Telemarkers now call us from more 79,000 call centers nationwide. Because they spend more time at home, senior citizens are three times more likely to be solicited by them.

Jeanette Otis, a 70-year-old widow from Houston, gets about five unwanted calls a day. For her, the irritation begins ?when they start out their conversations with ?How are you today???

Rex Sebastian, 72, was so frustrated that he installed a device that can block at least some of the calls. ?When a computer-originated call comes in, it zaps it out,? he says.
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In small farming villages in Mexico?s rural Oaxaca state, scientists have discovered that much of the corn, some of it growing wild, is a genetically modified variety that is illegal to grow in Mexico. GM corn has been found in 15 of 22 communities in Oaxaca and in 3 to 10 percent of plants in the fields sampled. Scientists fear it will take over the hardier ?Creole? variety of corn quickly unless it is stopped soon.
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On January 11, we reported that Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) had introduced a bill called the ?Space Preservation Act of 2001,? also known as HR 2977, in the House of Representatives in October. The original bill would have banned chemtrails and mind control weapons in space, including ?psychotronic? devices ?directed at individual persons or targeted populations for the purpose of?mood management, or mind control.?We noted that the introduction of such a bill suggests that the U.S. military has already developed classified mood and mind control weapons (or are planning to do so) and that chemtrails are real.
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The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has warned that the nation?s 103 nuclear power plants could be a target of an airline attack. ?The NRC issued a message saying you need to be aware that there is some information that indicates a nuclear power plant could be a target and to be aware of your surroundings and report anything unusual to the FBI,? says Gordon Johndroe, spokesman for Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge.

Another U.S. official says the NRC document is based on information passed on by the FBI after a senior al Qaeda operative was debriefed. The document warns of a second airline attack on America, this time on a nuclear power plant.
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