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WASHINGTON, DC -- The "worst drug warrior in Congress" has lost his seat, and the Libertarian Party appears to have played a small role in making it happen. U.S. Rep. Bob Barr, a four-term incumbent, lost the Republican primary in Georgia's 7th District on Tuesday night to fellow Republican John Linder, 67 percent to 33 percent. Over the past two weeks, Barr's Libertarian opponent, Carole Ann Rand, flooded Georgia's 7th District with more than 4,000 TV spots. The ads feature a multiple sclerosis victim who lashes out against the Congressman for his crusade against medical marijuana. "Barr's defeat is a...

Look, up in the sky, it's a bird poo, it's a plane, it's a trick of the eyeBy Richard Macey April 7 2003They have been blamed on flying saucers, evil spirits and mythical beasts. The "Min Min lights" appear in the night sky, dancing above the horizon, sometimes chasing victims along dusty roads. Boulia Shire Council, in western Queensland, self-proclaimed home of the mystery, even boasts a Min Min Encounter Centre, a $2 million shrine to the mystery. Every year it attracts thousands of visitors wanting to view its high-tech simulation or buy Min Min lights T-shirts, fridge magnets, key...

Seven riddles suggest a secret city beneath Tokyo By ANGELA JEFFS During the Gulf War in 1991, Shun Akiba was one of only two foreign journalists reporting from Baghdad, along with Peter Arnett of CNN. With such experience and expertise, it would be reasonable to imagine him in great demand right now. Wrong. Shun Akiba, a former high-level foreign reporter, has identified hundreds of kilometers of Tokyo tunnels whose purpose is unknown and whose very existence is denied. Shun is on some kind of invisible blacklist. His book "Teito Tokyo Kakusareta Chikamono Himitsu" ("Imperial City Tokyo: Secret of a Hidden...

Skeletal remains of unknown creature found at Lumut beach By Liza Mohd What seems to be the skeletal remains of a big, unknown creature estimated to be 20 feet long was found washed ashore in Lumut beach yesterday. The stench resulting from the abandoned skeletal remains had caught the attention of a Brunei LNG Sdn Bhd security guard who was patrolling the area Sunday morning. "We were patrolling the said area in our car when we were hit by the overwhelming odour of carcass. We discovered that it came from the skeletal remains of a huge unknown creature," one of...

Triangle Formation of Moving "Stars" Over Dover, Arkansas © 2002 by Linda Moulton Howe The Piney River valley ten miles north of Dover, Arkansas and northwest of Little Rock has a long tradition of mysterious moving lights and green fog. Local residents call them the "Dover lights." April 22, 2002 Dover, Arkansas - A week ago on Sunday night, April 14, 2002, I was in the Ozark National Forest of northwest Arkansas with eight other people. There was no moon and the clear sky was vivid with stars at 11 p.m. Central Daylight Time. We were there to look for...

Black water: Test results trickle in; researchers not yet drawing conclusions Wednesday, March 27, 2002 By CATHY ZOLLO, crzollo@naplesnews.com The results are trickling in on black water samples sent far and wide for testing, but researchers are not yet drawing conclusions on its cause or on the effect it may have had on sea life in the waters off Southwest Florida and in the Keys. Scientists will meet Thursday in St. Petersburg at the Florida Marine Research Institute, which is heading up the search for answers, to discuss their findings and draw some conclusions. In the meantime, researchers from as...

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