The recent suicide of the government scientist who is suspected of being behind the 2001 anthrax terrorism brings up the question of what FBI investigators, who were about to close in on him, have been doing all this time. It turns out that they worked for almost seven years in secret.

Most people did not know that the work in Ray Goehner’s materials characterization department at Sandia National Laboratories was contributing important information to the FBI?s investigation of letters containing bacillus anthracis, the spores that cause the disease anthrax. The spores were mailed in the fall of 2001 to several news media offices and to two U.S. senators. Five people were killed.
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?but we are also practicing terrorism AGAINST bees! – How can you find a serial killer before he strikes again? Study the bees! And a single drug manufacturer may be behind bee disappearances here AND in France.

Bees look for nectar away from their hives. In the same way, serial killers avoid committing murder near their homes. In BBC News, Jennifer Carpenter quotes crime researcher Nigel Raine as saying, “We’re really hopeful that we can improve the model for criminology?Most murders happen close to the killer’s home, but not in the area directly surrounding a criminal’s house, where crimes are less likely to be committed because of the fear of getting caught by someone they know.”
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A US court has ruled that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, along with several specifically-named Saudi royals and government officials, are immune from a lawsuit filed by families of victims of the 911 attacks, who claim that the Saudis were behind the terrorist incident. What’s going on here? If you want to know what REALLY happened on 911, don’t miss this week’s Dreamland!

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?and you’re addicted for LIFE! – Tobacco companies try to push their products to teens (although they pretend not to) because they know that just one puff will get them hooked for life IF they have the right (or wrong?) kinds of genes. But the news is not all bad: researchers have now invented a PILL that can help you quit! Before this, scientists told us that the best way to quit was to go cold turkey.

The gene be behind nicotine addiction is called CHRNA5, and it may ALSO increase a smoker’s chance of developing lung cancer.
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