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Luciole Press Blog: Monthly Archives for January 2009

Sen. Kennedy OK after seizure at Obama's luncheon

Posted by kluciole at 1/20/2009 5:55 PM | Add Comment

Photos of Ted Kennedy at the inauguration ceremony. Article: Kennedy apparently has had a seizure; medics aid Sens. Ted Kennedy and Robert Byrd during the inaugural luncheon in the Capitol’s Statuary Hall

Posted by kluciole at 1/20/2009 11:52 AM | Add Comment

Obama takes office, saying choose 'hope over fear'

Posted by kluciole at 1/20/2009 11:39 AM | Add Comment

Text of President Barack Obama's inaugural address (video as well)

Posted by kluciole at 1/20/2009 11:35 AM | Add Comment

Italian scientists are trying to get Galileo's DNA "in order to figure out how the astronomer forged groundbreaking theories on the universe while gradually becoming blind"

Posted by kluciole at 1/19/2009 9:36 PM | Add Comment

From the ongoing series sent in by author and Luciole Press contributor Kurt Kamm: FIREFIGHTER'S WORDS -55- STORIES OF LOSS AND SURVIVAL

Posted by kluciole at 1/19/2009 9:30 PM | Add Comment

Article sent in by Luciole Press contributor Dena Rash Guzman: Australian author Harry Nicolaides jailed for insulting Thai king in his 2005 book, "Verisimilitude." Only 50 copies of the book were published, and only seven were sold

Posted by kluciole at 1/19/2009 9:28 PM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Photo: a Japanese monkey soaks in a hot spring at a snow-covered valley in Yamanouchi town, central Japan

Posted by kluciole at 1/19/2009 6:10 PM | Add Comment

Human rights lawyer Stanislav Markelov (who once represented slain Anna Politkovskaya) and journalist Anastasia Baburova killed in Moscow, by masked gunman after Markelov's news conference to protest release of Russian colonel who strangled Chechen woman

Posted by kluciole at 1/19/2009 5:52 PM | Add Comment

Chinese leopard cubs, Wei and Xun, are born in Paris zoo (video)

Posted by kluciole at 1/19/2009 11:43 AM | Add Comment

Madeleine McCann detectives uncover Spanish child porn network

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Iraqi "shoe thrower" Muntadhar al-Zeidi to seek Swiss asylum, says his lawyer

Posted by kluciole at 1/19/2009 11:32 AM | Add Comment

Bush commutes sentences of former US border agents whose convictions for shooting a Mexican drug dealer ignited fierce debate about illegal immigration

Posted by kluciole at 1/19/2009 11:28 AM | Add Comment

Saudi Arabia to donate $1 billion to rebuild Gaza. King Abdullah says Arab initiative offering peace will not remain on the table forever: "Israel has to understand that the choice between war and peace will not always stay open"

Posted by kluciole at 1/19/2009 11:22 AM | Add Comment

Photo: A rainbow is seen over the northern Gaza Strip, from the Israel-Gaza Border

Posted by kluciole at 1/19/2009 12:10 AM | Add Comment

Palm oil frenzy threatens to wipe out orangutans

Posted by kluciole at 1/19/2009 12:03 AM | Add Comment

Photo: People walk through snow on a sunny winter day near the western Austrian city of Bizau

Posted by kluciole at 1/18/2009 11:59 PM | Add Comment

Jeopardy's Alex Trebek, along with three former prime ministers, will host a new reality competition series: "Canada's Next Prime Minister"

Posted by kluciole at 1/18/2009 11:55 PM | Add Comment

Luciole Press Blog featured the missing persons case of Eva Rhodes, who ran an animal sanctuary in Hungary. We have heard from her sister, who asks for the public's help to find this compassionate and kind woman. Photos, email, and website HERE

Posted by kluciole at 1/18/2009 12:30 PM | Add Comment

Photos: Indonesian photographer Ilham Anas wins Obama look-alike contest, and will star on Indonesian TV as his double

Posted by kluciole at 1/18/2009 12:25 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Gaza truce takes hold; Israeli pullout begins

Posted by kluciole at 1/18/2009 12:15 PM | Add Comment

As challenges mount, ardor for Obama cools abroad: "A deepening global recession, new hostilities in the Middle East, complications in closing the Guantanamo Bay prison, Iran, North Korea, Afghanistan... an impatient world has a stake in all of them"

Posted by kluciole at 1/18/2009 12:10 PM | Add Comment

Scientists find new creatures of Australian deep

Posted by kluciole at 1/17/2009 10:01 PM | Add Comment

The pups of war, by the British soldier (Royal Marine Pen Farthing) who saved them from horrors of the Afghan front

