Steve Knight's Blog – November 2010 Archive (4)

By PITA LIGAIULA, Associated Press Pita Ligaiula, Associated Press – Sat Nov 27, 1:11 pm ET

SUVA, Fiji – For more than 50 days, the three boys slurped rainwater that puddled in the bottom of their tiny boat, gobbled flying fish that leaped aboard and prayed for salvation.

Etueni Nasau and his two cousins almost gave up hope they would survive as they bobbed in their aluminum dinghy across the South Pacific for more than seven weeks, before a fishing trawler…

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Doctors sound TSA germ alert

Dangers include syphilis, lice, viruses, ringworm



Posted: November 24, 2010

9:09 pm Eastern



By Bob Unruh

© 2010 WorldNetDaily





Syphilis, lice, gonorrhea, ringworm, chlamydia, staph, strep, noro and papilloma viruses all are part of the possible fringe benefits when airline passengers next go through a full hands-on pat-down by agents of the federal government's Transportation Security Administration, according to… Continue

"Brian Handwerk

for National Geographic News

Updated November 24, 2010

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Rocket Loaded With Solar Sail and Satellites Blasts Off From Alaska

By Mike Wall

SPACE.com Senior Writer

posted: 19 November 2010

08:25 pm ET

This…

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