Topic: - on October 24, 2002 at 9:47:06 PM CEST
Astronomer sees black hole eat star
It began like a routine measurement on a quasar, a somewhat boring look at the emissions from a distant, early galaxy -- but it turned out that the graduate student was actually watching a black hole swallow part of a star.
As he looked at the spectrum of light sent out by TEX 1726+344, the student at the University of Texas at Austin, Feng Ma, realized he was seeing something extraordinary.
¬> <a href="www.cnn.com"target="_blank">CNN
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Topic: - on October 24, 2002 at 4:45:05 PM CEST
Police believe Sniper have been captured
DEVELOPING STORY
Report: Rifle, Scope, Tripod Found In Car Army Veteran, Stepson Arrested At Md. Rest Stop Thursday
Meanwhile, one of President George W. Bush's administration sources told the AP that the president has been told federal authorities are reasonably sure the case has been solved.
¬> <a href="www.local6.com"target="_blank">local6
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Topic: - on October 24, 2002 at 4:05:00 PM CEST
Chechen Gunmen Shoot Moscow Hostage
Chechen gunmen shot and killed one of the hundreds of hostages being held at a Moscow theater, Russian news media reported Thursday.
¬> <a href="story.news.yahoo.com"target="_blank">Associated Press
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Topic: - on October 24, 2002 at 4:01:10 PM CEST
PILOT SAYS 'I WAS HIRED BY THE CIA'
to smuggling £22 million worth of cocaine into Britain
Barrett-Jolley was flying a Boeing 707 plane which landed at Southend airport, Essex, in October 2001. It is alleged six suitcases packed with cocaine were dropped from the aircraft as it taxied along the runway following a tip-off. The case continues.
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Topic: - on October 24, 2002 at 3:54:29 PM CEST
Many stoned mice
Cairo - Egyptian police found mice running zig-zags on Wednesday after the rodents found their way to a half-ton of confiscated cannabis. Police in the southern town of Qena were planning to burn the cannabis but when they entered the store room at their station they found a number of mice had beaten them there.
"A large number of mice were dizzy," a police official said. - Sapa-AFP
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Topic: - on October 24, 2002 at 3:07:34 PM CEST
Its not the same gun
Sniper
hmm
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Topic: - on October 24, 2002 at 2:42:18 PM CEST
T-Mobile PPC Phone Edition
Dwayne has put together a great review highlighting the impact of the Pocket PC Phone Edition - for those techie folk out there that want to make their boss a believer -
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Topic: - on October 24, 2002 at 2:35:05 PM CEST
The Mind of a Killer
Joel Rifkin strangled 17 prostitutes in four years, at random and without remorse. But years after New York police caught him in 1994, he still said he had no idea why he killed.
¬> <a href="abcnews.go.com"target="_blank">abc
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Topic: - on October 24, 2002 at 2:28:00 PM CEST
Cost-effective terror: a van and 13 bullets
It has been three weeks now since the first shot was fired - and 3 million people are still ducking and holding their collective breath.
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Topic: - on October 24, 2002 at 1:50:00 PM CEST
Geiselkommando setzt Moskau Ultimatum
Die Geiselnehmer in einem Moskauer Theater haben der russischen Regierung ein Ultimatum gesetzt. Moskau habe sieben Tage Zeit, seine Truppen aus Tschetschenien abzuziehen und den Einsatz in der Kaukasusrepublik zu beenden, erklärten die Rebellen auf ihrer Website kavkaz.org. Andernfalls werde das Musicaltheater in der russischen Hauptstadt in die Luft gesprengt.
¬> <a href="www.freiepresse.de"target="_blank">AFP
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Topic: - on October 24, 2002 at 1:37:02 PM CEST
Google excluding controversial sites
Google, the world's most popular search engine, has quietly deleted more than 100 controversial sites from some search result listings. Absent from Google's French and German listings are Web sites that are anti-Semitic, pro-Nazi, or related to white supremacy, according to a new report from Harvard University's Berkman Center. Also banned is Jesus-is-lord.com, a fundamentalist Christian site that is adamantly opposed to abortion.
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Topic: - on October 24, 2002 at 1:30:21 PM CEST
Antibacterial Soap a Waste of Time, Experts Say
It may be virtually impossible to buy soap in the United States that is not "antibacterial," but such products are a waste of time, experts said on Thursday. Not only that, but their heavy use could contribute to a whole new breed of hard-to-kill superbugs, the researchers told a meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America.
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