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Defense Department OKs facilities turning natural produce into energy. A Georgia company looking to solve America's energy problem has finally teamed up with the federal government, hoping to make millions of barrels of oil every day from virtually anything that grows out of the Earth. Bell Bio-Energy, Inc. says it has reached an agreement with the U.S. Defense Department to build seven test production plants, mostly on military bases, to quickly turn naturally grown material into fuel. "What this means is that with the seven pilot plants – the military likes to refer to them as demonstrations – with those...

"Do you think global warming is a serious threat?" Go to the bottom of the page and vote. This was a link from drudge about Virgina Tech. Go below the story and vote.

(4/03/07 - KTRK/HOUSTON) - A southeast Houston homeowner opened fire on a suspected burglar this morning -- a man who police say turned out to be one of his own neighbors. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Also on ABC13.com: Send news tips | RSS | ABC13 E-lert | Info mentioned on air | Search abc13.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- It happened near Avenue H and 76th Street when Bob Manross, 77, was watching television. He heard noises coming from the boats he has in his front yard and when he went to investigate, he heard a loud crash. He then found his 17-year-old neighbor dressed in black...

After the death last Sunday of Rinie Mulder, a 54-year old indigenous Dutchman who was shot by a police officer, non-immigrant citizens went on a rampage in Utrecht. Apparently Mulder intervened when Muslim youths harassed a pregnant native Dutch woman. Locals claim the police has failed to protect them for years. They say the authorities are afraid of the immigrants and tolerate their criminal behavior. This issue is not just about Utrecht or Holland. Similar resentment against Muslim immigrants, but at least as much against their own authorities, is quietly brewing among the natives all over Western Europe. It is...

A French judge recently called for the prosecution of Rwandan President, Paul Kagame. The judge also issued arrest warrants for nine of Kagame's "closest colleagues." According to the indictment, the Rwandan president and his colleagues should stand trial for their complicity in the murder of former Rwandan President, Juvenal Habyarimana. Assuming the French judge has solid evidence for his indictment, is he really seeking justice? Whose justice?.... Let us assume that the French judge's claims that Kagame ordered the shooting of Habyarimana's plane are true. Would the French have indicted Winston Churchill if one of the British bombing raids had...

For the past 30 years, the mantra about oil shale has been that as soon as crude rises above (choose your amount), it would become economical to extract oil from the greasy rock deposits that abound in eastern Utah. Shale retort designed by Byron Merrell may extract oil cheaply. Then Utah would be the Saudi Arabia of oil shale, continued the prediction.