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Nearly 1,500 years ago a massive flood in Geneva reportedly swept away everything in its path -- mills, houses, cattle, even entire churches. Now researchers believe they've found the unlikely sounding culprit: a tsunami-like killer wave in the Alps. The threat, they add, may still be very much alive. (Video: Tsunamis 101.) Spurred by a huge landslide, the medieval Lake Geneva "tsunami" (technically defined as a seismic ocean wave) swamped the city, which was already a trading hub, according to a new study. Far from any ocean, the massive wave was likely generated by a massive landslide into the Rhone...

For decades, terrified eyewitnesses have reported encounters with otherworldly creatures on country roads near Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. We sent a brave team of investigators to separate monster from myth. Flashlight: Check. Walking stick: Check. Witnesses: Check. Camera: Check. RAW ANIMAL FLESH FOR BAIT: Sort of. (Do burger patties count?) KNIFE MADE OF PURE SILVER: No, but thereÂ’s probably a Swiss Army knife around here somewhere. The clock is creeping near midnight, and I and a ragtag crew of werewolf hunters are lurking deep in the woods. WeÂ’re near Bray Road, the unassuming but infamous country lane on the outskirts of...

Candidates square off in annual corn maze (Published Wednesday, September 15, 2004 10:52:35 AM CDT) By Chris Schultz/Gazette Staff Fairwyn Farms, on Highway 50 in Burlington created an election-year corn maze featuring Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry and President George W. Bush. The third annual maze opened Aug. 21 and runs through the end of October. The previous two mazes had a Green Bay Packers/Chicago Bears theme, and farm manager Eric Craig said he wanted to keep the idea of rivalry this year. Associated Press LAKE GENEVA-Find the presidential elections confusing? Don't know where to turn? There's a place...

THE setting is Alpine, lakeside and romantic, perfect for a happy reunion. But whether Presidents Bush and Chirac can manage anything more than rictus grins when they pose for photographs by Lake Geneva is anyone’s guess. The meeting in six weeks will be the first test of whether the transatlantic ructions over Iraq can become bygones, or if the bitterness will set the tone of Western diplomacy for the next decade. Washington will take critical steps today towards deciding whether, and how far, to take US retribution against France for what it regards as M Chirac’s obstructive role over Iraq....