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(Mental Floss) -- Students, we know you may not be all that ecstatic about seeing your teachers -- and the homework they assign -- as the school year starts up. Pay attention in class, though; you never know what hidden talents your teachers might have. Just look at all of these famous former teachers:

After teaching and performing music, Gene Simmons is now starring in his own reality show, "Family Jewels."

Gene Simmons: The tongue-flicking bassist of Kiss taught sixth grade in Harlem before he became the world's most famous bass-playing demon.

Simmons later revealed in interviews that his superiors canned him for replacing the works of Shakespeare with Spiderman comics, which he thought the students were more likely to actually read.

Alexander Graham Bell: The telephone pioneer got his start teaching Visible Speech at the Boston School for Deaf Mutes. He developed a bond with a student named Mabel Hubbard, and when she was 19 the two married.

Sting: Before he became a star with The Police, Sting taught English, music, and soccer at St. Catherine's Convent School. Sting later said of working at a convent school, "I was the only man on the faculty. In fact, I was the only teacher not in a habit." Mental Floss: How 10 celebrities picked their stage names

Robert Frost: Like King, Frost worked as a teacher to supplement the income from his fledgling literary career. Frost worked as both a farmer and teacher at the Pinkerton Academy in Derry, New Hampshire. His students called him "the Hen Man" because the poet was afraid of chickens, and Frost allegedly had trouble remembering to milk the school's cows on time.

Lyndon Johnson: The future president got his start as a principal at the Mexican-American Welhausen School in Cotulla, Texas. He later finished his teaching degree and landed gigs teaching public speaking at Pearsall High School in Pearsall Texas and Sam Houston High in Houston.

The debate team he coached at Sam Houston lost the Texas state championship by a single point; Johnson supposedly had to vomit backstage before he could bring himself to congratulate the winners.

Art Garfunkel: We can't speak for Paul Simon, but at least half of Simon and Garfunkel was really, really good at math. Garfunkel nearly earned a doctorate in the subject and was teaching math at the Litchfield Preparatory School in Connecticut when "Bridge Over Troubled Water" soared to the top of the charts.

John Adams: The second president of the United States spent a few years working as a schoolteacher in Worcester, Massachusetts. Teaching didn't suit Adams, who thought his students were nothing more than a "large number of little runtlings, just capable of lisping A, B, C, and troubling the master." He eventually gave up the job to go to law school.

Mr. T: It was hard for Chicago students to be fools when it came to gym class in the mid-1970s. You'd pay attention if Mr. T told you to do jumping jacks, wouldn't you?

Sylvester Stallone: Did you know you were watching a matchup of tough-guy teachers when Stallone and Mr. T battled in "Rocky III?"  When Sly was attending the American College in Switzerland during the 1960s, he worked as a gym teacher to earn extra spending money. Mental Floss: Sly Stallone pudding and other unique celebrity products

J.K. Rowling: The Harry Potter author worked as an English teacher in Portugal as she plotted out the early adventures of her young wizards.

Andy Griffith: Before he was a sheriff, before he was Matlock, Andy Griffith was a teacher. After graduating from the University of North Carolina, Griffith taught English at Goldsboro High School.

Billy Crystal: The comedian worked as a junior high substitute teacher on Long Island while he waited for his career to take off. Among the classes he subbed for: girls' gym, which must have been a great source of material.

Kris Kristofferson: The country star was a Rhodes Scholar who studied literature at Oxford before joining the Army and rising to the rank of captain. Towards the end of his tour of duty, Kristofferson took a job as an English teacher at West Point, but he decided against the professorship at the last minute. Instead of heading to New York, he resigned his commission and moved to Nashville in 1965.

Stephen King: Although he initially had to work in an industrial laundry after his college graduation, the horror master eventually found a teaching job that paid a cool $6400 a year at the Hampden Academy in Hampden, Maine. King wrote "Salem's Lot" while living in a trailer and working this job during the day. Mental Floss: Mojave Desert's airplane graveyard

Sir William Golding: The author's experiences as a teacher helped inform the novel that made his career. He once allowed a class of boys to debate with complete freedom, and the classroom quickly devolved into such disorder that it inspired Golding to write "Lord of the Flies."

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(CNN) -- Dubai could lose its place on the Women's Tennis Association Tour calendar after Israeli Shahar Peer was denied entry to compete at this week's event, the WTA supremo warned Monday.

