Cause of 'Treeman's' barklike growths revealed

"(CNN) -- For 20 years, the warts studding Dede Kosawa's hands and feet multiplied and sprouted like gnarled roots. ...

"Killer Dolphins" attacking each other for food.

Remember the dolphins we see either on TV or in aquariums where they jump through hoops and performs tricks in front of crowds of people. Well, these dolphins are not as innocent as we perceive them out to be. Now...

US overturns ban on nuclear trade with India

Though there were concerns that the deal allowing the UNited States to trade in nuclear materials with India would not pass before the end of President Bush's second term, it appears that the deal has gone...

Statins 'prevent artery ageing'

"Drugs given to heart patients to lower cholesterol may have an additional benefit - keeping their blood vessels feeling younger. Advanced heart disease patients have arteries which have effectively aged faster than the rest of their bodies. University of Cambridge...

Poll on the economy: Americans gloomier, for now

"As people on Wall Street and Main Street hold their breath to see if a federal bailout of the nation's financial institutions will work, Americans are starting to speak — not whisper — the word "depression." In a sign that anxiety is growing, 33% of 1,011 adults surveyed...

Designer Vagina trend 'worrying'

Woman pay a lot of attention on the way they look. They go for cosmetic surgery to improve the look, many of them go for botox to rejuvenate their body. But sometimes woman  are concerened about how she looks in the vaginal region and that feeling becomes...

Fake Foreclosure Rescue Operations Rising

"The national foreclosure crisis did not only result in large inventories of repossessed properties for sale in the market and declining home prices. It also gave rise to a growing number of homeowners who are...

FDIC - Federal bank insurance fund short on cash

"WASHINGTON - Banks are not the only ones struggling in the growing financial crisis. The fund established to insure their deposits is also feeling the pinch, and the taxpayer may be the lender of last resort.The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., whose insurance fund has...

Rats and a cat bodyguard recruited to tackle Colombia's land mines

One often hears the expression 'I smell a rat' but in Columbia rats are being trained to use their sense of smell to sniff out land mines. If that's not amazing enough they also have a cat acting as their...

Hurricane Ike Is Huge and Growing Stronger

"THOUSANDS of people have fled the Texas Gulf coast as deadly Hurricane Ike bears down, growing in power after ravaging Cuba and the Caribbean.Ike, which has left more than 100 dead across the Caribbean, could slam...

Hunger in Africa blamed on western rejection of GM food

Environmentalists taking an anti-scientific stance to modern agriculture and in particular to GM crop use are causing hunger in Africa according to Sir David King - the UK government's former chief scientist. This...

End of council tax in Scotland to widen divide with England

The Scottish National Party, a party seeking independence for Scotland which gained power in the Scottish parliament last year, is going to try to abolish council tax in Scotland over the next 12 months. Council tax is payed by residents in the UK to their local council,...

The death of the British pub?

Two dozen pubs are closing every week across Britain as more and more people buy booze from supermarkets and have more 'nights in'. The pub is a British instution and unless something is done soon it will be a thing...

Urban Youth: A Great Source of Untapped Growth

The world’s growing urbanization means that a whole generation of youth will have a dramatically different life than their parents. The world’s 3.3 billion urbanites now outnumber rural residents for the first...

Choosing to forgive -- or not

"(LifeWire) -- Bob Johnson was close to his aunt growing up. But when she learned he was gay, she began making hurtful comments; eventually, they drifted apart. Then Johnson, 43, was diagnosed with colon cancer. Relatives flocked to his side -- except for his aunt. ...

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