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Post by **noreply66** » Sat Aug 11, 2007 9:26 pm

Identified flying objects,after production began on the world's first commercially available flying saucer.The M200G Volantor,from Moller International,will fly roughly 10 feet above the ground at speeds of up to 50mph,and may retail for as little as $90,000.

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Post by **noreply66** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 9:10 am

Matthew Savage,17, of Gainsville,Ga., who plummeted six stories from a hotel balcony and walked away with only scratches."I just closed my eyes," said Savage,who glanced off several other balconies.landed on a slanted rooftop,and came to rest in some bushed.

Post by **noreply66** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 8:46 am

Salmon, for whose benefit a stretch of an Alaska river is being laboriously flattened.The Chester Creek River is apparently so steep in parts that even the famously determind salman can't leap up it on their annual journey back to their spawning grounds."It's the right thing to do," said project manager Russ Oswald.

mustang_lvr · Post by **mustang_lvr** » Sat Aug 18, 2007 2:47 pm

working outside

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Post by **noreply66** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 8:46 am

Divine revelation,after Felicia Teske of Pennsylvania sliced open an eggplant and found that its seeds arranged to spell the word "God." Teske and her family proceded to eat the eggplant for dinner,but saved a slice,which they are planning to auction on eBay.

Post by **noreply66** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 8:35 am

leveling the playing field,after the NFL announced that its refs would be getting HD monitors on the field to use during replay reviews."As more people were getting high definition TV at home,they actually had a better view than the referee," said the NFL's Dean Blandino. "That could've bit us in the rear if we continued that.

Post by **noreply66** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 8:41 am

Making the trains run on time,after Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez used a special,seven hour-long edition of his weekly radio show, Alo,Presidente,to announce that he's moving the nation's clocks forward a half-hour. The change will make Venezuela more efficient,Chavez said. "It's about the metabolic effect,where the human brain is conditioned by sunlight."

Post by **noreply66** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 2:21 pm

Closure,after an Indian soldier who died 40 years ago in a plane crash was found intact and perfectly preserved in the snows of the Himalayas.The body of Mahendranath Phukan has been returned to his family.

Post by **noreply66** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 9:35 am

Getting Dumped, after a study by clinical psychologists at Northwestern University concluded that people invariably overestimate how painful it will be to break up with a partner.Things can be a little rough initially,the study determined,but "at the end of the day, it is just less bad than you thought," said professor Eli Finkel.

Post by **noreply66** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 3:20 pm

Giving the finger,literally, after a member of a right-wing Japanese group cut off his little finger and sent it to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe along with a letter protesting Abe's absence at a ceremony honoring Japan's war dead."I thought they would ignore me if I just sent the letter," the man told police.

Post by **noreply66** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 8:39 am

Trouble, a white Maltese dog who was awarded a $12 million trust fund in the will of her former owner,the late real-estate developer Leona Helmsley.The billionaire known as the "Queen of Meam" left nothing to two of her grandchildren.

Post by **noreply66** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 8:45 am

Staying frisky, after a New England Journal of Medicine survey found that more than half of people ages 65 to 74,and a quarter of 75 to 80 year olds,still enjoy active sex lives.One in four people in their 70s and 80s,in fact,reports having sex at least once a week.

Post by **noreply66** » Sun Sep 09, 2007 8:56 am

The Segway,after an officer atop one of the much-ridiculed gyroscopic people-transporters chased down a fleeing suspect for the first time since Chicago police started using the vehicle in May 2006.Officer Thaddeus Martyka apparently needed the final 0.5 mph of the Segway's 12.5 mph top speed to apprehend the fugitive.

Post by **noreply66** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 9:47 am

Orwellian paranola,after the admission by Britain's M15 security service that author George Orwell was under constant surveillance for at least a decade.Orwell,one agent noted,"dresses in a bohemain fashion both at his office and in his leisure hours.

Post by **noreply66** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 9:54 pm

Straight talk,after a high school student asked John McCain,71, to gauge the risk that a man of his age might "die in office or get Alzheimer's or some other disease" after being elected president. "Thanks for the question,you little jerk," replied McCain.

Post by **noreply66** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 9:17 am

Plants, which now have their own pornography.Cinema Botanica, by filmmaker Johathan keats,features graphic footage of flowers in the act of pollination.Since plants are very light sensitive,Keats believes the film will "titillate" bored and lonely houseplants if it's projected onto their leaves.