Topic: - on October 1, 2002 at 7:58:39 PM CEST
Analysis of WTC Collapse Sealed
The most detailed analysis of how and why the World Trade Center collapsed could be forever kept from the public because it was compiled as part of an insurance lawsuit, lawyers for victims' families say.
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Topic: - on October 1, 2002 at 7:56:02 PM CEST
Town Residents to Pick Pot
Here's your chance to pick pot plants - and not worry about being busted. Local authorities have asked private citizens to help shovel out more than 6,000 marijuana plants found growing in a Modoc National Forest canyon.
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Topic: - on October 1, 2002 at 7:47:48 PM CEST
Over 9,000 web sites were haxx0rd in September Web Site Defacements Hit All-Time High
The number of Web site defacements has reached an all-time high, with over 9000 attacks this month, according to London security consultancy mi2g.
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Topic: - on October 1, 2002 at 7:40:40 PM CEST
The Lederhosen is a very sensitive piece of clothing
be careful when cleaning and storing it!
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Topic: - on October 1, 2002 at 7:20:16 PM CEST
Two Towers II Harry Potter
Here's a link to the new "Two Towers" trailer that is bigger than a postage stamp. And the only 'Two Towers' on Kazza is mislabeled gay porn.
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Topic: - on October 1, 2002 at 7:15:19 PM CEST
George Lucas shows us why full-screen sucks
When it comes to filling out a home video library, today's consumer has more options than just a few short years ago. The popularity of the DVD format has overflowed beyond a small niche of videophiles and A/V gearheads, and is now attracting the casual consumer who enjoys movies, but may not have his or her den lined with the latest bone-shaking sound system and crystal clear plasma screens.
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Topic: - on October 1, 2002 at 7:06:28 PM CEST
Arnold Schwarzenegger: Shoe Designer!?!
Can you imagine burly action flick star Arnold Schwarzenegger designing dainty shoes for women? Well, "Ah-nuld" is one of 30 male celebrities who have put their artistic spin on ladies' high-heeled pumps for a charity auction organized by shoe designer Stuart Weitzman. The "Terminator" chose to decorate his shoe with pastel U.S. postage stamps and the words "Help Stamp Out Breast Cancer."
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Topic: - on October 1, 2002 at 6:51:00 PM CEST
Eunuchen fest Indian eunuchs gather in Bhopal
Eunuchs from across India have gathered in Bhopal, the capital of the central state of Madhya Pradesh to celebrate a unique festival. More than 2,500 eunuchs will sing, dance and make merry for several days in memory of their spiritual teacher, Haji Rahamatullah.
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Topic: - on October 1, 2002 at 6:43:57 PM CEST
Alien Handwriting Taught to Texas Man
This writing is very special to me. I use it mostly for sacred purposes. I cannot remember a time when I did not know this language. I write it very fast, but it takes me forever to translate it to English, mostly because it does not lend itself to translation to English very easily.
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Topic: - on October 1, 2002 at 6:41:51 PM CEST
Companies settle CD price-fixing suit
The five top U.S. distributors of compact discs and three large music retailers have agreed to pay $143 million in cash and CDs to settle charges they cheated consumers by fixing prices, authorities announced Monday.
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Topic: - on October 1, 2002 at 6:34:57 PM CEST
Police are sabotaging video cameras
Mechanics working for the Eugene Police Department found themselves repairing video cameras on patrol cars over and over again - and believed the officers were sabotaging the equipment to avoid oversight of their work, internal e-mails show. The e-mail and other internal documents indicate that several city employees most familiar with the video systems assumed that the $90,000 program to put a camera in about two dozen cars failed, at least in part, because of tampering by officers.
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Topic: - on October 1, 2002 at 6:23:27 PM CEST
German Rock Group Charged With Hate Crimes
Three members of a German skinhead rock band have been charged with inciting violence and spreading hate through songs that attack Jews and foreigners, federal prosecutors said Monday. The group made albums abroad to get around German laws forbidding publication of neo-Nazi materials, and set up distribution channels built on "secrecy and conspiracy" to circulate the CDs in Germany's underground far-right music scene, prosecutors alleged. "The group's goal was to spread extreme-right beliefs among young people," prosecutors said.
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