CDC action at germ lab questioned

"At the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's new $214 million infectious disease laboratory in Atlanta, scientists are conducting experiments on bioterror bacteria in a room with a containment door sealed with duct tape."

Reading, Righting, Rithmatic, and Rage

Reading, Righting, Rithmatic, and RageSummary and Conclusion by Albert N. MillironThere is a bit more going on in Waycross Georgia's Center Elementary School, then "the Golden Rule" and Reading, Writing, and...

Can you snap me now? It's a turtle-to-turtle wireless network

Two teams of researchers with seemingly divergent areas of interest have come together for a techie-meets-nature experiment in Massachusetts. The researchers are simultaneously studying new wireless technology and...

Top 11 Weird News Stories of 2007

"Check out the year's oddities, dumb criminals and unexplained wonders, and vote for your favorite. Then take a spin through some of 2007's most far-out news photos. Photo Gallery: The Odd Bunch"

Deadly consent: Bondage death raises legal issues

"Adrian Exley was wrapped tightly in heavy plastic, then bound with duct tape. A leather hood was put over his head with a thin plastic straw inserted so that he could breathe, and he was shut up in a closet.That, apparently, was the way Exley liked it. But the way it ended...

Here Come the Russian Bombers! Break Out the Duct Tape.

"President Vladimir Putin of Russia announced today that his air force would resume the old Soviet practice, discontinued in 1992, of sending its strategic bombers on long-range patrols all over the world, including...

'Duct tape bandit' fails his mission

A man in Ashland, Kentucky attempted to rob a liquor store last Friday with his head wrapped in duct tape (promptly earning him the creative nickname "Duct Tabe Bandit"). He was chased off by the store's bat-wearing...

Massive Squirrels' Nest Blamed In Fire - Boston Fire Department

"Massachusetts - Squirrels are to blame for a two-alarm fire that injured two jakes and left five people homeless in Charlestown, fire officials said. The blaze at 46 Washington St. started about 11:40 a.m. when a...

Duct tape no magical cure for warts, study finds (Reuters)

" WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Duct tape does not work any better than doing nothing to cure warts in schoolchildren, Dutch researchers reported on Monday in a study that contradicts a popular theory about an easy way to get rid of the unattractive lumps. The study of 103 children...

Medical Examiner Releases Identity Of Man Found Taped To Tire

"The Medical Examiner has released the name of the man whose body was found duct taped to a tire in an Orange County lake."

MarketingSherpa's Top 10 Best Blogs & Best Podcast of 2006: Readers' Choice A...

"SUMMARY The results are in -- here's your guide, including handy hotlinks, to MarketingSherpa readers' favorite marketing-related blogs and podcasts of 2006. Our hearty congratulations to all the winners -- with thousands of votes tallied, this was hard-fought race indeed!...

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