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Airline Quality Rating
"The Airline Quality Rating (AQR) was developed and first announced in early 1991 as an objective method of comparing airline quality on combined multiple performance criteria."This site features thereports going back to 1991, with performance data related to on-time arrivals, mishandled baggage, and other factors. Also includes a report card with a quick look at rankings of the airlines. From aviation and service quality experts. [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." Mysterious Energy Burst Stuns Astronomers
In a shock finding, astronomers have detected a huge burst of radio energy from the distant universe that could open up a new field in astrophysics. One of the astronomers noted that the burst may have been produced by an exotic event such as the collision of two neutron stars. Faster, Less Expensive Test Proven More Effective In Detecting Bladder
Physicians now have a more dependable, less expensive tool to help detect bladder cancer earlier. Researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center found that a simple test that can be administered and read in the doctor's office was three times more effective than a conventional laboratory test for detecting bladder cancer. The Seoul of a New Machine
Korean robotics researchers develop ghostly software agents that move from one droid to another, taking possession of their mechanical bodies long enough to perform a task, before vanishing into the ether. Quinn Norton reports from Daejeon, Korea. Suicide Terror: Was 9/11 Something New?
Questions and answers about the history of suicide terrorism and suicide bombers. Topics include how terrorism has evolved, whether it is becoming more common, women as suicide terrorists, and more. From the Council on Foreign Relations. FDA Issues Draft Documents on the Safety of Animal Clones
This December 2006 document announces a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) draft risk assessment finding "that meat and milk from clones of adult cattle, pigs and goats, and their offspring, are as safe to eat as food from conventionally bred animals."It also notes that "due to limited data on sheep clones, ... FDA recommends that sheep clones not be used for human food."Includes full text with data and related links. [Funny] A referee has sent himself off in an English amateur league ma
Andy Wain had to abandon the Sunday league match between Peterborough North End and a Royal Mail side in the 63rd minute after throwing down his whistle and marching up to confront North End's keeper. House Seat Hangs by a Byte
With 18,000 votes missing, the putative loser of a tight Florida congressional race is demanding to see the source code for the electronic voting machines that squeaked her opponent into office. A key House committee is joining her call, even as the winner moves to Capitol Hill. By Kim Zetter. Fossilized Cashew Nuts Reveal Europe Was Important Route Between Afric
Cashew nut fossils have been identified in 47-million year old lake sediment in Germany, revealing that the cashew genus Anacardium was once distributed in Europe, remote from its modern 'native'distribution in Central and South America. It was previously proposed that Anacardium and its African sister genus, Fegimanra, diverged from their common ancestor when the landmasses of Africa and South America separated. However, this groundbreaking new data indicate that Europe may be an important biogeographic link between Africa and the New World.
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