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VANCOUVER, Wash. - Mount St. Helens has been rumbling with a series of small earthquakes. The University of Washington seismographs show there was a 3.0 magnitude quake at 9:41 Sunday night, a 3.4 at 10:43 and a 3.2 Monday morning at 3:56. In the past, such quakes have indicated a steam burst or minor ash plume. A spokesman for the University of Washington seismology lab, Bill Steele, said the quakes "do seem to be getting a little bit larger and that's of interest, but what it all means we don't know." Scientists lost most of their instruments in a minor...

St Pete researchers find tattoos on ancient Siberian mummies St PETERSBURG, March 28 (Itar-Tass) - Infrared photography methods, used for the first time by researchers at the Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg, have made it possible to discover tattoos in ancient mummies excavated in the Pazyryk mounds in the south Siberian Altai Mountains. The mounds date back to the 8th to 5th centuries BC. The discovery was made on three mummies – two that used to be female bodies and one male body -- that were produced by special treatment for burial ceremonies. One more male mummy was found in...

There's been a lot of talk over the past few years that billie-j would aspire to the office of Secretary-General of the UN.I always disputed it as a lost cause, since no member-State of the Security Council, having veto-power, could ever have one of their citizens running the show!I've been challenged by the beautiful and talented Mata Sherry to back-up my claims!Well! I spent about four hours trying to find the info on the UN website, and I can't find jack-shit!So I'm calling for help. Where is it written that the USA CANNOT put a candidate up for election to...

The purpose of FreeRepublic.com's multiple message boards is to limit the topics for each board to particular topics. Posting the same message on all the boards defeats the purpose of multiple-boards for special topics. It is very annoying to see the same message on every bulletin board. PLEASE! DO THE READERS A FAVOR. STOP CROSS-POSTING YOUR MESSAGES!

MOUNT SAINT HELENS, Wash. - The new lava dome inside the crater of Mount Saint Helens 50 miles north of Portland has grown a protrusion the size of a 30-story building that glows red at night. Scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey released dramatic new video of that growth. Night video shows the hot lava dome glowing red. Scientists say it is the result of rising magma, or molten lava. The lobe began building up last month and has grown to the size of an aircraft carrier. One section has risen 330 feet in the past ten days. Scientists still...

The U.S. attorney for the northern district of Indiana is being asked to investigate an alleged incident of voter fraud. The name of a man who died more than three years ago has shown up on paperwork requesting a mailed absentee ballot.The man's name is Stanley Grygiel. He was a staunch democrat, a UAW member and somewhat politically active. Up until now, it appeared that activity ended when he died in June of 2001.Mail from the Democratic Party still occasionally shows up at the home of the late Grygiel, according to a son who still lives there. The son expressed...

St George found in Welsh church The life-size painting was discovered during renovation work A medieval wall painting has been uncovered during renovation work at a south Wales church. A life-size image of St George standing on a slain a dragon was uncovered at St Cadoc's church in Llangattock Lingoed, near Abergavenny. Discovered during recent renovations at the centuries old church, experts have described the painting as a "special find". The painting is thought to have been covered up during the Reformation. Ruth McNeilage who is a specialist in conserving wall paintings worked on the image. "It is quite high...

NBC 17 CDC's 10 Most Dangerous Dogs List POSTED: 3:58 PM EST January 14, 2004 RALEIGH, N.C. -- Tuesday's fatal dog attack in Harnett County is not as rare as you may think. Dogs kill 10 to 20 people in the United States every year.Last year in Orange County, 300 dog bites were reported, and 350 were reported in Raleigh. DOG SAFETY Stay SafeTips For ParentsOwn A Dog?Been Injured By A Dog? While national statistics show at least 30 breeds have attacked humans, 10 dog breeds are on the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's most dangerous list, meaning they...

School reforms irk St. Louis parents Mon Mar 15, 9:40 AM ET Chicago Tribune By Stephanie Simon Tribune Newspapers: Los Angeles Times Nine months ago, the school board hired a corporate turnaround company to run the troubled public education system here. The consultants will return to New York in June, their $4.7-million contract up. They will leave behind a school district in chaos and a city enraged. Applying business models developed to save casinos and clothing chains from bankruptcy, the outsiders slashed the district's expenses by 15 percent. They shut 16 schools, laid off more than 1,100 employees and hired...

OPINION St Louis Gandhi BluesPATRICK W. GAVIN So what accounted for Hillary Clinton getting away despite the slur on Gandhi, a derogatory stereotype about a specific ethnic group? Her status as America's Most Beloved Adultery Victim and Patron Saint of Progressive Causes? Although Democrats are quick to moan that life is so unfair in a Bush America, they have failed to stop and smell the roses that do appear all around them. One of these roses sprouted up most prominently this week. At a fund-raiser in Missouri, Senator Hillary Clinton introduced a quote by Mohandas Gandhi by saying, "he ran...

August 1, 2003Memorial of Saint Alphonsus Liguori, bishop and doctor of the Church Psalm: Friday 33 Reading I Responsorial Psalm Gospel Reading ILev 23:1, 4-11, 15-16, 27, 34b-37 The LORD said to Moses, "These are the festivals of the LORD which you shall celebrateat their proper time with a sacred assembly.The Passover of the LORD falls on the fourteenth day of the first month,at the evening twilight.The fifteenth day of this month is the LORD's feast of Unleavened Bread.For seven days you shall eat unleavened bread.On the first of these days you shall hold a sacred assemblyand do no sort...