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June 2006
Millions of crickets swarm in western US
Monsters and Critics.com - Glasgow,UK KENT, OH, United States (UPI) -- Millions of Mormon crickets are swarming across the Western United States in a frantic search for food. ..
Woman back home after bee swarm attacks
Waco Tribune Herald - Waco,TX,USA... Volunteer Fire Department personnel responding to a 9-1-1 call Saturday arrived at the home of Pearlie Soriano to find “an extremely large swarm of bees ...
Golden Gate Estates bee swarm buzzes off
WBBH - Ft. Myers,FL,USA
GOLDEN GATE ESTATES: A Golden Gate Estates woman is breathing a sigh of relief after a swarm of bees finally buzzed off. On Monday
Weather increasing bee swarm activity
WBBH - Ft. Myers,FL,USA
COLLIER COUNTY: A Golden Gate Estates woman says a swarm of bees is taking over her backyard and she isn’t the only homeowner with that problem. ...
Swarm of bees hits town
Devon 24 - UK
Vivienne Edgcumbe, who works at Sweet Temptation, said she and three elderly ladies in the shop were fascinated to watch the swarm of between 15,000 and 20,000 ...
Swarm of bees removed
Pittsburgh Post Gazette - Pittsburgh,PA,USA
The Blaha family said bye to the bees yesterday as the sun came out, allowing for the easy removal of a swarm of honeybees that had attached itself to their ...
Research: Meteorite Crash Helped Form King Tut Necklace
Discovery Channel - USA
... green glass carved into a beetle-shaped ornament and found on a necklace worn by the ancient King Tutankhamen was created by a meteorite fireball, according to
Sleuthing out truth on UFOs
The Register-Guard - Eugene,Oregon,USA
... officer. People need someone to talk to about the strange lights they see, or the flying saucer they believe they just spotted
Japan must fight giant jellyfish invasion
The Daily Yomiuri - Osaka,Japan... The plague that occurred in the summer of 2005 was particularly serious. ... "The only solution seems to be to contain the source of the plague.
Digging deep into Caithness' past
BBC News - UK... investigate the area's ancient cairns, brochs, crannogs, castles and shipwrecks. With the help of local divers, they also hope to solve the mystery sinking of ...
Mysteries of the Masons
Denver Post - Denver,CO,USA
... "There's a desire to find out what the mystery and intrigue ... Their trademark remained the square and compass of the ancient architectural craftsmen, and they ...
Bee swarms lead to fire call in Havasu
KVOA.com - Tucson,AZ,USA
... If a bee swarm is migrating, firefighters ask the occupants to stay in their house, stay away from the bees and keep their pets indoors. ...
A Mystery Fit For A Pharaoh
Smithsonian - USA
... appears to be debris and constitute a 3,000-year-old mystery: Why fill ... called "The Great and Majestic Necropolis." During the peak of ancient Egypt's wealth .
Sarcophagi's mysteries fading fast
commercialappeal.com (subscription) - Memphis,TN,USA
... a mystery upon examination of artifacts inside. Inside the 28 jars were mummification items, indicating that the chamber could have been an ancient version of ...
Where have all the chimeras gone?
BBC News - UK
... the ideas about chimeras and clones disappeared - or have they just gone underground? ... a couple of years ago to ensure they select solid scientific research
First a swarm of bees, then a fire under the eaves
Sharon Herald - Sharon,PA,USA
By Joe Pinchot. Eric and Debra Jazwinski had already planned to be out of their house for the night because of a swarm of bees. But ...
Israeli scientists discover underground ecosystem containing ...
AZ Central.com - AZ,USA
... Inside, a large underground lake holds the previously unknown species, some similar to scorpions and shrimp. Allen G. Collins, a research fellow at the ...
100-million-year-old rare lamprey fossil discovered in China
Xinhua - China... of CAS, said the fossilized lamprey came from the Jehol biota, an ancient fresh water ... Zhang Jiangyong said the fossil record of the lamprey is full of mystery. ...