Posted by kluciole at 1/17/2009 8:55 PM | Add Comment

The powerful life story of Mirjam Wiener, a Jewish girl who was at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp the day Anne and Margot Frank arrived

Posted by kluciole at 1/17/2009 8:42 PM | Add Comment

Israel declares unilateral Gaza cease-fire

Posted by kluciole at 1/17/2009 1:41 PM | Add Comment

Luciole Press features the incredible work of CAMPAIGN FOR CARE, who will have a blanket and sock distribution for the homeless on MLK day

Posted by kluciole at 1/17/2009 12:53 PM | Add Comment

Tamara Platonovna Karsavina (1885-1978), one of the greatest dancers of the Ballets Russes of Serge Diaghilev

Posted by kluciole at 1/17/2009 12:44 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

TIME article: Does Facebook Replace Face Time, or Enhance It?

Posted by kluciole at 1/17/2009 12:36 PM | Add Comment

Photo: The Jardin des plantes in Paris has announced the birth of two healthy Chinese Panther cubs, a rare species of which only around 2,500 remain in the wild

Posted by kluciole at 1/17/2009 10:30 AM | Add Comment

Cancer-stricken Lt. Col. Jaime Martinez in command at inauguration

Posted by kluciole at 1/17/2009 10:26 AM | Add Comment

Obama rides rails to capital, as onlookers cheer

Posted by kluciole at 1/17/2009 10:20 AM | Add Comment

Murder riddle over 60s model Eva Rhodes, best known for film she did with John Lennon and Yoko Ono. Rhodes ran an animal sanctuary, was threatened repeatedly and won a victory in the European Court of Human Rights because of police aggression against her

Posted by kluciole at 1/17/2009 10:12 AM | View Comments (3) | Add Comment

Poll: More than half of Americans say they are "struggling" ... "The 11-point swing represents more than 22 million people"

Posted by kluciole at 1/17/2009 10:08 AM | Add Comment

Photo: Swans and ducks toddle on frozen Lake Balaton in Hungary

Posted by kluciole at 1/16/2009 11:45 PM | Add Comment

Israel says it's near 'endgame' for Gaza offensive

Posted by kluciole at 1/16/2009 11:40 PM | Add Comment

Photo: Helen Taft's 1909 inaugural ball gown, part of the "First Ladies at the Smithsonian" exhibit

Posted by kluciole at 1/16/2009 11:37 PM | Add Comment

Lincoln's top hat, suit on view at Smithsonian

Posted by kluciole at 1/16/2009 11:34 PM | Add Comment

Common Genes Link Bipolar Disorder, Schizophrenia

Posted by kluciole at 1/16/2009 11:31 PM | Add Comment

Iraqi prison guards throw 30th birthday party for shoe-throwing Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zeidi

Posted by kluciole at 1/16/2009 11:27 PM | Add Comment

Experts say sharks, not humans, are most at risk in the ocean, with millions killed each year

Posted by kluciole at 1/16/2009 11:22 PM | Add Comment

Photo: a model presents an outfit by Japanese fashion brand Naoko Tsuruta during Hong Kong fashion week

Posted by kluciole at 1/16/2009 11:17 PM | Add Comment

American painter Andrew Wyeth dies at 91 in Pennsylvania

Posted by kluciole at 1/16/2009 12:07 PM | Add Comment

The directors behind BBC's "Planet Earth" have joined with Disney to create a nature epic called "Earth"... see photos and video here. It will premiere in the U.S. on April 22, 2009

Posted by kluciole at 1/16/2009 11:54 AM | Add Comment

Chemical weapons used by Persians against Roman army almost 2,000 years ago: a mixture pumped into tunnels that "would have produced toxic gases including sulphur dioxide and complex heavy petro-chemicals"

Posted by kluciole at 1/16/2009 11:47 AM | Add Comment

Photo: Ice covers the South Haven lighthouse on the Lake Michigan shore

Posted by kluciole at 1/15/2009 11:13 PM | Add Comment

Your cuddly, wooly brain: psychiatrist Karen Norberg has knitted an exact replica of the human body's most complex organ. It will be on permanent display at the Boston Museum of Science

Posted by kluciole at 1/15/2009 5:06 PM | Add Comment

From the ongoing series sent in by author and Luciole Press contributor, Kurt Kamm: FIREFIGHTER'S WORDS - 53- WHAT A WAY TO GO At

Posted by kluciole at 1/15/2009 5:05 PM | Add Comment

Bitter cold wave hits even harder because of economic meltdown, with many newly homeless people recently losing jobs and/or their homes to foreclosure

