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...Death anniversaries are the most likely reason why former celebrities increase in search volume, especially anniversaries that are multiples of five. The most popular anniversary-related death-search in the last two years was on Dec. 8, 2005, the 25th anniversary of John Lennon's death. His online popularity surged, vaulting him into the top 10 list of most searched celebrities during that week...
...celebrities with the longest online half-life are Marilyn Monroe (47th most popular celebrity search) followed by Elvis Presley (in position #101). However, searches for Marilyn increased to double their normal level on the first week of February 2007, the same week as Anna Nicole's death. Personally I can only see the platinum blonde connection between the two, but apparently U.S. Internet users see more of a connection between Marilyn and Anna Nicole. I wonder if Marilyn would have her own reality television show if she were alive today...
...According to Wang Ding, a researcher at the Wuhan Institute of Hydrobiology and a leading expert on the baiji, damming on the river and noise from heavy boat traffic may have disoriented the dolphins, which are mostly blind and search for food in the sandy shallows using sonar. The confused and starving animals may then have wandered into boat propellers. Heavy dredging in shipping channels could also have made it harder for the animals to locate each other and hunt for increasingly scarce fish. "Dredging is a very serious problem," Wang says. "It destroys spawning grounds of fish. There...
...While investigators search for answers, both facilities insist there is no evidence anyone spread the virus, and Merial says it doesn't use Pirbright's wastewater system. The government is easing restrictions on the movement of animals, but an E.U. ban on British exports of meat, milk products and live animals could last months, costing the industry up to $20 million a week. This may not be the crisis it was six years ago, but there's still trouble down on the farm...
Baldwin was recommended to Hance by O. Wayne Isom, a member of the Texas Tech search committee looking to fill the Health Sciences Center's presidential vacancy. Isom, who is also a Texas native, is the chairman of the department of cardiothoracic surgery at Cornell's medical school...