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Track worker struck by race carAssociated Press Last update: 6:50 p.m. DAYTONA BEACH: A track worker was struck during a race for compact cars Sunday at Daytona International Speedway. The worker was picking up debris in the second turn when he was struck. The IPOWERacing 150 was red-flagged for more than two hours as police conducted an investigation. Neither the worker nor the car involved was identified. Track officials said they could not immediately comment on the accident because of privacy laws.

<p>APOPKA, Fla. - A 57-year-old Apopka woman spent more than two hours in a 10-foot-deep sinkhole over the weekend after the ground gave way as she was walking her dog, according to Florida Today news partner WKMG Local 6 News.</p>

Here are a couple good websites devoted to bloopers found in the Lord of the Rings movies.www.moviemistakes.comwww.hobbitslive.com

<p>LOS ANGELES — Viggo Mortensen (search) was never supposed to be the man who would be king.</p> <p>When director Peter Jackson (search) started filming "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy in October 1999, he had another actor cast as the warrior Aragorn, a reluctant hero whose courage and royal bloodline help defeat the ancient evil of Sauron.</p>

The Encyclopedia of ArdaAn excellent online Middle Earth reference guide.

Pentagon Releases Candid Report On Missile Defense By: Randy Barrett Space News Staff Writer U.S. Army Patriot anti-missile batteries battled poor communications, deep sand and historically short engagement times as they sought to protect American forces during Operation Iraqi Freedom. A remarkable, in-depth account of the batteries and their operators during the invasion of Iraq is outlined in a recently published 109-page report entitled “Operation Iraqi Freedom Theater Air and Missile Defense History.” The report was written by the 32nd Army Air and Missile Defense Command (AAMDC) at Fort Bliss, Texas. It is the first official glimpse of how the...

Lunar eclipse NOW!!!Get off the computer and go outside!

Deathbed Confession Links Sadaam Hussein to the Oklahoma City Bombing "Deathbed" Confession Transcript -- World Exclusive Posted April 19, 2002 The following interview with ELMINA ABDUL, widow of EDWIN ANGELES, one of the cofounders of the ABU SAYYAF GROUP (ASG), and deep cover agent for the Defense Intelligence Group (DIG) of the Department of National Defense (DND), of the Republic of the Philippines, was taken on March 10, 2002, in the presence of CHRISTOPHER M. PUNO, Information Officer of the Province of Basilan, at BASCOM Hospital, in the general ward. TRANSLATED TRANSCRIPT OF INTERVIEW WITH ELMINA ABDUL, WIDOW TO EDWIN...

WASHINGTON — Severe cutbacks during the past decade in the program to photograph the space shuttle after liftoff led directly to the difficulties NASA engineers had determining whether Columbia had been damaged during launch, numerous officials told USA TODAY. About 150 cameras located around the Florida launch pad took still and motion pictures of the shuttle as it sped into space. But the quality of the photography suffered because staff was reduced, cameras were eliminated, and the repair shop that helped keep the cameras and telescopes operating was severely cut back, according to NASA documents and interviews with current and...

WASHINGTON, September 29 (IslamOnline & News Agencies) - The Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) published a statement on its website saying that U.S. media giant Fox News Channel told them that they are receiving thousands of complaints about anti-Muslim bias in the network’s news and commentary. In response, CAIR has requested a meeting to discuss ways in which Fox’s coverage of issues related to Islam and Muslims can be improved. On August 22 CAIR published a report on the status of American Muslims after September 11 deadly attacks. The report said that nearly 67 percent of respondents said the...

Can I change my FR userid without losing my original registration date?If it's possible, I can't find where to do that.I've been a FReeper since 1998 and when I registered then I didn't think about coming up with a snappy userid.

Nature photographers Galen, Barbara Rowell killed in plane crash LOS ANGELES (AP) — Friends and admirers lined up at the gallery of nature photographers Galen and Barbara Rowell to express grief over their deaths in a plane crash. The Rowells, whose works were published in National Geographic and several books, were passengers in a charter plane that crashed in the eastern Sierra Nevada while they were returning home from a photo workshop Sunday...See link for rest of article.

<p>MERRITT ISLAND -- Sheriff's agents from Brevard County alerted police along Interstate 95 and federal authorities after receiving a tip from a local citrus grower about a man fitting the description in a high-profile missing girl case in Utah...</p>

I'm looking for a little info, advice, etc from my fellow Freepers here.I have a herniated disc in my back. It's in the L5 area on the left (I don't know all the medical jargon for it)The doc says the next step is cortisone shots and if that don't work then surgery.Anybody been through this? Do the shots work? Does the pain go away?What about surgery? Does it work?Anybody know of a procedure called: Endoscopic Discectomy?My doc says only a few docs in the country do that. It's where you have the disc bulge removed in an outpatient type of...

I just returned from seeing the movie:"Blackhawk Down" and realized that, to my knowledge, there have been no major motion pitures made about Operation Desert Shield/Storm (the Gulf War). At least not dramatizations of actual events.We had "Three Kings" with George Clooney, but that wasn't about actual battles.For WWII, we had films like "Midway", "Tora,Tora,Tora", "The Longest Day", "A Bridge Too Far", and others.For Vietnam, we had "Hamburger Hill", the upcoming "We Were Soldiers" and others (but not "Platoon" or "Full Metal Jacket, as those were not about acutal battles as I remember).So, if there are any motion picture producers ...

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