Posted by kluciole at 1/15/2009 4:58 PM | Add Comment

Photo: People wearing 3D glasses stand in the planetarium 'Atmos' at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation in Tokyo to watch a three dimensional projection

Posted by kluciole at 1/15/2009 10:07 AM | Add Comment

Israel apologizes to UN after 'phosphorous' strike on its headquarters in Gaza where 700 Palestinians were sheltering

Posted by kluciole at 1/15/2009 9:41 AM | Add Comment

Meet Patch: At 60-plus pounds of pooch, this dieting dog has a lot to lose

Posted by kluciole at 1/15/2009 9:36 AM | Add Comment

Obama tells daughters he ran for president "because of what I want for you and for every child in this nation"

Posted by kluciole at 1/15/2009 9:32 AM | Add Comment

Do 17th-century drawings prove Englishman Thomas Harriot mapped the moon before Galileo? Drawings will go on display to mark the International Year of Astronomy

Posted by kluciole at 1/14/2009 12:15 PM | Add Comment

Putin's oil painting to be sold for charity

Posted by kluciole at 1/14/2009 12:13 PM | Add Comment

Photos: hardline demonstrators run over, deface, and burn posters of U.S. President-elect Barack Obama in front of the Swiss Embassy in Tehran

Posted by kluciole at 1/14/2009 11:57 AM | Add Comment

"Charles Darwin reminds us not to squander the great legacy of the Victorians, a society that valued heroism and learning"

Posted by kluciole at 1/14/2009 11:50 AM | Add Comment

The dangers of "third-hand smoke" -- even if smokers go outside or away from people to smoke, "toxins carried on clothes, hair and skin can still be inhaled and prove harmful"

Posted by kluciole at 1/14/2009 11:32 AM | Add Comment

Photo: this seal looks like he/she is posing for a photograph next to a diver off the British coast

Posted by kluciole at 1/14/2009 11:29 AM | Add Comment

The WINTER ISSUE of Luciole Press is now online! Please take a look at all of our hard work...

Posted by kluciole at 1/13/2009 6:37 PM | Add Comment

Photo: a pair of Olive Ridley turtles at the Bay of Bengal Sea in Ganjam district, India

Posted by kluciole at 1/13/2009 6:26 AM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Vicks VapoRub can harm children under 2 when applied directly under the nose

Posted by kluciole at 1/13/2009 6:10 AM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Britain's Foreign Minister David Miliband: "Pakistan state not linked to Mumbai attack"

Posted by kluciole at 1/13/2009 6:07 AM | Add Comment

Clinton vows 'smart mix' of diplomacy and defense; her Senate confirmation hearings begin Tuesday

Posted by kluciole at 1/13/2009 6:02 AM | Add Comment

Israeli forces enter Gaza City neighborhood; massive protests continue around the world. Second article: "Europe fears spike in anti-Semitism as Gaza burns"

Posted by kluciole at 1/13/2009 5:22 AM | Add Comment

Minnesota officials turn down Al Franken's request to issue an election certificate that would let him take office in the Senate

Posted by kluciole at 1/13/2009 5:19 AM | Add Comment

Photo: A bird lands on a tree as full moon rises in Schwerte, western Germany

Posted by kluciole at 1/12/2009 7:03 PM | Add Comment

Poland: Workers find WWII mass grave containing what are believed to be the bodies of 1,800 German men, women and children who disappeared during the Soviet Army's march to Berlin

Posted by kluciole at 1/12/2009 7:00 PM | Add Comment

Rare glimpse of a goldcrest, Europe's smallest bird, searching for food in the cold... pecking seeds from a frosted thistle

Posted by kluciole at 1/12/2009 4:29 AM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Videos: Herbert Von Karajan - Beethoven Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 -- (over an hour of wonderful music in parts one and two)

Posted by kluciole at 1/12/2009 1:45 AM | Add Comment

Guide dogs cannot react to distractions, even a disdainful cat... so how do they train the dogs? Meet Leo, special operations kitty at the Guide Dogs charity's training school

Posted by kluciole at 1/12/2009 1:28 AM | Add Comment

"Walking with Boudicca: We follow an historic journey - via an Essex underpass and a McDonald's"

Posted by kluciole at 1/12/2009 1:15 AM | Add Comment

TIME article -- "Casualties of War: Palestinian Moderates." Why this war is drowning out the voices of diplomacy and destroying hope for Palestinian unity. Second article -- "Analysis: (moderate) Abbas weakened by Israel's Gaza war"

