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Your Dog Can Get West Nile

September 24, 2002
Pet owners are being told to make sure their dogs don?t get bitten by mosquitoes carrying West Nile virus. An 8-year-old Irish setter-golden retriever mix died of a West Nile viral infection, becoming the first canine victim in the country.... continued

New Items on Sale! (Only a Few Left)

September 24, 2002
We?re cleaning off our shelves and have added lots of new titles to the sale section of our store. Many of these books have only a couple of copies left, so don?t delay. If you?ve had your eye on a... continued

Kissing Cousins Can Marry

September 22, 2002
Marriage between first cousins has long been a taboo in the U.S., because of the assumption that marriage between such close relatives will produce children with birth defects. But new research shows the genetic risks of marriage between first cousins... continued

Go for the Whole Wheat

September 22, 2002
People who eat a diet high in white bread, white rice and potatoes increase their risk of pancreatic cancer, because this type of diet increases insulin levels, which have been linked to the cancer. Another reason to choose whole wheat:... continued

Mystery Object Orbiting Earth

September 22, 2002
Earth is being orbited by a mysterious object that's approximately 60 feet long and rotates once every minute. Amateur astronomer Bill Yeung, first spotted it on September 3rd and named it J002E3. There was no sign of it earlier this... continued

What’s Going on in Area 51?

September 22, 2002
The top-secret Air Force facility at Groom Lake, Nevada, known as Area 51, has been a mystery for over 40 years?and will stay that way for now, since President Bush has reissued an executive order barring the disclosure of any... continued

Audio Questions And Problems

September 21, 2002
Approximately fifty people have reported problems with our new internet radio player. Most of these problems have been due to the fact that the individual's computer is not correctly set up. Some of them have been due to the fact... continued

OBE Created by Brain Stimulation

September 20, 2002
Doctors say they caused a female patient to have out-of-body experiences by stimulating her brain. They believe this explains what happens when people who are clinically dead report experiences of leaving their body and watching it from above. They didn't... continued

War May Make Terrorism Worse

September 20, 2002
An invasion of Iraq may make terrorism worse, because we would not be able to take over control of the country immediately. In the meantime, terrorists inside Iraq would have a chance to move or sell their weapons and locate... continued

Scientists Create Antimatter

September 20, 2002
Physicists at the Cern particle accelerator in Geneva, Switzerland, have mass produced antimatter, which may solve one of the greatest mysteries of the Universe. Antimatter is the mirror image of ordinary matter and both should have been created in equal... continued