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Despite rescuing hundreds of children from a sect, police are still in the dark. Andrew Gumbel reports
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/zion-raid-the-ranch-has-not-yet-revealed-all-its-secrets-808370.html
The Big Apple has a new logo, and Apple says: Drop dead.
Suspect sought after store video catches him in the act
Coffee may cut the risk of dementia by blocking the damage cholesterol can inflict on the body, research suggests.
About 1 in 50 U.S. infants are victims of nonfatal child abuse or neglect in a year, according to the first national study of the problem in that age group.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/04/03/infant.neglect.ap/index.html?iref=mpstoryview
No-brainer findings uncover hidden truths in conventional wisdom
Ten people were trapped and killed and two managed to escape early Thursday from a house engulfed by flames near Brockway, a town of about 2,000 people situated about 80 miles northeast of Pittsburgh, authorities said.
http://www.efluxmedia.com/news_10_Killed_in_Pennsylvania_Fire_15925.html
A former stripper-turned-soccer-mom convicted of plotting to kill her former fiance 12 years ago was sentenced Wednesday to 99 years in prison.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/04/03/linehan.trial.ap/index.html?iref=hpmostpop
WARREN, Michigan (AP) — The lithium-ion batteries to be used in General Motors’ Chevrolet Volt electric car will soon be installed and tested in specially-equipped versions of the Chevrolet Malibu, the company said.
http://money.cnn.com/2008/04/03/autos/bc.na.fin.com.us.gm.volt/index.htm?cnn=yes
They say it’s what’s inside that counts. Hogwash. It’s the suit that makes the man — or the cyborg, as the case may be.
http://www.wired.com/entertainment/hollywood/multimedia/2008/03/pl_screen
More than 55,000 people have been hit by dengue — a sometimes deadly mosquito-borne virus — around Rio de Janeiro in the last four months, Brazilian authorities said Thursday.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/conditions/04/03/brazil.dengue/index.html
Every 11 years or so, the sun gets a little pissy. It breaks out in a rash of planet-sized sunspots that spew superhot gas, hurling clouds of electrons, protons, and heavier ions toward Earth at nearly the speed of light. These solar windstorms have been known to knock out power grids and TV broadcasts, and our growing reliance on space-based technology makes us more vulnerable than ever to their effects.
http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/magazine/16-04/st_spaceweather
You’ve probably read articles about fighting traffic tickets — but the reality is many of us (probably most of us) just don’t have the money to hire a lawyer — or the time/expertise (let alone gumption) to actually challenge a ticket on our own.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/wayoflife/04/02/aa.ticket.fighting/index.html
NASA scientists have identified the smallest black hole ever found — less than four times the mass of our sun and about the size of a large city.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080401/sc_nm/space_blackhole_dc
Not much new happens in this sleepy little southeast Alaska fishing community, and the locals seem to like it that way.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/04/02/alaska.stabbings.ap/index.html
As far as hard jobs go, it’s up there with air-traffic controller and crane operator. Stepmothers preside over a minefield of hidden hurts, half-concealed traditions and occasional tugs-of-war. Want the job?
http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/personal/04/01/stepmother.never.say/index.html?iref=mpstoryview
35-year-old still in pain from medical procedures, family members said
Dozens of high schoolers forced to take breath tests
BALTIMORE, Maryland (AP) — Baltimore police say three children found dead in a hotel room on Sunday had been drowned in the bathtub by their father.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/03/31/children.killed.ap/index.html
Woman demands apology, says ‘no one deserves to be treated this way’
MIDDLEBURY, Vermont (AP) — The more the snow melts, the more the mystery deepens: What happened to Nicholas Garza?
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/03/28/missing.student.ap/index.html?iref=mpstoryview
“A lot of perfectly good food is thrown away,” says Nelson, a spokeswoman for Freegan.info, a New York City group that promotes “freeganism,” which eschews conventional commerce in favor of a lifestyle that uses minimal resources.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/wayoflife/03/27/free.commerce/index.html
– A chunk of Antarctic ice about seven times the size of Manhattan suddenly collapsed, putting an even greater portion of glacial ice at risk, scientists said Tuesday.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/03/25/antartica.collapse.ap/index.html
None of the 232 passengers or crew hurt on Australia-bound jetliner
Canadian computer technician finds loophole in new privacy controls
IOWA CITY, Iowa – A woman and her four children were found dead inside their Iowa City home today, and police were investigating a fatality on nearby Interstate 80 that they believe may be the woman’s husband, a former banker recently indicted on embezzlement charges.
http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080324/NEWS01/80324016/1002
ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece – Three men from a free-press group ran onto the field of the stadium in Ancient Olympia during Monday’s flame-lighting ceremony for the Beijing Olympics, evading massive security aimed at preventing such disruptions in the wake of China’s crackdown in Tibet.
