of stings have been gradually increasing over the
past couple of weeks, and at least 75 people were stung by sea nettles and
other jellyfish from Monday through Thursday... 
The guitar
on which Sir Paul McCartney learned his first chords has sold for
£330,000 at an auction at London's famous Abbey Road Studios... fetched
more than three times its estimate... The Rex acoustic guitar helped Sir Paul
persuade John Lennon to let him join his band, The Quarrymen, in 1957...
Bill
Clinton's decision to site his office in the largely black Manhattan
neighbourhood of Harlem, as a gesture of solidarity with African-Americans,
appears to have backfired. Dozens of angry blacks demonstrated last week
outside the building that houses the former president's staff, claiming that
his move had led to the gentrification of the area and increased the price of
homes beyond their reach... 
WILLIAMSBURG, Pa. --
Tests have confirmed that a bobcat that bit a bicyclist was infected with
rabies... 48-year-old high school music teacher, was cycling on a popular
trail... stopped by a bench... heard a rustling in the weeds before the bobcat
sprang at him... bit him on the right arm and scratched him several times...
threw off the bobcat and screamed at it to leave him alone... then got behind
the bike and used it to fend off the animal... 
...Dover police
say they were called to a home on Jefferson Court in Dover to remove about 110
cats from unsanitary conditions.... started removing the cats on Friday and
returned on Monday to finish up... when they... found a resident's [84]
decomposed body.... inside a plastic storage container.... after already
finding dead cats in similar containers.... "I think that with the
investigators locating the body inside, I think there was shock for the
investigators there. They were not really ready for it at this time," said
Capt. Lester Boney of the Dover Police Department.... one of [victim's]
daughters told detectives her mother was traveling.... Investigators had to use
oxygen tanks to breathe inside the home.... cats were diseased, and living in
their own filth... all the cats had to be euthanized because of their
diseases... some of the cats were already dead... Dover police are asking for
the public's help in searching for Mary Haas' two daughters, 48-year-old Pamela
Haas, and 43-year-old Candy Haas. The police say warrants have been issued
against the two sisters, charging them with abusing a corpse and third-degree
conspiracy. It is believed that the woman are traveling together... 
Police have resumed
searching for the body of a young girl killed by a crocodile at the weekend
after an overnight hunt failed to find and harpoon the animal. The
eight-year-old was fishing with her family in the Blythe River in Arnhem Land,
400 kilometres east of Darwin, when she was attacked about 8.30pm Saturday.
Police understand she had been collecting water at the river's edge when the
saltwater crocodile snatched her... 
