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The Cooke Report
On the X Zone Radio Show
For
January 14, 2008
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Five Creatures that May Not Exist, but Get Government Protection
Anyway
In Florida, the US, and even elsewhere in the
world, individuals, politicians, and organizations have fought successfully for
legal protection for cryptids.
Pentagon, Big Pharma: Drug Troops to Numb Them to Horrors of War
In June, the Department of Defense Task Force on Mental Health
acknowledged "daunting and growing" psychological problems among our troops:
Nearly 40 percent of soldiers, a third of Marines and half of National Guard
members are presenting with serious mental health issues. Over 6,250 American
veterans took their own lives in 2005 alone -- that works out to a little more
than 17 suicides every day
A First! Snow Falls in Baghdad
`The flakes melted quickly. But the
smiles, wonder and excited story-swapping went on throughout the day: It snowed
in Baghdad.
2007 U.S. Weather Summary: Over 900 High Temperature Records
The year featured crop-killing
freezes in California in January and the Great Plains and Southeast in April,
severe drought in the Southeast and Southwest, heavy rains in the Plains States
through summer, and a hot summer for most of the Nation. Timely rains kept most
of the Corn Belt out of drought during the summer growing season
FBI Wiretaps Dropped Due to Unpaid Bills
Telephone companies have cut off
FBI wiretaps used to eavesdrop on suspected criminals because of the bureau's
repeated failures to pay phone bills on time.
Pakistan President Tells US to Stay Out
Despite the growing threat from
Islamic extremists, President Pervez Musharraf said U.S. troops are not welcome
to join the fight against al-Qaida on Pakistani soil.
Introducing the Pollution-Eating Tree
Pollution-eating poplar trees will
be planted at an Indiana hazardous waste site in a test of the bioremediation
power of transgenic plants.
Prisoners 'to be Chipped Like Dogs'
Ministers are planning to implant
"machine-readable" microchips under the skin of thousands of offenders as part
of an expansion of the electronic tagging scheme that would create more space in
British jails.
Third Reich to Fortune 500: Five Popular Brands the Nazis Gave Us
Already today you've used at least
one product from a company that, at one time, worked for the Nazis.
Woodstock is Selling for a Cool 8 Million.
Today, the home, barn and lands of
the world’s most celebrated farmer can be yours, as the “For Sale” sign has gone
up on the original homestead of Max Yasgur. $8,000,000 and it’s yours
Sir Edmund Hillary Dies July 20, 1919 – January 11, 2008
Following his ascent of Everest May
29, 1953 he devoted much of his life to helping the Sherpa people of Nepal
through the Himalayan Trust, which he founded. Through his efforts many schools
and hospitals were built in this remote region of the Himalayas. He was the
Honorary President of the American Himalayan Foundation, a United States
non-profit body that helps improve the ecology and living conditions in the
Himalayas.
With Nuke Rebirth Come New Worries
Global warming and rocketing oil
prices are making nuclear power fashionable, drawing a once demonized industry
out of the shadows of the Chernobyl disaster as a potential shining knight of
clean energy.
17 States Stuck in License Showdown
Millions of air travelers may find
going through airport security much more complicated this spring, as the Bush
administration heads toward a showdown with state governments over post-Sept. 11
rules for new driver's licenses.
A First! Snow Falls in Baghdad
`The flakes melted quickly. But the
smiles, wonder and excited story-swapping went on throughout the day: It snowed
in Baghdad.
666 Church Motion
A motion calling for the
disestablishment of the Church of England appeared on the House of Commons order
paper today - bizarrely numbered 666, the number associated with the Antichrist.
China 'Plans to Send Troops into North Korea'
China is planning to send troops into
North Korea to restore order and secure its nuclear
arsenal in the event of the regime’s collapse.
Stop Giving Antibiotics for Colds, Doctors Told
Doctors are to be told to stop
prescribing antibiotics for coughs, colds and sore throats because over-use of
the drugs is fuelling the spread of killer hospital superbugs.
Glowing Pig Passes Genes to Piglets
A cloned pig whose genes were
altered to make it glow fluorescent green has passed on the trait to its young,
a development that could lead to the future breeding of pigs for human
transplant organs, a Chinese university reported.
U.S.: Voices on Recording may not have been from Iranian
Speedboats
Just two days after the U.S.
Navy released the eerie video of Iranian speedboats swarming around American
warships, which featured a chilling threat in English, the Navy is saying that
the voice on the tape could have come from the shore or from another ship
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