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Traces of an ancient settlement found on the dry bottom of the Aral Kyzylorda. November 5. KAZINFORM. The scientists of the Institute of Archeology named after Alkey Margulan found some traces of an ancient town on the dry bottom of the Aral Sea. The area of the town amounts to about 6 ha and goes back to the 13-14 centuries, i.e. the epoch of the Golden Horde. As a result of archeological researches there have also been found the relics of different workshops, windmills and storehouses for ceramic articles and the burial ground where the noble representatives of that...

Nelson's great love found at the bottom of the ocean ADMIRAL Horatio Nelson’s favourite ship, on which he is said to have seduced Lady Hamilton and lost an eye in battle, has been found off the coast of Uruguay. International treasure-divers said yesterday that they had found HMS Agamemnon, a 64-gun vessel which was the pride of Britain’s naval fleet when it went down in 1809. Plans are now being made to lift the ship from its watery grave following the multi-million-pound deep-sea exploration. Uruguayan millionaire Hector Bado, the operation’s backer, hailed the find as "akin to finding the Holy...

<p>SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Federal regulators have decided to close a large swath of Pacific Coast waters to bottom fishing for the rest of the year due to concerns about overfishing, California state officials said.</p> <p>The Pacific Fishery Management Council, which sets limits on West Coast fishing, voted Wednesday to restrict catches of bottom-dwelling fish off the coasts of California, Oregon and Washington.</p>

SEATTLE - Some of the nation's largest companies, struggling to provide expensive health insurance to employees, are targeting obesity as a way to reduce their bottom lines. According to an estimate by the Washington, D.C.-based Washington Business Group on Health, a lobbying firm, obesity costs companies more than $12 billion per year. This cost is due to higher health insurance costs, paid sick leave, life insurance and disability insurance. “Obesity has a devastating impact on the health of employees and, by extension, on their employers,” explained Vince Kerr, a physician and Director of Health Care Management at Ford Motor Company,...

UFO investigators Olivia Newton and Jim Clifford are trying to solve the case of the red dots at Booger Bottom. Prank calls, publicity seekers and strange natural phenomena are nothing new. But the tale of three people driving on a rural stretch of highway called Booger Bottom, near Greenville, Georgia, got their attention. Newton and Clifford work for the Mutual UFO Network of Georgia. They listen to the stories no one else will hear, and try to find an explanation. A 50-year-old Tucker man, his brother and his 73-year-old sister-in-law from Warm Springs reported seeing round red objects the size...

Saturday moaning: A good mystery deserves a good location. How about Booger Bottom, Ga.? That's where a possible Unidentified Flying Object was sighted early last month. I say ''possible'' because it's difficult to prove things one way or another. Here's the story. You can make up your own mind. UFO investigators are looking into this so-called Mystery at Booger Bottom. The incident involved a 50-year-old man, his brother and his 73-year-old sister-in-law. They were driving through Booger Bottom in a sport utility vehicle and were on their way home to Warm Springs, Ga. According to the occupants, a red swirling...