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Aliens Cause Global Warming A long read, but filled with interesting anecdotes from people like Feynman and Teller. I must say, he sounds pretty conservative. My topic today sounds humorous but unfortunately I am serious. I am going to argue that extraterrestrials lie behind global warming. Or to speak more precisely, I will argue that a belief in extraterrestrials has paved the way, in a progression of steps, to a belief in global warming. Charting this progression of belief will be my task today.

<p>My topic today sounds humorous but unfortunately I am serious. I am going to argue that extraterrestrials lie behind global warming. Or to speak more precisely, I will argue that a belief in extraterrestrials has paved the way, in a progression of steps, to a belief in global warming. Charting this progression of belief will be my task today.</p>

Author Wins Control of Internet Name GENEVA (AP) - Best-selling author Michael Crichton (news), who wrote "Jurassic Park" and created the television series "ER," has won control of the Internet name www.michaelcrichton.com in a ruling by a United Nations The panel ordered the transfer of the domain name to Crichton after he complained to the World Intellectual Property Organization that it was being used illegally. The ruling Tuesday said the registered owner of the name — Alberta Hot Rods of Alberta, Canada — had no rights or interests in the name. Crichton's lawyers told the panel the domain linked...

Jurassic Park author Michael Crichton has been tied up and robbed at gunpoint.The two men searched through his California home but he wasn't harmed.Crichton, 59, is also responsible for creating the hit TV hospital drama series ER."An incident did occur, but everybody is fine, and that's all I can say because a kid is involved," said publicist Joseph Marich.Police said some items were taken from the Santa Monica house but the value was not immediately determined.Since his 1971 novel, The Andromeda Strain, was made into a film, Crichton has enjoyed a string of literary and Hollywood successes.More than a dozen...