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Ancient Inca City May Be Destroyed
March 15, 2001The ancient Inca city of Machu Picchu in Peru is in danger of being destroyed by landslides. Japanese geologists have found that the earth beneath the ruins is shifting at an alarming rate. They say a major landslide could split... continued
Corn Dogs Contaminated with GM Corn
March 15, 2001Meatless corn dogs have been recalled from grocery shelves by the Kellogg Company, after they were found to contain genetically engineered corn not approved for human consumption. The environmental group Greenpeace announced that it had detected StarLink corn in corn... continued
Six Minute UFO Video Hidden in Bank
March 15, 2001A six and one half minute video of a UFO reported to have been made by a villager living in the Derbyshire village of Bonsall, in England has been locked in a safe deposit box pending its exposure to media... continued
New Administration Goes to Work for Business
March 14, 2001The new administration has been staffed primarily by big business executives. In fact, there has not been an administration so deeply connected to big business and the banking community since that of Herbert Hoover, which was ended by the election... continued
Foot and Mouth Spreads, US Bans Meat from EU, Argentina
March 14, 2001Officials in Argentina have confirmed that at least one case offoot-and-mouth disease has been found there. Argentina is the world's 4th largest beef-producing nation, and provides the beef that supplies many U.S. fast food franchises. The United States has banned... continued
Fewer Monarchs Killed than Thought
March 14, 2001Reports that 22 million Monarch butterflies were killed by being sprayed with pesticide have been greatly exaggerated, according to the World Wildlife Fund and American Monarch researchers. "It's been overblown," says Monica Missrie, Monarch butterfly coordinator for the WWF in... continued
Foot-and-Mouth Pyres May Spread Mad Cow
March 13, 2001Britain's blazing foot and mouth funeral pyres risk giving people the human form of Mad Cow Disease, the British government admitted. The carcasses of animals found to have hoof and mouth disease are being burned in order to stop the... continued
Hoof-and-Mouth Appears in France
March 13, 2001The French government has lost its long battle to keep Hoof-and-mouth disease out of France. The first confirmed cases were reported there today. France has slaughtered tens of thousands of animals that were imported from Britain before the disease was... continued
Ice Chunk from Nowhere Strikes Home
March 12, 2001A 3 pound chunk of ice crashed through the roof of a house owned by a 63 year old woman in Sydney, Australia last Wednesday. No one was hurt when the block smashed to pieces on the bathroom floor. The... continued
MIR May Bring Back Super-Fungus
March 12, 2001Biologists are worried about powerful mutant strains of fungus which the Russian space station Mir will bring back to Earth when it crashes into the ocean near New Zealand later this month. Yuri Karash, a Russian space expert, thinks the... continued