An extremely rare shark attack in the Sea of Japan’s northwestern part has left a young man with chewed off arms. “A 25-year-old man was brought in in grave condition, unconscious. His arms were chewed off at the elbows,” reported the Interfax news agency Wednesday, quoting a source in a hospital in the Khasan district. [...]
A major US study by the Harvard School of Public health shows the possibility of increasing the risk of getting type 2 diabetes by having a daily serving of a hot dog and two slices of bacon. The study by the experts from Harvard, which was published in the American Journals of Clinical Nutrition, is [...]
A transit board member got angry and shocked with the San Francisco Bay Area officials’ decision to cut off cellphone service at some of its stations to thwart a planned protest, acting as “this type of censor.” Officials of the Bay Area Rapid Transit said they shut down power to cellular towers Thursday evening for [...]
Authorities told Reuters Tuesday about the recovery at a church in Encino of a valuable Rembrandt that has been stolen from a hotel in the Los Angeles area. Los Angeles County Police Department spokesman Steve Whitmore said the 11 x 16 inch-pen and ink drawing, known as “The Judgment”, was verified by its owner Linearis [...]
Lee Ielpi, who retired from the NYFD Rescue 2 in 1996, got a call from his 29-year old firefighter son Jonathan Ielpi who was with Squad 288 in Queens, telling him about a plane hitting the World Trade Center. “He said, ‘that’s us, Dad, we’re going to the Trade Center,’” Ielpi recalls. “I said ‘OK, [...]
NASA officials have confirmed the discovery in eastern Texas of pieces of debris coming from the space shuttle Columbia by NASA, eight years after the spacecraft was destroyed in the 2003 re-entry disaster which left seven astronaut-crews dead. The debris, remnants of the space shuttle’s parts as it disintegrated when it re-entered the atmosphere of [...]
If the claims made by a climatologist from the University of Alabama are true, then there appears to be a “huge discrepancy” between the actual levels of heat in the atmosphere and the global warming predictions. Dr. Roy Spencer, who was called “a prominent climate skeptic” by AP Science Writer Seth Borenstein, claims that the [...]
A new study has shown that new babies can get a boost in their immune systems and be protected from colds during their first few months if their mothers took fish oil supplements during pregnancy. It was found out that mothers who were given the omega-3 fatty acid found in fish oil called docosahexaenoic acid [...]
The United States is expected to maintain its top-notch rating for now after Moody’s Investor’s Service decided not to downgrade its rating despite the “limited magnitude” of Washington’s discussion when it come to the deficit reduction plans. Moody’s warned Friday that a negative outlook will come with the affirmation of the US’ Aaa credit because [...]
Pippa Middleton, British commoner and sister to Catherine the Duchess of Cambridge, has become the new poster girl for the perfect rear-view that most women wanted to emulate. The stunning appearance of maid-of-honour Pippa in her form-fitting Alexander McQueen gown during her sister Catherine’s wedding to Prince William last April has sparked a wave of [...]