Fundamental physics To catch a gravitational wave
Economist (subscription) - UK... absorbed by dust and gas, leaving much of the universe hidden, gravitational waves ... The interferometer in Japan is being built underground and will be kept at ...
ñEl Nio, a plague of bugs: Britvic's passion killers
Times Online - UK... However, “extremely poor crops” over the past two seasons, triggered by changing weather patterns and a local insect plague known as chinche patas, have .
The Why Files -- whyfiles.org
Why Files - USA... that the algal spores found in the coloured rainwater from Changanacherry ... Photos: Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute, India (see "Coloured Rain ...
World War II Japanese gold still haunts treasure hunters
DailyIndia.com - Niskayuna,NY,USA
... and Peggy Seagrave, authors of the book 'Gold Warriors, America's Secret Recovery of ... in 175 'imperial' vaults constructed in a maze of underground tunnels in ...
'Friendly flies' are nature's way of dealing with pest plague
Rutland Herald - Rutland,VT,USA
By MADELINE BODIN Herald Correspondent. They are larger than houseflies — and slower, with big red eyes and a black-and-white checkerboard ...
Quest for Colorado's Spanish cross
Denver Post - Denver,CO,USA
... religious symbolism, the missing metal has taken on compelling new mystery. ... been looking for the location of the treasures of ancient civilizations, sometimes ...
Turn your back on the island crowds and explore Greece's ...
Guardian Unlimited - UK
Here is a description of a mystery place in Greece. ... offer some of the quietest beaches, the best walking, and the most atmospheric ancient sites in the country ...
A mystery with history
Marquette Mining Journal - Marquette,MI,USA
... The idea of Fred Rydholm’s new book “Michigan Copper—The Untold Story” goes back to 1937 when he — as a boy scout — saw ancient copper mines on ...
Ancient Byzantine Ships Unearthed in Turkey
LiveScience.com - New York,NY,USA
... announce Tuesday that they have discovered an ancient Byzantine port in an area that was planned to be an underground station for a modern rail tunnel. ...
Jupiter man thinks he was hit by meteorite
Vero Beach Press-Journal (subscription) - Vero Beach,FL,USA
... But Walshon's neighbor, Mike Pollutro, is so certain the rock is a meteorite that he's e-mailed specialists to confirm it. "I've .
Man (73) killed by swarm of bees
The Mercury (subscription) - Durban,South Africa
BUTTERWORTH: A 73-year-old man died near Butterworth at the weekend when he was stung by bees after villagers tried to remove a hive, police said yesterday. ...
Divers begin search for underwater 'Atlantis'
China Daily - China... Local diver Geng Wei first told of a large ancient city in the lake eight ... Liu said that while all the answers to this underwater mystery will not be found in ...
Bee swarm in Sydney Mines prompts sting operation
ChronicleHerald.ca - Halifax,Nova Scotia,Canada... "About 1,000 bees were in a swarm," said Const. ... "It sounds like just a swarm of honeybees," he said. "It’s the time of year when the swarms happen. ...
Swarm Of Bees Attacks Couple At Home
NBC4.TV - Los Angeles,CA,USA
LOS ANGELES -- A man and a woman were attacked by a swarm of bees Wednesday and barricaded themselves inside a house to escape, authorities said. ...
Beekeeper Buzzing Over Work
WFMZ-TV Online - Allentown,PA,USA... Monday he combined the two and struck a sweet deal when a swarm gathered on a bridge near I-78 in Salisbury Township , Lehigh County. ...
Outsmarting gophers
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
... can be done by burying wire mesh up to two feet underground, or by ... gophers are incredible,'' says Wittman, who says one gopher can build a tunnel the length of ...
Suspected plague outbreak kills 100 in DRC
Mail & Guardian Online - Johannesburg,South Africa
About 100 people are believed to have died in a suspected outbreak of pneumonic plague in the strife-torn north-east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC ...
San Miguel County child has plague
KOB-TV - Albuquerque,NM,USA
LAS VEGAS, NM (AP) - A child from San Miguel County is New Mexico’s third plague case of the year. The state Department of Health ...