Shahar Peer told CNN she learned of her visa ban Saturday, just before her scheduled flight to Dubai.

Peer was scheduled to fly into the United Arab Emirates on Sunday, but was informed Saturday night by telephone that she would not be granted a visa.

WTA Chairman and CEO Larry Scott said the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour "will review appropriate future actions with regard to the future of the Dubai tournament."

Scott added: "The Sony Ericsson WTA Tour believes very strongly, and has a clear rule and policy, that no host country should deny a player the right to compete at a tournament for which she has qualified by ranking."

Peer, who had just finished playing in the Pattaya Open in Thailand, where she reached the semifinal, said she is "very, very disappointed" to have been denied the opportunity to play in Dubai.

"They really stopped my momentum because now I'm not going to play for two weeks and because they waited for the last minute I couldn't go to another tournament either," Peer said from Tel Aviv. "So it's very disappointing, and I think it's not fair." Watch Peer describe her disappointment Â»

Scott, meanwhile, confirmed: "Following various consultations, the Tour has decided to allow the tournament to continue to be played this week, pending further review by the Tour's Board of Directors.

"Ms. Peer and her family are obviously extremely upset and disappointed by the decision of the UAE and its impact on her personally and professionally, and the Tour is reviewing appropriate remedies for Ms. Peer."

Scott said Peer's visa refusal has precedence: Last year an Israeli men's doubles team was denied entry to Dubai. He said the Emirate cited security reasons following recent unrest in the region.

"At that time I was in Dubai. I made it clear to the authorities, the representatives of the government, that next year when our top players wanted to play this very prestigious tournament all of them had to be allowed to play," Scott said.

"They had a year to work on it and solve it. We've spent time through the year discussing it. We were given assurances that it had gone to the highest levels of government," Scott said.

"I was optimistic they would solve it. And we've made crystal clear to the government, to the tournament organizers that there could be grave repercussions not just for tennis in the UAE but sports beyond that."  Watch CNN's interview with Larry Scott Â»

The Dubai government issued a short statement through the state-owned news agency, saying that Peer was informed while in Thailand that she would not receive a visa.

The agency quoted an official source in the organizing committee saying, "The tournament is sponsored by several national organizations and they all care to be part of a successful tournament, considering the developments that the region had been through."

Earlier an official source who did not want to be named, said, "We should check what happened in New Zealand, when Peer was playing there with all the demonstrations against Israel during the attacks on Gaza. We have to consider securing the players and the tournament."

In January, a small group of about 20 protestors waved placards and shouted anti-Israel slogans outside the main entrance to the ASB Classic tournament in Auckland.

They were moved on before Peer played her match.

The Israeli player said she's received phone calls of support from her fellow players.

"'All the players support Shahar," world No. 6 Venus Williams told The New York Times, adding, "We are all athletes, and we stand for tennis."

Peer is uncertain of her next move. She said the last-minute decision had left her at a loose end. She said she was concerned about her points and ranking and may go to the U.S. this week to try to take part in another tournament.

"I don't think it should happen," she said. "I think sport and politics needs to stay on the side and not be involved. I really hope it's not going to happen again, not only to me but to any other athlete."

CNN Dubai bureau chief Caroline Faraj contributed to this report

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(CNN) -- Battling blustery weather, a Lufthansa Airlines flight scraped its wing on the ground during a landing attempt in Hamburg, Germany, over the weekend.

Internet footage of the Lufthansa A320 as it attempts a landing Saturday at Hamburg, Germany.

The plane recovered and landed safely the second time around, the spokesman said.

Dramatic amateur video of the incident that appeared on the Internet showed the Airbus A320 teetering as it tried to land during the brutal winter storm on Saturday.

As it nears the tarmac, one wing visible scrapes the ground.  Watch the plane try to land as a passenger describes experience Â»

"As we were about to touch down, a gust of wind pressed the left wing towards the ground," a Lufthansa pilot identified only as Oliver A. said in a statement.

"We pulled up immediately. A maneuver we practice in training very often."

The airline said the pilot has been flying for Lufthansa for 17 years.  Watch as plane avoids crash Â»  Airline spokesman Wolfgang Weber said the left winglet, a fin at the end of the wing scraped the ground after a gust of wind tipped the plane. Damage to the plane was minimal and not structural. He said the plane is already back in service.

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LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama will duel for Super Tuesday votes Thursday night as the Democratic presidential hopefuls face off for the first time together minus former Sen. John Edwards.

