Wierd & News

Lightning exits woman's bottom

Ancient nuclear blasts and levitating stones

Pink makes prisoners see red


Pope may decide to abolish limbo

Boffins to create human-rabbit hybrid embryos

Man paid to watch paint dry


Cat parasite influences sex ratio in human babies

Drill Hole Begins Homeric Quest

Firefighters fight fire-firefighters

Big grey mouse first new mammal identified in years


Plant eats mouse in French botanical garden

Time capsule to be beamed from Mexican pyramid

Another Thylacine Photo?


Plaster cast leads to hunt for Bigfoot

New flame-coloured finch found
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Low-Key Democrat Leads High-Stakes Senate Race
Social Conservative Bob Casey Is an Unlikely Party Hero
By David FinkelWashington Post Staff WriterSunday, October 15, 2006; Page A04
READING, Pa. -- For Bob Casey Jr., it was one of the good days in his campaign to send Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) into political obscurity. Morning brought word of a new poll showing him with a 12-point lead over Santorum, who is the third most powerful Republican in the Senate, and evening brought an adoring audience to a fundraiser here in a private home, where Casey said with growing confidence, "I really believe this race is about America."TheRestHere
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With Eye On 2008, Kerry Goes After Bush
By Dan Balz
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, October 15, 2006; Page A07
MANCHESTER, N.H. -- Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) barely said hello to the New Hampshire Democrats who filled a banquet room here Friday night before unloading on President Bush.
"This war in Iraq is a disgrace," he said in the second sentence of his speech at a party fundraising dinner.TheRestHere