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Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian. Conservatives are advised to avoid this movie. This is a sequel to the successful and funny 2006 film "Night at the Museum". In both movies the premise is that a magic tablet allows the museum characters to come alive at night after sunset. However, this movie proves the old adage that quite often the sequel is not as good as the original. The movie would be bad enough even without the shots at George W. Bush. A particular galling moment is when the come alive character General George Custer, whose voice sounds...

Thursday, 18 July, 2002, 23:37 GMT 00:37 UK Alaskan glaciers melting faster The loss is greatest at highest elevations US scientists have found that glaciers in Alaska are retreating much faster than originally thought. The researchers say the resulting melt waters are sufficiently large to drive up global sea levels by 0.14 millimetres per year. Over the last five to 10 years there has been an acceleration Dr Keith Echelmeyer The study by Dr Keith Echelmeyer, of the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute, and colleagues used laser altimetry to measure the volume changes of 67 Alaskan glaciers from the...

Thursday, 11 July, 2002, 12:42 GMT 13:42 UK Analysis: The Teflon White House The war on The list of senior Bush administration officials affected by the corporate scandals grows ever longer. President Bush himself, Vice-President Dick Cheney, Army Secretary Thomas White and several others have been implicated in various scandals amid allegations of wrongdoing. Cheney faces scandal allegations Yet there have been far fewer embarrassing resignations than under any recent president. There are several reasons why. First, officials' financial records now get examined in enormous detail before they are appointed. They have to report anything that could be potentially embarrassing...

Airline Passenger Arrested for Leaving Seat Within 30 Minutes of Salt Lake City Monday, February 11, 2002 SALT LAKE CITY — An airline passenger who allegedly got up to go the bathroom less than 30 minutes before landing became the first person arrested under a new federal flight regulation adopted for the Olympics. Richard Bizarro, 59, could get up to 20 years in prison on charges of interfering with a flight crew. Bizarro was on a Delta flight from Los Angeles on Saturday when he allegedly left his seat 25 minutes before landing, despite two warnings from the captain ...

Scientists: Heat-Sensing Camera Detects Liars Wednesday, January 02, 2002 Email this Article A heat-sensing camera trained on people's faces was able to detect liars in a study that hints at a way of spotting terrorists at airports. In six of eight people who lied, the high-resolution thermal imaging camera detected a faint blushing around their eyes that Mayo Clinic researchers said is evidence of deception. Such facial imaging, they said, could provide a simple and rapid way of scanning people being questioned at airports or border crossings. But other scientists questioned the significance of the findings, noting that the technique ...