Thursday's debate is taking place at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles, California.

The debate -- sponsored by CNN, the Los Angeles Times and Politico -- starts at 8 p.m. ET Thursday on CNN and CNN.com. CNN's Wolf Blitzer is the moderator.

The event is the first Democratic debate since Obama's convincing victory Saturday in South Carolina. On Tuesday, Clinton won the Florida primary, a contest her campaign said helped the senator regain momentum even though it awarded no delegates.

The forum at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood comes hours after the Obama campaign revealed it had raised $32 million in January from roughly 170,000 new donors. That amount will allow Obama to expand his television ad buys greatly in the 20-plus states holding primaries or caucuses Tuesday.  Watch a time-lapse construction of the debate set Â»

The Clinton campaign would not indicate how much money it had raised in the same time period.

Mike Gravel, the other Democratic presidential candidate still in the race, was not invited to participate in the debate because he did not meet certain criteria, including support in national polls. In a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll conducted January 14-17, Gravel received less than 1 percent.

Edwards suspended his presidential run Wednesday in New Orleans, Louisiana, but he didn't endorse any candidate despite what aides described as furious lobbying campaigns by Obama and Clinton.

Thursday's debate may be slightly more restrained than last week's brutal showdown. Following her South Carolina loss, Clinton has largely steered clear of opportunities to take aim at Obama.

Former President Bill Clinton also has avoided criticizing his wife's rival after dominating headlines with his attacks in the days before the South Carolina vote.

The economy is likely to dominate Thursday's debate, as both candidates look to appeal to supporters of Edwards and his brand of economic populism.

Clinton and Obama have split victories in their parties' early-voting states: Obama has won in Iowa and South Carolina, and Clinton has won in New Hampshire, Nevada, Michigan and Florida. But the Michigan and Florida contests awarded no delegates, and all major Democratic presidential candidates pledged to avoid campaigning in those states following national party penalties against them for moving up their contests so early.

Clinton was the only major candidate to appear on the Michigan ballot.

Obama is leading Clinton in the number of pledged delegates -- those awarded based on primary or caucus votes. Clinton has the edge when superdelegates are factored in. (Superdelegates are party leaders and elected officials who are not obligated to support a particular candidate. They can change their decisions at any time leading up to the Democratic National Convention in August.)

To date, Obama has won an estimated 63 national convention delegates as a result of primary or caucus votes, while Clinton has earned an estimated 48 delegates. Clinton, however, has the overall lead in delegates -- 232 to 158 -- when superdelegates are included.

With solid fundraising numbers and a nod from Sen. Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts this week, Obama will be making the claim he holds the front-runner title. But Clinton -- who has led in national surveys for much of the race -- will be making her case as well. E-mail to a friend

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question: What happens before Super Tuesday contest?

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question: When is the CNN debate being aired?

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question: Who suspended their presidential campaign on Wednesday?

answer: former Sen. John Edwards.

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question: Who has been suspended?

answer: Sen. John Edwards.

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question: What time will the debate start?

answer: 8 p.m. ET

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question: Who suspending their campaign?

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question: what did the edwards suspend on wednesday?

answer: suspended his presidential run

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question: What day are the Super Tuesday contests being held on?

answer: Thursday

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question: When will the debate start?

answer: 8 p.m. ET Thursday on CNN and CNN.com.

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question: Who will debate?

answer: Hillary Clinton

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question: Clinton and Obama will do what?

answer: duel for Super Tuesday

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question: what will democrats face off?

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question: Who will be debating?

answer: Barack Obama

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question: When does the debate start?

answer: at 8 p.m. ET Thursday

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question: at what time is the debate

answer: 8 p.m. ET Thursday

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question: who will be attending the Super Tuesday debate?

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(CNN) -- A North Carolina man accused of plotting to wage holy war overseas also planned to attack the U.S. Marine base at Quantico, Virginia, according to new charges announced Thursday.

Daniel Boyd previously was charged with conspiracy to support terrorists and conspiracy to murder.

The charge is one of three counts in a new indictment against Daniel Patrick Boyd, who authorities allege is the ringleader of a group of men charged with training in North Carolina for a "violent jihad." Boyd and another man, Hysen Sherifi, are charged with conspiring to murder U.S. military personnel.

"Boyd undertook reconnaissance of the Marine Corps Base located in Quantico, Virginia, and obtained maps of the base in order to plan an attack on Quantico," the charges state.

