10 Years Ago – In September 2002
/Many years ago I started collecting headlines/news blurbs as a way of honing my reading of news. Over the years, the headline collection has been warped by the sources of news I was reading…increasingly online. Reviewing the September 2002 headline gleanings - I forced myself to pick 10.
- Jordan is hoping to save the Dead Sea from dying completely by channeling in water from its large and less-salty southern cousin, the Red Sea
- Millions of Muscovites have been advised to stay indoors as thick smoke from forest fires shrouded the city.
- A Pennsylvania judge has imposed an injunction against Hershey Foods from selling itself
- Military jets have resumed round-the-clock patrols over New York and Washington as the anniversary of the September 11 attacks approaches.
- World Security Tight Ahead of 9/11
- Milk and other dairy products can be as effective as some conventional fungicides in controlling powdery mildew in vineyards
- Using DNA extracted from the dung of wild elephants in Africa, biologists have determined that three different types of elephants exist on the African continent
- The Pyramid Rover -- a robot the size of a toy train -- took two hours to crawl through a narrow shaft in the Great Pyramid outside Cairo, drill through a door at the end and push through a camera to reveal: another door.
- A top Russian space official has proposed temporarily shutting down the International Space Station (ISS) because the cash-strapped country can no longer pay its bills
- "Vampire" appliances cost consumers $3 billion a year -- or about $200 per household.