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BBC A woman who reported that her air-conditioning unit had been stolen later died of heat exhaustion, officials in the state of Texas have confirmed. Dolores Grissom, 79, died in her home in Oak Cliff two days after telling police her unit had been stolen. The news comes as parts of...

Discovery The drought in Texas has gotten so severe municipal water managers have turned to a once untenable idea: recycling sewage water. "When you talk about toilet-to-(water) tank it makes a lot of people nervous and grossed out," says Terri Telchik, who works in the city manager's...

BBC A technology to extract fingerprints from a crime scene could show if a criminal suspect has taken drugs or been in contact with explosives. Researchers at Sheffield Hallam University have developed a way to capture fingerprints that can identify substances touched, and secretions from...

BBC The Israeli government has given final approval for more than 900 new homes in occupied East Jerusalem. The move, to build houses for Jewish families in the settlement of Har Homa, has been criticised by peace groups as cynical. But the Israeli government says it will help address...

I wonder if this idea will catch on everywhere :rolleyes: :D Msn I must break you: Mayor looks to crush city's parking woes with tank Publicity stunt shows Vilnius mayor in armored personnel carrier that then drives over car Frustrated by motorists who park their cars with...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Meat giant Cargill is recalling 36 million pounds of ground turkey linked to a nationwide salmonella outbreak that has killed one person in California and sickened at least 76 others. Illnesses in the outbreak date back to March and have been reported in 26 states coast to...

BBC One of astronomy's longest-running "missing persons" investigations has concluded: astronomers have found molecular oxygen in space. While single atoms of oxygen have been found alone or incorporated into other molecules, the oxygen molecule - the one we breathe - had never been seen...

Are the Smurfs crypto-fascists? Are the Smurfs crypto-fascists? – Global Public Square - CNN.com Blogs :rolleyes:

Some ppl just do not deserve to have children :mad: MSN A Missississippi man let his 8-year-old son drive on Interstate 12 while he slept, Louisiana State Police reported Saturday. State police said they received a call shortly after 6:30 a.m. Saturday about a green Chevrolet...

BBC Tapping into drivers' brain signals can cut braking distances and avoid car crashes, according to scientists. Researchers at the Berlin Institute for Technology attached electrodes to the scalps of volunteers inside a driving simulator. The system detected the intention to brake...

BBC Former Germany boss Jurgen Klinsmann has been named as the new head coach of the United States national team. Klinsmann mostly lives in the US and replaces Bob Bradley, who was sacked on Thursday after four and a half years in charge. "I am proud and honoured to be named the head...

BBC The secret grand jury testimony given by former US President Richard Nixon over the Watergate scandal is set to be released after more than 36 years, following an order by a federal judge. Judge Royce Lamberth granted a request by historian Stanley Kutler to release the transcript...

BBC An Awol US soldier arrested in Texas will face federal charges after guns and bomb-making materials were found in his motel room, the FBI has said. Pfc Naser Abdo, 21, was arrested in the town of Killeen and admits planning an attack on the nearby US Army base at Fort Hood...

BBC Folk rock musician Dan Peek, who sang lead vocals with the band America, has died at his home in Missouri aged 60. Peek was a member of the Grammy winning group for seven years and co-wrote numerous hits including chart topper A Horse With No Name. America's Dewey Bunnell said that...

Discovery News A lethal bat-borne horse virus has been detected in a dog for the first time, authorities in Australia said on Tuesday, prompting fears it has jumped species. "This is the first time outside of a laboratory that an animal other than a flying fox or a horse, or a human, has...

Independent It may not be Shakespeare but that was never the idea. A sentence which compares forgotten memories to the bloodied corpses of sparrows has won a prize for intentionally bad literature. The 2011 Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest, for which writers are invited to compose the...

Discovery News Physicists who won last year's Nobel Prize for isolating graphene, the world's thinnest material, said Sunday they had devised ways of studying the novel substance at the fundamental level of the electron. In a study published in the journal Nature Physics, Russian-born...

BBC News A 50-year-old South African man woke up inside a mortuary over the weekend and screamed to be let out - scaring away attendants who thought he was a ghost. His family presumed he was dead when they could not wake him on Saturday night and contacted a private morgue in a rural...

In the past few days we had to terminate a drivers contract due to a very serious issue. We have been advised today, that this person is seeking a seat with another owner operator, apparently unaware of the seriousness of his actions. If you are looking at applications at this time, feel...

BBC News Thirty fugitives wanted for war crimes or crimes against humanity are believed to be hiding in Canada, Prime Minister Stephen Harper's government has said. The country's Border Services Agency website named the suspects, appealing for the public's help to find them. The...