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July 2006



The New Porshe Patrol/Pursuit Vehicle For Austrian Police

Monday, 31 July 2006 11:59 P GMT-06
Austrian police are testing a Porsche 911 as a traffic control car to help prevent motorists from speeding. The sports car, that can attain speeds up to 177mph, has already had an excellent "preventive effect", drivers slow down when they see it.

Ancient Prayer Book Found In Irish Bog

Wednesday, 26 July 2006 3:00 P GMT-06
An ancient prayer book found in an Irish bog is being hailed as one of Ireland's most significant archeological discoveries. The National Museum of Ireland said fragments of what appeared to be an ancient Book of Psalms, written about AD800.
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Alligator Found With Letters G-O-D In Natural Markings

Tuesday, 25 July 2006 5:47 A GMT-06
An alligator has been found with white markings that pop out against a backdrop of black scales to form the letters G-O-D.
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Photos From "The Gourds" Show in Austin, Texas

Tuesday, 25 July 2006 5:32 A GMT-06
The Austin, Texas music scene was highly entertained last Friday night at Antone's. The Gourd put on an outstanding show, it was high energy bluegrass hard water live music. Photographs, photos, photo, image picture Kevin Russell, jimmy, max, claud

Art Photographs Of Fireworks From Fourth Of July

Friday, 21 July 2006 7:00 A GMT-06
These are some photographs of a Fireworks display over Austin Texas during the Fourth of July in 2006. The photos were taken by using a slow shutter speed and camera movement during the exposure.
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Toothed Fish Caught In Texas Lake

Wednesday, 19 July 2006 2:13 P GMT-06
A fish caught in Lubbock, Texas, with teeth that look like they belong to a human has baffled wildlife officials in the area. The fisherman caught the 20lb fish reeled-in at Buffalo Springs Lake and immediately noticed the catch had human-like teeth.
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Embassies Evacuate As Israel Muscles In On Lebanon And Hezbollah

Sunday, 16 July 2006 11:59 P GMT-06
Lebanon has been bombed for several nights by Israel, in retaliation to the capture of two soldiers by Hezbollah. Two Royal Navy ships have been put on standby for an evacuation of British nationals but no order for an evacuation has yet been given.

Rare Two-Toned Lobster Caught In Maine's Dyer's Bay

Sunday, 16 July 2006 12:23 A GMT-06
A rare two-toned lobster was caught by Alan Robinson in Dyer's Bay, is a mottled green on one side; a shade of orange on the other. The lobster was donated to to the Mount Desert Oceanarium.

Four Legged Duck Photographed In China

Saturday, 15 July 2006 7:22 P GMT-06
Zhang Baoxiu, a farmer, shows an odd duck with 4 legs at Minzhu village in Zaozhuang city, east China's Shandong Province. The duck has four legs and 4 webbed feet. The duck can walk on land and swim in the water like other normal ducks.

Invisibility At The Flick Of A Switch

Friday, 14 July 2006 11:59 P GMT-06
By exploiting the way that atoms move in solids the researchers have made solid materials turn completely transparent. The secret to this breakthrough at Imperial College is specially patterned crystals made up of nanoscale boxes that hold electrons.

STUDY: Magic Mushrooms Do Cause 'Spiritual' Experiences

Thursday, 13 July 2006 6:03 P GMT-06
“Magic” mushrooms really do have a spiritual effect on people, according to the most rigorous look yet at the fungus's active ingredient. 1/3 of volunteers in the controlled study had a “complete” mystical experience after taking psilocybin

Sizzling Sun Seething With Hot Gas and Plasma

Thursday, 13 July 2006 3:34 P GMT-06
Is this our Sun? Yes. Even on a normal day, our Sun is sizzling ball of seething hot gas. Unpredictably, regions of strong and tangled magnetic fields arise, causing sunspots, bright active regions and surface bubbles as hot hydrogen gas streams.
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Myth And Mystery Surrounding Scotland's Loch Skene

Wednesday, 12 July 2006 11:59 P GMT-06
Did the devil pay a visit to the Wizard Laird of Skene? The Loch of Skene is a dark and forbidding place, particularly so on cold evenings in the dead of winter - the type of weather there in Aberdeenshire that makes the waters freeze over.

NASA Clears Shuttle "Discovery" For Landing - Space Walks Are Successful

Monday, 10 July 2006 2:33 A GMT-06
After completing reviews of launch-day photographs and an in-space examination of Discovery's heat shield, NASA has cleared the shuttle to return to Earth. During the first space walk astronauts stood 340 kilometers above the Earth on a 30-meter boom
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Rare Natural Phenomena Captured On Idaho / Washington Border

Saturday, 8 July 2006 7:10 P GMT-06
THIS IS A FIRE RAINBOW THE RAREST OF ALL NATURALLY OCCURING ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENA. THE PICTURE WAS CAPTURED ON THE IDAHO/WASHINGTON BORDER. THE EVENT LASTED ABOUT 1 HOUR. CLOUDS HAVE TO BE CIRRUS, AND THE SUN HAS TO HIT THE CLOUDS AT 58 DEGREES.

Mystery Object Seen In Center Of Supernova RCW103

Saturday, 8 July 2006 2:34 A GMT-06
Embedded in the heart of a supernova remnant 10,000 light-years away is a stellar object the likes of which astronomers have never seen before in our galaxy. Newton X-ray satellite reveals the energetic X-ray emissions of the blue, point-like object
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Take A Ride On Cambodia's Bamboo Train Network

Thursday, 6 July 2006 11:43 P GMT-06
Travellers in Cambodia have to deal with one of the world's worst train networks. There is only one passenger service a week, and it often travels at a slow pace. So people in the north west of the country have created their own rail service.

Space Shuttle Discovery Successfully Launched From Florida

Wednesday, 5 July 2006 5:15 P GMT-06
The Space Shuttle Discovery (STS MISSION 121) lifted off its Florida launch pad and soared into orbit on a key mission whose failure could end the shuttle program. After two weather postponements, skies cleared to allow a fourth of July Launch.

The United States Declaration Of Independence. 1300 Words That Changed The World.

Tuesday, 4 July 2006 1:36 P GMT-06
July 4, 1776. The United States Declaration Of Independence from Britain was signed. These 1317 words changed the world, heralding the birth of one of the greatest political experiments in history and a new nation based on freedom and liberty.

Plainly Visible Stealth Fighter Over Pittsburgh

Monday, 3 July 2006 10:25 P GMT-06
Clyde D. Sent this photo of a plainly visible "stealth fighter" to the coasttocoastam.com website. He says he snapped the shot from his downtown Pittsburgh balcony, flying low over the city at 5PM on July 1, 2006

Fourth Of July Secret: "You Are Already Free"

Monday, 3 July 2006 9:43 P GMT-06
You are already free. The security of your freedom lies in the recognition and respect of it from individual to individual. By this action the boundaries of your freedom are established and secured. Freedom is equally possessed by every human being

A Mouse Takes A Ride On The Back Of A Frog

Sunday, 2 July 2006 2:53 P GMT-06
In the northern Indian city Lucknow, a photographer captures this unusal photo of a mouse cathing a ride on the back of a frog or toad.
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