May 4 2008
Marvel comics adaptation “Iron Man” strong-armed the box office and blasted into elite territory by becoming one of only 10 films ever to gross 100 million dollars in its opening weekend, industry data showed Sunday. The estimated...
May 4 2008
Josef Fritzl, the Austrian who admits imprisoning his daughter and fathering children by her, may seek to avoid jail by pleading insanity, his lawyer indicated in comments published Sunday. “In my personal opinion, Josef Fritzl is mentally ill...
May 4 2008
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani’s wife, Hero Ibrahim Ahmed, escaped a roadside bomb attack in the heart of Baghdad on Sunday that wounded her four bodyguards, officials said. The First Lady escaped unhurt as her convoy was hit by a roadside bomb...
May 4 2008
The head of Germany’s Social Democrats, who has ambitions to be his country’s next leader, is thinking about donating his beard to charity, but is not quite sure. Kurt Beck, who as party leader has a strong claim to lead the SPD into next...
May 4 2008
Location: Al-Sadr hospital, Sadr City, Baghdad. Date: Sat May 3, 2008. Time: Approximately 10 am local time (0700 GMT). A US rocket attack blasts its way down and destroys a shack just outside the hospital, taking even the hospital in its grip and...
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May 2 2008
Your computer keyboard could be dirtier than your toilet. A study from Which? Computing in England has found some keyboards contained more bacteria than the average toilet seat. Researchers took swabs from 30 office keyboards and uncovered a cocktail...
May 2 2008
Akhenaten wasn’t the most manly pharaoh, even though he fathered at least a half-dozen children. In fact, his form was quite feminine. And he was a bit of an egghead. So concludes a Yale University physician who analyzed images of Akhenaten for...
May 2 2008
Just weeks before it announced the onset of a global food crisis and the urgent need for donors to provide at least $775 million in additional funding, the World Food Program was sitting on a cash and near-cash stockpile of more than $1.22 billion.
May 2 2008
Tim Montgomery, once hailed as the world’s fastest man, can only sit in jail and wait until next week for a hearing after being indicted on heroin distribution charges. Authorities said Friday that the 33-year-old former Olympic champion now...
May 2 2008
Scientists have unraveled how a horse tranquilizer and hallucinogenic night club drug known as “Special K” can ease depression, researchers said on Friday. Ketamine, which can also cause feelings of detachment, could pave the way for new...