Jumbo jellyfish, starfish and sea spiders among scientists’ discoveries
A French woman severely disfigured by facial tumors has been been found dead just two days after a court rejected her request for an assisted suicide.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/conditions/03/20/france.tumor/index.html
Oregon police lieutenant lives to tell his tale of survival (video on page linked below)
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/23704540/
Video: http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/23702453#23702453
Motorists should expect to pay upwards of $3.75 a gallon in the coming weeks as prices at the pump catch up with record crude, but relief may arrive by summer.
http://money.cnn.com/2008/03/10/news/economy/gas_prices/index.htm?cnn=yes
Heartbroken man puts house, car, job and even friends on the cyber block
DHARAMSALA, India — The Dalai Lama on Tuesday invited international observers, including Chinese officials, to scour his offices here and investigate whether he had any role in inciting the latest anti-Chinese violence in Tibet. He also threatened to resign as leader of Tibet’s government-in-exile in the event of spiraling bloodshed in his homeland.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/19/world/asia/19dalai.html?hp
NEW YORK (CNN) — A fifth and sixth body has been pulled from the site where a crane collapsed Saturday on the East Side of Midtown Manhattan, New York police said Monday
breaking news on cnn.com
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/03/17/nyc.crane.collapse/index.html?iref=mpstoryview
There was just simply no one better to turn to than the eccentric grandmother who loved animals so much that her 86-acre North Georgia farm was home to donkeys, goats, high-priced show dogs and even a few wayward deer.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/03/16/tornado.victim/index.html?imw=Y&iref=mpstoryemail
WASHINGTON (CNN) — The FBI continued in 2006 to badly mishandle letters that it uses to obtain personal records without a court order, according to a Justice Department report released Thursday.
PORTLAND, Ore. — Two Portland men were sentenced Tuesday after they were convicted of beheading a kitten.
LONDON – As doctors struggle to eradicate polio worldwide, one of their biggest problems is persuading parents to vaccinate their children. In Belgium, authorities are resorting to an extreme measure: prison sentences.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080312/ap_on_re_eu/polio_vaccine_prison
http://abcnews.go.com/ - more to come as the story happens.
Guitar Hero,’ ‘Rock Band’ have got kids interested in old-time rock ‘n’ roll
QUEBEC CITY, Quebec (Reuters) – Although Canada is one of the snowiest countries in the world, a series of violent “snow rage” incidents reveal that even the locals have their limits.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080312/od_nm/snowrage_odd_dc;_ylt=AnUk3bDe7.Qc6K0EviT.nu2s0NUE
In 2002, at the ages of 62 and 48, Pat and Catherine Patterson decided to leave it all behind. They sold their real-estate business and their cars, gave their furniture to their children, and put their home up for rent. Strapping their remaining possessions to two bicycles, the couple set off to bike around the world.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/03/12/world.bikers.irpt/index.html
Dallas police were investigating Wednesday morning why a mother threw her two children off an overpass and then jumped into oncoming traffic on Interstate 30 near Jim Miller Road.
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/031308dnmetjump.4879fa8d.html
PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — Assisted suicide advocate Jack Kevorkian says he plans to run for Congress.
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iAexFcyuazKBCPetFNp2gfHxHdsgD8VBUGPG0
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A meteorite that struck Peru in September, digging out a deep hole and startling nearby residents, traveled faster and hit harder than would have been expected, researchers reported on Tuesday.
http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUSN1160726520080311
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Police investigating the slaying of the University of North Carolina’s student body president may have a new break in the case.
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian police deliberately covered up the murder of a 15-year-old British teenage girl who was found dead in Goa last month, the state’s tourism minister said on Monday.
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/world/story.html?id=1c43e7cf-34a7-482f-be2a-f85eac782af7&k=92473
EVERETT, Wash. – A 10-year-old Everett-area boy is at Children’s Hospital after being buried in a sandbox by his playmates.
http://www.king5.com/topstories/stories/NW_030908WAB_boy_buried_SW.3ab9f4f9.html
BAGHDAD — A suicide bomber killed five American soldiers on a foot patrol Monday after detonating his explosives vest in central Baghdad, the U.S. military said, the deadliest attack on U.S. forces in Iraq in more than a month.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/10/AR2008031000683.html?hpid=topnews
‘N Sync founder Pearlman ‘accepting full responsibility’ for bilking investors
The individual user has been king on the Internet, but the pendulum seems to be swinging back toward edited information vetted by professionals.
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — The student body president at the University of North Carolina was last seen alive just hours before she was found shot to death on a street in what police said they believe was a random act.
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iU3IVnyNBpy8ooTN4OutE2rKG1pgD8V8JBH80
WASHINGTON (AP) — There’s apparently no link between the bombing of a military recruiting station in New York’s Times Square and letters sent to Congress saying “We Did It,” law enforcement officials said Friday.
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hxOtvieAMN7W-GhTZNFSDOVrkwCQD8V8KS0O0
