Scientists stop the ageing process
Scientists have stopped the ageing process in an entire organ for the first time, a study released today says. Published in today's online edition of Nature Medicine, researchers at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Yeshiva University in New York City also say the older organs function as well as they did when the host animal was younger.
The New York Time's Article Skimmer prototype
This is the New York Time's new Article Skimmer prototype. An interesting new approach to meeting the changing viewing habits of this generation.
The Simpsons - NEW Main Title
This is the new title sequence for The Simpsons. It's the first change in 19 years. The show is also airing in HD for the first time tonight.
Teens come forward to claim they fathered 13-year-old Alfie's daughter
Two teenagers have come forward to claim paternity for the baby girl fathered by 13-year-old Alfie Patten, amid reports the child's mother Chantelle Steadman was sleeping with as many as eight boys. British's The Sun revealed last week that 13-year-old Patten had fathered a girl called Maisie with his 15-year-old girlfriend Ms Steadman. But according to another British publication - News of the World - there is a real possibility Alfie may not be little Maisie's father. 16-year-old Richard Goodsell has come forward claiming he regularly slept with Chantelle for three months around the time she became pregnant - and wants a DNA test to prove he's the child's father. Another boy, 14-year-old Tyler Barker, is worried that he may also have fathered Maisie.
Ohio woman pleads guilty in over-exercising death
A woman has pleaded guilty to reckless homicide for exercising her 73-year-old husband to death in a swimming pool, repeatedly refusing to let him leave the water. Surveillance video showed Christine Newton-John, 41, pulling James Mason around the pool by his arms and legs, said Middlefield police Chief Joseph Stehlik. The chief said he counted 43 times in which Newton-John prevented her husband from leaving the water, and Mason rested his head on the side of the pool several times while gasping for breath.
The supergun that kills from a mile - and the camouflaged crackshots using it against the Taliban
British Army snipers call it 'the Silent Assassin' and it is the weapon the Taliban fear the most. It is the British-made L115A3 Long Range Rifle which, in recent weeks, has killed scores of enemy fighters in Afghanistan. In a new initiative on the front line, the Army is using sniper platoons to target the Taliban and 'The Long', as the snipers call it, can take out insurgents from a mile away. Many of the elite marksmen who use the rifle make their own extraordinary suits of camouflage to stay hidden from the Taliban. Some have been known to go 'under cover' for two days while they pick off the enemy.
Probably not the best idea
On the bright side, the dude with the can on his head has always been a big fan of pirates.
Manchester United fan falls victim to Liverpool supporters hoax
A married Manchester United fan drove 400 miles for a saucy weekend with a girl he'd met on the internet only to discover it was an elaborate hoax set up by two burly Liverpool supporters he had upset on holiday.
Deputy who fired shots in wrong house acted 'reasonably and lawfully'
The Dakota County Attorney has concluded that a Scott County deputy's actions were "reasonable and lawful" when he accidentally broke into the wrong house and fired several shots in the direction of a man who had done nothing wrong.
Special-ed kids left during bomb threat
There is controversy swirling around Hays High School after two classrooms of special education students were not included in the building evacuation during a bomb scare.
Mail experiment
What happens when you mail a letter to someone, but instead of putting a 39 cent stamp from the post office, you just tape on some loose change adding up to 39 cents?
Why targeting Michael Phelps is easier than tackling the silliness of our drug laws
Drink and drive and it's grrrrrrrr-eat! Smoke pot and your flakes are frosted, dude. So seems the message from Kellogg's, which has decided not to renew its sponsorship contract with Michael Phelps after the Olympian was photographed smoking marijuana at a party in South Carolina. That's showbiz, of course, but the cereal and munchie company had no problem signing Phelps despite an alcohol-related arrest. In 2004, Phelps was fined and sentenced to 18 months probation and community service after pleading guilty to driving while impaired. The silliness of our laws -- and the hypocrisy of our selective attitudes toward mood enhancers -- needs no further elaboration. Even so, things are getting sillier by the minute.
Where you've been on Net not private, judge rules
An Ontario Superior Court ruling could open the door to police routinely using Internet Protocol addresses to find out the names of people online, without any need for a search warrant. Justice Lynne Leitch found that there is "no reasonable expectation of privacy" in subscriber information kept by Internet service providers (ISPs), in a decision issued earlier this week.