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Lack of sleep can make you fat as it trigger the “munchies” lowering self control, according to new research. The study suggests that losing sleep boosts hunger and makes people more likely to scoff sugary snacks or unhealthy junk food. Sleep-deprived participants in this study—all young, healthy volunteers—were unable to resist what the researchers called “highly palatable, rewarding snacks,” meaning …

Manfred Fritz Bajorat, Mummified Body Of Explorer Found Sitting At Desk On Drifting Yacht. Manfred Fritz Bajorat, 59, was slumped beside the ship’s radio telephone, long dead and apparently mummified by the ocean’s hot temperatures and salty, dry winds, the Mirror reports.

US actor George Kennedy, who won an Academy Award for playing a hulking chain gang convict who pummels Paul Newman in the 1967 film Cool Hand Luke and later earned laughs in the Naked Gun comedy films, has died. George’s grandson, Cory Schenke, confirmed his death to TMZ who reported that he had been in hospice care for the last …

A nanny carrying the severed head of a 4-year-old child shouted near the entrance of a subway in Moscow, threatening people as they passed by, before being arrested, Russian media reported Monday. Videos posted on Russian news websites show a woman dressed all in black, holding the severed head and shouting, “I am a terrorist” in Russian, although most of …

Ashley Guindon dies and two other colleagues injured in shooting incident following emergency call-out. Ashley Guindon was gunned down about a “verbal argument,” a spokesman for the Prince William County Police Department, Virginia, said. Officers received a call around 5:30 on Saturday evening in Woodbridge, about 30 miles south-west of the nation’s capital.

A new University of B.C. research has found that one in five lesbian teens who are sexually active say they have recently had sex with a male partner, yet only a third discussed using condoms. The research, which used data from nearly 3,000 girls between the ages of 13 and 18 in the United States, found that lesbian and bisexual …

Canadian cable providers must make a basic package available to subscribers for no more than $25 per month as of March 1. New, cheaper cable packages are becoming available after the CRTC ruled that companies have to make an “entry-level service offering” available to all customers as of March 1.

Maci Lilley, A missing 4-year-old girl has been found alive on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation in Montana after she was reportedly abducted. Maci Lilley was the subject of a 38-hour manhunt and a statewide Amber Alert until late Sunday morning when Roosevelt County Undersheriff Corey Reum found the girl outside of town. Sheriff Jason Frederick made the announcement just …

The special new Lamborghini Centenario has been confirmed for a Geneva motor show debut, after weeks of reports and speculation, revealing that the 100th anniversary of founder Ferruccio Lamborghini’s birth will be celebrated in style. The news comes on the heels of leaked design patent images that surfaced earlier this month, offering a first look at a special-edition model not …

A Halifax pediatrician who has been reprimanded in the past for improperly performing vaccinations is now charged with child pornography-related offences. Dr. William Richard Vitale, 72, is charged with possession of child pornography, accessing child pornography and having child pornography for the purpose of distribution.

A deer jumped through an open window in a school in New Jersey Friday, causing quite the scene. The 1-year-old buck caused quite a commotion at North Arlington Middle School on Friday afternoon. It squeezed its way into the school using an open window, then busted a wall and knocked over a water cooler trying to get back out.