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Cabaero: Hypnotism and crimeSun Star Sat, 07 Feb 2009 08:09 AM PSTTHE story on the use of hypnotism in crimes may seem like urban legend because often there is no proof, but to the victims it conveniently explains away their misfortune.

2 Crime Victims Kill Suspected AssailantsGeorgia Public Broadcasting News Sun, 08 Feb 2009 12:30 PM PSTPolice say two crime victims in metro Atlanta killed their attackers in separate incidents on Saturday. Cobb County police say a Marietta resident, who was shot in his own garage Saturday night, grabbed the wound-be robber's gun and shot and killed the man. Officials identified the would-be robber as 33-year-old John Harrison of Palmetto. Harrison shot and wounded 38-year-old homeowner, ...

Keiki O Ke Kai longboard surf contest slatedHaleakala Times Wed, 04 Feb 2009 12:57 PM PSTKAHANA â The seventh annual Keiki O Ke Kai (Children of the Sea) Longboard Classic surfing contest is scheduled for Sunday, Feb. 15, at Pohaku Park (âS-Turnsâ) in Kahana. Â Â Â Hui O Pohaku Park surf club is very proud to put on this annual event for the keiki of Maui and Hawaii to perpetuate the ancient sport of Hawaiian Kings: heâe nalu (wave sliding). Â Â Â The free event is open to keiki ...

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Burma demands end to UN sanctionsInTheNews.co.uk - London,UKBurma's military junta has demanded economic and diplomatic sanctions against the country be lifted before they consider any political reform. ...See all stories on this topic

Change for Burma! tour highlights human rights violationsInspire Magazine - Worthing,England,UKA UK tour highlighting the plight of thousands of people living under Burma’s brutal regime, continues during February with more visits to churches and ...See all stories on this topic
Isla Fisher is not a shopping junkie: "It was just acting!'Los Angeles Times - CA,USAShe says, 'I got these boots in Japan, I got this hat in Burma' and you're suddenly in this incredible outfit. It was magical. Turns out Isla doesn't like

Voice of AmericaIndonesian Health Workers Say Burmese 'Boat People' Were BeatenVoice of America - USABy VOA News Indonesian health workers say a group of Burmese boat people rescued from seas off Indonesia this week have injuries that prove they were beaten ...See all stories on this topic

Massive Snake Fossil Provides Climate Clues
In an article published in the February 5, 2009 issue of Nature, scientists speculate that fossils of an ancient cousin of the modern boa constrictor offer clues to the Earth’s tropical climates between 58 and 60 millions years ago. The snake, which measured nearly 42 feet long and weighed in at more than 1 ton, lived in present day Columbia and is thought to have inhabited coastal regions of rainforests. The researchers argue that because the size of a snake is related to the average temperature of its environment, they can determine that the temperature of the snake’s environment was probably approximately 6 degrees Celsius warmer than current temperatures in the region. Read more...

CHILDHOOD ANXIETY (Health Report: 02/02/2009) http://abcmail.net.au/t/386783/685626/7389/0/

Land Control As Mind ControlILW.com - New York,NY,USAThe Civil War was over. There seemed to be no more need for new crop research. .... The brutality of martial law and the confiscation of property reached ...
Do you support CHED's proposed random drug testing on students and ...Philippine Star - Manila,PhilippinesThey should first declare Martial Law. CB Fundales, Bulacan: The CHED ... Never mind civil liberty pundits who desperately crave recognition but seem ...


90,000 Sex Offenders Removed From MySpaceCentral Florida News 13 Thu, 05 Feb 2009 07:24 AM PSTAbout 90,000 sex offenders have been identified and removed from the social networking Web site MySpace.

ENTANGLED PARTICLES FACE SUDDEN DEATH Teleportation and quantum encryption could be a more distant reality with the discovery that entanglement can unexpectedly disappear.http://abcmail.net.au/t/386783/685626/7405/0/
Student Accused Of Facebook Sex ScamWISC-TV Madison Thu, 05 Feb 2009 07:24 AM PSTAn 18-year-old high school student is accused of tricking at least 31 male classmates into sending him nude photos of themselves and then trying to blackmail or extort some for sex acts.


Debate Continues Over Surgery For ElderlyThe Tampa Tribune Fri, 06 Feb 2009 21:20 PM PSTDoctors, once hesitant to perform major surgery on patients older than 80, are starting to revise the standard of care.

Rain Barrel Workshop Scheduled


ROCKLEDGE, Fla. – Residents who are interested in putting rainwater to use in their landscapes and gardens, rather than watching it run down streets and driveways, washing pollutants into water bodies, will have the opportunity to create their own rain barrels at a workshop to be held Saturday, February 21.
Brevard County Natural Resource Management will host the workshop, which will begin at 10 a.m. at Rockledge Gardens , and will provide both instructions and materials for rain barrel construction. Pre-registration is required, and the cost to attend is $45.
For more information, call Elizabeth Melvin at 321-633-2016 ext. 56721 or e-mail elizabeth.melvin@brevardcounty.us.

