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...earth's magnetic field, alterations in the ionosphere or spikes in the amount of radon gas in the water. "Toads are very sensitive to their environment," she says. Now that at least one potential connection has been drawn between toads and earthquakes, she says, scientists could look for similar reactions in other toad populations that live in seismic areas and are being monitored by conservationists. She suggests exploring how toads respond to some of the changes she believes could have triggered their mass exodus. (See where toads place in TIME's top 10 invasive species...
Another study conducted at University of Pennsylvania in 2006 yielded similar results. They concluded that an applicant who has an interview on a sunny day will have a higher predicted probability of being admitted...
...facility, which serves as a model for over 80 similar projects around the world, ensures an efficient, fail-proof way to store and distribute books. Only two Depository books have been misplaced in the history of the facility, according to Schneiter...
...concerns were raised about government contracts he had received following his retirement from the Army. In withdrawing his nomination, Harding said the "distractions caused by my work as a defense contractor would not be good for this Administration, nor for the Department of Homeland Security." His withdrawal followed the similar fate two months earlier of former FBI agent Erroll Southers, after revelations that he had tapped into a federal database seeking information on his estranged wife's boyfriend. Southers had initially told Senators he asked a co-worker's husband in the San Diego police department to run a background...
...clear when Stone became the leader of the Hutaree - or if his group is affiliated with an identically named organization in Utah. Stone's Hutaree, authorities say, scanned the Internet for guidance on how to build improvised explosive devices, or IEDs, similar to those used in Iraq. Its website shows a disparate menu of links, including ones to the European Union's army, the Financial Times and an apocalyptic theorist whose TV show has been presented on Pat Robertson's Christian Broadcast Network. The Hutaree views federal, state and local law-enforcement officers as "foot soldiers" for the federal government...