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Why You Should Read This Book!
April 19, 2005We thinkBrainTrust, which talks about the possible connection betweenMad Cow Disease and Alzheimer's, is one of the mostimportant books in our store, so we have lowered the priceso that we're now selling it at the lowest price on theinternet! Don't... continued
New Pope May Be a Problem for Church
April 19, 2005Germany's Joseph Ratzinger was electedthe 265th pope of the Roman Catholic Church on Tuesday andwill take the name Benedict XVI, the Vatican announced.The name of the 78-year-old Ratzinger was announced to acrowd of around 100,000 pilgrims by Cardinal Jorge MedinaEstevez... continued
Volcanic Activity Rises Worldwide
April 18, 2005On Thursday the Indonesian government placed 11 volcanoes oneruption watch, as volcanism continued to increaseworldwide and especially in the Indian Ocean area. On April12 alone, there was activity recorded at asurprisingly large number of volcanoes. Mt. St. Helens inthe US,... continued
Will There Ever be Female Priests?
April 18, 2005Newswise - Will the next pope allow women to become priests? Probablynot, since conservative Cardinal Ratzinger has been voted inas Pope Benedict XVI. An Associated Press poll found that60% percent of U.S. Catholics think women should beordained, and U.S. religious... continued
Thousands Flee New Indian Ocean Eruption
April 18, 2005Agence France-Presse - MORONI, April 18 (AFP) - Thousands of villagers living nearthe Mount Karthala volcano on the main island of GrandComore in the Indian Ocean Comoros archipelago have fledtheir homes after it erupted, officials said Monday."Almost 10,000 people have... continued
70 Foot Wave Strikes Cruise Ship
April 18, 2005WASHINGTON, April 17 (AFP) - A freak wave towering areported 21 meters (70 feet) struck a luxury cruise ship inthe mid-Atlantic, forcing the 2,200-passenger capacity shipto port for repairs in South Carolina over the weekend.The 965 foot Norwegian Dawn was... continued
Chinese Prejudiced Against Condi Because She’s Black Woman
April 17, 2005China is one of those rare modern societies that is notracially mixed?the presence of different races in thepopulation, which is second nature to us, doesn't occurthere. Despite the popularity of U.S. media in China (andall over the world), even Caucasian... continued
Does Dandruff Change the Climate?
April 17, 2005New Scientist reports that German atmospheric researcherRuprecht Jaenicke took air samples from Germany, Siberia,the Amazon rainforest, the Atlantic ocean and from bubblesin Greenland ice. When he analyzed the particles he found inthese samples, he found that 25% of them were... continued
Thousands of Salmon Missing
April 15, 2005Where are the Salmon? More than 200,000 salmon should haveshown up in the Columbia river to spawn by now, but only afew hundred have been seen. The absence of the wild Chinooksalmon is a disturbing environmental mystery. The best casescenario... continued
Why Did the World Trade Towers Collapse?
April 14, 2005There's been an unsubstantiated rumor flying around theinternet that "gonzo" journalist Hunter S. Thompson waswriting an article on the collapse of the World Trade Centerwhen he killed himself, implying that there remains asecretabout what made those towers collapse when planes... continued