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Microsoft is seeing little green men. The software giant will be seeing ET-like captains of UFOs until at least mid-July. In what seems to be the almost feverish global hunt for life on other planets, Microsoft is looking for proof positive. It is inviting users of its MSN Web portal to `take a picture’ of a UFO or alien and publish it on their blogs–online scrapbooks–with an explanation how they came across it. (This is London, Evening Standard, June 23, 2005)

According to a reader over at Libertas, David Koepp, the writer of the film, had this to say in an interview with Rue Morgue Magazine, [not available online]: “And now, as we see American adventure abroad’ he (David Koepp} continues ‘in my mind it’s certainly back to it’s original meaning, which is that the Martians in our movie represent American military forces invading the Iraqis, and the futility of the occupation of a faraway land is again the subtext” Koepp also told Newsweek: "I think the whole war [in the movie] is about water," he says. "I figure their planet...

While running for Senate against Bill Weld in 1996, a lot of the same issues that dog Kerry now were part of the political landscape. To placate some concerns, John Kerry allowed reporter Charles Sennott of the Boston Globe to watch five hours of his homemade video that was taken while he was on the Meekong Delta in Vietnam. The article, which is entited: "The making of the candidates: JOHN FORBES KERRY" was published on page A31 of the Globe on 10/6/1996. In it, Kerry admitted that he had used a video camera while in combat and had reenacted many...

STEVEN Spielberg has postponed "Vengeance," his movie about the successful hunt for the Palestinians who attacked the Israeli Olympic team at the 1972 Munich games, killing 11 athletes. Insiders say the "Schindler's List" director is concerned the movie will inflame Muslim terrorists and turn the set into a target, particularly since one of the 17 Palestinians who perpetrated the Munich massacre is thought to be still at large.