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UPDATE – UFO video allegedly from Haiti and the Dominican Republichas been posted on YouTube that shows exotic craft movinglow overhead. This dramatic footage has caused a sensationamong those interested in UFOs, AND NOW IT CAN BE PROVENTHAT IT IS A HOAX. The reason is that the palmtreebackground comes from the procedural landscapes associatedwith a video program called Vue 6. To see these landscapesin Quicktime,clickhere (If you cannot view, please refer to Quicktime techsupport.)
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A new study shows that the rich really ARE getting richer while the poor are getting poorer. Over the last 20 years, the net worth of the top two percentile of American families nearly doubled, from $1,071,000 in 1984 to $2,100,500 in 2005. But the poorest quarter of American families lost ground over the same period, with their 2005 net worth below their 1984 net worth, measured in constant 2005 dollars. Are we headed for a financial crisis?
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Scientists know that in the distant past, huge amounts of methane were somehow released from the ocean floor, which lead to an extreme case of global warming. Could this happen again? If it does, we may be able to use a newly-discovered sea creature to mop up the methane.

In New Scientist, Catherine Brahic writes about the discovery of reef-building sponges that were thought to have been extinct for 100 million years?except a new group of them has been discovered off the West Coast of the US. Why is this important??Because these creatures consume large quantities of methane and can be found in places where the gas seeps up from the ocean floor.
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UPDATE – We’ve long predicted a war over the moon, due to the precious Helium 3 fuel lying on its surface. But the FIRST of the modern energy wars may be over the north pole, which Russia has claimed by planting a Russian flag on floor of the Arctic ocean, just below the pole. This dispute is going on because of all the valuable oil beneath the icy surface. Keep reading for UPDATE.

BBC News reports that Canada has stated that it will build two military outposts there in order to assert its sovereignty over the region. A group of Danish scientists is getting ready to map the seabed under the ice in order to determine exactly where the oil is located.
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