http://www.alien-earth.org/news/index.php Updates on news and additions to alien-earth.org. en-us Sat, 13 Mar 2010 23:12:21 -0500 http://www.alien-earth.org/news/item.php?keyid=2578 On November 28, 1953, Frank Olson, a bland, seemingly innocuous 42-year-old government scientist, plunged to his death from room 1018A in New York's Statler Hotel, landing on a Seventh Avenue sidewalk just opposite Penn Station. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:00:01 -0500 http://www.alien-earth.org/news/item.php?keyid=2578 http://www.alien-earth.org/news/item.php?keyid=2577 The CIA caused an entire French village to go mad nearly 60 years ago by spiking their baguettes with the mind-bending drug LSD, a new investigation claims. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:00:01 -0500 http://www.alien-earth.org/news/item.php?keyid=2577 http://www.alien-earth.org/news/item.php?keyid=2576 SALT LAKE CITY, Utah - A late-night confession by Utah's House majority leader about sitting nude in a hot tub with a minor 25 years ago has shocked this conservative state's political establishment but has not prompted calls from party leaders for him to resign. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:00:01 -0500 http://www.alien-earth.org/news/item.php?keyid=2576 http://www.alien-earth.org/news/item.php?keyid=2575 DUBLIN, Ireland - It often starts as a voice in the wilderness, but can swell into an entire nation's demand for truth. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:00:01 -0500 http://www.alien-earth.org/news/item.php?keyid=2575 http://www.alien-earth.org/news/item.php?keyid=2574 WASHINGTON - The vaccine additive thimerosal is not to blame for autism, a special federal court ruled Friday in a long-running battle by parents convinced there is a connection. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:01 -0500 http://www.alien-earth.org/news/item.php?keyid=2574 http://www.alien-earth.org/news/item.php?keyid=2573 NASHVILLE, Tennessee - The CEO of Tennessee's hospitality association is apologizing for sending an e-mail to a group of public figures that compares first lady Michelle Obama to a chimpanzee. Sun, 07 Mar 2010 00:00:01 -0500 http://www.alien-earth.org/news/item.php?keyid=2573 http://www.alien-earth.org/news/item.php?keyid=2572 LOUISVILLE, Kentucky - Home-school mom Susan Mule wishes she hadn't taken a friend's advice and tried a textbook from a popular Christian publisher for her 10-year-old's biology lessons. Sun, 07 Mar 2010 00:00:01 -0500 http://www.alien-earth.org/news/item.php?keyid=2572 http://www.alien-earth.org/news/item.php?keyid=2571 SACRAMENTO, California - The county district attorney says Republican state Senator Roy Ashburn's blood-alcohol level was .14 percent when he was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving after leaving Faces, a gay bar and nightclub. Sat, 06 Mar 2010 00:00:01 -0500 http://www.alien-earth.org/news/item.php?keyid=2571 http://www.alien-earth.org/news/item.php?keyid=2570 National GOP leaders are doing damage control today after a Politico scoop lifted the curtain on the party's plan to tap voters' "fear" in the coming campaign season. Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:01 -0500 http://www.alien-earth.org/news/item.php?keyid=2570 http://www.alien-earth.org/news/item.php?keyid=2569 A whale that killed its trainer at the SeaWorld tourist attraction should be stoned to death, according to an American religious group. Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:00:01 -0500 http://www.alien-earth.org/news/item.php?keyid=2569 http://www.alien-earth.org/news/item.php?keyid=2568 Washington - The Senate adjourned Friday without approving extensions of cash and health insurance benefits for the unemployed after a lone senator blocked swift passage due to his insistence that Congress first pay for the $10 billion package. Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:00:01 -0500 http://www.alien-earth.org/news/item.php?keyid=2568 http://www.alien-earth.org/news/item.php?keyid=2567 Chicago - A new film is gaining traction among tea-party followers for suggesting that the collapse of the US financial system has roots dating back 40 years to the Summer of Love. Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:00:01 -0500 http://www.alien-earth.org/news/item.php?keyid=2567 http://www.alien-earth.org/news/item.php?keyid=2566 PHILADELPHIA - The FBI is investigating a Pennsylvania school district accused of secretly activating webcams inside students' homes, a law enforcement official with knowledge of the case told The Associated Press on Friday. Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:00:01 -0500 http://www.alien-earth.org/news/item.php?keyid=2566 http://www.alien-earth.org/news/item.php?keyid=2565 WASHINGTON - Paul Akers was in his oncologist's office last summer when his adult daughter handed him a magazine. Tue, 16 Feb 2010 00:00:01 -0500 http://www.alien-earth.org/news/item.php?keyid=2565 http://www.alien-earth.org/news/item.php?keyid=2564 PORT ST LUCIE, Florida - A Port St Lucie first-grade student was handcuffed and committed to a mental health facility because of her classroom behavior, and her parents are furious that the school took such extreme measures. Sat, 13 Feb 2010 00:00:01 -0500 http://www.alien-earth.org/news/item.php?keyid=2564 http://www.alien-earth.org/news/item.php?keyid=2563 WASHINGTON - Federal agents handcuffed, detained and "abusively" interrogated a US student at Philadelphia International Airport because he was carrying Arabic flashcards, a lawsuit claimed Wednesday. Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:00:01 -0500 http://www.alien-earth.org/news/item.php?keyid=2563 http://www.alien-earth.org/news/item.php?keyid=2562 WASHINGTON - The FBI is pressing Internet service providers to record which Web sites customers visit and retain those logs for two years, a requirement that law enforcement believes could help it in investigations of child pornography and other serious crimes. Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:00:01 -0500 http://www.alien-earth.org/news/item.php?keyid=2562 http://www.alien-earth.org/news/item.php?keyid=2561 WASHINGTON - People who drink at least two sugary sodas a week have an increased risk of developing cancer of the pancreas, and researchers suspect the culprit is sugar, a new study shows. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:01 -0500 http://www.alien-earth.org/news/item.php?keyid=2561 http://www.alien-earth.org/news/item.php?keyid=2560 NASHVILLE, Tennessee - Sarah Palin, in a speech that was short on ideas but big on enthusiasm, took aim at President Barack Obama and the Democrats, telling a gathering of "tea party" activists that America is ripe for another revolution. Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:00:01 -0500 http://www.alien-earth.org/news/item.php?keyid=2560 http://www.alien-earth.org/news/item.php?keyid=2559 A US soldier has been accused of 'waterboarding' his four-year-old daughter because she couldn't recite the alphabet. 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