Home  »  Headline News

The Indigo Children are Back!

August 13, 2003
Who are these mysterious, super smart kids who are joining our families and causing us so much trouble? If you've got one, you probably need help, which is why we've brought this popular book back to our store. NOTE: This... continued

A First-Hand Glimpse of Hell in Europe

August 13, 2003
On unknowncountry, we know that summer in Europe has been hell this year. Now reader Susan McCulloch gives us a report on the heat wave in Germany. Is this a glimpse of the future for all of us? And don't... continued

Easy Fishing

August 13, 2003
If you're having trouble catching fish, the Missouri River is the place to go, because the fish jump right into your boat, all by themselves. Fisherman Duane Chapman simply takes his boat out on the river and waits, then cries,... continued

Duck! It’s a Meteorite

August 13, 2003
Fragments of a meteorite narrowly missed hitting 10-year-old Anthony Elliss-Galati in Perth, Australia, then smashed into his driveway. Another meteorite made a crater in a parking lot near Detroit, but no one saw it because they'd all left work when... continued

Plea for a Missing Pilot

August 12, 2003
On June 23rd, we posted a story about Benjamin Padilla, who piloted the Boeing 727 that vanished after taking off in Africa. The plane took off from Luanda Airport in Angola without permission and no one knows where it was... continued

What is al-Qaeda?

August 12, 2003
In Anne's new Diary, she writes, "Very often we vilify a single person, who stands for everything we hate. We've certainly done this with Osama bin-Laden. While I don't think he's a good guy in any way, I've realized that... continued

Climate Change is Coming Fast, but We Can Fix It?Easily!

August 12, 2003
In his new Journal, Whitley writes about the hows and whys of global warming and says, "?The world remains rudderless and leaderless regarding global warming. European leaders, relying on the untested and probably hopeless mandates reached under the Kyoto protocol,... continued

New Contact Meditation

August 12, 2003
Click "Listen Now" on our masthead to join Whitley in a short meditation for extraterrestrial contact. By the end of August, Mars will be closer to Earth than it's been since prehistoric times, and when Mars is close to Earth,... continued

Message in a Bottle, Part 3

August 12, 2003
If you want to make sure to get your message across, send it off in a bottle. We've written about a 60-year-old message from people escaping from the Nazis and a 20-year-old message from a dead son. Now a homeless... continued

When Earworms Invade

August 12, 2003
Jessica Kovler writes in the August 12th New York Times that "There's nothing nicer than a tune playing in your head?until you can't turn it off." And when you get a song stuck in your brain, it always seems to... continued