If you listen closely, you’ll find that the earth is full of sounds. Some are things that you hear every day, some are truly remarkable and some sounds hail from origins completely unknown. What follows here is a list of "sonic mysteries" for your pleasure - many of them include audio.

"No discussion of mysterious sounds would be complete without this one, although it’s not a sound from earth - it’s from space.

On August 15, 1977 a SETI scientist working at the Big Ear radio telescope of the Ohio State University noticed a very strong signal that lasted for 72 seconds. The type of signal resembled signals that are non-terrestrial and non-solar system in origin."

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Heidi Dalibor was arrested after she failed to return the books, "Angels and Demons" and "White Oleander", last year.

“I said, what could they possibly do? They can’t arrest me for this… I was wrong,” Dalibor said.

Dalibor did not respond to four notices from the library, two phone calls and two letters. The library forwarded the case to police, who issued a citation for Dalibor's failure to return the materials or pay the fine. The citation included a court date, which Dalibor admits she ignored.

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Craig "Hot Lixx Hulahan" Billmeier (US) crushed the opponents with his polished performance at the Air Guitar World Championships Grand Final on Friday 22 August in Oulu, Finland. The two-year-reigning Air Guitar, Ochi "Dainoji" Yosuke (JP), had to give in to the overwhelming new Champion. Hot Lixx Hulahan scored highest on the First Round, and on the Second Round defeated his strongest opponent, Andel "John Sniffler" Soreen (NL), with his impeccable timing and an overall solid performance that took the audience by storm.

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Wer ist der leidenschaftlichste Luftgitarren-Virtuose? Im finnländischen Oulu traten 20 der weltbesten Luftgitarristen gegeneinander um den Weltmeistertitel an. Die Kunst beginnt schon bei der Namensgebung.

Für die meisten ist es nur heiße Luft, für "Hot Lixx Hulahan", Ochi "Dainoji" Yosuke und "Heart Buckboard" Sweep ein gnadenloses Ringen um die Weltmeisterschaft: Am Wochenende fand im finnischen Oulu die 13. Luftgitarren-WM statt, die Air Guitar World Championships.

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Hard-Drive-Partys, so heißt das neue Schreckgespenst der Musikindustrie. Hinter diesem Begriff verbergen sich Partys, bei denen die Gäste den Inhalt ihrer mobilen Festplatten austauschen. Und das können ohne weiteres 500 Gigabyte werden, denn so groß sind mittlerweile handliche und kostengünstige Geräte. Zehntausende oder sogar Hundertausende Songs wechseln dann mitunter den Besitzer.

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Comic Tommy Chong was online Thursday, Aug. 21 at 3 p.m. ET to take questions about his life, work, clashes with the law and his new book, "Cheech and Chong, The Unauthorized Autobiography."

A transcript follows.


Harrisburg, Pa.: How would you describe your friendship with Cheech Marin? Has he ever had you over to his house and showed you his fantastic art collection? Can you criticize each other and still be cool with each other? Do you think you will always remain some sort of friends?

Tommy Chong: Oh, we're so close. We're like siamese twins. We'll always be friends no matter what. We've gone through hell and high water, and even through our darkest moments, there will always be a love that will never die.

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