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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." The Judicial Confirmation Process: Selecting Federal Judges in the Twe
A collection of essays from 2004 by "a panel of leading legal scholars and political scientists ... [presenting] their thoughts, analyses and suggestions on the overall judicial confirmations process."Topics include anatomy of a confirmation, and whether the judicial confirmation process is broken. From Jurist, a website from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. [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. A Nagasaki Report
On-the-scene reporting of Nagasaki, written in September, 1945 by American George Weller, "the first foreign reporter to enter Nagasaki following the U.S. atomic attack."Copies of these stories, originally censored by U.S. occupation forces, were discovered after among Weller's effects after his death in 2002. From the Mainichi Daily News, Japan. Scientists Must Offer Solutions For Conserving Tropical Forests In A R
As human populations increase, tropical forests change in different ways. Old-growth forests become agricultural lands, degraded land is abandoned, urbanization intensifies, and the populations of tropical countries will increase by two billion over the next 25 years. The tropics support over half of all species and over two-thirds of all people. Without the commitment from the scientific community, the two are unlikely to continue to coexist. New insights into mushroom-derived drug promising for cancer treatment
A promising cancer drug, first discovered in a mushroom commonly used in Chinese medicine, could be made more effective thanks to researchers who have discovered how the drug works. Greenroofs 101
An introduction to "vegetated roof covers, with growing media and plants taking the place of bare membrane, gravel ballast, shingles or tiles."Discusses advantages (ecological, economic, and aesthetic), components, applications, and issues (such as waterproofing, wildlife, and irrigation). Includes lists of suggestions plants for greenroofs (for the United States and Europe) and many photos. From Greenroofs.com, an industry Web resource. New Virtual Reality Surgery Simulator Hones Surgeons' Skills, Improves
Oregon Health &Science University School of Medicine recently acquired a new high-fidelity simulation device that enables surgeons to practice complex operative tasks before entering the operating room, improving patient safety in Oregon and beyond. Good Friends, Rather Than Close Family Ties, Help You Live Longer In O
A network of good friends, rather than close family ties, helps you live longer in older age, suggests research in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. Marine Snail's Neural Network Sheds Light On The Basis For Flexible Be
From snail to man, one of the hallmarks of the brain is the ease with which behavioral variants are generated--for example, humans can easily walk with different stride lengths or different speeds. By studying how a relatively simple motor network of the marine snail Aplysia produces variants of a particular feeding behavior, researchers have found that the ability to generate a large number of behavioral variants stems from the elegant hierarchical architecture of the brain's motor network.
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