February 21, 2013 

The latest innovation in 3D printing – artificial ears – feel, look and behave identically to human ones. The new product developed in the US could provide patients who are missing all or just part of their ear with a chance at reconstructive surgery.

Cornell biomedical engineers and Weill Cornell Medical College…

February 21, 2013

A car bomb shook central Damascus on Thursday, exploding near the headquarters of the ruling Baath party and the Russian Embassy, officials and opposition activists said.

Syrian state TV reported the blast in the central Mazraa neighborhood, calling it a "terrorist" attack.

CBS News' George Baghdadi said…

Feb 20, 2013

The company that has become famous for, among other things, its riddle-me-this interview style is asking those eager to try their Glass product — essentially a wearable computer — to fill out an application.…

Oct 7, 2013

To reach the…

February 18, 2013

Fat children should be given gastric bypass surgery on the NHS to help them manage their weight, a leading professor has argued.

Dr David Haslam, head of the National Obesity Forum, said that not enough young people are offered surgery because NICE commissioning guidelines advise against…

Feb 15, 2013

On February 4, a week before Pope Benedict XVI's resignation, Vatican allegedly received a note from an undisclosed European government that stated that there are plans to issue a warrant for the Pope's arrest. …

Feb 17, 2013

Bruce Parton was only a few weeks from retirement after 30 years as a mail carrier in sunny Florida.

He never lived to fulfill his retirement plan of moving back to a quiet life in the Catskill mountains of New York, not far from where he grew up on Long…

February 19, 2013

A Georgia prison inmate found by doctors to be mildly retarded is scheduled to receive lethal injection on Tuesday, despite constitutional protections that exist to prohibit the execution of the mentally disabled.

More than 20 years after being convicted of murdering a fellow inmate while already behind bars, …

Feb 19, 2013

Swiss giant Nestle has become the latest food company hit by Europe's horsemeat scandal, announcing it is removing two pasta meals from supermarket shelves in Italy and Spain due to contamination. 

The news came Monday as German discount chain Lidl pulled ready-made meals from the shelves of its Finnish,…

February 18, 2013

If you think pharmaceutical drugs, vaccines, and various other instruments of modern Western medicine are responsible for improving quality of life and increasing the average lifespan in America, think again. A report recently issued by the National Research Council (NRC) and…

February 19, 2013

Moscow believes an operable national defense against threats from outer space can be built within 10 years’ time. The 500-kiloton explosion of a space bolide above the Urals region has sped-up allocation of some $2 billion to prevent future threats.

Russian scientists have presented a federal program designed to…

February 19, 2013

A Maryland court has ruled that police are responsible for the death of a mentally disabled man. The homicide occurred after the man refused to leave a movie theater, prompting police to pin him down on the ground until he suffocated to death.

Robert Saylor, a 26-year-old Maryland man who suffered from Down…

Feb 18, 2013

The 21-year-old Ohio woman in need of a liver transplant died Monday afternoon.

Chelsea Lingenfelter was diagnosed with a rare kind of liver cancer at the age of 4 and received a partial transplant from her mother. But over the years, complications left the organ scarred and damaged, meaning only a full-size liver would…

Feb 17, 2013

URGENT POST - 

Hi All,

My Brother, Connaire Daniels left home (Salisbury QLD) Sunday 17th Feb at 11:30 am heading towards Southbank, Brisbane to meet friends. He has not been heard from since. 

He was wearing a White shirt with Dark Print, Cream shoes, Red vans (shoes) and…

Feb 17, 2013

Got a gun? If so, All Around Pizza and Deli will take 15 percent off your order, local news…

February 15, 2013

It hasn’t drawn much attention, but Facebook’s first annual earnings report contains an accounting gem: a multibillion-dollar tax deduction for the cost of executive stock options and share awards.

Even though Facebook (…

February 16, 2013

The world’s first bionic eye has been approved by America’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The futuristic retinal prosthesis will be used to treat a certain type of blindness.

The product, which has been named Argus II, was designed by California-based Second Sight – which focuses on developing, manufacturing,…

February 16, 2013

The government reportedly repositioned several of their Homeland Security ammunition containers…

Feb 15, 2013

Boycotts are a time-honored means of protest in our capitalist system. Nothing speaks to private enterprise like the loss of revenue, so people frequently boycott businesses in the U.S. to make a point or encourage a policy change. But you have probably never heard of a company boycotting potential costomers — until today.  

In the…

February 15, 2013

Autopsy results on former Los Angeles police officer Christopher Dorner show he died from a single gunshot wound to the head that was likely self-inflicted, authorities said Friday.

The renegade cop killed four people and wounded three others as part of a vendetta against…