In the news/ Angry spirit in Indonesia
Weekblad voor Wageningen UR - Wageningen,Gelderland,Netherlands
... Although the students know that the earthquake and the volcano eruption are not linked scientifically, they can understand that many people think they are. ...
Florida's seas may offer cancer cure
Bradenton Herald - FL, United States
... Using solar technology developed at the University of Miami, they located sites that sustain themselves without sunlight or obvious energy, according to Mark ...
Native of Indonesia drafted, fought and captured during Pacific ...
Ventura County Star (subscription) - Ventura county,CA,USA... over Bataan. Jack and the others taken as prisoners had been sent to Corregidor by the Japanese only a few weeks before. After the ...
British Expert Nixes Bosnia Pyramid Claim
Washington Post - United States... A British archaeologist on Friday rejected claims that a hill in central Bosnia is a man-made structure that many local residents insist is a pyramid
Metorite found in 1936 to be returned to the state
Grand Forks Herald - Grand Forks,ND,USA
BISMARCK, ND - A 44-pound meteorite found on a North Dakota farm in 1936 is coming back to the state for display. The Smithsonian ...
Couple reports seeing strange lights
SmallTownPapers News Service - Seattle,WA,USA... of Memorial Day, Mrs. Walls said she heard a plane pass over about 11:45 pm Not long afterwards, she looked out a window to see strange lights outside and
Catching a falling star
Metro Cafe - London,UK... Buy James Bunnell's books at www.nightorbs.net. For more on Marfa and Texas, visit www.traveltex.com. Have you ever seen strange lights in the sky?
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Asbury Park Press - Asbury Park,NJ,USA
... El Toro runs around Rolling Thunder; the park's record-breaking 456-foot ... to do, night life listings, searchable calendar, accommodations, weather, stories and ...
Mosquitoes create the perfect swarm
Daily News - Galveston County - TX,USA
... That’s not much comfort for Dickinson resident Cathy Nall who joked she saw a swarm of mosquitoes in her yard carrying a squirrel through the air. ...
Bees make rest stop in Salisbury Twp.Allentown Morning Call - Allentown,PA,USA
That's the working explanation of events in Salisbury Township on Monday afternoon, where a swarm of honeybees — perhaps a couple of thousand, though no one ...
Large Swarm of Bees Removed from Bridge over Interstate 78
WFMZ-TV Online - Allentown,PA,USA
Police were called to get rid of a swarm of bees that gathered near I-78. ... This is the 6th swarm beekeeper Dave Mattern has taken this spring. ...
Red imported fire ants exterminated in Napier
Radio New Zealand - Wellington,New Zealand
The ants, which are native to South America, are a danger to New Zealand's flora and fauna as they can swarm and sting small animals. ...
Bee swarm spooks Phoenix's mayor
Mail Tribune - Medford,OR,USA
PHOENIX — Mayor Vicki Bear was apparently caught off guard Thursday afternoon by a swarm of bees that made their exit before police, fire and public works ...
TPS Enables Study Of Mysterious Pioneer Anomaly
PhysOrg.com - Evergreen,VA,USA
... More data is what scientists need to solve the mystery, and more data is what ... of the more than 30 years of mission data was in disarray, on ancient media, and ...
Record Meteorite Hits Norway
Slashdot - USA
equex256 writes "Early Wednesday morning, a meteorite streaked across the sky in northern Norway, near Finland and Russia. A witness ...
Treasure hunters attracted to Japan's legendary Holy Grail
Mainichi Daily News - Japan
... Shiro was also cut down in the rebellion, he left plenty of mystery in his wake. ... There was an ancient map found in Nagasaki that seemed to point people in the ...
Fossils point to oldest life on Earth
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
... In a similar situation 10 years ago, scientists at NASA claimed they found evidence of fossilized microbial life in a Martian meteorite
Compromise in the gopher wars
St. Helena Star - St. Helena,CA,USA
... poised guillotine fashion, patiently waiting to send his nemesis underground permanently. ... deluged with sure-fire solutions, but I decided to do some research. ...
