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    Stealing ice from glaciers leads to other natural thefts

    HEINUS – NEW YORK  Chilean police have arrested a ring of thieves accused of stealing five tons ice from glaciers and selling it to upscale bars and restaurants. The thieves were stealing the ice using Coleman coolers and hiding in tanning salons across the country....

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    Nuclear inspectors in Iran after Ahmadinejad Facebook post

    HEINUS – TEHRAN U.N. nuclear weapons inspectors began work in Iran over continued concern about possible nuclear weapons. Inside sources at the U.N.’s International Atomic Energy Commission demanded access to Iranian facilities after Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad made a weekend post to his Facebook page...

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    Scientists launch Moon alien search and start research trend

    HEINUS – PHOENIX  Two Arizona State University scientists have asked amateur astronomers to assist them in searching photographs of the lunar surface for signs of alien activity. The scientists are seeking interested amateurs to look for signs such as messages, scientific instruments, alien waste or...

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    Kaiser urinal discovery adds stream of data to historic record

    HEINUS – BERLIN  German archeologists have discovered a urinal used by World War I German ruler Kaiser Wilhelm II. According to scientists, the urinal, found in a Baltic Sea shipwreck, adds an impressive stream of data to the record on historic waste habits. Information such...

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    NFA and BAPAPIC enthusiast groups protest harassment

    HEINUS – NEW YORK  The TSA announced it discovered and confiscated hand grenades from an air traveler at Newark Airport who was bound for Belgium. The elderly woman was found with five grenades in her bags. In a similar case in Salt Lake City last October,...

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    Models undergo radical diets for Victoria’s Secret fashion show

    HEINUS – NEW YORK  Victoria’s Secret Angel model Adriana Lima recently revealed to the British newspaper the Telegraph the radical nature of the diets many of the models undertake to get in shape for the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show. The fashion show, often termed the...

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    Zug post: Chinese space hookup could pound U.S. economy

    Special to HEINUS by Samuel Zug SAN FRANCISCO  The recent rendezvous in space by two unmanned Chinese spacecraft could  could end up having serious repercussions for the American economy. When the probe on the Shenzhou 8 slid into the docking orifice of the Tiangong 1 module,...

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    Russia blames scientists for rocket crashes, bans popular saying

    HEINUS – MOSCOW  The Russian government has blamed the country’s rocket scientists for a series of disastrous recent rocket crashes. The government went further and banned the popular saying, “It’s not rocket science” as a way of saying something is not complicated or difficult. Yevgeny...

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    New iPhone a success, but Siri/USAF drone glitch has users wary

    HEINUS – CUPERTINO  Apple’s latest iPhone, the 4S, has been a big commercial success, with more than 4 million phones reportedly sold through the first weekend. A glitch with the iPhone’s Siri voice recognition software has some iPhone 4S users unhappy, however. They found themselves...

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    Some scientists sure Yeti lives in remote Siberia, but not all agree

    HEINUS – MOSCOW  A group of Russian and American scientists say they are 95 certain they have found a Siberian version of the Yeti, a creature sometimes termed the “Abominable Snowman.” The group held a press conference in Moscow recently before heading for the Kemerovo...

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