FBI agents found weapons, thousands of rounds of ammunition and $13,000 cash in Boyd's Raleigh-area home, an FBI agent testified at an August bond hearing for the men, who were arrested in late July. The original indictment says the men practiced military tactics in a North Carolina county that borders Virginia.

The latest indictment also charges Boyd, Sherifi, and Boyd's son Zakariya with possession of weapons in furtherance of a crime of violence, while Boyd faces an additional charge of providing a rifle and ammunition to a convicted felon.

Boyd and seven others already have been charged with conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists and conspiracy to murder, kidnap, maim and injure people. One of the men is believed to have fled to Pakistan, and the remaining men are in custody.

In August, a federal judge denied bail for the seven in custody, but expressed skepticism about the charges against them. Magistrate Judge William Webb said the defendants made a number statements espousing holy war, and said the statements could be interpreted in isolation as braggadocio.

But he agreed to keep them in jail because some of them had amassed a large arsenal and engaged in firearms training.

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(CNN) -- An Illinois sheriff filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against the owners of craigslist, accusing the popular national classified-ad Web site of knowingly promoting prostitution.

"Craigslist is the single largest source of prostitution in the nation," says Cook County Sheriff Thomas Dart.

Cook County Sheriff Thomas Dart wants craigslist to eliminate its Erotic Services section.

"Craigslist is the single largest source of prostitution in the nation," Dart said. "Missing children, runaways, abused women and women trafficked in from foreign countries are routinely forced to have sex with strangers because they're being pimped on craigslist."

The FBI found more than 2,800 child prostitution ads posted on craigslist, with Chicago, Illinois, in the top 10 cities for juvenile prostitution, Dart said.

The sheriff also noted instances of what he said was child neglect while parents were engaged in activity solicited on the Web site.

In an e-mailed statement, craigslist told CNN it had not seen Dart's complaint but that "craigslist is an extremely unwise choice for those intent on committing crimes, since criminals inevitably leave an electronic trail to themselves that law enforcement officers will follow."

"On a daily basis, we are being of direct assistance to police departments and federal authorities nationwide," spokeswoman Susan McTavish said.

"Misuse of craigslist to facilitate criminal activity is unacceptable, and we continue to work diligently to prevent it," she said. "Misuse of the site is exceptionally rare compared to how much the site is used for legal purposes. Regardless, any misuse of the site is not tolerated on craigslist."

But Dart said that the Web site for two years has ignored his written requests to shut down the Erotic Services section and failed to take action or adequately monitor the section despite hundreds of arrests.

"Pimps are preying on the most vulnerable members of our society and taking advantage of our struggling economy," he said. "The worst part is craigslist's owners know their Web site is still being used for illegal purposes and they're doing nothing to stop it."

Craigslist entered into an agreement with 43 states' attorneys general in November to enact measures that impose restrictions on its Erotic Services section. The agreement called for the Web site to implement a phone verification system for listings that required ad posters to provide a real telephone number that would be called before the ad went public.

Craigslist also imposed listing fees, requiring a credit card, for ads in the section. The proceeds were to be donated to charity.

Dart called the fees "dirty money" and said the move was a "publicity stunt" that had little practical effect because pimps use stolen credit cards or post ads in free sections.

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CERN, Switzerland (CNN) -- Scientists Wednesday applauded as one of the most ambitious experiments ever conceived got successfully underway, with protons being fired around a 27-kilometer (17-mile) tunnel deep beneath the border of France and Switzerland in an attempt to unlock the secrets of the universe.

Scientists applaud during the switch on operation of the Large Hadron Collider.

The Large Hadron Collider -- a $9 billion particle accelerator designed to simulate conditions of the Big Bang that created the physical Universe -- was switched on at 0732 GMT to cheers and applause from experts gathered to witness the event.

While observers were left nonplussed by the anticlimactic flashing dots on a TV screen that signalled the machine's successful test run, among teams of scientists involved around the world there were jubilant celebrations and popping champagne corks.

In the coming months, the collider is expected to begin smashing particles into each other by sending two beams of protons around the tunnel in opposite directions.

Skeptics, who claim that the experiment could lead to the creation of a black hole capable of swallowing the planet, failed in a legal bid to halt the project at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research.

Others have branded it a colossal waste of cash, draining resources from its multinational collaborators that could have been spent on scientific research with more tangible benefits to mankind.

Sound off: What do you think of the experiment?

