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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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    NASA, lacking ideas and cash, will build orbiting sex resort

    HEINUS – HOUSTON  NASA recently announced plans for a powerful new booster rocket called the Space Launch System that could lift large payloads into orbit. Some experts have speculated that the new booster will be used for missions to Mars. Now, however, NASA has now...

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    Russian spacecraft, saddened by Jobs retirement, crashes

    HEINUS – MOSCOW/CUPERTINO  An unmanned Russian “Progress” spacecraft, launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome and bound for the International Space Station, failed to reach its objective today and crashed in the Siberian province of Altai. Russian space program mission controllers have refused to give an official...

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    Prime Minister Harper plans big changes for Canadian military

    HEINUS – OTTAWA  Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has announced big changes for Canadian military. PM Harper will change the name of Canadian military branches by returning the “Royal” designation, which was removed in 1968. The Canadian Air Force, for example, will now be called...

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    Swedish man builds home reactor, is welcomed to nuclear club

    HEINUS – STOCKHOLM  According to press reports, a Swedish man built a nuclear reactor in his kitchen in the town of Angelholm. Soon after completing the home-built facility he received a delegation who officially welcomed him into the nuclear club – an informal group of...

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    Portobello post: Woman thrown off plane is sign of the times

    Special to HEINUS by Prof. Edward G. Portobello – RICHMOND  I consider the story of a woman thrown off a plane for crying a chilling sign of the times. One could make the case that using transportation these days requires one to act like a...

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