Archive for August 14th, 2003

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Reuters Reports Lightning the Cause

NEW YORK (Reuters) – A lightning strike caused massive power outages in New York and other cities across the northeastern United States and Canada on Thursday, trapping thousands in crowded subways and forcing millions of evacuated office workers onto the streets.
from Reuters

Power Grid, Air Travel Shut Down

NYC Braces for Looting
A massive power blackout hit the
east coasts of the United States and Canada, plunging over 40 million
people
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French Fry: Heat deaths up to 3,000

The
French health ministry has said the deaths of up to 3,000 people in recent
weeks could be attributed to the European heat wave.
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Bilingual Teachers Seek Injunction

17 bilingual teachers from the embattled Lawrence MA public schools, due to lose their jobs at the end of the year due to state mandates eliminating bilingual education and forcing the teachers to pass English fluency tests before moving to regular classrooms, are seeking an injunction to save their jobs.
The question is expecially dicey due [...]

NE Aquarium Decertified

The financially struggling New
England Aquarium has lost
its accreditation from the American Zoo and Aquarium Association, making
it apparently the only major aquarium in the country that does not have
the blessing [...]

Mummy Makeover Reconstructs Queen

Cosmetic Surgeons
Searching for her Secret

Damian Schofield of Nottingham University and Martin Evison
of Sheffield University, both in the United Kingdom, reconstructed the
face of this bronze-skinned beauty from a 3,400-year-old unidentified
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