Horse Whisperer author poisoned by mushrooms

The author of the best-selling book "The Horse Whisperer" is in the hospital in Scotland after eating some poisonous mushrooms. He had cooked the mushrooms himself after finding them in the woods."Bestselling author...

Family devastated by four-year-old stabbing

"The family of a four-year-old boy who was stabbed to death have said they are "devastated" at their loss. The young boy was taken to hospital with serious injuries after an incident on Sunday afternoon at a house in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. He died a short time...

Can you help? A6 near Asda

A motorist stopped to assist a man being threatened which resulted in a serious assault. Did you witness the incident? "Police have arrested two men in connection with an assault on the A6 near Asda in Oadby, Leicester UK. An investigation was launched following the assault...

Getting rattled on 'the Rock'

" Alcatraz Island, Calif. — EACH day at sundown, when the last tour boat departs this desolate, wind-swept outpost, one lonesome soul is left behind. He's the night watchman of Alcatraz. Guided by the beam of his flashlight, Gregory Johnson inches down the gloomy infirmary...

Polonium-210 one of world's rarest elements

"LONDON, England (AP) -- Polonium-210 -- the radioactive substance used to poison a former Russian spy in London -- is one of the world's rarest elements, first discovered in the 19th century by scientists Marie and Pierre Curie.  It is highly lethal when ingested, and...

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