Posted by kluciole at 1/12/2009 1:12 AM | Add Comment

Another article about a subject covered here before: "Black holes predate galaxies scientists say, solving age-old riddle"

Posted by kluciole at 1/12/2009 1:08 AM | Add Comment

Shark attacks send shivers through Aussie holidaymakers

Posted by kluciole at 1/12/2009 12:48 AM | Add Comment

Senate boosts wilderness protection across US, setting aside more than 2 million acres in nine states as wilderness

Posted by kluciole at 1/12/2009 12:41 AM | Add Comment

Photo: Waterfowl perch on a fountain in front of a frozen weeping willow in St James's Park in London

Posted by kluciole at 1/11/2009 10:07 AM | Add Comment

Hubble finds ballistic stars blasting their way through space

Posted by kluciole at 1/11/2009 10:04 AM | Add Comment

Photo: sign displays the temperature as -43 degrees Fahrenheit at Ft. Wainwright army base in Fairbanks, Alaska

Posted by kluciole at 1/11/2009 9:54 AM | Add Comment

History calls on Obama to uncork a great speech

Posted by kluciole at 1/11/2009 9:51 AM | Add Comment

Senate to consider expanding wilderness protection

Posted by kluciole at 1/11/2009 9:46 AM | Add Comment

Photo: The latest photograph from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows the young star cluster NGC 2362

Posted by kluciole at 1/10/2009 9:18 PM | Add Comment

Small business woes have big impact on economy

Posted by kluciole at 1/10/2009 9:13 PM | Add Comment

Rare tree kangaroo species has twins at Neb. zoo

Posted by kluciole at 1/10/2009 9:08 PM | Add Comment

Photo: Frost-covered spider's webs hang from a roof line in Godewaersvelde, France, as temperatures continue to drop

Posted by kluciole at 1/10/2009 9:03 PM | Add Comment

GOP sees Al Franken as top public enemy

Posted by kluciole at 1/10/2009 8:58 PM | Add Comment

Fish show they can remember things for up to five months

Posted by kluciole at 1/10/2009 9:11 AM | Add Comment

Dutch take to skates as cold snap freezes canals, affording "an increasingly rare chance to skate across their flat country"

Posted by kluciole at 1/10/2009 9:03 AM | Add Comment

Israel tells Gazans to brace for war escalation, urging them "not to help Hamas and to stay away from its members." Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas predicts a "waterfall of blood" unless all parties adhere to the U.N.'s call for a cease-fire

Posted by kluciole at 1/10/2009 8:44 AM | Add Comment

Photos: floods in western Washington state (included -- Ozzy the cat rides in a canoe as he is rescued by his owner Kurtis Wolfe from the flooded Wheel In Motor Home park)

Posted by kluciole at 1/9/2009 11:06 PM | Add Comment

Saturday Night Special: Biggest Full Moon of 2009

Posted by kluciole at 1/9/2009 10:52 PM | Add Comment

Rare 'dinky' bird migrates to US for first time

Posted by kluciole at 1/9/2009 6:59 PM | Add Comment

George the lobster gets new lease on life at 140

Posted by kluciole at 1/9/2009 6:56 PM | Add Comment

Photo: A Livingstone Turaco and a pair of Black Masked Love Birds feed from a dish at the new African Waterfall Aviary exhibit of Jurong Birdpark in Singapore

Posted by kluciole at 1/9/2009 6:52 PM | Add Comment

The ongoing series sent in by author and Luciole Press contributor Kust Kamm: FIREFIGHTER'S WORDS -52- FROM THE WILDLAND

Posted by kluciole at 1/9/2009 6:51 PM | Add Comment

From Luciole Press friend and contributor Graywolf, and SOTY (Save Our Tribal Youth): "We will be taking needed items (coats,hats, gloves, etc.) to Pine Ridge at the end of the month... please help us in our task with a donation for transportation costs"

Posted by kluciole at 1/9/2009 7:57 AM | Add Comment

Photo: a meercat investigates a clipboard during the annual animal count at London Zoo

Posted by kluciole at 1/9/2009 4:53 AM | Add Comment

Toxic coal ash piling up in ponds in 32 states

Posted by kluciole at 1/9/2009 4:49 AM | Add Comment

Tangerines versus Honey: is it trespassing when bees do what bees do in California's tangerine groves? Citrus growers want bees banned from their orchards

Posted by kluciole at 1/9/2009 4:37 AM | Add Comment

Radical cheap: $1,000 homes as banks "practically give away foreclosed homes"

Posted by kluciole at 1/9/2009 4:33 AM | Add Comment
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