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#10: The Loch Lloyd Monster
OK, it wasn't a monster, but it was an 8-foot-long alligator, found in a suburban Kansas City gated community. Sadly, no pictures--it was a biiiiiiiigggggg gator.

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#10: Bears stop at New Mexico motel, don't find pick-a-nick baskets
Via Yahoo News.
"He walked in, went to the pay phones, then straight toward the pool," said desk clerk Kimbra Pacheco.
Wanted to call Boo-boo but didn't have change? Who knows--it was a bear.

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#10: Shuttle launch planned for Tuesday
Combination of wire grounding and electromagnetic interference thought by NASA engineers to be source of sensor problems.

Special mention: "Tranquility Base here, the Eagle has landed."
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#10: Scotty beams up: James Doohan passes away.
James Doohan, who created the archtypical engineer character "Scotty" in the original Star Trek TV series, has died, according to a Fox News report.

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#8: IBM to kill off OS/2--finally
IBM says use Linux instead.

#10: Is there life on Mars? Did we put it there?
NASA microbiologist says microbes can survive space environment. War of the Worlds in reverse?

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#10: Pig sperm . . . In . . . Spaaaaaacccccceeeeee!!!!!!!!
Chinese to send pedigree swine semen soaring spaceward.

Today's Whip:

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Medary.com presents the triumphant return of the Morning Whip!

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