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Study: Drinking alcohol is good for you… the more you drink the better

becker — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:06:49 +0000

Drinking alcohol every day cuts the risk of heart disease in men by more than a third, a major study suggests.

The Spanish research involving more than 15,500 men and 26,000 women found large quantities of alcohol could be even more beneficial for men.

Female drinkers did not benefit t... read more

Canadians develop a real phaser gun, start screaming now

becker — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:57:37 +0000

Reminiscent of Star Trek phasers and ray guns seen in Sci-fi movies and comic books, Canadian scientists are reporting development of an internal on-off “switch” that paralyzes animals when exposed to a beam of ultraviolet light.

According to the researchers from Simon Fraser University t... read more

AOL to lay off one third of their staff, that’s 2,300 jobs

becker — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:07:54 +0000

AOL says it plans to cut about a third of its work force once it is spun off from the media conglomerate Time Warner Inc.

That would amount to nearly 2,300 of the roughly 6,900 workers at the struggling Internet company.

AOL said in a securities filing Thursday it will impose the cuts ... read more

Man strangles wife, claims it was all a nightmare

becker — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:50:42 +0000

A devoted husband strangled his wife while having a nightmare that she was an intruder who had broken into the camper van they were sleeping in, a court heard today.

Father-of-two Brian Thomas, 59, and his wife, Christine, 57, had parked their van in a pub car park while on holiday, Swansea c... read more

Texas pretty much bans marriage, gay or straight

becker — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:28:02 +0000

The geniuses who wrote Texas’ gay marriage ban may have accidentally banned all marriage in the state, according to one Houston lawyer.

Subsection B of the ban, a constitutional amendment ratified in 2005, states, “This state…may not create or recognize any legal status identical or... read more

Better start stocking up on your Eggos

becker — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:37:58 +0000

Kellogg Co. says there will be a nationwide shortage of its popular Eggo frozen waffles until next summer because of interruptions in production at two of the four plants that make them.

The company’s Atlanta plant was shut down for an undisclosed period by a September storm that dumped... read more

Barbie and Disney toys test high in lead levels

becker — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:08:57 +0000

Children’s toys carrying the Barbie and Disney logos have turned up with high levels of lead, according to a California-based advocacy group.

The Center for Environmental Health tested about 250 children’s products bought at major retailers and found lead levels exceeded federal l... read more

Man spoke only Klingon to his kid for first 3 years

becker — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:00:08 +0000

Is this taking the whole Star Trek thing a teensie weensie bit too far? d’Armond Speers, from Minneapolis, spoke only Klingon to his child for the first three years of its life.

You read that correctly, not Spanish or French or some weird ass language from the deep African desert, no, s... read more

Teacher arrested for putting a hit on gay student

becker — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:41:28 +0000

A Georgia teacher was arrested on suspicion of putting a hit on one of his students.

Randolph Forde, a 10th-grade teacher at Mundy’s Mill High School in Clayton County, is accused of trying to persuade another student to kill a 16-year-old boy.

Forde was charged after, officers said,... read more

Sick bast*rd plans to make porn movie based on Jaycee Dugard’s story

becker — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:59:10 +0000

I still can’t figure out what kind of person would look at this and think: Hmmm, this may be a good idea! …

A horror-porn director plans to make a film about kidnap victim Jaycee Dugard and her relationship with accused abductor—and rapist—Phillip Garrido.

A spokesperso... read more