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Top news on 16 August 2009 |
A Dark Journey Into A Killer's 'Personal Effects'
Have you ever wished you could e-mail or telephone a character from a book you're reading? A new "multiplatform transmedia experience" by authors J.C. Hutchins and Jordan Weisman offers readers the opportunity to do just that.
Watching my first abortion
When I watched an abortion for the first time, my reaction surprised me.
Hard to Believe!
With a focus on primary care and preventive services, nonprofit federally-funded health centers are succeeding in Vermont and around the country.
British like their healthcare, don't care what you think
The GOP thinks the U.K.'s system is a dystopian nightmare; the Brits think the GOP should be quiet
Terraforming of Mars - Wiki
The terraforming of Mars is the hypothetical process by which the climate, surface, and known properties of Mars would be deliberately changed with the goal of making it habitable by humans and other terrestrial life, thus providing the possibility of safe and sustainable colonization of large areas of the planet.
Lucky Skydiver Survives 10,000ft fall after Parachute Fails
A skydiver had a remarkable escape after surviving a 10,000ft plunge to the ground when his parachute failed to open. ?The roof of the hangar broke his fall and flexed sufficiently to reduce the impact. He has no fractures but some neck injury, and we are sure that he will make a full recovery. He is very lucky.?
The Impact of Foreclosure On Your Credit Score
Foreclosed on? Just because you may have lost one home doesnâ??t mean youâ??ll never be able to buy another. But first, you need to engage in some credit score Rx.
Good News: The Older We Get, The Happier We Get
Recent studies: Happiness & emotional well-being grows with age, as older folks develop better ways to limit & cope with stress, unpleasant situations.
What Would Andy Warhol Think of the Internet?
Former friends and workers at Warhol's Factory reveal what the Pope of Pop would have made of blogs, Flickr, Google Alerts, Twitter.
Wrinkle-Face Bats Are Built to Bite
With a strangely naked face covered in skin flaps and a wide, foreshortened skull, the head of the rarely seen, fruit-eating, wrinkle-faced bat (Centurio senex) has been an enigma to biologists for a long time.
Walmart to media: lose the squiggly
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. wants its actual, physical stores to be known as Walmart. The change, it seems was implemented a year ago but has gone pretty much ignored by the media, present company included. So, yesterday Wal-Mart, the company, issued a friendly reminder at the end of an earnings statement.
Stabbed in the Ass Over Parking Space
This just goes to show that finding a good parking space at a busy shopping center can be a real pain in the ass.
Philadelphia Bans Cell Phones For Skaters, Cyclists
This fall, Philadelphia's skateboarders, bicyclists and inline skaters will have to either pocket their cell phones or use hands-free devices, making the city the first in the nation to extend the measure to include non-motorists. While that might be a grind for some of the city's wheeled residents, others are cheering the move.
Gmail Nudges Past AOL Email In The U.S. To Take No. 3 Spot.
Good thing Gmail is out of beta. It is now the third largest Web mail service in the U.S. In July, Gmail nudged past AOL Email with 37 million unique visitors compared to 36.4 million for AOL, according to comScore estimates.
5 Things You Might Not Have Known About Divorce
Even if you've been through a couple of divorces yourself, you're not likely to have heard these 5 facts.
CEO salaries pay no heed to recession
Even as more Americans find themselves unemployed and struggling to make ends meet, new analysis shows chief executives at some of the nation's best-known companies are hauling in the dough.
Bollywood Icon Detained By Security At Newark Airport
Leading Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan says he was detained for nearly two hours Friday night at New Jersey's Newark International Airport because of his last name.
In America, Crazy Is a Preexisting Condition
Birthers, anti-tax tea-partiers, town hall hecklers; these are "either" the genuine grass roots or evil conspirators staging scenes? If you don't understand that any moment of genuine political change always produces both, you can't understand America, where the crazy tree blooms in every moment of liberal ascendancy & elites exploit the crazy
After Google: Who Will Be the Next Web Sensation?
Today, Google dominates search, but there's always another major player around the corner; a revolutionary service that comes from nowhere to change the way we use the web. Right now, Twitter is the darling, but will it last? And what's next?
Man Left His Dying Mom Lying On The Floor For Two Days
A nursing home worker let his ailing mother lie on the floor of their home for two days, stepping over her when he had to and not calling 911 until she was malnourished and dehydrated, police said Friday.
