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"It takes a big man to cry, but it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man."
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Topic: Current Events |
5:26 pm EST, Mar 17, 2003 |
] WASHINGTON - Iraqi troops south of Baghdad are armed ] with chemical weapons, Fox News has learned. ] ] Senior Defense and other U.S. officials confirmed that ] intelligence reports indicate that Saddam Hussein's ] troops are armed with chemical munitions. ] ] "The information is raw ... and hard to confirm ... ] but we are seeing -- using different methods -- that ] Saddam Hussein has armed troops south of Baghdad with ] chemical weapons," one official said. ] ] Officials say it's hard to tell how many of these weapons ] are being distributed, but the intelligence reports ] indicate that "some chemical shells" have been provided ] to troops FOXNews.com |
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Okay Saddam, here's the plan... |
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Topic: Current Events |
4:44 pm EST, Mar 17, 2003 |
A fairly detailed description of strategy that will be unleashed in about 3 days. Okay Saddam, here's the plan... |
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CNN.com - Passenger finds 'chilling' note from bag handler - Mar. 16, 2003 |
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Topic: Society |
4:35 pm EST, Mar 17, 2003 |
] An airline passenger who had two "No War with Iraq" signs ] in his suitcase says the federal security agent who ] opened his luggage inserted a note criticizing his ] "anti-American attitude." ] ] "I found it chilling and a little Orwellian to have ] received this message," said Seth Goldberg, 41, of ] Cranbury, New Jersey. ] ] Federal Transportation Security Administration officials ] are investigating. CNN.com - Passenger finds 'chilling' note from bag handler - Mar. 16, 2003 |
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Top Iraqi defector disappears |
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Topic: Miscellaneous |
1:27 pm EST, Mar 17, 2003 |
] The highest-level officer to defect from ] Saddam Hussein%u2019s army disappeared from his home in ] Denmark on Monday under mysterious circumstances, ] according to family members and a Danish state official. ] Gen. Nizar al-Khazraji, Saddam's former army chief ] of staff, was seen by some as playing an important role ] in a post-war Iraqi military Top Iraqi defector disappears |
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Pumping Life Into the Pay Phone |
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Topic: Technology |
1:12 pm EST, Mar 17, 2003 |
] When was the last time you used a pay phone? ah, the days of hacking COCOTS and other pay phone booths may be reappearing. Pumping Life Into the Pay Phone |
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Study: Male sweat brightens women's moods |
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Topic: Miscellaneous |
10:46 am EST, Mar 17, 2003 |
] In a study to be published in the journal Biology of ] Reproduction, researchers collected samples from the ] underarms of men who refrained from using deodorant for ] four weeks. The extracts were then blended and applied to ] the upper lips of 18 women, aged 25 to 45. ] ] The women rated their moods on a fixed scale for a period ] of six hours. The findings suggested something in the ] perspiration brightened their moods and helped them feel ] less tense. Blood analyses also showed a rise in levels ] of the reproductive luteinizing hormone that typically ] surge before ovulation. Study: Male sweat brightens women's moods |
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Kurdish ally of Saddam Hussein regime defects |
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Topic: Miscellaneous |
10:43 am EST, Mar 17, 2003 |
] Saddam Hussein's most important Kurdish ally has ] defected to Kurdish-controlled northern Iraq in what ] officials here say is an indication that the Iraqi ] president's internal support is beginning to ] crumble. Kurdish ally of Saddam Hussein regime defects |
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The final frontier: Klingon Karaoke . . . to boldly go where no singer has gone before |
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Topic: Miscellaneous |
9:36 am EST, Mar 17, 2003 |
] It's just another Thursday night at Bodacious Classics, a ] dance club in Southeast Portland. ] ] A couple of Imperial storm troopers are chatting with a ] galactic bounty hunter and a Jedi knight. Waitresses in ] Federation Starfleet uniforms take drink orders. Five ] Klingon warriors are mixing with the crowd. ] ] Then, suddenly, the roughest, toughest Klingon in the ] room lets loose. ] ] "qqqqab,HomDaq jIqab!" ] ] To Earthlings, that translates roughly as "B-B-B-B-Bad to ] the bone!" ] ] It's George Thorogood and the Destroyers, rendered in the ] mythical Klingon language created for "Star Trek" movies ] and TV shows. ] ] It's your weirdest dream: Klingon karaoke. The final frontier: Klingon Karaoke . . . to boldly go where no singer has gone before |
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50 Years Melding Tech and Sounds |
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Topic: Miscellaneous |
6:02 pm EST, Mar 16, 2003 |
] As a young girl, Pauline Oliveros was fascinated with the ] crackly sound of her grandfather's crystal radio and the ] whistles and pops of her father's shortwave. one of avant garde music's constant pioneers. 50 Years Melding Tech and Sounds |
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Norman Lear to co-write South Park episodes |
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Topic: Current Events |
4:01 am EST, Mar 15, 2003 |
Norman Lear, the Emmy-winning producer of All in the Family," said Wednesday he will collaborate on several episodes of the Comedy Central satire South Park." sweet! Norman Lear to co-write South Park episodes |
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