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[Scary] Pregnant woman says 'maternal instinct' helped her kill attack
FORT MITCHELL, Ky. - A pregnant woman who killed her attacker said a maternal instinct helped her fight off the woman who investigators believe was after her unborn child."I do believe that I fought harder because it was for my child,"Sarah Brady told ABC's "Good Morning America"in interviews aired Sunday and Monday. "It is a maternal instinct to protect your child to the very end."Katherine Smith, 22, died Thursday after luring Brady to her apartment to pick up a package supposedly delivered to the wrong address. When Smith pulled out a knife and attacked the pregnant woman, Brady fought back, striking Smith on the head with an ash tray and stabbing her three times with her own knife, police said. Brady, 26, said she didn't know Smith before the two met at Smith's apartment and can't be certain why Smith wanted to kill her."I really am not sure what was going through her mind,"Brady told ABC. "The only thing I thought was that she was going to kill me and my child and that is the only thing that ran through my mind." Australian produce banned by US
And you thought Brussels was crazy for banning bananas that were too curved, for forcing manufacturers to relabel brandy butter as “modified distilled wine spreadable fat product”, and for limiting pizzas to an eleven-inch standardised diameter only! Now, the US is searching Aussies coming into the country to make sure they’re not bringing that most [...] Genetic Processes That Determine Seed Development Identified
Scientists have paved the way for bigger and better quality maize crops by identifying the genetic processes that determine seed development. Plant scientists have known for some time that genes from the maternal plant control seed development, but they have not known quite how, until now. CES 2008: Wrapping Up Another Year of Gadget Glut
From a humongous HDTV to Bill Gates' date with Slash, the annual orgy of consumer electronics delivers plenty of surprises. Enjoy a roundup of the biggest hits and misses. Scientific Job Surfing
‘Be as creative, obscure and tangential as possible,’ is Allan Jordan’s advice to anyone surfing the net for a new job. He tried every site available until he got his present position at Cambridge-based Ribotargets a small pharmaceutical research outfit, having worked on novel pro-drug approaches to the treatment of malignant melanoma (MDEPT) and other [...] Worms Take The Sniff Test To Reveal Sex Differences In Brain
Buttery popcorn or fresh green vegetables? Your answer tells a lot about you. Now, scientists say that the way that thousands of tiny worms have answered that question likely reveals a lot about you and your brain, too. [Ironic] Professional beggars prowling about the streets of Moroccan c
The government plans to crack down on the scam used by faux beggars in growing numbers for a kind of "emotional blackmail", a cabinet minister was quoted as saying... Fingerprinting Hackers: Technique Demonstrates Wireless Device Driver
The next time you're sipping a latte and surfing the Net at your favorite neighborhood wireless café, someone just a few seats away could be breaking into your laptop and causing irreparable damage to your computer's operating system by secretly tapping into your network card's unique device driver, researchers at Sandia National Laboratories in have concluded. Wars and Conflicts: Iraq: Conflict in Context
A collection of articles focusing on the historical relationship between Iraq and the United Kingdom and on "the demise of an empire and the dramatic shifts in the balance of power following the Allied campaigns"in the Middle East during World War I. Also includes information about "the fate of historic sites and palaces under Saddam Hussein,"crusades and jihads in post-colonial times, and images of Mesopotamian artifacts. From the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). [Unlikely] Man Tries To Toss Cigarette, SUV Ignites
A man barely escaped serious injury Thursday after a lit cigarette he tried to toss out the window while driving across the Bay Bridge blew back in and ignited the vehicle, according to the California Highway Patrol.
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