the buzz log
Landings, Charts, Old Man Gloom: What's the Buzz
By Vera H-C Chan
Fri, September 11, 2009, 11:54 am PDT
Our picks from the day's hottest searches.
- Space Shuttle Discovery (+1,164%). Landing during hurricane season? Good luck—astronauts have an extra day in orbit until they figure out which coast will be clearer.
- Hermaphrodite (+694%). The kerfuffle over runner Caster Semenya has people reading up this intersex condition; meanwhile, her government considers a lawsuit for human rights violations.
- Cell Phone Radiation Chart (+417%). The Environmental Working Group's consumer guide is hotter than a Billboard chart.
- 9/11 Photos (+274%). Commemorating today's anniversary.
- Zozobra (+266%). Old Man Gloom—the original burning man—went up in flames at the annual Fiestas de Santa Fe in New Mexico.
Filed under: Health, Holidays, 9/11, Space, Cell Phones
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