Topic: - on November 7, 2002 at 10:51:11 PM CET
Steve Martin to host 75th Oscars
Actor Steve Martin will host the 75th anniversary Oscars in Los Angeles next year. Martin takes up the role for the second time, taking over from Whoopi Goldberg.
"I'm very pleased to be hosting the Oscars again, because fear and nausea always make me lose weight," said Martin.
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Topic: - on November 7, 2002 at 10:14:44 PM CET
Irises, voices give away terrorists
The United States is compiling digital dossiers of the irises, fingerprints, faces and voices of terrorism suspects and using the information to track their movements and screen foreigners trying to enter the country. Since January, military and intelligence operatives have collected the identifying data on prisoners in Afghanistan and at the U.S. naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. There are also plans to extend the collection process to Iraq in the event of a U.S. invasion.
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Topic: - on November 7, 2002 at 8:16:09 PM CET
Singer Bobby Brown jailed in Atlanta
Brown, 33, has been charged with possession of an ounce of marijuana, no proof of insurance, speeding and no drivers' license, according to an officer at the jail who gave her name as Rolfe.
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Topic: - on November 7, 2002 at 8:07:29 PM CET
Granddad guns down terror squirrel
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A vicious squirrel which terrorised a Cheshire town has been shot dead by a grandfather seeking vengeance. The animal had already attacked a man mowing his lawn and woman walking down the street, in Knutsford.
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Topic: - on November 7, 2002 at 7:56:07 PM CET
Cell Phone Stun Guns
This covert self defense stun device is designed to look like a cellular phone. In actuality, it packs 180,000 volts of knock-down power for instant self defense. Some come with electronic alarms.
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Topic: - on November 7, 2002 at 3:56:06 PM CET
Copy protection on CDs is 'worthless'
The technology built into some CDs to stop people copying them is futile, according to a computer scientist who has put today's antipiracy systems under the microscope. He believes the continual software and hardware upgrades issued by the makers of computer CD drives and audio CD players render copy protection systems pointless in the long run.
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Topic: - on November 7, 2002 at 12:30:45 PM CET
"Spiegel"-Gründer Rudolf Augstein gestorben
Der "Spiegel"-Gründer und Publizist Rudolf Augstein ist tot. Wie der Spiegel-Verlag heute mitteilte, starb der 79-jährige Herausgeber des Hamburger Nachrichtenmagazins heute an den Folgen einer Lungenentzündung.
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Topic: - on November 7, 2002 at 12:27:47 PM CET
Predict when the 200,000th bug in the Mozilla
browser will be reported, and you could win an unusual prize.
In a tech industry equivalent to guessing the number of jelly beans in a jar, the development group behind the Mozilla browser is challenging geeks to guess the exact date and time when the project's 200,000th bug will be reported.
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Topic: - on November 7, 2002 at 12:24:37 PM CET
Tiny chips weigh heavily on environment
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A microchip's energy and material requirements stand out in comparison with those for an automobile. The study notes that one passenger car needs about 3,300 pounds of fossil fuel. Although that's far greater than what’s needed for a microchip, the study says that the ratio of the manufacturing phase's fossil fuel and chemical inputs to the weight of the final product is about 2-to-1 for a car, but 630-to-1 for a microchip.
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Topic: - on November 7, 2002 at 12:18:34 PM CET
Federal Agents Make Huge Drug Bust In Fort Wayne
A major discovery in Texas leads to what possibly is the largest drug bust ever in Fort Wayne. US Customs officers stopped two trucks carrying ceramic pots at the Texas/Mexican border. Drug sniffing dogs alerted them that something illegal was onboard. Turns many of the pots had marijuana stuffed inside. Authorities say the pot was baked inside the pots, then sealed with a lead coating to hide the drug as it went through customs.
Pot baked in pots - say it 5 times G
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Topic: - on November 7, 2002 at 12:13:41 PM CET
'Run-DMC Is Officially Retired,' Says Rev Run
"The thing that I recognize is that we were just on tour with Aerosmith and Kid Rock and we can't perform anymore," Run said in the Majestic East Room at the Rihga Royal Hotel. "Nobody wants to see Run and DMC without Jay. Jay was definitely one third of the group. People might see us on television and be wondering if Jay was a significant part of the group. Yes, he was.
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Topic: - on November 7, 2002 at 12:09:47 PM CET
Squirrel terrorises town
A squirrel is spreading terror in a Cheshire town where it keeps attacking people. Its latest victim was a two-year-old girl, newspapers reported on Thursday. Children have been attacked, grown men chased and residents of Knutsford are fearful of letting their kids out to play, the Times newspaper said.
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