French President Nicolas Sarkozy hailed the project as a major achievement for Europe.

"The repercussions of this scientific investment without precedent in the history of humanity will be essential not only for the intimate knowledge of our universe, but also for the direct applications in fields as varied as intensive calculation or even medicine," he said.  Watch as Big Bang experiment gets underway Â»

The collider will operate at higher energies and intensities in the next year, potentially generating enough data to make a discovery by 2009, experts say.

They say the experiment has the potential to confirm theories that physicists have been working on for decades including the possible existence of extra dimensions. They also hope to find a theoretical particle called the Higgs boson -- sometimes referred to as the "God particle," which has never been detected, but would help explain why matter has mass.

The collider will recreate the conditions of less than a millionth of a second after the Big Bang, when there was a hot "soup" of tiny particles called quarks and gluons, to look at how the universe evolved, said John Harris, U.S. coordinator for ALICE, a huge detector specialized to analyze that question.

Since this is exploratory science, the collider may uncover surprises that contradict prevailing theories, but which are just as interesting, said Joseph Lykken, theoretical physicist at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory.

"When Columbus sails west, he thought he was going to find something. He didn't find what he thought he was going to find, but he did find something interesting," said Lykken, who works on the Compact Muon Solenoid, one of six experiments inside the collider complex.

Why should the layperson care about this particular exploration? Years ago, when electrons were first identified, no one knew what they were good for, but they have since transformed our entire economy, said Howard Gordon, deputy research program manager for the collider's ATLAS experiment.

"The transformative effect of this research will be to understand the world we live in much better," said Gordon, at Brookhaven National Laboratory. "It's important for just who we are, what we are."

Fears have emerged that the collider could produce black holes that could suck up anything around them -- including the whole Earth. Such fears prompted legal actions in the U.S. and Europe to halt the operation of the Large Hadron Collider, alleging safety concerns regarding black holes and other phenomena that could theoretically emerge.

Although physicists acknowledge that the collider could, in theory, create small black holes, they say they do not pose any risk. A study released Friday by CERN scientists explains that any black hole created would be tiny, and would not have enough energy to stick around very long before dissolving. Five collider collaborators who did not pen the report independently told CNN there would be no danger from potential black holes.

John Huth, who works on the collider's ATLAS experiment, called such fears "baloney" in a recent interview, and noted that in normal physics, even if the black hole were stable, it could just pass through the Earth without being detected or without interacting at all.

"The gravitational force is so weak that you'd have to wait many, many, many, many, many lifetimes of the universe before one of these things could [get] big enough to even get close to being a problem," said Huth, professor of physics at Harvard University.

CNN's Elizabeth Landau contributed to this story

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text: operate

text: at

text: higher

text: energies

text: and

text: intensities

text: in

text: the

text: next

text: year

text: potentially

text: generating

text: enough

text: data

text: to

text: make

text: a

text: discovery

text: by

text: experts

text: say

text: They

text: say

text: the

text: experiment

text: has

text: the

text: potential

text: to

text: confirm

text: theories

text: that

text: physicists

text: have

text: been

text: working

text: on

text: for

text: decades

text: including

text: the

text: possible

text: existence

text: of

text: extra

text: dimensions

text: They

text: also

text: hope

text: to

text: find

text: a

text: theoretical

text: particle

text: called

text: the

text: Higgs

text: boson

text: sometimes

text: referred

text: to

text: as

text: the

text: God

text: particle

text: which

text: has

text: never

text: been

text: detected

text: but

text: would

text: help

text: explain

text: why

text: matter

text: has

text: mass

text: The

text: collider

text: will

text: recreate

text: the

text: conditions

text: of

text: less

text: than

text: a

text: millionth

text: of

text: a

text: second

text: after

text: the

text: Big

text: Bang

text: when

text: there

text: was

text: a

text: hot

text: soup

text: of

text: tiny

text: particles

text: called

text: quarks

text: and

text: gluons

text: to

text: look

text: at

text: how

text: the

text: universe

text: evolved

text: said

text: John

text: Harris

text: U.S.

