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CHARIKAR, Afghanistan -- Nearly 50 teenagers were admitted to hospital after a suspected mass poisoning at an Afghan girls' school, a doctor said on Monday, in the second such incident in a month. The headmaster rushed his students out of their classrooms in the northern town of Charikar after they smelt an unusual odour and started feeling nauseous and dizzy, a 17-year-old victim told Reuters from her hospital bed. "I am pretty sure whoever has done this is against education for girls, but I strongly ask the parents not to be discouraged by such brutal action and send their children...

THE Palestinian protesters massed at the fence expected tear gas and rubber bullets; what they got instead was a putrid yellow wind, Israel's newest weapon against West Bank demonstrators. The noxious mist, which Israeli police refer to as "skunk," was used for the first time earlier this month, when a truck-mounted cannon sprayed it over the heads of protesters, sending them racing down the hillside, retching and tearing off their shirts to try to escape the stench. Dozens of Palestinians from the village of Bilin, along with international and Israeli activists, had marched to a nearby segment of Israel's controversial...

(AP) FREDERICK, Md. A man reportedly stopped by Frederick County sheriff's deputies for having too many air fresheners on his rearview mirror says he suspects the real reason he is that he is Hispanic. Mauricio Arellano told The Frederick News-Post that the deputies "found an excuse" to stop him and check his immigration status.

YORK -- People all over a large part of New York City are smelling a gas, and it's not clear where it's coming from. Numerous people have called 911 concerned about the odor. Con Edison, the Fire Department and the U.S. Coast Guard are investigating. PATH service has been suspended into the 33rd Street station. Service is still going into the World Trade Center station. Macy's department store has been evacuated, according to reports. There also are unconfirmed reports of a similar smell across the river in New Jersey. People between Midtown and Battery Park are reported to be smelling...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. - Brian Bruggeman caused a stink at the Lincoln County Jail earlier this month and will now have to answer for it in court. Another inmate, Jesse Dorris, alleges that Bruggeman's flatulence, passed in close proximity to Dorris, sparked a Dec. 14 fight between the two at the jail. Now Bruggeman, 38, faces a Jan. 11 preliminary hearing on the state's complaint of assault by a confined person. It's a felony punishable by up to five years in prison. Bruggeman is accused of injuring Dorris, his cellmate, when he pushed him into cell bars. Dorris, 26, was...

Terror threat? Er, no ... it's B.O. 03:43 PM CST on Monday, December 4, 2006 Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A flight headed to Dallas-Fort Worth was diverted in Nashville on Monday after passengers reported the smell of burning matches, which officials said came from a woman trying to hide body odor. The 99 passengers and five crew members were evacuated from the American Airlines plane after it landed around 6:40 a.m., Nashville Airport Authority spokeswoman Lynne Lowrance said. The plane, which was en route from Reagan National Airport in Washington, was searched, and luggage was screened. Matches were found...

NEW YORK -- For the second time in two months, a mysterious maple syrup aroma wafted over Manhattan on Thursday, and city officials still don't know what caused it. Callers to the city's 311 help line and the Fire Department reported the pleasant scent around 3:30 p.m. in neighborhoods from midtown to the Upper East and West sides. "The calls aren't exactly complaints," city Department of Environmental Protection spokesman Ian Michaels said Friday. That's no surprise in a city where a host of less appetizing smells are often on the menu. Michaels said the odor appeared to be the same...

Here is the detailed lists of protests from the moonbats...... --------------------------------------------------------- WASHINGTON, DC 11 AM at Lafayette Park near the White House dc@worldcantwait.org RESIST OR DIE! NO SCHOOL NOV 2! Organize your campus. Get in touch: youth_students@worldcantwait.org LOCAL EVENTS ARIZONA TUCSON: 12 PM, Intersection of Church and Congress (downtown, by the Convention Center) twcwtucson@hotmail.com CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY: Berkeley@worldcantwait.org LOS ANGELES: 12 PM, Actions along Wilshire Blvd from Downtown to Santa Monica; 5:00 PM, rally at the Westwood Federal Building (Wilshire & Westwood Blvds.) worldcantwait_la@yahoo.com, 213-926-5717 SACRAMENTO: 5 PM, Cesar Chavez Park (Downtown) carofkings@hotmail.com SAN DIEGO: sandiego@worldcantwait.org, 619-868-0819 SAN...

WASHINGTON - A bizarre day for D.C. Fire & EMS after several dozen phone calls have been received about unexplained odors all across the city. Spokesman Alan Etter says between midnight and 1 p.m. Wednesday, they have received 36 calls. Firefighters have responded to 11 schools, as well as the fifth and sixth district police stations. What the odor is and where it's coming from remains a mystery. Washington Gas is confident that natural gas is not the source of the problem. Company spokesman Tim Sargeant says they're still working on it. Etter says it's possible that storm drains could...

