Families flee river of ice after freak storm hits town

The bizarre fall weather has continued in the UK, with a freak ice storm hitting the British town of Devon."Dozens of people, including a mother in labour, had to be rescued after a freak hailstorm left a Devon town cut off by floodwater.More than a foot of hail fell on...

Children's author Harry Horse 'stabbed his wife 30 times' as probe casts doub...

" When children's author Harry Horse and his terminally ill wife were found dead in each other's arms, the world accepted that they had taken their lives with painkillers in a suicide pact. But it has now been revealed that the writer and artist stabbed his...

Worried About Your Brain? Take Some Shakespeare

To stimulate your brain and fire it up, try Shakespeare, or so a study proves."n Shakespeare what is apparently a small matter is actually often a big deal made seemingly small only because it is happening at pace. The moment of a decision in Macbeth, of a death in Lear: they...

"Romeo and Juliet" - tragic end for cousins in love

Athens (ANTARA News) - A young couple in love whose families refused them to marry swallowed pesticide on the southern Mediterranean island of Crete, causing the death of the man and putting the girl in a coma, newspaper reports said. The couple, both cousins, began their...

Obama's Filthy Habit

"There are plenty of reasons for Obama's magic voice: where he grew up, how his parents talked, how he breathes. But perhaps most important is one Obama doesn't want to talk about: cigarettes. Obama is an occasional smoker." - Juliet Eilperin in Slate