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.    

1. 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
2. Millions of Muscovites have been advised to stay indoors as thick smoke from forest fires shrouded the city.
3. A Pennsylvania judge has imposed an injunction against Hershey Foods from selling itself
4. Military jets have resumed round-the-clock patrols over New York and Washington as the anniversary of the September 11 attacks approaches.
5. World Security Tight Ahead of 9/11
6. Milk and other dairy products can be as effective as some conventional fungicides in controlling powdery mildew in vineyards
7. 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
8. 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.
9. 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
10. "Vampire" appliances cost consumers $3 billion a year -- or about $200 per household.