News From Around The World
Editor: Kelley Rouse

It's easy to ignore the outside world, most people do.
But some of it is too strange not to warrant close examination:

Doomsday

The Doomsday Clock, conceived by the brains behind the Manhattan Project, is an 18-inch bronze timepiece hanging in the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists' Headquarters on the University of Chicago. Experts are gathering there this week to decide whether it needs to be reset a bit closer to midnight, which symbolizes nuclear apocalypse. In other words, when the hands reach midnight, make sure your eternity insurance is paid up, there are mushroom clouds on the horizon!
Four years ago, scientists moved the hands back to their farthest point ever from midnight with the end of the Cold War. But now, these scientists, who have been keeping watch on the possibility of world destruction from atomic force since 1945, think they may have been too optimistic.
Among other things, remember the French are STILL conducting nuclear testing in the Pacific.
We'll let you know if Doomsday is near, when we hear.

Bosnia

Congress may not allow the full 20,000 American troops requested by President Clinton to be Bosnia-bound. But if you want up to the minute details on our troops who will be going, there is, of course, a website. The Pentagon created a site for you to monitor U.S. participation in the Bosnia peace mission. BosniaLINK contains operation maps, fact sheets, briefing transcripts, speeches and congressional testimony, news releases and biographies of key commanders. The BosniaLINK address is http://www.dtic.dla.mil/bosnia/

Newt's a Hoot

Story of the week: (It couldn't happen to a nicer guy.) Republicans and Democrats on the House ethics committee have agreed to appoint a special counsel to investigate Speaker Newt Gingrich's conduct. The investigation will center on three ethics violations and whether Gingrich misused U.S. tax law in raising tax-deductible contributions for a college course he taught. True to his indomitable style, Gingrich responded that he came through the committee looking stronger than ever.

Sauce

"Mama Mia, that's a tasty tomato sauce!" And apparently it's good for you too. A Harvard study of 47,000 men over six years found that those who had at least 10 servings a week of tomato- based foods were up to 45 percent less likely to develop prostate cancer.
Poured over pasta or spread on a crust, the word is to eat hearty. Although tomatoes and women have been linked descriptively for years, there's no word yet on health benefits of either.

Juice juice

Here's something you may NOT have the stomach for: O.J. Simpson hopes to make as much as 3-million dollars by selling a two hour video tape of himself proclaiming his innocence in the murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman. It's yours if Simpson can find a well-known personality who will agree to appear with him on tape, and if you're willing to part with $29.95.

Richard Head

And finally, here's a rarified slice of life: Just when you thought you may be able to forget about that lovable couple the Bobbitts' they're back in the news. With a signature and a small sketch of a knife (ouch!) John Bobbitt has finally signed a property settlement agreement clearing the way for a divorce to the woman who cut off his penis with a kitchen knife. Mrs. Bobbitt, who claimed Bobbitt beat and raped her, was found to be insane at the time of the wounding. Bobbitt had his penis reattached, and has since spent time in jail for beating another woman. It seems this man likes to live on the edge.