Month January 2003

The worst President ever? Doubting Thomas offers her press veteran’s take on state of presidency Dean of US press corps Helen Thomas calls Bush the worst president ever; here’s an excerpt: “She seemed to have sympathy and affection for everyone…

Ok, but what will he do for an encore? Kid in car crash thrown 25 feet in air, hangs onto power lines until saved. “A teenager was catapulted at least 25 feet in the air during an auto accident but…

‘The Devil’s Excrement’ “Ten years from now, 20 years from now, you will see,” former Venezuelan Oil Minister and OPEC co-founder Juan Pablo Perez Alfonzo predicted in the 1970s, “oil will bring us ruin.” … Perez Alfonzo had a different…

Will there be a Chinese “Grapes of Wrath”? ‘Ecological meltdown’: huge dust cloud threatens Asia “Gigantic dust clouds swirling over China are threatening the world’s most populous country with the first-ever “ecological meltdown”, experts here warn. The institute blames “over-cultivation,…

Earth to Microsoft Worm hits Microsoft, which ignored own advice. That’s right, Microsoft forgot to patch their own servers, and got whacked by the worm along with everyone else.