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Pomona police rescue child trapped in washing machine Sunday May 25, 2003 POMONA, Calif. (AP) A 2-year-old girl was rescued from a locked, running washer at a coin laundry Saturday night and her mother was arrested after a surveillance tape allegedly showed her putting the child into the machine, police said. An officer smashed the window of the machine with his baton to rescue the girl, who was pulled unconscious but breathing at about 5:30 p.m., authorities said. The machine was in its agitation phase and the child was ``submerged in water,'' police Sgt. Matt Stone said. ``She wasn't drowned...

Life clues on Red Planet By Dr David Whitehouse BBC News Online science editor Scientists may have identified what could be the best place to look for life on the Red Planet. It is the Russell Crater in Mars' southern hemisphere. ............ The Russell Crater dunefield,.............Mudflows might occur today Observations of the region made during the local autumn and spring, when frost covers the dunes and then recedes, indicate liquid water could be present on the surface at certain times of the year. Detailed analysis suggests this water could be mixing with soil to create frequent mudflows. "The water we...

America's Space Program: What We Should Do Next BY BUZZ ALDRIN Buzz Aldrin was backup Command Module pilot for Apollo VIII, man's first flight around the moon. On July 20, 1969, he and fellow Apollo XI astronaut Neil Armstrong became the first humans to walk on the moon. Aldrin holds a doctorate in manned space rendezvous from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He currently heads Starcraft Boosters and is a leading voice in charting the course of future space efforts. My thoughts about our next steps in space remain fundamentally the same as they were before the Columbia accident on...

UFO in Baku Again Hundreds of Baku residents became the witnesses of the unusual phenomenon - the unidentified flying object buzzed above the city on Monday in the evening. ........... 21/05/2003 02:11 Baku Today UFO was observed in various parts of capital approximately from 5 pm to 7pm (Baku time). In the cloudless sky the large light stain similar to an extended “drop of milk” has appeared. The object was not similar to a cloud, aboard the plane or the helicopter, as moved on a complex trajectory, Ekho newspaper report says. At 18:35 "drop" suddenly started quickly to leave, was...

Remains of toxic bullets litter Iraq(depleted uranium) The Monitor finds high levels of radiation left by US armor-piercing shells. By Scott Peterson | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor BAGHDAD - At a roadside produce stand on the outskirts of Baghdad, business is brisk for Latifa Khalaf Hamid. Iraqi drivers pull up and snap up fresh bunches of parsley, mint leaves, dill, and onion stalks. But Ms. Hamid's stand is just four paces away from a burnt-out Iraqi tank, destroyed by - and contaminated with - controversial American depleted-uranium (DU) bullets. Local children play "throughout the day" on the...

'Chariots of the Gods' Land in Swiss Alps Crystal skull, discovered in 1935 at the Maya ruins of Lubaantún, Belize CLARE NULLIS Associated Press INTERLAKEN, Switzerland - Long before the "X-Files" craze and talk of alien abductions, when man was still preparing his first trip to the moon, a Swiss hotel manager came up with a theory that earthly civilization began with extraterrestrial visits thousands of years ago. Ridicule from scientists notwithstanding, Erich von Daeniken sold 60 million books in 32 languages and made "Chariots of the Gods" part of the ufologist's lexicon. Thirty-five years on, the fascination endures. There...

Australia creates anti-terror force By Red Harrison BBC correspondent in Sydney Australia is to establish a special unit of military reserve forces to deal with what the government says is the growing threat of international terrorism. Training for the new force is expected to begin immediately. Units of the new special reserve force will be on guard around Australia within the next two weeks. Their tasks will range from anti-terrorist operations to protection duty at significant public events and at essential installations such as power stations, oil refineries, roads, bridges and important buildings like the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the...

Europa's ice crust probed By Dr David Whitehouse BBC News Online science editor The ice shell of Europa, a moon of Jupiter, is probably about 25 kilometres (15 miles) thick, according to scientists. The icy skin may hide an ocean Researchers created a profile of Cilix crater near Europa's equator, and taking into account the elastic properties of ice, estimated the thickness of the icy crust. Beneath this crust there is probably an ocean of water kept liquid by heat from Europa's interior, and protected by the ice shield for tens of millions of years at least. Many scientists believe...

Crop circles puzzle farmer May 16, 2003 THE overnight appearance of dozens of bizarre crop circles in a field of sorghum has spooked a Sunshine Coast hinterland farmer and his workers. The phenomenon, which was accompanied by loud "zapping noises", a flash of green light, lost power and barking dogs has the Gowen family of Glass House Mountains flumoxed. Fifth generation land owner Kel Gowen said he was woken about midnight on Wednesday by two loud "zaps". His farm hand, Noel Brady, whose cottage overlooks the 4ha of sorghum, said he was also woken by the first zapping sound, which...

The Great Planet X Debate 11p-12a PST: coast to coast AM radio Astronomer Phil Plait (badastronomy.com) will debate alien contactee Nancy Lieder (zetatalk.com) over whether a 'Planet X' will pass close enough to the Earth to cause a pole shift and spur many disasters in the next few weeks. Plait will then be the solo guest for the last two hours. for information and discusion only,not for profit etc,etc.

