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Climate Coverup? 'Hide the Decline'

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:37:28 GMT

Hackers broke into the servers at a prominent British climate research center and leaked years worth of e-mail messages onto the Web, including one with a mysterious reference to a plan to "hide the decline" in data about temperatures.

Your Dog May Be Smarter Than Your Kid

SALLY MACDONALD — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:05:31 GMT

Just how smart are dogs, anyway? A lot of owners think they know exactly what's in their dog's mind, but there's been few studies to prove it until recently.

UFO's? Man Says He's Got Recorded Proof

NED HIBBERD — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:00:30 GMT

Chris Hardman won't be insulted if you don't believe him. After all, not even his fiancee believes in UFOs. But Hardman swears he has videotaped dozens of extraterrestrial spacecraft over the past year, both here in Houston and in Austin.

Irvin Rosenfeld Nears Pot Smoking Record

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:53:10 GMT

Irvin Rosenfeld, a 56-year-old stockbroker from Fort Lauderdale, Fla. will smoke his 115,000th marijuana cigarette Friday, a possible world record, and he can thank the U.S. government for his supply.

Sears Tower Terror Plot Leader Gets 13-Y

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:46:04 GMT

A Miami federal judge has imposed a 13 1/2-year sentence on the convicted ringleader of a plot to stage terror attacks against Chicago's Sears Tower and FBI offices.

Armed, Depressed Man Barricades Himself

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:16:02 GMT

Police are speaking with an armed man in an effort to end a standoff that began several hours ago when the man barricaded himself inside his northern New Jersey home.

California Man Allegedly Paid Teen $31 t

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:16:53 GMT

A 39-year-old Thousand Oaks man has been arrested for misdemeanor child annoyance after allegedly paying a teenager $31 to spit in his face.

New York Man Found Guilty After Leaving

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:16:03 GMT

A New York state man has been convicted of reckless endangerment after leaving his 85-year-old father in a car on a hot day and finding him dead three hours later.

Military Experiments to Predict PTSD

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:10:20 GMT

Two days before shipping off to war, Marine Pfc. Jesse Sheets sat inside a trailer in the Mojave Desert, his gaze fixed on a computer that flashed a rhythmic pulse of contrasting images.

Obese Man Dies After Months in Recliner

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:05:15 GMT

Authorities say a severely overweight South Carolina man stayed in his recliner without moving for eight months until shortly before his death.