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Speculation on the fate of adventuring millionaire Steve Fossett has largely fallen out of the mainstream media. To put it bluntly, they’ve moved on. Branson sounded the deathknell, and the swarming vultures went off in pursuit of meatier carrion. But today news came that Peggy Fossett, Steve’s widow, has petitioned the Cook County circuit court [...]

Do you know the difference between a squirrel and an orangutan? Apparently, Florida Fish & Wildlife Commission officials do not. A homeowner in Baker County in north Florida reported seeing a three to four-foot tall “great ape” in a “nest” about “100 feet” up a tree in his backyard. Responding Animal Control personnel described it [...]

Or, much ado about something. Turns out that the ol’ Peruvian meteorite was in fact a meteorite (a chondrite, to be exact). Test results showed that the crater contained “telltale magnetic fragments” consistent with meteorite crashes. Also turns out that there were indeed an indeterminate number of people sickened by what likely may have been [...]

“Sir” Richard Branson has published a remembrance of Steve Fossett a little over a week after the U.S. government called off the official search. Though small-scale, private rescue/recovery efforts continue, the family and friends (as well as the media) are now transitioning to memorial mode, notably turning the tone of coverage from mournful (or even [...]

This just in from Reuters: They have been left on doorsteps and outside post offices in the dead of night, but no one knows what to make of the mystery of the stone heads.     As many as 20 artfully carved faces, miniature versions of the Easter Island sculptures, have been deposited in sleepy villages [...]