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'Human skin' book at Harvard found to be bound in sheepskin  Friday, Apr 04, 2014 02:56 PM PDT By Daniel Lovering CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts (Reuters) - A 17th century book owned by Harvard Law School, thought to have been bound in human skin because of an inscription that referred to a man "flayed alive," has been shown through scientific testing to have been bound in sheepskin. The binding material of the Spanish law book published in 1605-1606 was determined after an analysis of nine samples of its front and back covers, binding and glue, Karen Beck, a rare books curator at Harvard Law School Library, said on Friday. The Harvard conservation scientist who conducted the testing used a technique for identifying proteins called peptide mass fingerprinting to differentiate the samples from other parchment sources such as cattle, deer, goat and human skin, Beck wrote in a post on the Harvard Law School Library blog. Curators, dermatologists and others had studied the book for years because of a suggestive inscription on its last page that reads: "The bynding of this booke is all that remains of my dear friende Jonas Wright, who was flayed alive by the Wavuma on the Fourth Day of August, 1632. Full Story	Top
Philadelphia police investigate love triangle rat attack  Friday, Apr 04, 2014 11:23 AM PDT By Daniel Kelley PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - How do you get the attention of a girl who has everything - including your boyfriend? One woman seeking revenge on a romantic rival smashed the windows of her South Philadelphia home and dumped a box of live white rats inside, police said. In a long-running dispute over a man, the jealous lover and about eight other women friends used a baseball bat to break the glass and toss the rodents inside at about 11 p.m. Wednesday in the Grays Ferry neighborhood, Philadelphia police said. Full Story	Top
Senator goes to wrong hearing, blames Moscow  Friday, Apr 04, 2014 07:42 AM PDT Senator Dan Coats had a quick explanation for how he ended up speaking at the wrong hearing - the Russians made him do it. "I just got a note saying I'm at the wrong hearing," Coats said. Full Story	Top
Gasoline-loving spiders cause Mazda car recall for second time  Friday, Apr 04, 2014 07:32 AM PDT (Reuters) - For the second time in three years, Mazda Motor Corp has issued a recall for Mazda6 sedans in North America because of a spider that likes the smell of gasoline and weaves a web that blocks a vent in the engine. Mazda told U.S. regulators that it is recalling 42,000 sedans with 2.5-liter engines from model years 2010 to 2012 in the United States. Three years ago, Mazda recalled about 65,000 Mazda6 sedans in North America from model years 2009 and 2010, also because of spider webs blocking evaporative canister vent lines. Full Story	Top

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