Topic: POLITIK - on August 23, 2004 at 9:41:00 AM CEST
CIA soll aufgelöst werden
Mehrere republikanische Politiker in den USA haben einen Entwurf ausgearbeitet, nachdem der Geheimdienst CIA aufgelöst werden soll. So sollen die Sektionen 'Operationen', 'Aufklärung', und 'Wissenschaft und Technologie' einzelne Geheimdienste werden.
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Topic: DRUGS - on August 23, 2004 at 9:21:00 AM CEST
Catching Meth Cooks Pink-Handed
It may fall a shade shy of catching thieves redhanded, but for farmers fed up with methamphetamine cooks filching their fertilizer, staining them pink will do just fine.
Assuming you can discourage thieves you cannot easily catch, a new product called GloTell -- which is added to tanks of anhydrous ammonia -- will not only besmirch the hands of those who touch the fertilizer, but leaves its mark on anyone who snorts or shoots the end product.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on August 23, 2004 at 9:20:00 AM CEST
Man fights with officers, strips in church
A man overturned pews, threw artificial trees and then removed his clothes before officers arrested him in Parks Chapel on Wednesday.
Police say the man, Sammy Lee Smith, went into the church at 2503 Murchison Road looking for a place to sleep.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on August 23, 2004 at 9:19:00 AM CEST
Police fear serial hammer killer stalks London
Police are investigating whether a serial hammer killer is targeting women in London after a French woman was bludgeoned to death in circumstances similar to other attacks.
Emilie Delagrange, 22, was found with a serious head injury lying near a cricket pitch in the southwest suburb of Twickenham on Thursday night. She died shortly afterwards.
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Topic: ART - on August 23, 2004 at 9:18:00 AM CEST
Russian museum guarded by elite cats
Vaska may not know much about art, but he knows what he likes.
Catching mice.
That makes Vaska and about 50 fellow cats valuable allies in preserving one of the world's most renowned collections.
Cats have been part of the Hermitage museum's security system since its founding days.
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Topic: DRUGS - on August 23, 2004 at 9:16:00 AM CEST
Pot grower faces murder charges for firefighter deaths
A house blaze that killed two firefighters started in a tangle of wires and lamps that were installed to grow marijuana in a basement closet, authorities said.
The man who police say was responsible for the drug operation was charged with third-degree murder.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on August 23, 2004 at 9:15:00 AM CEST
Former wrestler arrested for prostitution ring
Former professional wrestler Harrison "Hardbody" Norris has been arrested on charges he bailed women out of jail and then forced them into prostitution.
The wrestler, whose real name is Norris Harrison Jr., was with World Championship Wrestling from 1994 to 1999. He was arrested Wednesday on three charges of false imprisonment.
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Topic: POLITIK - on August 23, 2004 at 9:10:00 AM CEST
E-Vote Machines: Secret Testing
The three companies that certify the nation's voting technologies operate in secrecy and refuse to discuss flaws in the ATM-like machines to be used by nearly one in three voters in November.
Despite concerns over whether the touch-screen machines can be trusted, the testing companies won't say publicly if they have encountered shoddy workmanship. They say they are committed to secrecy in their contracts with the voting machines' makers -- even though tax money ultimately buys or leases the machines.
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Topic: NEWS english - on August 23, 2004 at 9:08:00 AM CEST
Get set to celebrate National Punctuation Day!
A California businessman driven crazy by misplaced commas, ellipses and quotation marks is putting an exclamation point on his annoyance by creating a new holiday. Today is National Punctuation Day, which has been officially recognized by Chase's Calendar of Events.
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Topic: STRANGE - on August 23, 2004 at 8:30:00 AM CEST
Man Receives Letter Addressed to Mr. Shagslikeadonkey
Nick Mann, 44, had gotten a letter from Prudential concerning homeowners insurance. However, the name on the letter sounds more like something out of an Austin Powers movie.
"Dear Mr. Shagslikeadonkey: Moving your home insurance to Prudential could save about 80 pounds...." The letter was signed by Prudential's marketing chief Andy Lucas.
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