A recent study shows that the anti-seizure medication valproic acid (Depakote) that’s prescribed to prevent seizures and may also be used to control mood, could help to reduce the risk of some head and neck cancers. Read More »
Caught in an avalanche north of Revelstoke, a German heli-skier has been killed. RCMP Staff Sgt. Kurt Grabinsky says the morning slide occurred in the backcountry and buried the heli-skier in as much as three metres of snow. Bystanders dug out the man who received medical treatment at the scene, but Grabinsky says he died from his injuries. Read More »
Divers have found the bodies of 5 people in a small plane that plunged into a Ridgway Reservoir just before 2 p.m. Saturday about 25 miles south of Montrose, Colorado, but their remains will not be recovered until specialized salvage crews arrive. Read More »
The Milky Way galaxy consists of a flat disc of hundreds of billions of stars. Seen from Earth with the naked eye, it appears as a dimly glowing, “milky” band arching across the night sky. NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope is not only able to distinguish individual stars – it’s able to give us an unobstructed, infrared view, and NASA has ... Read More »
Lovebirds Kaley Cuoco and Ryan Sweeting put their romance on full display during a charity tennis match last weekend. Read More »
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has condemned the parachute jump off 1 World Trade Center last fall by three skydiving enthusiasts as a “lawless and selfish act that clearly endangered the public.” The agency said in a statement early Tuesday that one of the jumpers was a construction worker at the trade center site. Read More »
An internal review into the George Washington Bridge lane closures that will clear Gov. Chris Christie of any wrongdoing is expected to be released in the coming days, according to a published report. The New York Times is reporting the governor’s internal review of the so-called Bridgegate controversy by the law firm Gibson Dunn & Crutcher indicate there’s no evidence ... Read More »
Five former workers of imprisoned financier Bernard Madoff were convicted Monday following a six-month trial in a Manhattan federal court. The past employees of Madoff’s Wall Street firm were accused of helping the former NASDAQ chairman hide a Ponzi scheme that cheated investors out of billions of dollars. Read More »
Wesley Warren, the man with a 132 pound scrotum, died on Friday 14 March, after suffering from a massive heart attack. He was known as the man with the 10-stone testicles. The 49-year-old from Las Vegas passed away at the University Medical Center after complaining about a series of diabetes related infections. Read More »
An eight-car commuter train derailed early Monday at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport, injuring 32 people on board after it failed to stop at an underground station at one of the nation’s busiest airports. Read More »
US Weekly reports that Katy Perry and John Mayer have decided to stop being a couple, although they will remain friends. The split was “mutual” and “extremely amicable,” as the two are still close, even though other sources claim they were “fighting” a lot before they ended things. Read More »
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