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09 Oct 2009 11:51

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Tech: That water-on-moon thing cost a lot of freaking money

  • $79 million for the attack – and there wasn’t even a big flash! source
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27 Sep 2009 03:43

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World: The Philippines slammed by its worst flooding in 40 years

  • 51 have died and another 21 have gone missing in the flooding
  • 80%+ of the Phillippine capital, Manila, is currently under water source
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24 Sep 2009 08:36

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World: Scientists freaking out because there’s water on the moon

Water on the moon? Well, that’s kinda impressive. We’d be more impressed if it was already bottled. (We know, we’re hard to impress.) source
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22 Sep 2009 20:12

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U.S.: The southeast is trying to recover after a major flood

  • eight people have died in the floods, largely centered around Georgia
  • 17 Georgia counties are currently under a state of emergency source
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23 Aug 2009 11:39

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Offbeat: Dolphins blamed for slip and fall conditions at a Chicago zoo

  • cute Dolphins at Chicago’s Brookfield Zoo are encouraged to splash, because hey, it’s cute and visitors love it.
  • lame A woman walking near the exhibit slipped and fell last year. Now she’s suing the zoo for encouraging this. source
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09 Aug 2009 12:13

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World: Typhoon Morakot spews dangerous flood water on China’s coast

  • 1 million people have been moved inland in the wake of the typhoon, which is causing some of Taiwan’s worst flooding in 50 years
  • three people have been confirmed dead in the flooding; another 31 are missing and 10,000 more are trapped by water source
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18 Jul 2009 12:06

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U.S., World: The latest front for illegal immigrant drug-running: By sea

  • 136 people number of illegal immigrants arrested on the oceans in the fiscal year ended Oct. 30
  • 6,300 pounds amount of marijunana confiscated over waters during the same period; see the correlation? source
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16 Jun 2009 12:54

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Tech: NASA has the craziest, most awesome space missions sometimes

  • 6 mile high explosion in hopes of finding water on the moon. Whoa! source
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29 Mar 2009 11:05

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U.S.: Fargo’s mayor: We’re not out of the woods yet with this flood

  • The campus is basically devastated. They fought the good fight. They lost and there’s nothing wrong with that. Those things will continue to happen. I guarantee it.
  • Fargo Mayor Dennis Walaker • On the fate of Oak Grove Lutheran School, which flooded after a flood wall broke last night, sadly. Flood levels will be at dangerously high levels for another week, so this could happen again. • source
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28 Mar 2009 12:23

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U.S.: Update on North Dakota floodwaters; when will it crest?

  • 42 feet, 7 a.m. Sunday; that’s the current estimate. source
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