Burma's Forgotten Victimsمنظمة هيومان رايتس ووتش - حقوق الانسان - USAThis story could have come from almost anywhere in military-ruled Burma, but it is from one of the most isolated and neglected parts of the country, ...See all stories on this topic

Safinamide significantly improved motor function in patients with advanced Parkinson's diseaseNews-Medical-Net Fri, 06 Feb 2009 00:34 AM PSTMerck Serono, a division of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, and its partner Newron Pharmaceuticals SpA has announced that the first Phase III trial of investigational agent safinamide as adjunctive therapy to levodopa (study 016) met its primary endpoint by increasing daily "ON" time in mid- to late-stage Parkinson's disease patients with motor fluctuations by 1.3 hours.

Report Finds Forensic Science Mishandled By Law EnforcementRedOrbit - Dallas,TX,USAThe report looks at the scientific pitfalls of forensic evidence analysis, while staying out of legal issues. The National Academy found that forensics ...See all stories on this topic

Sex & depression: In the brain, if not the mindDeccan Herald Fri, 06 Feb 2009 12:40 PM PSTAs everyone knows, sex feels good. Or does it? In recent years, I've come across several patients for whom sex is not just unpleasurable; it actually seems to cause harm. One patient, a young man in his mid-20s, described it this way: "After sex, I feel literally achy and depressed for about a day."
Polygraph tests for murder suspect on bail rejectedGulf Times Fri, 06 Feb 2009 12:18 PM PSTNEW DELHI: The Supreme Court yesterday halted the Uttar Pradesh police plan to put a small-time politician out on bail to lie detector and brain-mapping tests to ascertain his role in a double murder last year.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 5, 2009

Suntree/Viera Library Hosts Murder Mystery Theatre

SUNTREE, Fla. – Amateur detectives are invited to participate in solving a murder mystery at the library.
The Suntree/Viera branch of the Brevard County Library System is hosting a murder mystery theatre this month, with clues posted weekly on the bulletin board in the lobby.
Each week, library staff will wear a different physical clue to catch patrons’ attention. Already, 40 people have signed up; there is no cost to participate.
The grand finale live mystery theatre will be held on Thursday, February 26 at 6:30 p.m. in the Suntree/Viera Library meeting room. Those who solve the mystery will receive books as prizes.
For more information, call Nancy Garmer at (321) 255-4404.

Methylphenidate Causes Neuronal Changes In Brain Reward AreaseMaxHealth.com - Hickory,NC,USAWhile methylphenidate is widely prescribed, this study highlights the need for more research into its long-term effects on the brain. ...See all stories on this topic
Doctors fight to preserve Medicaid fundsNBC 12 Richmond Fri, 06 Feb 2009 08:58 AM PSTRICHMOND, VA (WWBT) - Medicaid faces severe cuts during this year's state budget process. That has health care providers worried about their ability to care for patients covered under the program, including the elderly, children, and people with disabilities.

Cell phone use up 60 percent in CubaKIMA CBS 29 - Yakima,WA,USABy AP HAVANA (AP) — Cuba's telecom monopoly said Sunday that cell phone accounts have risen 60 percent to nearly a half-million since the communist ...See all stories on this topic

Plague of Rats Makes Food Even Harder to Find in BurmaJakarta Globe - Jakarta,IndonesiaFood insecurity in Burma’s remote and impoverished Chin State, in northwestern Burma, has worsened following a major infestation of rats. ...See all stories on this topic
Health Care, Elderly Entitlements Create Large Unfunded Liabilities in EuropeNational Center For Policy Analysis Fri, 06 Feb 2009 08:41 AM PSTDALLAS (January 22, 2009)â Commitments to universal health care plus retirement benefits for the elderly have put European countries on an unsustainable course, according to a new study from the National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA). Matters are made worse by low birth rates coupled with a record number of baby boomers entering retirement and receiving benefits.

Obama Order Allows Unions to Drive Up Cost of Gov’t ContractsStop the ACLU - New Cumberland,PA,USAThe newest in his series Executive Orders that are little else but sops to unions was uncorked in Washington on Friday, February 6. ...See all stories on this topic
Government orders bank bonuses, management probeAFPLONDON (AFP) — Britain is to conduct a review of bank management that will probe the link between bonuses and excessive risk-taking, the Chancellor of the ...See all stories on this topic
Obama’s executive style still evolvingBradenton Herald - FL, United StatesHe signed an executive order to close the detention camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for example, but gave the Pentagon a year to figure out what to do with ...See all stories on this topic

Merck's phase 3 trial of safinamide as adjunctive therapy to levodopa meets endpointPharmaBiz Fri, 06 Feb 2009 21:34 PM PSTMerck KGaA and its Merck Serono division together with partner Newron Pharmaceuticals SpA announced that the first phase III trial of investigational agent safinamide as adjunctive therapy to levodopa (study 016) met its primary endpoint by increasing daily "ON" time in mid- to late-stage Parkinson's disease patients with motor fluctuations by 1.3 hours.

ToolsForFreedom.comElectronic Telepathy Machine Enables Deaf People to Hear - Invigorates Others ... directly to the brain in the form of an electronic telepathic signal. ...


