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Chagas: Is tropical disease really the new AIDS?
Thu,31 May 2012 07:57 AM PDT
Chagas, a tropical disease spread by insects, is causing some fresh concern following an editorial—published earlier this week in a medical journal—that called it "the new AIDS of the Americas." More than 8 million people have been infected by Chagas, most of them in Latin and Central America. But more than 300,000 live in the [...] Full Story | Top |
Tipping iceberg captured on video by tourist
Thu,31 May 2012 11:53 AM PDT
A tourist has captured some rare and startling video of an iceberg tipping over. The tourist was traveling on a boat near the Upsala Glacier in Argentina and caught the unexpected moment. Writing on YouTube under the name "osibaruch," the tourist says: "While we were passing by it with a catamaran, the huge berg lost [...] Full Story | Top |
George Zimmerman's bond revoked, must surrender
Fri,1 Jun 2012 12:01 PM PDT
Click image to see more photos. (David Manning/Reuters) A Florida judge has revoked the bond of George Zimmerman, the volunteer neighborhood watchman accused of killing teen Trayvon Martin, on the grounds that Zimmerman misled the court about his finances. During Zimmerman's bail hearing in April, his family testified they had limited funds, prosecutors said on [...] Full Story | Top |
Bigfoot Spotted In Idaho?
Thu,31 May 2012 08:05 AM PDT
 A group of high school students may have come close to Bigfoot during a class project in the Idaho wilderness. A dark, mysterious creature was caught on tape for a few seconds near Mink Creek before it retreated into the treeline. "It just didn't look...
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Men's Porn Use Linked to Unhappy Relationships
Fri,1 Jun 2012 07:16 AM PDT
LiveScience.com -  Young women who report that their romantic partners look at porn frequently are less happy in their relationships than women partnered with guys who more often abstain, new research finds.
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Judge orders 'Adolf Hitler' to be kept in child custody
Fri,1 Jun 2012 10:36 AM PDT
A Superior Court judge in New Jersey has ruled that a pair of self-described Nazi parents will not regain custody of their four children, one of whom they named Adolf Hitler. The New Jersey Star-Ledger reports that the four children have been in child custody since 2009 when then 3-year-old Adolf Hitler Campbell made headlines [...] Full Story | Top |
Norwegian prison may hire friends for mass killer Anders Behring Breivik
Fri,1 Jun 2012 06:05 AM PDT
Help Wanted: Paid position for civilians to be friends with confessed mass killer Anders Behring Breivik. Duties may include visiting his Norwegian prison to play chess or hockey. Details of the gig were first reported by Norwegian newspaper Verdens Gang, and later translated by other media outlets. [Related: Victim's brother throws shoe] Breivik, a 33-year-old [...] Full Story | Top |
Today is National Doughnut Day (and where to get one for free)
Fri,1 Jun 2012 08:46 AM PDT
It sounds like a consumer holiday created as an excuse for us to stuff some unhealthy food down our gullets. But National Doughnut Day, which is marked on the first Friday of June, has actual historic roots. The Salvation Army coined the unofficial holiday in 1938 to commemorate the female volunteers who served doughnuts and [...] Full Story | Top |
Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional, federal appeals court rules
Thu,31 May 2012 10:52 AM PDT
On Thursday, a federal appeals court in Boston ruled that the government's ban on gay marriage, called the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), violates the Constitution and should be struck down. If the Supreme Court hears the case and upholds this ruling, it means that the federal government would most likely have to recognize the [...] Full Story | Top |
Man Loses 370 Pounds the Old-Fashioned Way, Reclaims Life
Fri,1 Jun 2012 03:01 AM PDT
In 2010, Neil Burns weighed a whopping 680 pounds. Too tired to go about his daily life because of his size and with his eating habits spiraling out of control, the 44-year-old father from Richmond, Ky., said he felt as if he were in prison. "I couldn't... Full Story | Top |
Report: Obama ordered wave of cyberattacks on Iran
Fri,1 Jun 2012 06:10 AM PDT
