Some research has hinted that women are more sensitive to pain than men are, but a new study suggests that women actually get over their discomfort more quickly. Researchers found that when they exposed 32 adults to a moderately painful stimulus — a heat-producing probe placed on the skin — …
Read More »New NASA Radar Could Predict Timing of Mega California Earthquake
PASADENA, Calif. – A new NASA radar could help predict the timing of a mega-earthquake hitting Southern California, KTLA-TV reported. Scientists at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., have reportedly begun using a new radar to give them a 3-D close-up of the San Andreas Fault, a continental transform …
Read More »'Call of Duty' Could Set Entertainment Record
NEW YORK — This holiday season’s biggest entertainment blockbuster likely will be a sequel to a popular franchise, with jarring depictions of war and an intricate story of good versus evil. It could easily rake in more than last year’s record $155 million opening weekend for “The Dark Knight.” But …
Read More »'Clark Rockefeller' Asks Judge to Suppress Revealing Interrogation Footage
BOSTON – During the first moments of a four-hour police interrogation, the man who calls himself Clark Rockefeller spoke wistfully about the 7-year-old daughter he’s been accused of kidnapping. “I just wanted to be a father — that’s all I wanted to be,” he said. “I just wanted to be …
Read More »Legs of Large South Carolina Corpse Were Cut to Fit Inside Coffin
ALLENDALE, S.C. – James Hines was a giant — a 6-foot-7, 300-pound preacher and funk musician so big that after he died in 2004, a macabre rumor began circulating in this small town that the undertaker had to cut off his legs to fit him in the coffin. This week, …
Read More »U.S. Army Tests Flying Robot Sniper
It could be the best Xbox 360 game ever, and a real kick in the ARSS. The U.S. Army is testing the Autonomous Rotorcraft Sniper System (ARSS) — a remote-controlled unmanned Vigilante robot helicopter equipped with a high-velocity sniper rifle. Its RND Edge semi-automatic gun is mounted on a self-stabilizing …
Read More »Britain Ends Combat Operations in Iraq
LONDON – British forces handed over military control of the Basra area to U.S. commanders Thursday to clear the way for America’s main battlefield ally to exit Iraq after more than six years of war. The U.S. flag rose over a British base outside Basra, the last main outpost for …
Read More »World's 'Oldest Woman' Celebrates 115th Birthday in Los Angeles, Never Drank or 'Fooled Around'
The world’s oldest known living person celebrated her 115th birthday Monday. Gertrude Baines was honored at Western Convalescent Hospital with music, a letter from the president, and two cakes. Baines said little during the celebration as friends sang to her and she received a proclamation from Guinness World Records acknowledging …
Read More »Swine Flu Fears Evident as World's Cases Top 6,000
MEXICO CITY – In China, mask-wearing police cordoned off more hotels Wednesday, quarantining anyone who came in contact with swine flu patients, no matter how mild their symptoms. Not so in Mexico, where the health secretary encouraged tourists to come relax in their favorite vacation spots despite a growing swine …
Read More »Murder Suspect Arrives in Court With Carved Swastika on Forehead
BROCKTON, Massachusetts – A white man accused of killing two people and raping a third during a January crime spree against nonwhites showed up in court with a recently carved swastika on his forehead. Twenty-two-year-old Keith Luke pleaded not guilty to murder and rape charges in Brockton Superior Court in …
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