Floating Cat Prank Has Radio Listeners Outraged Animal Protective League, Police Get Involved POSTED: 4:50 p.m. EDT April 29, 2003 CLEVELAND -- A local radio station wants you to listen, but the stunt some morning disc jockeys pulled has people outraged. The Animal Protective League responded, and even Cleveland police showed up at the radio station and asked the disc jockeys to stop. Live On Five Investigator Jodi Brooks reported that 92.3 Extreme Radio said there is an expectation among its listeners to be shocking and to push the envelope, and on Tuesday it started with a contest to win...

<p>Ryan Roberts has a message for parents: Don't let your kids climb over statues of Ronald McDonald.</p> <p>Last week, his 4-year-old son, Joey, somehow got his head wedged in between the legs of a life-size, grinning fiberglass clown -- the fast-food chain's trademark -- at the Kooser and Blossom Hill roads McDonald's restaurant. The mishap triggered an ordeal that ended when employees finally lathered the 40-pound preschooler's head with liquid soap and slipped him out.</p>

Meteors Take Same Route Close to Earth 09-May-2003 A meteor that exploded over central Europe in 2002 had almost the identical orbit as a meteorite that fell to Earth in 1959. Despite this, the two meteorites were not similar in composition, so they didn't have the same origin. Does this mean that there's some kind of orbit close to the Earth that attracts space rocks? Researchers say, "This paired meteorite fall is probably not a coincidence," but don't know why the two meteorites were in the same orbit. They were also different ages: The 2002 meteorite had been in space...

New Bomber, Cruise Missiles Get Boost From House Panel By Marc Selinger The House Armed Services projection forces subcommittee approved a fiscal 2004 defense authorization bill May 7 that adds hundreds of millions of dollars to the Bush Administration's budget request to jumpstart development of a new bomber aircraft, boost procurement of the Affordable Weapon and Tactical Tomahawk cruise missiles, and partially undo a decision to retire part of the B-1B Lancer bomber fleet. The bill provides $100 million for a new research and development initiative for a next-generation, deep-strike, stealthy bomber. Subcommittee Chairman Roscoe Bartlett (R-Md.) said the Air...

They're out there ... in the suburbs By RAJIV MAHARAJ May 06, 2003 Beachside residents thought they were being invaded by aliens when a set of mysterious bright lights appeared in the night sky. "People were out on the road, pointing to the bright lights and yelling it was an alien invasion," mother of three Yvonne Morris said. "People were just stunned." The Northern Territory News was flooded with calls from people who all say they saw the same thing from their Nightcliff homes -- eight bright yellowish-orange lights in perfect formation over the Timor Sea. Brad McDonald, 48, was...

Bush Pressures Senator on Tax-Cut Plan 35 minutes ago Add White House - AP to My Yahoo! By SCOTT LINDLAW, Associated Press Writer LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - With his tax-cut plan at risk of sharp reduction, President Bush (news - web sites) sought support Monday from a Democratic senator who voted for his program two years ago but is balking now. "Congress needs to move," Bush said in a call for quick action. Bush, returning to Washington from a weekend in Texas, detoured to Arkansas to put pressure on Democratic Sen. Blanche Lincoln (news, bio, voting record) to support $550...

Couple Reports Seeing UFO Wednesday Night (north carolina) BY MATTHEW MORIARTY: Staff Writer A local man and his wife saw what he describes as a UFO Wednesday night. The unidentified flying object appeared as a bright white light, hovered for a moment then flew across the sky “with the speed of a meteor,” said Fred Lloyd, an assistant golf pro at Whispering Pines Golf Course. The light appeared to him and his wife, Nancy Lee, above the tree tops on the right side of the road on U.S. 1 near Niagara at almost 9 p.m. as the two were coming...

Ancient Pyramids Discovered in Italy 02-May-2003 On the Farshores website, Marco V. of Varese, Italy writes, "You may be interested in a discovery which has been recently made: three pyramids were discovered thanks to satellite and aerial imagery in northern Italy, in the town of Montevecchia… They are the first pyramids ever discovered in Italy and the dimensions are quite impressive; the highest pyramid is [500 feet] tall. They are stone buildings, as recent excavations have proved. However, they are now completely covered by ground and vegetation, so that they now look like hills. "The inclination degree of all the...

at the program the view they have garofalo for guest for one day with the rest of the girls,at start of program she was introduced and all the ladies made small comments,they gave a chance to garofalo and she tried to start the anti-war comments but the redhead lady started to stop her,garofalo was nonstop and the redhead lady remind her who show was,the other two ladies did some talk and went to commercials,afterwards garofalo did not talk for 25 minutes and just lower her head looking at the table! at 1026 they have another subject and garofalo did some...

Strange Memphis UFO Case Still Unsolved 04/30/03 By: Dennis Turner Prospect Park - Lamar Todd always thought UFO's were the stuff of science fiction. "As far as UFO sightings and all that, I normally wasn't a believer, no." he said. That is, until he had two 'close encounters of his own in Memphis during the 1970's. Lamar Todd isn't just any UFO observer either, he's a Memphis police Captain, who served in the elite TACT squad. His first encounter came in about 1973, in South Memphis. He saw a strange light in the sky. "I stopped, stepped out of my...