A few months ago, we posted several stories about huge solar flares. Since the sun periodically has cycles of sun spots, which disrupt cell phone communications and pose a hazard for astronauts on spacewalks, why should this be a problem? But the Earth’s magnetic poles are now in the process of flipping, which weakens the magnetic shield that protects us from the radiation sent out by these gigantic solar flares.
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In our new poll, you can choose from: No, and there should be a constitutional amendment forbidding it; No, but states should have the right to decide; Yes, but states should have the right to decide; Yes, as a basic right that should be affirmed by the courts; and No, but civil unions should be allowed. Tell us what you think and keep reading for the results from our last poll.
Last time, we asked you what you thought about Georgia proposing to drop the word “evolution” from use in its schools. You were pretty evenly split, with a few more of you (47%) saying creationism and evolution should be taught equally. 44% of you thought the teaching of evolution should remain unchanged. Only 9% thought the teaching of evolution should be banned nationwide.
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This is the Haunted Wine Box listing, exactly as it appeared on Ebay in Feburary of 2004, written by Kevin Mannis:
All of the events that I am about to set forth in this listing are accurate and may be verified by the winning bidder with the copies of hospital records and sworn affidavits that I am including as part of the sale of the cabinet.
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A fireman noticed that a security camera at a tire shop in La Joya may have captured the image of a ghost. Fire chief Richard Flores says, “[After a recent fire,] we had one of the firefighters taking pictures?and when she took the picture she looked down at the back of the digital camera and it looked blurry and she thought she messed up.” But after printing the photo, the image became clear: it was a fireman.
For kgbt4.com news, Ray Pedraza quotes Flores as saying that it can?t be one image superimposed over another because “We started talking to people and they say digital cameras don’t do that. Digital cameras will take pictures and then stop. They won’t take pictures over ones that have already been taken.”
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