President Barack Obama ordered a secret wave of sophisticated computer attacks on Iranian nuclear enrichment facilities, according to the New York Times. Obama decided to accelerate the program, begun under the Bush administration and code-named "Olympic Games," even after the some of the code of computer worm used in the cyberattacks was revealed on the [...] Full Story | Top |
May's Jobs Report Disappoints Across the Board
Fri,1 Jun 2012 05:59 AM PDT
Well, this is a bad employment report — across the board. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the economy created just 69,000 jobs in May -- the fewest in a year -- and the unemployment rate crept up to 8.2 percent. A few takeaways: Spring Slowdown. Once again, the jobs figures testify to a [...] Full Story | Top |
Romney Won't Tell Trump to Stop Birther Comments
Fri,1 Jun 2012 11:58 AM PDT
ABC News - Nobody wants to tell Donald Trump what to do or say, and that includes the presumptive Republican nominee for president Mitt Romney. In an interview this afternoon with CNBC, Romney declined again to condemn Trump's remarks throughout the week that claimed President Obama was not,... Full Story | Top |
Romney Net Worth $250 Million, Same as 2011
Fri,1 Jun 2012 04:09 PM PDT
ABC OTUS News - Presumptive GOP candidate Mitt Romney is worth as much as $250 million, according to the candidate's personal financial disclosure filed today with the Federal Election Commission. While the forms indicate that the candidate could be worth anywhere between $83 and $255 million, a campaign aide... Full Story | Top |
House Rejects Ban on Sex-Selection Abortions
Thu,31 May 2012 01:23 PM PDT
ABC OTUS News - The House voted today to reject a measure that would have banned sex-selection abortions in the United States, pitting Republicans and Democrats in a showdown over a woman's right to choose, which opponents contended was "intended to chip away at woman's right to obtain safe,... Full Story | Top |
'Sesame Street' songs allegedly used in Guantanamo Bay interrogations
Thu,31 May 2012 06:45 PM PDT
A new documentary alleges that detainees at Guantanamo Bay were "tortured" by being forced to listen to songs from Sesame Street for days on end. The Al Jazeera film, "Songs of War," features Christopher Cerf, who has worked as a composer on Sesame Street for more than four decades. "My first reaction was this just [...] Full Story | Top |
Stocks Suffer Year's Worst Day on Jobs Report
Fri,1 Jun 2012 01:18 PM PDT
ABC News -  After a dismal May jobs report, U.S. stocks had their worst day in 2012, erasing the gains for the year and touching lows for a number of benchmarks. The S&P 500 index fell nearly 2.5 percent to 1,278 as the tech-heavy Nasdaq fell over 2.8...
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Police: 'Hero' saved lives in Seattle shootings
Thu,31 May 2012 04:31 PM PDT
Associated Press -  Someone inside an artsy Seattle cafe where a gunman opened fire threw stools at the assailant during a shooting rampage police described as "callous, horrific and cold," a move that allowed others to run to safety.
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Guitar Pee urinal turns user into a music whiz
Thu,31 May 2012 01:54 PM PDT
There's no denying it, this is a clear case of yellow journalism. Billboard Brasil has created a new musically interactive urinal that strums guitar chords while someone goes to the bathroom. The Guitar Pee is designed to look like an actual electric guitar and plays a unique set of notes with each use. In fact, [...] Full Story | Top |
House passes veterans funding bill
Fri,1 Jun 2012 05:10 AM PDT
Associated Press -  The Republican-controlled House approved legislation Thursday to boost health care spending for veterans and provide more money to compensate record numbers of Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans claiming service-related disabilities as they return home.
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Y! Big Story: The real story behind the Hatfields and the McCoys
Fri,1 Jun 2012 02:20 PM PDT
The History Channel made its own history with "Hatfields & McCoys." The miniseries drew the biggest audience ever for a nonsports event—twice. More than a century later, the storied feud is as much about American mythology as it is a tale of Appalachian blood vengeance. The saga came on the heels of the divisive Civil [...] Full Story | Top |
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