Thread: In Today's News...

Ok - here's one for you. It is of special interest to me because it explains a sudden spike in property values around our northern retreat - which is 22 miles from where this is happening. There have been rumors for over a year... but in struggling small towns, rumors of something that's going to save everybody are not uncommon. This one seems to be real:

http://www.tv7-4.com/Global/story.as...87044&nav=1vrj

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/6586879.stm

http://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/sout...walks_free.php

Harry Potter theme park opening in 2009! I'm so there!

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/18950473?GT1=9951

http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/...,00.html?f=rss

Originally Posted by Burns

Harry Potter theme park opening in 2009! I'm so there!

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/18950473?GT1=9951

Shame it isn't in England, it'll be more authentic. Oh well Orlando has good them parks, so it'll cool.

Originally Posted by NeAvO

Shame it isn't in England, it'll be more authentic.

Yeah that would've made more sense. Then we could've gone together!

Originally Posted by Burns

Yeah that would've made more sense. Then we could've gone together!

That would've been sweet Oh well there's always the hot air balloon and castle

Man the cannons, it's a tourist in a balloon!

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe....ap/index.html

Riots in Rostock at the G8 convention.

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I know someone who is protesting there. Pretty funny. They actually build an 12-km fence around the place to keep all the thousands of protectors away from the kings of the world deciding for that world they control (without any constitution or democratic process giving them the right to get together and decide).

Thoughts on this?: (Will probably have to split into another topic. Heh.)
Iranian Revolutionary Guard May Get Terrorist Tag

For us parents, out there:
List of Recalled Toys

Uhhmm....Self Explanatory:
Biker Fails to Notice Missing Leg

Here's one that has my attention lately:

Sleeper Lake Fire in Michigan's Upper Peninsula

29 square miles continue to burn. Thankfully it is almost entirely uninhabited, which tells you something about the U.P. That's nearly 19,000 acres.

It is about 50% contained now. The don't expect it to be fully contained until some time in September. It is one of 22 fires now burning in Northern Michigan.

Interesting thread.

Here: Iraq bomb death toll reaches 250

Iraqi officials say at least 250 people died in bombings near Mosul - making it the deadliest such attack since the 2003 war.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/mid...st/6947886.stm

Too bad I didn't see this yesterday: The BBC turned an Arab shooting at policemen in Jerusalem (and they retaliated) into: Israeli Forces Shoot Dead Palestinian!

Sometimes you gotta laugh. They didn't even mention why.

Originally Posted by Oneironaut

Uhhmm....Self Explanatory:
Bike Fails to Notice Missing Leg

O.O

If he'd bled to death. That would be worthy or a Darwin award.

Originally Posted by Burns

Harry Potter theme park opening in 2009! I'm so there!

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/18950473?GT1=9951

Meh, sounds so over commercialised. I can definitely wait to visit there.

Gears of war 2 is getting released by october 09

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBGIQ7ZuuiU

...I don't even know what to say:
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/...boy/index.html

A Hole Lotta Nothing Found By Astronomers

This was horrible, happened in my home town....
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/st...d9eaaf&k=33493

Originally Posted by Pastro

This was horrible, happened in my home town....
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/st...d9eaaf&k=33493

Wow...that's too bad...
And what a terrible cloud to have hanging over your wedding.

(includes photo) => http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2007/1...ats-clone.html

Dec. 13, 2007 -- South Korean scientists have cloned cats by manipulating a fluorescent protein gene, a procedure which could help develop treatments for human genetic diseases, officials said Wednesday.

In a side-effect, the cloned cats glow in the dark when exposed to ultraviolet beams.

A team of scientists led by Kong Il-keun, a cloning expert at Gyeongsang National University, produced three cats possessing altered fluorescence protein (RFP) genes, the Ministry of Science and Technology said.

"It marked the first time in the world that cats with RFP genes have been cloned," the ministry said in a statement.

"The ability to produce cloned cats with the manipulated genes is significant as it could be used for developing treatments for genetic diseases and for reproducing model (cloned) animals suffering from the same diseases as humans," it added.

The cats were born in January and February. One was stillborn while two others grew to become adult Turkish Angoras, weighing 3.0 kilograms (6.6 pounds) and 3.5 kilograms.

"This technology can be applied to clone animals suffering from the same diseases as humans," the leading scientist, Kong, said.

"It will also help develop stem cell treatments," he said, noting that cats have some 250 kinds of genetic diseases that affect humans, too.

The technology can also help clone endangered animals like tigers, leopards and wildcats, Kong said.

South Korea's bio-engineering industry suffered a setback after a much-touted achievement by cloning expert Hwang Woo-Suk turned out to have been faked.

The government banned Hwang from research using human eggs after his claims that he created the first human stem cells through cloning were ruled last year to be bogus.

Hwang is standing trial on charges of fraud and embezzlement.

^^ Omggg! I don't know what to think about that yet.

Originally Posted by Burns

(includes photo) => http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2007/1...ats-clone.html

Woah.

That'd be an iteresting way to tell one cloned object from an original.... Still can't wrap my head around the idea that you can change something that way!

The CIA torture-tape-destruction scandal.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/
2007/12/14/AR2007121401269.html