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Can someone tell me what is happening. Every computer I use now give this as a response to log on. Did the software change a few months ago?

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Man Accused Of Killing Co-Worker After Learning Both Pursued Same Woman In Online Relationship (CBS News) BUFFALO, N.Y. -- He was an 18-year-old Marine headed to war. She was an attractive young woman sending him off with pictures and lingerie. Or so each one thought. In reality, they were two middle-aged people carrying on an Internet fantasy based on seemingly harmless lies. When a truthful 22-year-old was drawn in, authorities say, their cyber-escape turned deadly. "When you're on the Internet talking, you haven't got a clue who that is on the other end," Sheriff's Lt. Ron Kenyon said. "You don't...

Hira Ratan Manek claims that since 1995 he has lived many days solely on sunlight and water. Sun gazing is the practice of staring directly at the sun to receive “nourishment” from it. The practice is controversial since some believe that looking directly at the sun for even brief periods of time may cause blindness or severe damage to the eye. Most eye care professionals advise against looking directly at the sun. “Sun gazing is a relaxed look at the sun just as we see sunrise and sunset,” Manek said. “It gives all benefits for health. Those who practice sun...

Just happened here in Phoenix. 100s of calls to Police and News Stations. Incredible Sight!

PHOENIX ) -- Searing heat blasts through this desert city every summer, leaving its thousands of homeless residents searching for shelter from the torrid temps. In most years, the heat is survivable. But after a run of 110-plus-degree days this month, police say 14 homeless people apparently have died of illnesses brought on by too much sun and not enough water. Seven non-homeless residents have died as well. "Day after day after day, no break in it. It just saps all your energy," said Jerry Rountree, a 69-year-old transient who had a blue jug filled with water and ice hanging...

Introducing a brand-new FReeper..........inneroutlaw.She's been under my tutelage (yes, that's what they call it now) for 3 years, so she knows the rules.Everybody play nice.

I'm seeing "spider webs" as I look up in the sky here in central Texas. I thought I was being nuttier than usual, but my friends in 2 nearby towns see it too. anyone know what is going on?

On June 8, 2004 we will have the opportunity to experience a very rare celestial phenomenon. So rare, in fact, that no living person has ever observed it before, since the last transit of Venus happened over 120 years ago, in 1882. We will get another chance again, however, in 2012.

are they divorced?

Man 'surviving on sun, liquids'From correspondents in New Delhi June 30, 2003AN Indian man who claims to have survived only on liquids and sunlight for eight years has been invited by NASA to show how he does it. Hira Ratan Manek - a 64-year-old mechanical engineer who lives in the southern state of Kerala, apparently started disliking food in 1992, the Hindustan Times newspaper reported. In 1995, he went on a pilgrimage to the Himalayas and stopped eating on his return. His wife Vimla said: "Every evening he looks at the sun for one hour without batting an eyelid. It...

GUWAHATI: He has his eyes fixed, unblinking, on the radiant sun, and for hours together. Sounds incredible, isn’t it? But it is true.For 24-year-old Dimbeswar Basumatary, a Bodo tribal youth in the northeastern Indian state of Assam, sun gazing is a passion.“It all started by chance when I realized I could stare at the sun without any irritation to my eyes although my family thought I was crazy,” Basumatary told IANS. “I love watching the bright sun as it journeys across the sky.”The college dropout, from Balimari village in western Assam’s Kokrajhar district, 290 km from here, has been a...

Let's see we have Poverty tax cuts christans jews israel ok what else