1 J. Havlicek and others Male dominance and odour attractiveness Biol. Lett.   Biol. Lett.doi:10.1098/rsbl.2005.0332Published online Women’s preference for dominant male odour: effects of menstrual cycle and relationship status Jan Havlicek(1),*, S. Craig Roberts (2)and Jaroslav Flegr (3)(1) Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Humanities, CharlesUniversity, Husnikova 2075, 155 00 Prague, Czech Republic (2)Evolutionary Psychology and Behavioural Ecology Research Group,School of Biological Sciences, University of Liverpool, LiverpoolL69 3BX, UK (3)Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Science, Charles University,Vinicna 7, 127 44 Prague, Czech Republic*Author for correspondence ( jan.havlicek@fhs.cuni.cz) Body odour may provide significant cues abouta potential sexual partner’s genetic quality,reproductive status and health....

'Bad' odors cause bad driving? Fri Jun 3, 7:36 AM ET LONDON (Reuters) - Driving badly? then ditch the fast food and reach for the mints. Different odors affect the way motorists drive, with fast food scents likely to increase road rage potential and other smells -- like peppermint -- deemed to improve concentration, the RAC Foundation motoring organization said Friday. "More than any other sense, the sense of smell circumnavigates the logical part of the brain," the RAC Foundation's consultant psychologist, Conrad King, said. "This is why the smell of perfume can turn men into gibbering idiots, the smell...

There is every reason for the entire Pittsburgh Zoo to be smoke-free Pittsburgh is fortunate to have a resource like the Pittsburgh Zoo and PPG Aquarium. It is certainly one of my favorite places to spend an afternoon with my children, who enjoy seeing the animals and joining in the various children's activities. Sadly, however, the Pittsburgh Zoo has not joined the growing ranks of American Zoological Association-accredited zoos that ban smoking on their grounds.

SAN LUIS OBISPO -- A new county law aims to keep readers from reeking. Libraries in San Luis Obispo County have had their own rules banning offensive body odor since 1994, but the policy became law after the Board of Supervisors last month adopted an ordinance that lets authorities kick out malodorous guests. Visitors to 14 libraries and a bookmobile could also be asked to leave for fighting, eating, drinking, sleeping, playing games, and printing or viewing illegal materials on library computers. "The point is to make the library a comfortable, safe place for everyone to use," said Moe McGee,...

Something rotten in air -- but what? February 28, 2005 BY ABDON M. PALLASCH Staff Reporter The City of Big Odors lived up to its name Sunday as Chicagoans woke up, opened their doors and smelled something rotten. An invisible cloud of ... well, who-knows-what wafted across the city starting about 2 a.m. Sunday. Was it from the fire at BP Amoco's Whiting, Ind., plant Saturday afternoon? BP officials say that was not the cause of the smell. Winds of 10 to 15 mph out of the southeast gradually blew the stench through Chicago, up to northwest suburbs such as...

AMES, Iowa - Iowa State University has been awarded a $480,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to study odor from hog farms. Researchers will measure downwind odors from hog farms and how those odors are affected by weather, season of the year, growth cycle of the animals and building design and management. ISU associate professor Steve Hoff said the project will develop a computer model that can be used by farmers and community planners when large hog confinements are being expanded or built at a new location. "We will have an 'odor footprint' tool that will predict where...

Scientists Bring New Twist To 'Death By Chocolate' With Chocolate Flavoured Mousetrap <!-- BODY BEGIN <p>A mousetrap made out of chocolate developed by scientists at the University of Warwick is set to bring a new meaning to 'Death by Chocolate'. The novel invention leads mice into temptation with the irresistible, alluring scent of chocolate essence without the use of bait. </p> <p><p>A collaboration of the University of Warwick's Innovation Direct service, a free consultancy service for SMEs (Small and Medium Sized Enterprises) and Sorex Ltd, a leading manufacturer of rodent control products, from Cheshire, has developed the mousetrap made out...

For anyone out there who thinks cops lack creativity when it comes to crime fighting, I offer you the Skunk Squad of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. Lt. Shaun Mathers and his special assignment unit in Compton kept seeing the same old problems — prostitution, drug dealing, arson, etc. — in abandoned buildings and other gathering places. They'd round up the bad guys night after night, but the perps were back in no time, and citizens kept screaming for the cops to do something. In a brain-storming session, Lt. Mathers, Deputy Scott Gage and others got a wacky idea...

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Hazardous materials crews responded to a Sacramento-area Wal-Mart store Thursday night after reports that a strong odor was making people sick. The incident happened at the Wal-Mart on Florin Road. Authorities said four people were sickened enough that they had to be taken to area hospitals. "I just got a whole lot of light headedness, and dizziness. It was just a big odor that I can't explain. I've never smelled anything like it in my life," evacuated shopper Angel Clokey said. There were reports that the odor may have been caused by spoiled milk, but authorities are continuing to investigate....