Internet Fraud Report Shows Increase

"Beware that email tugging at your heart strings. Instead of there being a lovable pooch needing adopted, the love of your life waiting to be in your arms, or a needy family trying to move money out of a war-torn country - there is probably a 30-something year-old man...

Ruthless Behavior Could Be in Your Genes

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Home Stealing - Walking Away with an Immovable Object

"According to the FBI, con artists have started a new form of game - stealing houses. Even the most immovable object most people own can be stolen right out from under their noses, even if the are still living in them. Last year, one loan "entrepreneur" in Los Angeles, Martha...

Renewable Energy Engineering Degrees Becoming Available

"A new career for engineers has appeared in the last three years, and American universities are responding to the call, with several now offering, or plan to offer, students degrees in renewable energy engineering. The Oregon Institute of Technology will be graduating the...

SPCA and Hindus Butting Heads Over a Cow

"Two organizations that revere the lives of animals are about to butt heads in the United Kingdom, as a Hindu temple files suit against the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) for killing the temple's sacred cow. The lawsuit claims that the RSPCA...

Preparing for Tornado Season

"Midwesterners in the United States are bracing themselves for tornado season as spring approaches. People in "Tornado Alley" ranging from Kansas and Oklahoma through Texas, Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio are starting to evaluate their safe room and...

Fundamental Breakthrough Could Lead to Treatments for Obesity

"If you tend toward obesity, blame your genes. Scientists at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine have discovered how the genes and proteins that cause your body to store fat - or use it - work. Organisms from yeast to humans all share the ability to store fat within...

China Lashes Out at Crackdown Critics

"China Lashes Out at Crackdown Critics"" China lashed out Sunday at critics of its crackdown on Tibetan protesters, describing U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as "habitually bad tempered" while claiming the Western media serve those who want to smear the communist country."

Visa-Free Travel Expanded by Homeland Security

"""The Department of Homeland Security announced proudly on March 17 that three former Eastern bloc nations - Slovakia, Hungary, and Lithuania - have entered into a memorandum of understanding allowing visa-free travel to and from those countries and the United States. Which...

Inhalable Tuberculosis Vaccine Developed

"""Imagine a world where vaccines are no longer injected - and can be used effectively in the battle to prevent tuberculosis infection. Imagine a world, where vaccines can be transported without worrying that it will be destroyed by heat. Imagine a world, where virtually...

FutureGen - Did the Department of Energy Get it Right, by Accident?

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