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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.
Starbucks barista donates one of her spares to good customer in need
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
Elizabeth Agin’s professional popularity is simple and deep: The Tennessee-based cemetery science investigator knows where the bodies are buried — and she can find out where there are more.
http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2008/04/bodies
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
The Pentagon on Tuesday released a now-defunct legal memo that approved the use of harsh interrogation techniques against terrorism suspects, saying that President Bush’s authority during wartime trumps any international ban on torture
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’