Miscellaneous

> If a group of prominent ecologists have their way, lions and elephants could someday be roaming the Great Plains of North America. > The idea of transplanting African wildlife to this continent is being greeted with gasps and groans from other scientists and conservationists who recall previous efforts to

Better late than never? Not this time: > Inspired by the movie Forrest Gump, a U.S. man is running across the United States from Newport Beach, California to Newport, Rhode Island. > The cities are nearly 3,000 miles apart. Jonathan Williams is shooting for an average of 25

> A former Hollywood stunt man now living in the Netherlands launched his greatest project to date Tuesday: a 45-foot replica Viking ship made of millions of wooden ice cream sticks and more than a ton of glue. Link [http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050816/

Out of Australia. If you can't beat 'em, whine with 'em: > Two recent controversial TV ads have provoked a rash of complaints to the Advertising Standards Bureau. > More than 30 people lodged formal complaints last month about a Morning Fresh dishwasher detergent ad that

Yeah, we suppose it's mildly distasteful to be identified by one's ethnicity, but to call it a "slur"? Strikes us as overly sensitive: > The bill was a shocker, and not because of the amount. After eating at a Jersey shore restaurant, Elliott Stein

> Brand-extension mania has seized Maxim, the men's magazine. Maxim already sells a line of bedding at Macy's stores, and Maxim Radio, the first around-the-clock radio station based on a magazine, started broadcasting in January on Sirius. > Now, in an attempt to imprint the Maxim

. . . but how many times have we found Atlantis now? > An undersea island hit by a tsunami 12,000 years ago may be the source of Plato's Atlantis myth, according to a geologist and a report this month in the journal Geology. > Marc-Andre Gutscher, a geologist at

. . . but fine with us: > Sex offenders tracked by the state are banned from public hurricane shelters in Florida under a new policy that allows them to weather the storms in prison instead. Link [http://www.wtopnews.com/index.php?nid=104&sid=551557].