Groundhog Phil Bites Handler in Punxsutawney Event
Weekend wildlife oddities fill reports as Punxsutawney Phil refuses to bathe in sunshine and bites the handler during the annual ceremony. The Gazette notes global animal quirks and odd incidents from deer antics in Tama County to Antwerp kangaroo sightings and Kubandu the gorilla at Boston’s Franklin Park Zoo.
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Phil
Gazette
Pennsylvania
Iowa
Izaak Walton
Bambi
Tama
Michael Jackson
Lisa-Marie Presley
Cedar Lake
Cedar Rapids
Postville
Antwerp
Belgium
Australia
Europe
Kubandu
Boston
Franklin Park
Thomas Menino
Election Commission
Scientists switch to vBNS high speed backbone net
Urbana Illinois AP reports computer scientist Oliver McBryan and peers move from a clogged Internet to vBNS a scientists only network delivering speeds over 21 000 times faster than a standard modem. vBNS links San Diego Boulder Urbana Pittsburgh and Ithaca with a 14 000 mile fiber loop begun in 1995.
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Urbana, Ill
Oliver McBryan
McBryan
Library of Congress
San Diego
Boulder
Brain's amygdalae trigger disgust in women to strong odors
Scientists used brain scans on 12 women to show the amygdalae activate strongly to harsh smells like sulfur and rot while milder or pleasant odors elicit weaker responses. The study, presented in Orlando, notes gender differences and context can flip odor evaluation from fear to pleasure depending on situation.
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New York
David H. Zald
Zald
Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Minneapolis
University of Minnesota
Orlando
Fla
American Neuropsychiatric Association
Zaid
Susan Schiffman
Duke University Medical School
Jose Pardo
Zald’s
Alaska
Pardo
Belgrade protests enter second day amid police clashes
Police chased student demonstrators through Belgrade streets and into university buildings, beating and arresting protesters in a violent second day. About 80 injured, 18 arrested, as Milosevic clampdown and anti-government protests widen.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Milosevic
Tanjug
Serbia
Kosovo
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