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Killing of a Young Hiker Puts North Georgia on Edge  By BRENDA GOODMAN  Hundreds of women have enrolled in crash courses on personal safety as a community struggles to come to grips with the apparently random murder of a 24-year-old hiker.

Source of Mysterious Antimatter Found  Antimatter, which annihilates matter upon contact, seems to be rare in the universe. Still, for decades, scientists had clues that a vast cloud of antimatter lurked in space, but they did not know where it came from.

Light Sport Aircraft Make Flying Fun and Cheap If you're looking for a Sunday-afternoon stroll through the sky without a lot of burdensome expense and regulation, the FAA created the sport pilot license in 2004 just for folks like you.

2008 Preview Night Sky Highlights Here are some of the more noteworthy sky events that will take place this year. SPACE.com's weekly Night Sky column will provide more extensive coverage of each event as they draw closer.

Britain's fastest supercomputer unveiled LONDON (Reuters) - A supercomputer that could help answer some of science's biggest questions will be unveiled on Monday.

Biotech companies race for drought-tolerant crops JOHNSTON, Iowa (Reuters)- Outside the headquarters of Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc, the pavement is iced over and workers arriving for the day are bundled up

Dollar Falls, Gold Rises in Europe

Biofuels 'are not a magic bullet' Biofuels may have a role to play in curbing climate change, Britain's Royal Society concludes, but many questions remain. EU rethinks biofuels guidelines Quick guide: Biofuels

Messenger primed for Mercury pass The Mercury Messenger probe is set to become the first spacecraft since 1975 to visit the innermost planet.

Cosmic dust disc to force rethink The discovery of a large disc of dust around a double star system may force a rethink of some astronomical models.

 

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Stricken British yachtsman in SOS to local pub

LONDON (AFP) - A British yachtsman seriously injured while sailing solo in the mid-Atlantic rang his local pub in the south of England to call for help, reports said Monday.

 

 

Police helicopter called to Aussie teen's house party 

SYDNEY (AFP) - An Australian teenager who held a wild house party while his parents were away was Monday facing a 20,000-dollar (17,850 US) bill after police called in a helicopter to disperse the revellers.

 

 

Photographer appeals for Gordon Brown lookalike 

LONDON (AFP) - British photographer Alison Jackson, famed for her portraits of celebrity lookalikes in compromising positions, launched an appeal for would-be Gordon Brown impersonators on Monday, after six fruitless years of searching for a stand-in.

 

 

Scouting for spin doctors, skateboarders and parascenders 

LONDON (AFP) - Britain's Scout Association on Saturday unveiled 40 new badges that boys and girls can earn, but the tasks are a far cry from those when the movement was set up 100 years ago.

 

 

Stressed Greeks find release in e-curse website 

ATHENS (AFP) - Greeks fed up with their pesky neighbours, old flames, the government, or society in general can find release in a new Internet site that posts e-curses for free.

 

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______________________ NEWS ALERT from The Wall Street Journal Jan. 14, 2008 International Business Machines reported strong preliminary fourth-quarter results that sent the technology company's shares sharply higher in premarket trading. IBM said earnings from continuing operations were $2.80 a share, up 24% from $2.26 a year earlier, while revenue rose 10% to $28.9 billion. The mean estimates of analysts surveyed by Thomson Financial were for earnings of $2.60 a share on revenue of $27.62 billion. FOR MORE INFORMATION, please see: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120031471466688313.html?mod=djemalertNEWS