A 6-year-old girl in London became one of the youngest patients to undergo surgery to ‘unlock’ her jaw after she developed a rare condition that left her unable to open her mouth more than a few millimeters, BBC News reported. When she was 18 months old, Liliana Cernecca developed an …
Read More »Serbian president cancels Bosnia visit amid dispute over arrest of ex-Srebrenica commander
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina – Serbia’s president has canceled a scheduled trip to Bosnia amid a diplomatic dispute over the arrest in Switzerland of a former Bosnian Muslim commander on a war crimes warrant from Belgrade. Tomislav Nikolic canceled the trip to Sarajevo scheduled for Tuesday at the request of the Muslim …
Read More »Pope weighs in as migrant crises rage around globe: Don't close the door to migrants
VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis has made an appeal as a series of migrant crises rage around the globe: Don’t close the door to those seeking a better life. Francis made the comments during his weekly general audience Wednesday. He thanked those who care for refugees and urged governments to …
Read More »Woman considered world's oldest person dies a month after turning 116 in Detroit-area home
INKSTER, Mich. – A 116-year-old woman deemed the world’s oldest person has died in Michigan. Jeralean Talley died Wednesday at her home in the Detroit suburb of Inkster. Her daughter, Thelma Holloway, confirmed the death. Holloway said Thursday her mother was recently hospitalized and treated for fluid in her lungs, …
Read More »U.N. Secretary General Eyes New Aid, Better PR Campaign, for North Korea
Even as the world struggles to find workable ways to constrain North Korea’s expanding nuclear weapons program and unpredictable belligerence, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is planning how to channel new streams of aid and development money to the dangerous regime. Ban, the former foreign minister of South Korea, …
Read More »Parents Sue Catholic School for Denying Admission to Their Unvaccinated Son
A New York couple is suing a Catholic high school for refusing to grant a religious exemption that would allow their 14-year-old son to enroll in ninth grade without state-required vaccinations, claiming immunizations are a “violation of God’s supreme authority.” Andrea and Paul Polydor, of Garden City, believe human bodies …
Read More »Shark's Incredible Sense of Smell? Myth Found Fishy
Everyone knows that sharks have an amazing sense of smell. Toss a chunk of salmon into the shark tank at the Monterey Bay Aquarium in California, and you can see it in action. “They know right away when the scent hits the water,” said Erin Carter, an aquarist at the …
Read More »For Hurricane Forecasters, the Outlook Is Stormy
Here’s a forecast you might not expect. Two Colorado State University climatologists, who have independently been tracking and predicting the severity of hurricanes for nearly 30 years, are abandoning their long-range forecasting efforts. Simply put, the advance predictions just weren’t accurate. “We have suspended issuing quantitative forecasts at this extended-range …
Read More »Company X Will Change Your Life
Las Vegas – In the future, magazines will look entirely different every time you pick them up. In the future, your computer will be a giant glass table, guitars will never slip out of tune, and all those social networks will finally be relatively easy to use. In the future, …
Read More »Why an Internet sales tax is all wrong for our economy and our country
Comprehensive tax reform would be a wonderful thing – something agreed upon, at least in theory, by both the Republican Congress and the Obama administration – but there is little realistic hope that it will come to pass anytime soon in the poisonous atmosphere of today’s Washington. What our leaders …
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