text: coordinator

text: for

text: ALICE

text: a

text: huge

text: detector

text: specialized

text: to

text: analyze

text: that

text: question

text: Since

text: this

text: is

text: exploratory

text: science

text: the

text: collider

text: may

text: uncover

text: surprises

text: that

text: contradict

text: prevailing

text: theories

text: but

text: which

text: are

text: just

text: as

text: interesting

text: said

text: Joseph

text: Lykken

text: theoretical

text: physicist

text: at

text: the

text: Fermi

text: National

text: Accelerator

text: Laboratory

text: When

text: Columbus

text: sails

text: west

text: he

text: thought

text: he

text: was

text: going

text: to

text: find

text: something

text: He

text: did

text: n't

text: find

text: what

text: he

text: thought

text: he

text: was

text: going

text: to

text: find

text: but

text: he

text: did

text: find

text: something

text: interesting

text: said

text: Lykken

text: who

text: works

text: on

text: the

text: Compact

text: Muon

text: Solenoid

text: one

text: of

text: six

text: experiments

text: inside

text: the

text: collider

text: complex

text: Why

text: should

text: the

text: layperson

text: care

text: about

text: this

text: particular

text: exploration

text: Years

text: ago

text: when

text: electrons

text: were

text: first

text: identified

text: no

text: one

text: knew

text: what

text: they

text: were

text: good

text: for

text: but

text: they

text: have

text: since

text: transformed

text: our

text: entire

text: economy

text: said

text: Howard

text: Gordon

text: deputy

text: research

text: program

text: manager

text: for

text: the

text: collider

text: 's

text: ATLAS

text: experiment

text: The

text: transformative

text: effect

text: of

text: this

text: research

text: will

text: be

text: to

text: understand

text: the

text: world

text: we

text: live

text: in

text: much

text: better

text: said

text: Gordon

text: at

text: Brookhaven

text: National

text: Laboratory

text: It

text: 's

text: important

text: for

text: just

text: who

text: we

text: are

text: what

text: we

text: are

text: Fears

text: have

text: emerged

text: that

text: the

text: collider

text: could

text: produce

text: black

text: holes

text: that

text: could

text: suck

text: up

text: anything

text: around

text: them

text: including

text: the

text: whole

text: Earth

text: Such

text: fears

text: prompted

text: legal

text: actions

text: in

text: the

text: U.S.

text: and

text: Europe

text: to

text: halt

text: the

text: operation

text: of

text: the

text: Large

text: Hadron

text: Collider

text: alleging

text: safety

text: concerns

text: regarding

text: black

text: holes

text: and

text: other

text: phenomena

text: that

text: could

text: theoretically

text: emerge

text: Although

text: physicists

text: acknowledge

text: that

text: the

text: collider

text: could

text: in

text: theory

text: create

text: small

text: black

text: holes

text: they

text: say

text: they

text: do

text: not

text: pose

text: any

text: risk

text: A

text: study

text: released

text: Friday

text: by

text: CERN

text: scientists

text: explains

text: that

text: any

text: black

text: hole

text: created

text: would

text: be

text: tiny

text: and

text: would

text: not

text: have

text: enough

text: energy

text: to

text: stick

text: around

text: very

text: long

text: before

text: dissolving

text: Five

text: collider

text: collaborators

text: who

text: did

text: not

text: pen

text: the

text: report

text: independently

text: told

text: CNN

text: there

text: would

text: be

text: no

text: danger

text: from

text: potential

text: black

text: holes

text: John

text: Huth

text: who

text: works

text: on

text: the

text: collider

text: 's

text: ATLAS

text: experiment

text: called

text: such

text: fears

text: baloney

text: in

text: a

text: recent

text: interview

text: and

text: noted

text: that

text: in

text: normal

text: physics

text: even

text: if

text: the

text: black

text: hole

text: were

text: stable

text: it

text: could

text: just

text: pass

text: through

text: the

text: Earth

text: without

text: being

text: detected

text: or

text: without

text: interacting

text: at

text: all

text: The

text: gravitational

text: force

text: is

text: so

text: weak

text: that

text: you

text: 'd

text: have

text: to

text: wait

text: many

text: many

text: many

text: many

text: many

text: lifetimes

text: of

text: the

text: universe

text: before

text: one

text: of

text: these

text: things

text: could

text: get

text: big

text: enough

text: to

text: even

text: get

text: close

text: to

text: being

text: a

text: problem

text: said

text: Huth

text: professor

text: of

text: physics

text: at

text: Harvard

text: University

text: CNN

text: 's

text: Elizabeth

text: Landau

text: contributed

text: to

text: this

text: story

question: What is the cost of the particle accelerator in the world?

answer: $9 billion

text: $9 billion

question: What could generate black holes?

answer: collider

text: collider