Sudan's fabled city on the Lower Nile is being excavated ...
Al-Ahram Weekly - Cairo,Egypt
... "Thanks to technological developments, it is now possible to identify structures hidden underground by means of a geophysical survey," Grzymski said. ...
Labyrinth of lava tubes offers hidden adventure
Press-Enterprise (subscription) - Riverside,CA,USA... the Big Island of Hawaii. But in the spirit of adventure, we were instead exploring the world underground. I had convinced my husband ...
The secret site of Hitler's bunker is revealed
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
The underground shelter where the Führer watched his Third Reich disintegrate was hidden below a playground and an apartment block. ..
Saturn's Titan like Earth, yet enigmatically different Surface ...
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
... atmosphere largely methane, its interior composition still a mystery and its ... own shining satellite -- show thousands of scars from ancient bombardments by huge
Welcome to nowhere!
Wheels24.co.za - Johannesburg,South Africa
... point on our route, Timbuktu, a town shrouded in myth and mystery, which so many ... by the wealth of knowledge contained in the 25 000 ancient manuscripts, some ...
Rats by the dozen plague neighborhood
KARE - Minneapolis,MN,USA
Dozens upon dozens of rats are scurrying on the streets of the Lexington, apparently unafraid to be seen in daylight. Neighbors .
Bees swarm district employee's Pontiac
Gateway Newspapers - USA
... of brown, black and yellow. Her entire front passenger panel was engulfed in a swarm of bees. "I was shocked. It was sort of like ...
Axbridge - but it is nowhere near the Axe
Weston & Somerset Mercury - eston-super-Mare,Somerset,UK
No mystery surrounds the River Axe to-day. ... If, in accordance with popular supposition, one accepts that the ancient borough got its name from the river, one ...
Scientists could soon identify glue that holds the universe ...
Kentucky.com - Lexington,KY,USA
... report from the National Academy of Sciences, Revealing the Hidden Nature of ... "Underground lab experiments and space-based experiments are both capable of a ...
Team to probe mystery pyramid in Bosnia
Independent Online - Cape Town,South Africa Sarajevo - Bosnia's mystery pyramid will be probed and inspected by a team of ... same type of artificial cement that had been used in the ancient Egyptian pyramids ...
Discovery of Ancient Artifacts Rekindles Debate on 'Hobbits'
Washington Post - United States... in the journal Nature that its analysis "negates claims" by critics that only modern humans could have made such tools, and that the Hobbits, with grapefruit .
Archaeologists are racing earthmovers
PhysOrg.com - Evergreen,VA,USA
(AP) -- Jim Donohue is trying to solve a mystery that has ... in Rapid City, is supervising the excavation of a site occupied by generations of ancient hunters off ...
Fools claim New York park formerly the site of many outrageous ...
Drexel University The Triangle Online - Philadelphia,PA,USA
... This, say the conspiracists, is because the government maintains a secret underground research facility at Montauk Point. The evidence ...
’Historical marker at US generals WW II camp in Pangasinan?
Journal Online - Manila,Philippines
... eight Alcaleneans who volunteered to join the fight against the Japanese invaders. ... Before he left the island-fortress of Corregidor for Australia on March 12 ...
Walking on history: 1942 newspapers found under linoleum
BurlingtonFreePress.com - Burlington,VT,USA... four layers -- and then, covering the floor boards, "Fortress of Corregidor Finally Surrenders ... by fire and its golden temples smashed by Japanese bombs, was ...
Death-march survivor gets medals
Salem Statesman Journal - Salem,OR,USA... a 19-year-old mechanic in the Army Air Corps when the Japanese, hours after ... is a former national commander of the American Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor.
Delayed Medals For Veteran
KVAL - Eugene,OR,USA... He was forced to build bridges, roads and military air strips for the Japanese. ... a past-national commander of a POW group of survivors of Bataan and Corregidor. ...
