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Mongolian Death Worm: Legendary Creepy-Crawly Desert Killer
By Beau Brendler - AOL NewsMongolia, a land of mystery. Where the grave of great warrior king Genghis Khan, who created an empire stretching from the Baltic and Black to the Bering seas, remains undiscovered. Where the national dish has become Mongolian barbecue, the stir-fry buffet variety invented in the United States. And where giant, scarlet worms burrow in the barren expanse of one of the world's largest, coldest deserts, spewing fiery acid and electrocuting unlucky camels from a distance. Yes, a creature so fearsomely odd that its name -- which also happens to be the title of a cheesy Syfy Channel/Lions Gate DVD ...
Skywatchers' Delight: Partial Solar Eclipse on the Horizon
By Lisa Flam - AOL NewsSkywatchers take note: The first partial solar eclipse of 2011 arrives Tuesday morning. The Jan. 4 eclipse will be visible -- weather permitting -- in Europe, northern Africa and central Asia, but North America will miss out on the show. The eclipse will be visible first in northern Algeria. It moves to Western Europe, where Spain, France and Britain will be treated to a sunrise eclipse. The point of greatest eclipse comes in Sweden, according to NASA. The moon will cover 80 percent of the sun's disk in the northeastern part of the country, according to Space.com Manan Vatsyayana, ...
Coal May Be Behind China's Monster Traffic Jam
By Jonathan Adams - AOL News(Aug. 25) -- China's surging appetite for coal may be behind the nightmarish traffic jam outside Beijing that's now in Day 12. The jam has seen thousands of vehicles backed up along a 60-mile-long stretch of road between Inner Mongolia and Beijing. Motorists have reported travel times of up to five days to get through the king-sized snarl. The immediate cause of the jam is road construction on National Expressway 110 (G110). But those repairs were needed due to damage from a recent surge in jumbo truck traffic carrying coal and some agricultural products, the Global Times reported. There is ...
Anchorage Police: Don't Tase the Bears (It's for Your Own Good)
By Joe Peacock - AOL News(Aug. 4) -- Now, kids, it's time for a little lesson in common sense: If you use a Taser on a bear, you need a rather efficient exit strategy, because the second it wears off or you let go, it might get up and maul and possibly eat you. That's what Anchorage, Alaska, police are telling the public today, after the July 22 actions of Lt. Dave Parker, who saw a black bear near his fish fryer and proceeded to shoot it with a stun gun. According to the lieutenant, the bear "went inverted, with feet in the air, growling and crying at the same time, flailing with his feet. He actually rolled off ...
Autonomous China and the Fight Over Heritage
By Andrew Clark - Politics DailyContributor Andrew Clark studied in Shanghai during the spring of 2010. This is the first in a series of stories that touches on his political and cultural awakenings in-and-around China. When Americans look at the world map, China seems to be a unified block of land. In reality, China is made up of several unique ethnic groups that are having trouble assimilating to unified rule. During my last week in China, a friend and I took one final trip to one of the most exotic, off-the-map places in China -- Hohhot, in Inner Mongolia. Hohhot is situated in northern China, near the border of ...
Surprise: Gary Danielson Upset at Tebow Diss
By Brian Cook - AOL NewsRaise your hand if you saw a Gary Danielson hissy fit coming after the Tebow Child was inexplicably passed over for the Heisman by a guy with 18 more touchdown passes than he has. Okay, that's everyone. Cue fit. Danielson is talking about Tebow losing the award despite being first on the most ballots: Well, because it's a strategy ...That's exactly why it's done. That's why I gave up my Heisman vote about four or five years ago. I just thought this thing is a joke and I don't want to be a part of it. And by the way, I resigned from the Davey O'Brien award this year for the same reason. The ...
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