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Continue reading …Australia has seen a slew of shark attack deaths lately, with three killed in the past two months, giving rise to fears that a “rogue shark” has developed a taste for human flesh, and is now relentlessly attacking Jaws-style. But that’s preposterous, scientists assure LiveScience . “The chance of an individual…
Continue reading …Two-Week-Old Baby, and Her Mother, Rescued From Earthquake Rubble in Turkey
October 25, 2011 No Comment
Only 2 weeks old and trapped under an earthquake-destroyed building in Turkey, rescuers found little Azra Karaduman and pulled her to safety. Then, in a glorifying reunion, they freed her mother, too. Somehow the mother was able to contact rescuers and pass Azra through a narrow passage—officials searched for a thin rescuer to help in
Continue reading …Lia Vega’s mother, Larissa Taylor, never taught the 2-year-old girl how to use a phone. But when Taylor collapsed Thursday, little Lia picked up the phone, called her grandmother, and said, “My mom fell down,” grandma Bobbie Gonzalez recalls to KTRK-TV . “I said, ‘Let me talk to your mom,’…
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Continue reading …Monday night, cosmic lights illuminated the nighttime skies, sweeping across the nation from the very northern Canadian border to the southern states of Arkansas and Alabama, and to the eastern and western coasts. Dazzling images of deep red and purple hues piercing the skies are flooding the Internet after a large mass of plasma hit
Continue reading …‘Steve Jobs’: 10 Biography Excerpts That Portray a Passionate, Intense Visionary
October 25, 2011 No CommentIt’s nearly impossible to shrink down Steve Jobs’s legacy into mere sentences, but Walter Isaacson’s comprehensive biography of the Apple chief somehow manages to do so in 571 pages. Isaacson (TIME’s former managing editor) weaves together the story of a brilliant but heady, innovative but volatile leader. Here are Isaacson’s 10 best brushstrokes in his
Continue reading …Rick Perry’s busy day, one being perceived as his camp’s attempt to recharge his flagging campaign , continues in South Carolina as he rolls out his flat tax plan. A key quote from his speech: “Taxes will be cut across all income groups in America, and the net benefit will be…
Continue reading …A CDC committee voted overwhelmingly today to recommend the HPV vaccine for boys as well as girls, reasoning that it will protect them from some cancers of the penis and rectum, while also preventing them from transmitting HPV to the people they sleep with. Twelve panel members voted for the…
Continue reading …The official message from Democratic leadership is that no one considers President Obama to be a political liability. However, as next year’s election race heats up, there are growing signs that Democrats in battleground states aren’t exactly clamoring for the president’s help. In Obama’s trips to Michigan, Pennsylvania, and North…
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