Authorities closing in on killer of intern Chandra Levy

ACCORDING TO THE CHICAGO-TRIBUNE FOUR HOURS AGO...

"An arrest may be near in the nearly decade-old slaying of federal intern Chandra Levy, whose disappearance in 2001 ended Gary Condit's congressional career, several television stations reported.
The California Democrat was romantically linked to Levy, but was not considered a suspect in her death or disappearance. Television stations, KFSN and KCRA in California and WRC in Washington, D.C., reported that police were seeking an arrest warrant."

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THE BUSH FAMILY SHAME: Geronimo's Skull stolen and taken to Yale to be used in rites for the SKULL AND BONES secret society!

DUBYA DIDN"T FALL FAR FROM THE FAMILY TREE. IT SEEMS THE BUSHES THINK THEY ARE SOMETHING SPECIAL. I HOPE THEY LOSE THIS LAWSUIT BEING FILED ON THE GREAT LEADER'S 100th BIRTHDAY...

"The descendants of Geronimo have sued Skull and Bones, a secret society at Yale University with ties to the Bush family, charging that its members robbed his grave in 1918 and have kept his skull in a glass case ever since."

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An increase in crime could be another recession result experts warn

DON'T WE HAVE ENOUGH TO WORRY ABOUT IN THIS DEPRESSION WITHOUT WORRYING ABOUT MORE CRIME?

McCLATCHY NEWSPAPERS HAS THIS ARTICLE TODAY THAT SAYS,

"Experts say that the next piece of collateral damage from the recession could be a spike in crime, as rising unemployment and widespread law-enforcement budget cuts begin to take their toll."

FOR THE WHOLE STORY CLICK HERE.

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Vintage Toys: I remember my first Chemcraft Lab - There sure wasn't any Atomic Energy in it...if there was... a lot of homes would've been blown up!

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Back in the 1920s they invented extreme badminton!

This photo was taken long before Photo Shop, so what you see is what you get.

Source: American Memory Project, Vintage Photo

Florida Courthouse is invaded by rampaging rodents!

FROM USA TODAY WE HAVE MICE INVADING A COURT HOUSE!

"There are so many mice in one Florida county courthouse that they've been seen falling from ceiling tiles.

One judge at the Palm Beach County Courthouse told The Palm Beach Post newspaper that it's an infestation. Some staffers say they check their handbags for stowaways before leaving the building each day.

Court employees and lawyers say the rodents scuttle down corridors, munch legal papers and scratch behind the walls. Last week, one mouse ran around a courtroom floor for an hour during a burglary trial."

For the rest of the story go to : http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2009-02-20-mice-courthouse_N.htm?csp=34

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Can You Say Oink Oink? Burtha and PMA Group Can...

FROM CQ POLITICS WE HAVE A STORY OF PORK SPENDING AND THE PERSON LEADING THE WAY...

More than 100 House members secured earmarks in a major spending bill for clients of a single lobbying firm — The PMA Group — known for its close ties to John P. Murtha , the congressman in charge of Pentagon appropriations.

Read the whole story yourself and see what you think.

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Don't Get Froggy with These Guys if you Value your Life!

The most poisonous animal is not a snake or a spider. It's a beautiful little frog!

"Most frogs produce skin toxins, but the dart poison frogs from Central and South America are the most potent of all.

The golden poison frog, called terribilis (the terrible), is so toxic that even touching it can be dangerous. A single terribilis contains enough poison to kill 20,000 mice or 10 people. It is probably the most poisonous animal on Earth." (source)

Images sources: Zoltan Takacs.

 

Phyllobates terribilis, shown below, has enough poison to kill 100 humans (source)

Their poison contains toxins that dull the nerves and produce heart and repiratory (sic.) failure. The skin of an adult P. terribilis has enough batrachotoxin to kill 20,000 mice, or 100 adult humans. Two-tenths of a microgram of batrachotoxin is lethal in the human blood stream and each adult P. terribilis contains nearly 200 micrograms.

When Paint Jobs Aren't Enough: Try This 'Type' of car!

Some car owners can deal with a standard, metal-bodied car only if it's been suitably disguised. For a whole slew of weird cars click here. This car is made of computer keys. Where the keys came from, I don't know and the owner isn't saying. One thing is certain though - it has to be the only car of its, er, type!

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Man shoots himself inside the Crystal Cathedral after handing notes to two ushers!

ACCORDING TO AN ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT THIS MORNING...

"A man shot himself to death in front of a cross inside televangelist Robert H. Schuller’s Crystal Cathedral on Wednesday as a group of visitors was being told about the church’s suicide - prevention program.
  The man entered about 9:45 a.m., handed a note and his driver’s license to two ushers, walked to the cross and then shot himself in the head as he appeared to be praying, said Senior Pastor Juan Carlos Ortiz.
  The man used a semiauto­matic handgun, said police Lt. Dennis Ellsworth.
  The Orange County coro­ner’s office identified the man as Steve Smick, 48. No home­town was given."

THE IRONY OF THIS MAN'S SUICIDE TAKING PLACE IN FRONT OF A GROUP OF TOURISTS WHO WERE BEING TOLD ABOUT THE CRYSTAL CATHEDRAL'S SUICIDE PREVENTION PROGRAM, IS ENORMOUS. WHY DID HE CHOOSE TO GO THERE AND KILL HIMSELF OF ALL PLACES? WE MAY NEVER KNOW.