@katiecouric: Benjamin Netanyahu - CBS News Video

"Katie Couric interviews the Israeli Prime Minister about Middle East peace, tension in Gaza, and Iran's nuclear ambitions."

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US will attack Iran if it must

"JPost -After a meeting with Defense Minister Ehud Barak in Jerusalem at the David Citadel Hotel on Wednesday, US Senators John McCain, Joseph Lieberman and Lindsey Graham held a press conference where they spoke about several pressing foreign policy issues in the region.

Senator Lieberman used some very harsh language at the Wednesday press conference to describe the Iranian nuclear program, saying the US must do everything it can to stop Iran from becoming a nuclear power. The US will address the Iranian threat 'through diplomatic efforts and economic sanctions if we can, but through military action if we must,' said Lieberman."

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Passport fees going up next week - CNN.com

"(CNN) -- Get ready to open your wallet a little wider to satisfy your travel bug: It is soon going to cost more to apply for a new U.S. passport or renew an old one -- a move criticized by the public and some lawmakers.
Starting next Tuesday, adults applying for their first passport book will have to pay $135 -- a 35 percent increase from the current $100 fee."

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Obama, Netanyahu Discuss Peace Process

They Cry Peace and Safety! "President Obama welcomed Isreali Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the White House, to discuss the peace process and the threat of Iran. - Courtesy Fox News."




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More Oil Wells in Gulf Leaking?

A new investigation suggests that thousands of abandoned oil wells in the Gulf of Mexico may be leaking. Courtesy Fox News.



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A Chip Off the Old Block: Update on Implanted Microchips - from Florida Trend, Florida's Source For Business News

"Eight years ago, when Applied Digital Solutions of Delray Beach introduced a microchip that could be implanted in humans, company executives thought they had a product that would create the ultimate portable medical record. The rice grain-sized VeriChip could save lives by providing access to vital health information in emergency situations when the patient couldn’t speak. One potential use: Keeping track of Alzheimer’s patients who are prone to wandering off but are often unable to communicate effectively because of their illness."

Scott Silverman

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91-year-old lived with husband's corpse

CRAZY SICK! "This 91-year-old widow lived by herself in a tumbledown house on a desolate country road. But she wasn't alone, not really, not as long as she could visit her husband and twin sister. No matter they were already dead.

Jean Stevens simply had their embalmed corpses dug up and stored them at her house — in the case of her late husband, for more than a decade — tending to the remains as best she could until police were finally tipped off last month, much to her dismay."

91-year-old lived with husband's corpse

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6'4" Cop tries to block video of BP worker in Ambulance - CNN iReport

"iReport — Independent producer, Marguerite Cravatt, is following the Gulf Cost Crisis, and while videotaping a BP worker being taken away in an ambulance, a 6'4' 400 lb. Gulf Shores police officer tried to block her from recording the incident. When Marguerite stated that she was being lied to, the policeman responded, 'What difference does it make? Who are you?' The BP team turned their badges backwards and tried to create a body block to keep the cameras from capturing the scene. When Marguerite asked for the phone number to the officer's supervisor, the policeman backed away and left the scene."



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If It Was My Home - Visualizing the BP Oil Spill

See how big the oil is if it had happened where you live! This map puts the oil spill at your location. It gives you a perfect idea just how horrible it is for those who live in the gulf!


Mouse plague 'worse than drought' - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

"Hundreds of thousands of hectares of new crops have been devoured across South Australia, Victoria and Western Australia in the worst mouse plague since 1993. Farmers warn the infestation could be more costly than a drought."

plague numbers

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Tomato plants poisoning 'industrial sabotage' - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

"North Queensland horticulturalists says the recent poisoning of about 7 million tomato seedlings is 'industrial sabotage'."

Poisoned capsicum seedlings sit limp in their trays in Bowen on July 6.

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Mice v locusts in battle of the plagues - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

"Victorian farmers' grain crops are under a double pest attack, first from locusts and then from mice. Hundreds of thousands of hectares of new crops have been devoured across South Australia, Victoria and Western Australia in the worst mouse plague since 1993."

Mice have been seen eating locust eggs.

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Over 25% of flowers face extinction – many before they are even discovered | Environment | The Guardian

"More than one-in-four of all flowering plants are under threat of extinction according to the latest report to confirm the ongoing destruction of much of the natural world by human activity."

Meat-eating plant discovered : Nepenthes attenboroughii
The giant carnivorous plant, Nepenthes attenboroughii, is under threat of extinction - along with 25% of all others on earth. Photograph: Redfern Natural History/PAThe giant carnivorous plant, Nepenthes attenboroughii, is under threat of extinction - along with 25% of all others on earth. Photograph: Redfern Natural History/PA

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PAGER - Rapid Assessment of an Earthquake's Impact

PAGER - Rapid Assessment of an Earthquake's Impact
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DID YOU KNOW THERE WAS A 100% CHANCE OF AN EARTHQUAKE TODAY!

YES! There's a 100 percent chance of an earthquake today! Though millions of persons may never experience an earthquake, they are very common occurrences on this planet. So today -- somewhere -- an earthquake will occur.

It may be so light that only sensitive instruments will perceive its motion; it may shake houses, rattle windows, and displace small objects; or it may be sufficiently strong to cause property damage, death, and injury.

It is estimated that about 700 shocks each year have this capability when centered in a populated area. But fortunately, most of these potentially destructive earthquakes center in unpopulated areas far from civilization.

Since a major portion of the world's earthquakes each year center around the rim of the Pacific Ocean (Ring of Fire), referred to by seismologists as the circum-Pacific belt, this is the most probable location for today's earthquake. But it could hit any location, because no region is entirely free of earthquakes.

Stating that an earthquake is going to occur today is not really "predicting earthquakes". To date, they cannot be predicted. But anyone, on any day, could make this statement and it would be true. This is because several million earthquakes occur annually; thereby, thousands occur each day, although most are too small to be located. The problem, however, is in pinpointing the area where a strong shock will center and when it will occur.

Earthquake prediction is a future possibility, though. Just as the Weather Bureau now predicts hurricanes, tornadoes, and other severe storms, the NEIC may one day issue forecasts on earthquakes. Earthquake research was stepped up after the Alaska shock in 1964. Today, research is being conducted by the USGS and other federal and state agencies, as well as universities and private institutions. Earthquake prediction may some day become a reality, but only after much more is learned about the earthquake mechanism

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