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Mad Cow Disease May Be New Human Plague

November 29, 2000
An 11 month-old baby girl in Britain is suffering from the human form of Mad Cow Disease (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Disease or BSE) which she caught while in her mother?s womb. Her mother died from the disease seven months after... continued

Air Force Satellite to Track UFOs

November 28, 2000
Reuters - IBM announced that it has sold the U.S. Air Force a supercomputer to help it identify unidentified flying objects. The Air Force?s Space Surveillance Team, based in Maui, Hawaii, will use the supercomputer to hunt for old satellites,... continued

UK to Require Cellphone Warning Label

November 28, 2000
Reuters, CNN - The British government plans to compel stores selling cell phones to give customers written health warnings. The proposed pamphlet would explain that current research is going on to establish safety guidelines for cell phones and they should... continued

Monsoons Kill Hundreds as Climate Talks Fail

November 28, 2000
UPI, AP, NYT - Monsoon rains inundated the island of Sumatra Monday, causing landslides that swept more than 100 people into raging rivers and death. The Jakarta Post described the flooding as the worst since 1953. "We are looking for... continued

Rotenone May Be Parkinson Culprit

November 27, 2000
New Scientist - COMMON PESTICIDE MAY CAUSE PARKINSON'S Rats that are given small doses of a common pesticide develop symptoms that are eerily similar to Parkinson?s Disease. "It?s a very provocative study," says Abraham Lieberman, medical director of the National... continued

Listeners Report Dreamland Genfoods Show Cut

November 27, 2000
On November 26, Dreamland ran a program with Ben Lilliston of the Institute for Agricultural and Trade policy. Mr. Lilliston, co-author of Genetically Engineered Food: A Self-Defense Guide For Consumers, advocates testing, control and labeling of genetically altered foods. This... continued

Gene-Altered Corn is on the Loose

November 25, 2000
Reuters, Kyodo News Service - It was discovered in September that many brands of taco shells and chips contained StarLink, a biotech variety of corn that has not been approved for human consumption. It was announced Tuesday, November 21, that... continued

Solar Max to the Max – FIVE Storms A-Comin’!

November 25, 2000
An unusual sequence of five consecutive solar storms will result in disrupted radio transmissions and possible effects on power systems, according to NASA's Spaceweather.com. However, this storm does not carry radioactive particles, and air travelers and astronauts are not at... continued

UFO Flap Problem

November 24, 2000
On 11/17/00 Whitleysworld published a story about numerous UFO sightings in Texas and Oklahoma that included accounts of a massive UFO being observed in Elk City, Oklahoma, and a series of extremely bright flashes of light in Tulsa, Oklahoma. We... continued

The Recount: An Insider’s Story

November 19, 2000
This fascinating insider's story of the recount process in action has been prepared by Democratic activist Angela Glover Blackwell. She makes no secret of which side she's on, but she provides all of us with an inside look at what... continued