Youngest Football Manager Takes Charge of World's Worst Team
A British amateur footballer has become the youngest-ever international football manager - after taking charge of what seems to be the world's worst team which has never won a game.
Fan mad about Archie engaging Veronica, sells Rare Comic
When comic book store owner Dave Luebke heard that after 67 years, the carrot-topped everyman of the comic world, Archie, was proposing to va-va-voomy rich girl Veronica instead of girl-next-door Betty, he decided to protest by selling his copy of the series' rare first issue.
Depression of Red Sox announcer Remy Common After Cancer
When the bodacious voice of the Red Sox, Jerry Remy, disclosed this week that a wave of depression had swallowed him up in the months after lung cancer surgery, it was a story that rang with sad familiarity to psychologists like Karen Fasciano.
Venice for One Cent a Room Error Costs Hotel Thousands
A hotel near Venice accepts that its rooms were mistakenly advertised online at a mere one hundredth of a euro instead of up to 150 euros (£129) and says it will honour the bookings.
Napoleon Dynamite's Jon Heder to star in 'Buddy Holly' Flick
Jon Heder is set to star in Buddy Holly Is Alive and Well on Ganymede, an adaptation of the Bradley Denton comic sci-fi novel. Robert Rugan wrote the script and will direct.
Afghanistan's women yearn for more
'We are like birds who have left the cage, but with our wings still clipped,' says one Kabul student. Women enjoy a much better life than under the Taliban, but still face age-old constraints.
Bad management makes you ill
Management is so bad at some workplaces that employees become ill from gong to work in an environment that a expert calls Pathogenic Management.
Sprint Adding 4G Wireless to 17 New Cities
Sprint will be expanding its WiMAX wireless internet offerings to 17 new cities by the end of 2009. In addition to the large metros Sprint's 4G wireless service will expand to this year, the company indicated that it will add Boston, Houston, New York City, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. in 2010.
Italy launches first clean hydrogen power plant
Italian power company Enel said Friday that it had started up a ground-breaking hydrogen-powered electricity plant producing no greenhouse gases.
Manson follower Squeaky Fromme released from prison
The Charles Manson follower convicted of trying to assassinate President Gerald Ford has been released after more than three decades behind bars. If anyone defined the word "crazy" this one did.
Great Online Websites to Keep Your Cash in Check
Some of the new financial Web sites can be such lifesavers or least money- savers. So what are the best new sites online right now?
The Apocalypse Is Coming... Pass the Popcorn
Hollywood, it seems, has it in for us. Beginning with the alien-invasion flick 'District 9' (in theaters now), this movie season is chock-full of earth- and earthling-shattering epics. From angry E.T.s and brain-eating zombies to Mayan doomsday prophecies, we're in for a hurtin' for certain, thanks to those bozos.
Man Burgles Home; Picks Horrible Hiding Space
Excellent hiding spot, man. Next time we recommend at least getting into a different neighborhood before you crawl under a car.
Jerry Seinfeld Will Be The First Guest On The Jay Leno Show
The first guest on NBC's "The Jay Leno Show" will be ... Jerry Seinfeld. An NBC spokesman confirmed that Seinfeld will appear on the premiere of "Jay Leno" on Sept. 14. He is expected to sit down for a chat with Leno as well as do stand-up.
Why It's Smart To Be Optimistic
Sure, it has been a harrowing storm. And now is no time to discount the dangers that still exist. But opening your mind to optimism can help you seize the opportunities ahead.
Woodstock: How Does It Sound 40 Years Later?
Peace, love and oh yeah, music. The boomers' big weekend turns 40, but how does Woodstock sound after all these years?
Is The "Digital Era" Overriding Our Ability to Forget?
We're entering a new stage of human society, a defining part of which could be losing a vital flaw: the ability to forget. The permanence of digital records could mean we might be heading for Strange Days where the inability to forget paralyzes our ability to move forward.
Gates Foundation Sells Off Almost All HealthCare Investments
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation sold off almost all of its pharmaceutical, biotechnology and health-care investments in the quarter ended June 30.
Dell looks to Linux to expand netbook presence
In an effort to expand its Linux offerings, Dell is researching new netbook-type devices and will soon offer netbook Linux OS upgrades, a company official said on Wednesday.
Apple's Snow Leopard: A flurry of changes
Mac OS 10.6 is coming soon with some small changes that you'll like a lot. Here's what you need to know about the OS 'refinements.'
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