Seeking a Sleeping Giant
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Los Angeles Times - BAMIAN, Afghanistan &#8212; Archeologist Zemaryalai Tarzi can barely bring himself to look at the ravaged cliff face where two ancient Buddhas towered until the Taliban infamously blasted them to bits.
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Forget safeguarding hazardous waste -- can nuclear plant guards even stay awake?
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By John Holyoke, Bangor Daily News, Maine  Sep. 9--A couple times a year, thanks to the state's wildlife officials, we outdoors enthusiasts are able to roll out of bed with the kind of high hopes and grand dreams that young children associate with Christmas morning.
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Stuff your giant-size brain with these big finds about the true size of "un-huggy" thunder lizards, prehistoric crime dramas set in Minnesota and other obviously indisputable scientific theories. Commentary by Lore Sj&#246;berg.
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By Matt Branaugh, Daily Camera, Boulder, Colo.  Dec.
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Can this teeth whitener live in the shadow of giants?
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A couple has turned to a sleep disorder clinic in a last-ditch bid for bedtime bliss.
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By Brian Nearing, Albany Times Union, N.Y.  May 30--HULETTS LANDING -- To a northern map turtle basking in the sun on the Lake George shoreline, that shape moving slowly in the water could just be an old log. Only at the last minute does it become clear -- it's Karen Robbins.
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Big dreams are once again on the minds of psychologists as part of a larger trend toward studying dreams as meaningful representations of our concerns and emotions.
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By Lisa Anderson  NEW YORK - In a world so riven by religious, political and economic differences, it is striking how much we all have in common when it comes to the fabulous creatures that inhabit our dreams and our nightmares.
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The hunt for tiny treasures continues.
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LONDON - Wanted: bright graduate student to assist world-famous scientist. International travel, developing computer systems and dealing with the press required.
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Researchers will visit the Upper Peninsula next month to search for evidence of the legendary creature known as "Bigfoot" or "Sasquatch."
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By J.R. Welsh, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Feb. 12--GULFPORT -- Sometimes Bob and Edna Boyd feel as if their fate is being held in the hand of a giant they cannot see. All they can do is feel the squeeze.
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Tycho:  Kotaku carried a story yesterday that is (basically) the Nintendo DS version of that Playstation Pornable scare from six months ago.  You can see it here, and you should, because it's awesome.  It depicts a scenario so imaginative that it juts into the realm of speculative fiction:
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Queue submissions being scarce, I suggest we all submit limericks for consideration.  Mod up your favorites.    I'm no poet, so I'll submit a favorite of my childhood:    There was a young woman named Bright,  Who traveled much faster than light    She set out one day  In a relative way    And returned on the previous night.    I'm afraid I don't remember the author.
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By Greg Avery, Daily Camera, Boulder, Colo.  Dec.