We’re too smart these days. We’ve grown so inured to the often unbelievable nonsense on television, or the absurd chain emails we gather in our inboxes, that the idea of a hysteria-inciting radio play is laughable
Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds
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Harold Camping Says It’s the End of the World. He’s Said that Before
In a comfortable office, Bible placed firmly atop his lap, 89-year-old Harold Camping is waxing with utter certainty about the end of the world.
1,000 (Or So) Things to Do Before the End of the World
The world is going to end on Saturday. Maybe
Where Victory Lies
Of all the revelations, this is the conversation I remember from a September day almost 10 years ago. I was driving home from school with my daughters; they were 4 and almost 7, and the news a few days after the attacks was relentlessly grim: body counts and a smoking, toxic ruin and cars unclaimed at suburban train stations because Mom or Dad never came home from work that day
Cell-Phone Radiation: What Is the Risk?
Roughly 270 million Americans do it several times a day: talk on a cell phone. Seems harmless.
France’s Chirac to face corruption trial
Former French President Jacques Chirac must stand trial on corruption charges, French public radio reported Friday.
Feds to question attendants of wayward jet
Federal investigators on Monday may interview flight attendants from a Northwest Airlines jet that overshot the runway at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport last week by 150 miles, according to the National Transportation Safety Board.
Airliner crew flies 150 miles past airport
A Northwest Airlines flight from San Diego, California, overshot the Minneapolis, Minnesota, airport by about 150 miles Wednesday evening, and federal investigators are looking into whether the pilots had become distracted, as they claimed, or perhaps fell asleep.
Champion Button looks to the future with Brawn
Jenson Button is celebrating his first world championship and already looking forward to repeating his triumph with the Brawn GP team next season.
Obama launches Web site to reach public
Barack Obama had a formidable online presence during his quest for the White House, and he is once again turning to the Internet to communicate with the American public as president-elect. Within 24 hours of last week’s historic vote, his transition team rolled out change.gov, a Web site that promises to be “your source for the latest news, events and announcements so that you can follow the setting up of the Obama administration.” The site is still a little thin on content, but there’s a blog, a newsroom and a countdown to the January 20 inauguration