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Amazon river- flows both ways
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/24/AR2006102401228.html?referrer=email

Stories of a person: a librarian from D.C. and her lovely, long life
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/21/AR2006102100867.html

Bad S-x awards?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_Sex_in_Fiction_Award

The secret behind champagne bubbles
http://www.livescience.com/othernews/061023_champagne_bubbles.html

Pelican shocker! Yes, life has definitely gotten weirder
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/6083468.stm

And sad to say- more about environmental demise- will it ever get to the point where people will actually alter their lifestyle- of course, the biggest offender- the United States
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6077798.stm?ls