Drug lord claims prosecutors withheld key information in his federal trial in MiamiMiami Herald Sat, 07 Feb 2009 10:24 AM PSTThis one has to rank up there with some of the most dubious conspiracy theories: Colombian cocaine kingpin Fabio Ochoa gave $2 million to al Qaeda to help finance the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

Petroni will not compete on 2009 WCT surf tourThe Ponte Vedra Leader Sat, 07 Feb 2009 05:18 AM PSTAfter two years of surfing on the womenâs World Championship Tour, pro surfer Karina Petroni decided not to compete in the 2009 tour.Â



Tropaion: No visitors in the temple of Zeus at OlympiaBy Nikolaos Markoulakis The poor condition of the conservation and the grand dispersion of the ruins of the great Doric Temple of Zeus and the other monuments of Ancient Olympia, which are been continued to be destroyed, as are fallen to earth, ...Tropaion - http://tropaion.blogspot.com/

Burmese JusticeNew York Times - United StatesOn behalf of monks and nuns inside Myanmar, which we still call Burma, I applaud Nicholas D. Kristof’s call for new actions against the “odious” regime ...See all stories on this topic
Revealed: Burma's human exportsIndependent - London,England,UKThe smart Burmese businesswoman was perched neatly on a sofa in the lobby of a Rangoon hotel, delivering her sales patter to a small group of businessmen. ...See all stories on this

Genital Mutilation: Gambia Takes On As National Program UAB Project To Abolish FGMMedical News Today Sat, 07 Feb 2009 03:16 AM PSTThe Government of the Republic of The Gambia has decided to create a National Programme based on the "Initiation without Mutilation" project (Iniciació sense mutilació), directed by UAB researcher Adriana Kaplan, financed by Fundació "la Caixa", and managed by the Institute of Primary Care Research IDIAP Jordi Gol and the NGO Wassu Gambia Kafo.

Study: Brain Substance May Halt Alzheimer'sNPR Sun, 08 Feb 2009 14:30 PM PSTA study in the journal Nature Medicine shows infusions of a substance called BDNF can halt Alzheimer's disease â at least in rodents and monkeys.

Go Sarah!!: Government Prepares Army On US SOIL to Put Down ...By Grace Explosion Army Strategic Shock Report Says Troops May Be Needed To Quell U.S. Civil Unrest 161208troops3 A recent report produced by the U.S. Army War College’s Strategic Institute warns that the United States may experience massive civil ... Franks outlined the scenario by which martial law would be put in place, saying, “It means the potential of a weapon of mass destruction and a terrorist, massive, casualty-producing event somewhere in the Western world – it may ...Go Sarah!! - http://sarahpalindeservesourvote.blogspot.com/

RNC Statement On Obama's Pro-Union Executive OrderPR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USAQuietly signing executive orders to payback campaign backers undermines Obama promise to change Washington . It is a disappointment for Americans hoping for ...See all stories on this topic
Undoing Bush: Obama orders easier access to public recordsThe Olympian - Olympia,WA,USAWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama, in his first full day in office, revoked a controversial executive order signed by President Bush in 2001 that limited ...See all stories on this topic
Obama orders Guantanamo closed, end to CIA prisons, harsh ...The Olympian - Olympia,WA,USAWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama Thursday signed executive orders to close the detention center at Guantanamo Bay within a year, and to ban the Central ...See all stories on this topic

Careful what you ask for,’ says police chiefMaui News - Wailuku,HI,USABut law enforcement officials, including Maui County Police Chief Tom Phillips, continue to oppose such efforts to change Hawaii's medical marijuana law. ...See all stories on this topic

Technology to play a big part to keep teens in the libraryDelmarva Daily Times - MD,USASo Truitt, a 28-year veteran of libraries, has a new task: Get a new generation of library users through the front door. "We need to market ourselves," says ...See all stories on this topic



Cubans Still Not To Be Allowed Internet AccessLatin American Herald Tribune - Caracas,VenezuelaAt the end of March 2008, the communist Government authorized Cubans to activate cell phone lines, until then allowed only to foreigners, companies and ...See all stories on this topic
CARIBBEAN: Obama concerned about lack of swift justice for Gitmo ...eTaiwan News - TaiwanStill, they aren't entirely convinced that his decision to close the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, facility, where terrorism suspects are being detained, ...See all stories on this topic
Petroni will not compete on 2009 WCT surf tourThe Ponte Vedra Leader Sun, 08 Feb 2009 04:18 AM PSTAfter two years of surfing on the womenâs World Championship Tour, pro surfer Karina Petroni decided not to compete in the 2009 tour.Â
Doc Set to Look at 50 Years of Surf FlicksindieWIRE Sun, 08 Feb 2009 01:55 AM PSTFifty years of Hollywood surfing movies is the topic for a new doc in the works by Greg MacGillivray. The untitled project, currently in production, will include a central look at writer, director and surfer John Miliusâ âBig Wednesday.â

US calls on Burma to end Rohingya persecutionAustralia Network News - Melbourne,Australia... Commissioner for Refugees, 230000 Rohingya now live in Bangladesh, having fled decades of abuse and harassment at the hands of Burma's military rulers. ...See all stories on this topic
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