The CIA thwarted an al-Qaida plot to destroy a U.S.-bound airliner using a updated version of the underwear bomb that failed to detonate aboard a jetliner over Detroit on Christmas 2009.
Underwear bomb Version 2.0 featured a metal-free design, powerful industrial explosives and a comfortable, relaxed fit perfect for those long overseas flights in coach.
Pull my clawed fingerlike appendage: A new study suggests that dinosaurs’ flatulence may have contributed to global warming some 200 million years ago.
After reviewing the study, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change issued an urgent call for a fourfold increase in worldwide stockpiles of Beano by 2014.
Local flavor: Snack food makers have boosted sales around the world by adapting their products to local tastes, such as caviar-flavor Lay’s potato chips in Russia and mango-stuffed Oreos in China.
Good thing Ballard’s such a small market. Otherwise, we might get lutefisk-flavor Wheat Thins.
— Mark Carlson, Herald staff
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