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Buzz Lightyear 'first man on moon' some believe

Some people believe that Buzz Lightyear, the fictional cartoon character from the film Toy Story, was the first man on the moon.

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Related Topix: Life, Conspiracy Theory, Drama Movies, Apollo 11

Thu Jul 09, 2009

The Miami Herald

Mystery of construction site cemetery grows

The mystery surrounding a long-forgotten cemetery unearthed by construction crews two months ago has only deepened with a genealogist's discovery of records suggesting hundreds of black Miamians may have been buried there more than 75 years ago.

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Related Topix: Life, Genealogy, Miami, FL, Archaeology, Anthropology, Science, Miami Metro

Decider+Chicago

Blood: The Last Vampire

It's a glorious time for vampires, at least in the hands of filmmakers looking for forgiving audiences to anoint their mediocre projects: The strident HBO Southern gothic True Blood broke records with its second-season debut, Twilight made the transition from novel to screen with its teenybopper sexlessness intact, and there have somehow been three ...

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Related Topix: Life, Anime and Manga, Movies, Entertainment

KSDK NewsChannel 5

Amazing teen completes transcontinental flight

A teenaged pilot flies into the record books. She's the youngest African-American female to pilot a transcontinental flight.

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Related Topix: Flying, Life

SignOnSanDiego.com

Indian police say toxic home brew has killed 86

The death toll has risen precipitously since people first fell ill Monday after a night of drinking.

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Related Topix: Life, Homebrewing, World News, India,

6 ABC

Couture lives on in young designers

Who says couture is for old people? The young designers who show during Paris' couture week, but off the strictly regulated official calendar, prove that made-to-measure craftsmanship is not reserved for the over-60 set.

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Related Topix: Michael Jackson, Black Entertainment, Pop/Rock, Life, Embroidery

Asbury Park Press Online

Did NASA fake the moon landing? Some conspiracy theories never die

Did NASA secretly stage history's biggest scam by filming fake lunar landings - complete with phony astronauts and pseudo-moon rocks - on some Hollywood soundstage? Or, are the skeptics who believe these moon-hoax theories a collection of conspiracy theorists, money-grubbers and the perpetually paranoid? The debate continues.

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Related Topix: NASA, Life, Conspiracy Theory, Drama Movies, Apollo 11, Buzz Aldrin, Reality TV, Entertainment, Television

Tue Jul 07, 2009

www.seattlepi.com | Shelby847

Gundam turns 30; robot will live on, creator says

Best Selling Plasma TV Stands Japan's most popular robot animation, Gundam, turns 30 this year, and the creator of the anime series says the times have caught up with the futuristic show launched in the late 1970s.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Robots, Life, Anime and Manga, Video Games

Boston.com

Fashion world mourns Lacroix's last show

The fashion world sloughed off its artifice, shedding genuine tears of emotion and submitting to the humiliation of group hugs in homage to legendary French designer Christian Lacroix, who delivered Tuesday what will likely be his last haute couture show.

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Related Topix: Mafia, Life, Embroidery

24 Hours Vancouer

Gundam robot turns 30

Japan's most popular robot animation, Gundam, turns 30 this year, and the creator of the anime series said Tuesday the times have caught up with the futuristic show launched in the late 1970s.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Robots, Life, Anime and Manga, Video Games

Helmsley Today

Quilters' show is a colourful affair

A HANDMADE quilt is to be raffled to raise money for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance and Scarborough and Ryedale Mountain Rescue Team.

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Related Topix: Life, Quilting

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Record-setting flight links aviation's past, future

At 12, Kimberly Anyadike learned to fly airplanes. At 15, she has become a part of aviation history.

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Related Topix: Flying, Life, Newport News, VA

WisInfo

Wright replica to fly at AirVenture

Wilbur and Orville Wright would be proud. A replica of the Wright brothers' 1909 Wright Model 'B' Flyer will make its North American public flying debut at the Experimental Aircraft Association 2009 AirVenture.

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Related Topix: Flying, Life, Dayton, OH, Dayton Metro

Mon Jul 06, 2009

WisInfo

Major grounds improvements

Steve Taylor was given just 51 weeks to change the appearance of the world's largest general aviation event.

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Related Topix: Flying, Life, Oshkosh, WI

San Gabriel Valley Tribune

Safety improvements scheduled for El Monte and La Verne airports

The El Monte Airport. The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has approved plans to seek bids for runway and taxiway improvements at two San Gabriel Valley airports.

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Related Topix: Flying, Life, El Monte, CA, La Verne, CA, Los Angeles County, CA, US News, Federal Aviation Administration

Penticton Herald

a Ramboa creator Morrell outdoes himself with latest action novel, a The Shimmera

David Morrell, author of "The Shimmer," is shown. "The Shimmer" David Morrell Football-sized lights hover over the dark horizon outside Marfa, Texas, bouncing, shimmering, even changing colours.

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Related Topix: Marfa, TX, Flying

Portclintonnewsherald.com Port Clinto...

The Black Swamp Quilt Guild Retreat

The Black Swamp Quilt Guild of Bowling Green is hosting a wonderful quilting retreat in October with three days of quilting and absolutely no cooking.

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Related Topix: Life, Quilting, Grand Rapids, OH

North Port Sun

Auburndale woman discovers new beetle species

When Donna Stark saw the medium-sized beetle one evening in 2007, she wasn't sure what it was.

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Related Topix: Auburndale, FL, Lakeland Metro, Entomology, Science, Lakeland, FL, Collecting, Life, Florida

Sun Jul 05, 2009

Pasadena Star-News

Mom's The Word: Making a collection doesn't mean becoming a pack rat

I'll trade you your child's collection of baseball cards for my 7-year-old's stash of rocks.

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Related Topix: Collecting, Life, Dinosaur, Science, Paleontology

National Post

Many Alices turn Vancouver beach into Wonderland

Participants dressed as Alice dance the limbo at Alices Everywhere!, a Guinness World Record Challenge Event at English bay, Vancouver Jul.

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Related Topix: Lewis Carroll, Vocal, Life, Genealogy

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