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Super Size Me Diet Not So Deadly
A professor puts 18 people on the all-McDonald's regimen, but no one develops liver disease like poor Morgan Spurlock did in his hit movie. In Bodyhack. Review: BlackBerry 8700c Electron
Will the new BlackBerry hold its ground? See what this latest mobile data center has in store for the next round of competitors. Plus: New controller turns cell phones into tiny video-game consoles. From the Wired News blog Gear Factor. [Ironic] An Italian pensioner committed suicide after his wife fell in
Recalling the end of Romeo and Juliet, the 70-year-old man, Ettore, who had sat by his wife's bedside for four months after she slipped into a coma following a heart attack, finally gave up hope and gassed himself in the garage of his family home.Less than a day later, his wife, Rossana, woke up in her hospital bed in Padua and immediately asked for him. [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." Everyday Text Shows That Old Persian Was Probably More Commonly Used T
For the first time, a text has been found in Old Persian language that shows the written language in use for practical recording and not only for royal display. The text is inscribed on a damaged clay tablet from the Persepolis Fortification Archive. The tablet is an administrative record of the payout of at least 600 quarts of an as-yet unidentified commodity at five villages near Persepolis in about 500 B.C. Pop Culture
This site provides a compilation of links to information about popular culture, cultural history, and fads in the United States during the 20th century. Browsable by decade or by topic, such as movies, popular music, and television. From the Deerwood Center Library at the Florida Community College at Jacksonville. Physicists Find Patterns Within Seemingly Random Events Of Physiologic
Finding patterns behind seemingly random events is the signature of a recent trio of research studies coming from the statistical physics group in Boston University's Department of Physics. Cookbook Central
On this Epicurious site, "veteran food writer Irene Sax tries out and reports on the best of the new cookbooks. Each review includes the added bonus of a tested recipe and cooking tips."Browse archives back to 1999; also browse by topic. New reviews appear approximately oncea month (not weekly, as the site states). International Day of Peace
Details about this day "established in 1981 by ... the United Nations [UN] General Assembly to coincide with its opening session every September. In 2001 the UN established September 21 as "a day of non-violence and ceasefire."Provides official documents related to theday, resources on peace and peace-building, and materials from past years (back to 2002). Available in several other languages in addition to English. Secret History of the Credit Card
Companion to a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) program in which Frontline and The New York Times "join forces to investigate an industry few Americans fully understand. ... [C]orrespondent Lowell Bergman uncovers the techniques used by the industry to earn record profits and get consumers to take on more debt."The site features the full program, interviews, facts for credit card users, and related articles. Also includes a teacher's guide.
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