Musical Road Hits Sour Notes With Neighbors

Kinda like those wake up lines at the side of the road... .. only more musical." Local officials say it was a mistake to allow a television commercial company to grind grooves into a stretch of desert roadway near Lancaster to enable car tires to play a song -- "The...

London Zoo celebrates its 180th birthday

I remember my first trip to London Zoo.I was about 9 and  my mum promised my brother and I she would take us one day when we were off school. So when that day finally came, I was so excited. I had never seen...

Wild Horse Herd Wins Reprieve

"Wild Horse Herd Wins Reprieve by: The Associated PressHundreds of wild horses and burros slated for roundup at a national wildlife refuge along the Nevada-Oregon line will continue to roam free, at least for now,...

X-48B flight a milestone for program

"Looking like something out of a Batman movie, a small, unmanned experimental aircraft is taking to the skies over the Antelope Valley. Continuing the tradition of X planes that dates back to 1947 at Edwards Air Force Base, Boeing Phantom Works is flight-testing a...

The Strangest Disaster of the 20th Century.

The following is reprinted from Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader: World of Odd.  "Here’s the story of how scientists unlocked the secrets of the worst natural disaster in the history of the West African nation...

Massive Animal Herds Flourishing Despite Sudan War, Survey Reveals

"New aerial surveys have revealed that staggering numbers of elephants, gazelles, and antelope survived Southern Sudan's ruinous 25-year civil war virtually unknown to the outside world."

They're Baaaaack

"Let’s play 80’s Trivia……. What group was responsible for the Western world’s first bioterrorism attack? tick….tick…..tick…… Need a hint? OK, “Antelope, Oregon“ Give up yet? Heh™……………  " In the summer of 1984, members of a religious...

India Digs Deeper, but Wells Are Drying Up, and a Farming Crisis Looms

"Bhanwar Lal Yadav, once a cultivator of cucumber and wheat, has all but given up growing food. No more suffering through drought and the scourge of antelope that would destroy what little would survive on his fields"

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