Archive for July, 2009

Woman Lives with Dead Husband for 2 Months

Posted: 31st July 2009 by Sus Scrofa in Oddly Enough
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The woman kept her husband’s body in their house for two months without notifying authorities of his death, public broadcaster DR reports.

Surprised tourists found their little piece of Cancun beach paradise ringed by crime-scene tape and gun-toting sailors on Thursday.

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia – A divorced Saudi man with four children has shocked Saudi Arabia, one of the most conservative countries in the world, with details of his sexual exploits on an Arabic television show.

Police Catch Caveman Fugative After 16 Years

Posted: 31st July 2009 by Veritas in Crime
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LISBON – Portuguese police have recaptured a convict who had escaped in 1993 and had been hiding in the caves in the mountains for 16 years receiving help from villagers nearby, local media said on Thursday.

SYDNEY – A flea-bitten dog rescued from a squalid backyard is to be reunited with her owners 1,000 miles away — nine years after she disappeared.

Astronaut Koichi Wakata is returning to Earth wearing the same underpants he has worn for a month during his space station visit. The pants are experimental and designed to be odour-free.

Blue Food Dye Helps Treat Spinal Injuries

Posted: 30th July 2009 by Veritas in Lifestyle
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WASHINGTON – A common and safe blue food dye might provide the best treatment available so far for spinal cord injuries, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.

CHISINAU – Moldova’s pro-Western opposition said on Thursday it would form a coalition after beating the ruling Communists in an election that could swing the former Soviet republic away from Russia toward Europe.

ORLANDO, Florida – Wal-Mart Stores Inc is discussing with U.S. health officials the possibility of putting vaccination sites at some of its stores for an H1N1 swine flu inoculation campaign this fall, a company official said on Thursday.

WASHINGTON – The U.S. climate bill would give states that are heavily reliant on greenhouse-gas emitting fuels, like coal, more carbon credits on a per capita basis than those that use clean fuels, according to an analysis of the legislation released on Wednesday.