Large Hadron Collider works again
The Large Hadron Collider experiment, designed to shed light on the cosmos, restarts after 14 months of repairs.
Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:21:09 GMT
US sets marker on Afghan corruption
US Defence Secretary Robert Gates says foreign aid donors must use their influence to tackle corruption in Afghanistan.
Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:57:33 GMT
Chinese mine gas blast traps 139
An explosion at a coal mine in north-eastern China traps 139 miners underground, report state media.
Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:31:21 GMT
Childhood abuse 'quickens ageing'
Physical or emotional abuse during childhood could speed up the body's ageing process, US research suggests.
Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:48:10 GMT
Drug-resistant swine flu hits UK
Health officials in Cardiff say a Tamiflu-resistant strain of swine flu has spread between hospital patients.
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:14:49 GMT
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Authorities: Man tied lizards to chest at airport
Federal officials say they arrested a man who strapped 15 live lizards to his chest to get through customs at Los Angeles International Airport.
Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:33:43 +0000
Syracuse runs away from No. 6 North Carolina
Brandon Triche and Arinze Onuaku combined for 13 points in Syracuse's 22-1 run to open the second half and the Orange went on to a 87-71 victory over No. 6 North Carolina on Friday night in the championship game of the 2K Sports Classic.
Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:35:27 +0000
Moderate Dems pivotal in Saturday health care vote
Suitably opaque, Section 2006 takes up only a few dozen lines in a sweeping health care bill that runs to 2,074 pages and mentions neither Sen. Mary Landrieu nor her state of Louisiana.
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:19:32 +0000
Levin: May be more troubling emails from Hasan
There may be additional e-mails that could have tipped off law enforcement or military officials to the Fort Hood shooter before he went on his deadly rampage, the chairman of the Senate Armed Forces Committee said Friday.
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:05:16 +0000
GOP: Health test recommendations could affect care
Republicans are seizing on this week's recommendations for fewer Pap smears and mammograms to fuel concern about government-rationed medical care — and to try to chip away support by women for President Barack Obama's proposed health care overhaul.
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:09:29 +0000
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Prosecutor: Amanda Knox taunted, killed roommate
Accompanied by two smitten men, a resentful Amanda Knox toyed with a knife and plunged it into her roommate's neck, a prosecutor charged in closing arguments.
Riots in Cairo follow World Cup defeat
Hundreds of angry demonstrators in Egypt's capital fought with police near the Algerian Embassy early Friday, the Interior Ministry said.
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:59:19 EST
Plea deal reached in Wal-Mart trial
A woman accused of cutting a Wal-Mart line and striking police officers reached a plea deal after taking the stand and denying all charges in the racially charged case.
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:11:54 EST
Suspect in slayings dies in shootout
A suspect in the killing of five people in Arkansas last week has been killed in a shootout with officers, authorities said.
California Bans Texting by Operators of Trains
After investigators said an engineer in last week’s collision had been texting on the job, regulators temporarily banned the use of all cellular devices by anyone at the controls of a moving train.
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Jessamyn West
"A taste for irony has kept more hearts from breaking than a sense of humor, for it takes irony to appreciate the joke which is on oneself."
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT
Carl Sagan
"Where we have strong emotions, we're liable to fool ourselves."
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT
Oscar Wilde
"Arguments are to be avoided; they are always vulgar and often convincing."
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT
B. F. Skinner
"Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten."
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT
Heywood Broun
"Posterity is as likely to be wrong as anyone else."
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