How Salmonella Does Its Dirty Work

Salmonella is in the news again, with a recall of pet treats that may be contaminated by the bacteria. The FDA made this announcement on Thursday, which pulled from the shelves both beef hooves and pig...

The Appendix Is Useful After All

The appendix has long been considered a vestigial and useless organ, which only reminds us of its presence when it flares up and creates a life-threatning appendicitis. Darwin speculated that it was left behind by evolution when we evolved from plant-eaters into omnivores....

North Carolina's Crippled Probation System

A report on North Carolina's probation system suggests that public safety is at risk because the system has either neglected or lost track of thousands of criminals. The News & Observer of Raleigh reports...

Ontario Police Launch Holiday R.I.D.E. Blitz

Ontario Provincial Police have kicked off their annual five-week holiday RIDE program on Ontario highways and roads.Here's a little trivia:  The R.I.D.E. program was first started in 1977, and originally...

Kelly Morris, Missing Mother of Two, May Have Been Murdered

" GRANVILLE COUNTY, N.C. – A team of about 20 friends, family, and volunteers continued combing parts of Stem and Granville County on Wednesday in search for Kelly Morris. The 28-year-old was last seen Sept....

Why wasn't Theresa Allore discovered sooner?

When 19-year-old Theresa Allore went missing from school and then turned up dead on a lonely country road, Quebec police led her family to believe she had died of a drug overdose. Now, 23 years later, her brother...

Hero Dog Missing: Brophy Saved Girl, 3, By Pushing Her Out Into The River Wear

Brophy, a long-legged boxer dog, is believed to have saved the life of Leona Baxter, 3, who was sucked into an underground storm tunnel.  The family pet had been playing with Leona and her sister, Kiah, 6,...

BAE in £2bn MoD ammunition deal

"BAE Systems has signed a 15-year deal with the Ministry of Defence (MoD) to supply the UK armed forces with small arms and medium-calibre ammunition. It also includes mortar bombs, tank, artillery and naval gun shells, but not weapons such as guided missiles. The contract...

NC gets new powers to punish sex offenders :: WRAL.com

" RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina authorities will soon have new powers to punish sex offenders, and bartenders will be looking at underage customers' ID cards in a new way. Gov. Mike Easley on Saturday...

Delays after airport jet landing

Newcastle Airport in the UK is facing delays after a Royal Air Force plane had to make an emergency landing there. We're looking for photos and video anyone might have taken of the emergency landing, or any first person accounts."Passengers are facing delays after an RAF jet...

Missing canoeist's wife 'coerced' to stay quiet

The trial of the wife of a British man who faked his death in order to reap life insurance payments is really getting fascinating. The woman lied to her sons and told them their father was dead, and then tried to go to South America to join her husband. Now the wife is...

Body found in area of jogger search

     Law enforcement vehicles and an ambulance on Fielding Drive near Cary near the location where a body was discovered Monday evening. Wake County Sheriff Harrison said the body was found...

Canadian Flashpoint No. 1 Ranked Show in U.S. and Canada

It started off with a bang - CTV's Friday night Canadian-made series Flashpoint blew away the mold for ratings. And not just in Canada. In fact, the Toronto-based show, which follows a team of Special Response...

Police, public searching for missing Cary woman

  Cary, N.C. — National Guard pilots, police dogs and friends searched Sunday for a jogger who went missing a day earlier. Nancy Cooper, 34, of Wallsburg Court, went running at 7 a.m. Saturday but did not return home by 9 a.m. or meet friends later that morning as...

ScienceDaily.com: Achieving Top Grades In Science Subjects More Difficult, Re...

It has always been a question why this is so? My question too why and this research finally said so. The article revealed that -"School children studying science and technology subjects like Maths, Physics and Chemistry find it much harder to achieve the top exam grades than...

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