Every Day, the Same, Again
A hospital screened footage of a baby being born by caesarian section on a giant screen at a shopping mall in China. “We wanted to do something special on Mother’s Day. And we think broadcasting a C-section is a good idea,” said a hospital spokesman.
Swallowing pesticides is a frequent method of suicide in rural China because the chemicals are so readily accessible. Studies show 58 percent of all Chinese who commit suicide use pesticides.
For Joe his near-death experience (NDE) was a very real preview of what is in store for him after death.
The lives of a few Iraqi 20-somethings in Baghdad.
14 percent of kids have helped parents prepare their income tax return online. What we see is the kids who are computer competent are becoming pivotal sources of information and planning for the family.
Tapes containing sensitive information on IBM employees, have gone missing.
Tomorrow the FBI will be able to wiretap all internet users.
Burning wood to power fridges .
After just a couple years of practice, Google can claim to produce the best computer-generated language translations in the world.
A new Air Force–funded study seeks to use bats as models for compact air vehicles.
$3,000 — $7.87 per song — for some 1980s ballads and Spice Girls tunes… Sad.
France is again center of the world.
French workers biggest whiners, Irish happiest.
For the second consecutive year, rude Miami drivers have earned the city the title of worst road rage. New York is 2nd.
A man who described his job as a commute helper.
Samantha Carolan was 23 and fresh out of graduate school when she decided to donate eggs to an infertile couple.
Two boys rob Kansas store with purple water gun.
Squirrel attacks three customers inside a pharmacy. Previously: Squirrel enters classroom, attacks two adults and a student.
DNA in murders frees inmate after 19 years.
Never seen a tattoo end up this bad.
The Naughty Horse Learns to Say ‘No’ to Drugs, page 23.
Think of your three closest friends.