Army deployed to tackled Indian rat plague ABC Online - Australia
The Indian Army has been mobilised in the north-east of the country to help contain a plague of rats. It has been caused by the ...
Bubonic Plague Detected In Family Pet cbs4denver.com - Denver,CO,USA AP) TRINIDAD, Colo. Medical authorities have confirmed a case of bubonic plague detected in a family pet 10 miles west of Trinidad.
Plague Confirmed In New Mexico
World Fitness - Brantford,Ontario,Canada
A Santa Fe County man has contracted the septicemic form of plague, according to the state Department of Health. Deborah Busemeyer ...
Deadly swarm may have been located in Sand Springs
KTEN - Denison,TX,USA
A swarm of bees that killed a Great dane last month may be the same one that has attacked three people in Sand Springs in the past several days. ...
Behold the June bug
Cape Cod Times - Hyannis,MA,USA
... Please put on your ''I Love Insects'' hat and secret decoder ring. ... Their lifespan is approximately three years; much of that time spent underground, where they
Ancient landfall
Hindu - Chennai,India
... It isn't just the mystery of why the Pallavan carvers suddenly stopped ... Equally evocative is the only secular monument left standing: the ancient lighthouse. ...
Genetics reveal Florida accountant as descendant of Genghis Khan
Bradenton Herald - FL, United States
... That remains a mystery. It's ... 2001. For $320, Sykes tells customers which ancient tribes they may be linked to, based on genetic markers. ...
Antarctic Meteorite Impact May Have Caused Ancient Mass Extinction
FOX News - USA
BANGKOK, Thailand — A massive crater in Antarctica may have been caused by a meteorite that wiped out more than 90 percent of the species on Earth 250 ...
Behind Some Unexplained Mysteries
NBC 10.com - Philadelphia,PA,USA
... Edsel" in the 1950s? Click on the slideshow above and to the right for a list of these Unexplained Mysteries - and some explanations.
Why Locusts Swarm: New Study Finds 'Tipping Point'
LiveScience.com - New York,NY,USA Now, scientists have finally figured out the exact moment when a jumbled swarm of creatures becomes an organized, unified, and sometimes terrifying, mass. ...
Elderly complain of rodent swarm crawling through neighborhood
Chicago Sun-Times - United States
PROSSER, Wash. -- Seniors living in Wine Country Villa say marmots are swarming through their 75-unit development of manufactured ...
Plague ship hit twice
The Sun - UK
By NEIL SYSON. HUNDREDS of sunseekers are sailing home early after another “plague ship” was blighted by a SECOND outbreak of sickness. ...
Fit to be tied
Boston Globe - United States
... behind the facade (Bodega's owners asked that details of the secret passage not ... Collecting has bubbled up from the underground and landed in mainstream culture ...
Building permits: No room for disagreement
Aurora Beacon News - Aurora,IL,USA... avenues. But after some mold problems were detected a few months ago, Frieder decided it was time to expand his growing business. And ..
Plague ship 100 hit by bug
The Sun - UK
By JOHN TROUP. MORE than 100 people were struck down with a contagious virus when their ship set sail — just hours after other sick passengers disembarked. ...
Butterfly plague threatening Spain
Monsters and Critics.com - Glasgow,UK Madrid - A plague of silver Y moths is threatening Spain, where large swarms have been sighted in Madrid and in Caceres in the south-west, the daily El Pais
Mosquitoes Swarm Orange County
KFDM-TV News - Beaumont,Texas,USA Complaints have been pouring into the Orange County Mosquito Control Office from residents about mosquito problems across the county.
Valley of the Kings Tomb Unveiled
Discovery Channel - USA... The mystery deepened with the opening of a child-sized coffin. ... A royal Egyptian tomb? A supply room for ancient embalmers ... or something else? ...
Tropical Arctic? Scientists say it was hot 55 million years ago
Record-Searchlight (subscription) - Redding,CA,USA... center of the Arctic Ocean appear to have solved a major mystery about Earth's ... Researchers studying ancient climate changes have been puzzled for some time by ...
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