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Why do we need to do everything we can to try to save the planet from the scourge of global warming? As Whitley writes in his dynamic new journal, the reason should be obvious: it’s “because of the children.”
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Waves so huge ‘they shouldn’t even exist’ hammered theresearch vessel Discovery off the coast of Scotland for 12hours. The largest of the waves was a ninety foot monster,and the average wave measured seventy feet in height. Thewaves came with a Force 9 gale (45-50 MPH) but could not beexplained solely by the power of the wind.
Storms had been predicted for February 8, but not recordhigh waves. Scientists believe that they formed because of a”resonance effect” between wind and water, that developedwhen the water mass began moving at the same speed as the wind.
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We didn’t fool many of you this April 1, but we did manageto suck in a few horrified and/or outraged readers for ourannual April Fool’s page.
Tradition dictates that we lampoon a prominent figure. Lastyear, it was to be the pope, but he died on April 1, so wefell back on our old favorite, the president. Over theyears, we’ve exposed him as being bald, claimed that heleads a secret life as a brain scientist, and reported thathe has converted to Islam.
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