5 Reasons to Avoid Air Fresheners
Have you ever wondered what’s in those myriad air fresheners that make your home smell like a tropical vacation or a woodsy cabin surrounded by wildflowers? It’s certainly not roses… Here are five...
View ArticleNSA leaks: US charges Edward Snowden with spying
Edward Snowden fled to Hong Kong before the scandal brokeThe US justice department has filed criminal charges against a fugitive ex-intelligence analyst who leaked details of a secret surveillance...
View Article'Supermoon 2013': Don't miss the biggest, fullest and brightest moon this...
Stargazers and amateur astronomers will get a rare chance to view a special supermoon this weekend. The largest full moon this year, also known as the supermoon, will brighten the night sky this...
View ArticleHow cancer cells avoid death
Researchers have got an important new insight about how cancer cells are able to avoid the cell death process.The findings may also suggest a chemotherapeutic approach to prevent the spread of...
View ArticleHealth benefits of spices
Herbs and spices can not only add flavor to your favorite dishes, but they can also help improve your health. From relieving headaches and menopause symptoms to stimulating your circulation.BASIL -...
View ArticleThe Truth Behind America's 8 Biggest Diet Fads
ELLE editors tested out the most extreme diet plans. Find out who will lose the most (without losing her mind). 1. The Alkaline DietThe plan: According to Honestly Healthy, a book by British...
View Article17 Uses for Pickle Juice
Pickle juice. Yes, that green stuff leftover at the bottom of the jar. It does, essentially, everything. What started with an anecdote about an old hangover cure turned into a little curious Googling,...
View ArticleSupermoon lights up Planet Earth (9pics)
A cotton candy vendor walks in front of the supermoon during the Los Angeles Angels' baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates. The rare phenomenon sees the Moon appear substantially larger than...
View ArticleStudent sues school district for $2 million over Facebook bikini photo
A former Georgia high school student has filed a lawsuit claiming that a school administrator impermissibly showed an image of her in a bikini to hundreds of local parents and students, reports Atlanta...
View ArticleBoulder police track down big stuffed bear 'kidnapped' from Montbell store at...
A big stuffed bear "kidnapped" from outside a Boulder store Tuesday evening was recovered two days later from a campsite where it had been passed from one group of campers to another."The bear does...
View ArticleFirst in the Nation: Montana Requires a Warrant for Location Tracking
Montana just made history. It recently enacted the first state law in the nation(sponsored by Rep. Daniel Zolnikov (R-Billings)) requiring law enforcement to obtain a probable-cause warrant before...
View ArticleMale Fox News guest to female Democratic consultant: “Know your role and shut...
A finger-pointing political argument on Fox News Channel boiled over when a male conservative talk show host shouted at a woman to “know your role and shut your mouth.”The man, Bill Cunningham, later...
View ArticleIn an effort to break Guantanamo detainees' hunger strike, US authorities are...
Increasingly brutal tactics are being used in an attempt to break the hunger strike by detainees at Guantánamo Bay, according to fresh testimony from the last British resident still held in the...
View ArticleUS soldier's last words. He was a member of THT-Iraq 2004-5 and Baghdad JSOC...
Daniel Somers was a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He was part of Task Force Lightning, an intelligence unit. In 2004-2005, he was mainly assigned to a Tactical Human-Intelligence Team (THT) in...
View ArticleGinger may harbour cure for asthma symptoms
Purified components of ginger may have properties that help asthma patients breathe more easily, a study from researchers at Columbia University have revealed.Asthma is characterized by...
View ArticleNASA calls on amateur astronomers to locate smaller asteroids
NASA has asked amateur astronomers to help them identify the smaller asteroids that are capable of wiping out a city or worse when they impact with Earth. NASA has reportedly coined the initiative, '...
View ArticleChina outsmarted US in Edward Snowden chess game: experts
China interceded to allow Edward Snowden's dramatic flight from Hong Kong, calculating that infuriating the United States for now was necessary to prevent longer-term corrosion to their relationship,...
View ArticleUzbekistan Bans Meaningless Songs That “Don’t Praise The Motherland”
In a statement on its website, Uzbekistan's Culture and Sports Ministry has announced a ban on "meaningless" songs that fail to "praise the motherland."In a rather insensitively worded ruling, the...
View ArticleSuicide Letter from Iraq War Veteran Says He Was Made to Commit War Crimes
“The simple truth is this: During my first deployment, I was made to participate in things, the enormity of which is hard to describe. War crimes, crimes against humanity.” Those are the words of...
View ArticleNetherlands to close prisons for lack of criminals
The Dutch justice ministry has announced it will close eight prisons and cut 1,200 jobs in the prison system. A decline in crime has left many cells empty.During the 1990s the Netherlands faced a...
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