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Anger Over Paris Story

Fri, 29 Jun 2007 11:46:23 GMT

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Did the release of Paris Hilton from a Los Angeles jail merit the media attention it received? That question reached a critical point for one US cable news presenter when she refused to read out the lead item on a popular morning breakfast show.

"I have an apology," presenter Mika Brzezinski told the host of MSNBC's Morning Joe programme, "and that is for the lead story. I hate this story. I don't think it should be the lead.

Taunted by her co-presenters, Brzezinski proceeded to tear up the script, attempting to set light to it before finally putting it through a shredder. "You have changed the world," mocked host Joe Scarborough."Yes I have," replied Brzezinski, "at least my world."

Throughout the exchanges Brzezinski appeared angry at the inclusion of the item as the lead in the morning's news

She took a cigarette lighter from a fellow presenter and tried, but failed, to set light to the sheaf of papers.

Brzezinski was shown with her head in her hands.

Tags: news, paris hilton, entertainment

What is a Billion?

Thu, 28 Jun 2007 21:56:19 GMT

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Clip Source: by124w.bay124.mail.live.com

A billion is a difficult number to comprehend, but one advertising agency did a good job of putting that figure into some perspective in one of its releases.

A. A billion seconds ago it was 1959.

B. A billion minutes ago Jesus was alive.

C. A billion hours ago our ancestors were living in the Stone Age.

D. A billion days ago no-one walked on the earth on two feet.

E. A billion dollars ago was only 8 hours and 20 minutes, at the rate our government is spending it.

Tags: numers, billion, dollars, facts, interesting

Mysterious Clouds Creeping Out of the Arctic

Fri, 29 Jun 2007 10:18:01 GMT

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Clip Source: www.livescience.com

A new NASA satellite has recorded the first detailed images from space of a mysterious type of cloud called “night-shining” or “noctilucent."

The clouds are on the move, brightening and creeping out of polar regions, and researchers don't know why.

"It is clear that these clouds are changing, a sign that a part of our atmosphere is changing and we do not understand how, why or what it means," said atmospheric scientists James Russell III of Hampton University in Hampton, Virginia. "These observations suggest a connection with global change in the lower atmosphere and could represent an early warning that our Earth environment is being changed."

This image shows one of the first ground sightings of noctilucent clouds in the 2007 season over Budapest, Hungary on June 15, 2007. Credit: Veres Viktor/NASA

The "Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere” (AIM) satellite first imaged the noctilucent clouds May 25. People on the ground began seeing them June 6 over Northern Europe.

Tags: science, nasa, atmosphere, global warming, clouds, arctic, earth, environment