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Student Convicted of Torching SUVs LOS ANGELES - A graduate student was convicted Friday of setting fire to dozens of sport utility vehicles in an attack by radical environmentalists that caused $2.3 million in damage. William Jensen Cottrell, 24, was found guilty of conspiracy and arson. The...

The makers of a British designed "Jetpod" taxi, which they hope to introduce to British cities within five years, insist they will definitely take you to your destination by the shortest route - at 350 mph (563 kph). Developers Avcen believe they can offer a flying taxi service which cruises at...

Did anyone else find Kerry's claim that he would cut the deficit in half by the end of four years to be a cynical exploitation of public ignorance? Seems to me that he wanted people to think he was promising to cut the debt, not the deficit. Reducing the deficit, or even eliinating it...

No, not a presidential thread. One of Mrs. Merc's favorite aunts died today. Were it not for modern medicine, she'd have died 4 years ago. She had cancer of the tongue, and her tongue had to be removed (the muscle replaced with thigh muscle) as part of her treatment. Four years. She saw...

http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/06/09/cigar.smuggle.ap/index.html Trading with the enemy. What is that? If he buys cigars, Cuba will invade?

That sucks. Seems the Y-chromosome is losing more and more traits. How would you hypothetically fix that? -INRM

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040409/ap_on_sc/russia_mars_2 Sounds a little fishy to me. $3.5b is way below NASA's estimate of $20b (IIRC) and I doubt that existing spacecraft have the ability to make a return trip. Though, it would be very exciting if it's true. :D I'll...

Is there something fundamentally wrong with a legal system that allows a person to be imprisoned for eight years without being brought to trial for anything? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3520819.stm

From 2004 to 1990 Iraq claims kuwait, jordan. Crazy world. Is there really a difference between democraticly elected presidents and dictator presidents? Gem

Prahlad Jani of AHMEDABAD, India says he has survived 68 years without eating, drinking or relieving himself, baffling doctors who are unable to prove him an imposter. He said he has been blessed and heard his calling when he was eight years old. What a strange calling. Why would god need to...

We failed to find Bin Laden. We failed to find Mullah Omar. We failed to find Saddam Hussein. We failed to find ANY weapons of mass destruction. We failed to win the hearts and minds of the Iraquis. We failed to find the source of the anthrax contaminations. We failed to bring peace to the...

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=96&ncid=753&e=10&u=/space/20030825/sc_space/marsfeveratfullpitchtelescopesinshortsupply We have no light pollution out here; its been really nice at night. DTS

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/06/22/1056220478818.html

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The blood is in the water. Watch out Martha! http://money.cnn.com/2003/06/10/news/companies/waksal_sentencing/index.htm?cnn=yes Former ImClone Systems CEO Samuel Waksal was sentenced to just over seven years in federal prison and ordered to pay $4.3 million in fines and restitution Tuesday for...

http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=294794&contrassID=1&subContrassID=8&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y ..full article