Texas textbook review panelist: "'creation science' based on Biblical...
Students in Texas will soon be reading biology textbooks that teach creationism if some of the state’s textbook review panelists have their way.Documents recently obtained by the nonprofit civil...
View Article10 Foods Guaranteed To Make You Fat
Nearly 2 billion people on the planet are overweight.The figures are shocking:2/3 Americans over age 20 are overweightNearly 1/3 of Americans over age 20 are obeseWorldwide obesity has nearly doubled...
View ArticleYahoo CEO Mayer: we faced jail if we revealed NSA surveillance secrets
Marissa Mayer, the CEO of Yahoo, and Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook struck back on Wednesday at critics who have charged tech companies with doing too little to fight off NSA surveillance. Mayer said...
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Restaurant Employee Fired For Facebook Post That Called Native Americans Bad...
Two employees at a Famous Dave's barbecue restaurant in Bismarck, N.D. were fired this week after a racially charged Facebook post went viral. The post included a photo that shows Famous Dave's...
View Article'9/11 was an inside job' says Italian member of parliament on floor of house
An Italian MP has described the 9/11 terrorist attacks, in which around 3,000 people were killed, as "an inside job" and slammed the official version of events as a "conspiracy".Bernini, an MP for the...
View ArticleSyria's decision to hand over weapons makes US strike 'unnecessary': Russia
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Syria's decision to hand over chemical weapons and joining the treaty banning them would make US strikes against the country "unnecessary."MR Lavrov...
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NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft to exit solar system
Never before has a human-built spacecraft traveled so far. NASA's Voyager 1 probe has now left the solar system and is wandering the galaxy, US scientists said on Thursday.The spacecraft was launched...
View ArticleUS, Russia see Syria arms deal aiding peace talks
Russia and the United States agreed a new push to negotiate an end to Syria's civil war as they discussed a plan to destroy President Bashar al-Assad's chemical weapons in order to avert US air...
View ArticleSyria is moving around its chemical weapons: report
Syria has scattered its stockpile of chemical weapons to as many as 50 sites in a bid to complicate US efforts to track them, the Wall Street Journal reported.A secretive Syrian military unit had been...
View ArticleTop 20 Frankenfoods to Avoid
Genetically-modified (GM) foods and food ingredients have infiltrated our food supply, tainting what was once healthy. While agri-businesses continue to claim they are safe, increasing amounts of...
View ArticleHero dog saves boy from abusive babysitter
A South Carolina babysitter was convicted of child abuse this week because a loyal dog alerted the little boy’s parents that the woman was mistreating the child, his father and authorities told...
View ArticleMalawi will use $15m from the sale of the country's presidential jet to feed...
Malawi will use $15m from the sale of the country's presidential jet to feed the poor and grow crops tofight malnutrition, an official has said."It was a collective government decision that the money...
View ArticleFull text: The US-Russia deal on Syria's chemical weapons
US Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Saturday announced an agreement to eliminate Syria's chemical weapons, after three days of talks in Geneva.The following...
View Article17-Year-Old Arrested For Murder Of Man Captured On Surveillance Tape
An Opa-Locka teenager is being held without bond after a court hearing and after Miami-Dade Police arrested him for shooting and killing a 71-year-old man.As first reported first reported by the blog...
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The world's scariest places (25pics)
Pluckley, KentOften described as the most haunted village in Britain, Pluckley – near Ashford in Kent – is said to be frequented by at least a dozen ghosts. Ghoulish attractions include Fright Corner,...
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Giant vegetables at the Harrogate Autumn Flower Show (8pics)
William Orton, aged four, from Harrogate with a giant pumpkin at the start of the Harrogate Autumn Flower Show at The Great Yorkshire Showground. Ian Neale from Newport, Cardiff with his award-winning...
View ArticleA cost-effective sleep - a research from the University of California,...
If you see a student dozing in the library or a co-worker catching 40 winks in her cubicle, don’t roll your eyes. New research from the University of California, Berkeley, shows that an hour’s nap can...
View ArticleAbu Ghraib Torture Victims Ordered To Pay U.S. Contractor’s Legal Fees
A federal judge on Wednesday ordered four Iraqis who were imprisoned at the infamous Abu Ghraib prison to pay nearly $14,000 in legal fees to defense contractor CACI, an Arlington, Va.-based company...
View ArticleNYPD officers fired three shots on a crowded Manhattan street near Times...
Two police officers fired on a man who was acting erratically and dodging cars on a busy Manhattan street Saturday night, wounding two bystanders and sending people running for cover, authorities...
View ArticleRelief, hope in Damascus after US-Russia deal
On the streets of Damascus, a US-Russian deal on Syria's chemical weapons has brought relief and hope the end of the country's devastating 30-month conflict may be in sight.On Sunday, as children's...
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