Minnesota Senate Majority Leader Tom Bakk said allowing senators to look at one another during floor debates could lead to a breakdown of decorum. By Ben Hooper April 14, 2015 at 12:59 PM ST. PAUL, Minn., April 14 (UPI)… Read More ›
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TSA employees manipulated security body scanner so male employee could grope men’s genitals at Denver airport
The male employee and a female accomplice worked as a team to manipulate a screening system at Denver International Airport in 2014 She would indicate a female was being screened when it was a male passenger after a signal… Read More ›
National Expenditure For False-Positive Mammograms And Breast Cancer Over diagnoses Estimated At $4 Billion A Year
Abstract Population wide mammography screening has been associated with a substantial rise in false-positive mammography findings and breast cancer over diagnosis. However, there is a lack of current data on the associated costs in the United States. We present… Read More ›
Your pain reliever blunts positive emotions
Public Release: 13-Apr-2015 Acetaminophen reduces both pain and pleasure, study finds Ohio State University COLUMBUS, Ohio — Researchers studying the commonly used pain reliever acetaminophen found it has a previously unknown side effect: It blunts positive emotions. In the study,… Read More ›
Mechanism outlined by which inadequate vitamin E can cause brain damage
Public Release: 13-Apr-2015 Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. – Researchers at Oregon State University have discovered how vitamin E deficiency may cause neurological damage by interrupting a supply line of specific nutrients and robbing the brain of the “building blocks”… Read More ›
Iran suspends pilgrim trips to Mecca amid rising tensions
DEBKAfile April 13, 2015, 12:26 PM (IDT) Iran’s Culture Ministry announced Monday that “minor hajj” trips to Mecca had been suspended by Tehran over alleged abuse suffered by two male Iranian pilgrims at Jeddah airport in March. Some 500,000… Read More ›
Russian man volunteers for world’s first-ever head transplant surgery
08.04.2015 Pravda.Ru Source: dailymail.co.uk The first human being in the world, who agreed to become a subject of an experimental head transplant surgery is a man from the city of Vladimir, Russia. His name is Valery Spiridonov, and he is… Read More ›
Swedish parliament votes to keep law banning dancing in public
Dancing in public spaces without a permit is a criminal offence in Sweden Photo: Getty Members of the Swedish parliament have voted to keep a controversial law that bans dancing in public spaces. Owners of public spaces must obtain… Read More ›
Change in Human Social Behavior in Response to a Common Vaccine
– Human social behavior does, indeed, change with exposure – Compared to the 48 hours preexposure, participants interacted with significantly more people, and in significantly larger groups, during the 48 hours immediately post-exposure. – However, social behavior at the 4-week… Read More ›
China to blacklist poorly-behaved tourists
English.news.cn 2015-04-11 17:18:16 BEIJING, April 11 (Xinhua) — China is starting to blacklist poorly-behaved tourists as it seeks to rescue the image of its citizens as holidaymakers. According to a regulation by the China National Tourism Administration (NTA) that… Read More ›
Mass beaching fuels fears of imminent quake
APR. 12, 2015 – 06:55AM JST Local government officers stand beside melon-headed whales washed up on the shore of Hokota, northeast of Tokyo, April 10, 2015AFP TOKYO — The mass beaching of more than 150 melon-headed whales on Japan’s… Read More ›
Iran, Saudi Arabia in tense buildup opposite Yemen’s Gulf of Aden shore: US air tankers refueling Saudi jets
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report April 10, 2015, 8:30 AM (IDT Saudi-Iranian saber-rattling over Yemen has reached a dangerous peak, Thursday, April 9, the Saudi army spokesman, Brig. Gen. Ahmad Al-Assiri, warned: “Iranian ships have the right to be present in… Read More ›
Sprint to Pay Feds $15.5M for Wiretap Overcharges
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) – Sprint has agreed to pay $15.5 million to settle allegations that it overcharged law enforcement agencies for court-ordered wiretaps, the Justice Department said Thursday. A joint investigation by the U.S. Attorney’s Office and the… Read More ›
Sellers of Fake Amazon Reviews Face Lawsuit
By JUNE WILLIAMS SEATTLE (CN) – Leaving little to the imagination, four websites with names like “buyamazonreviews.com” are giving rave reviews on Amazon for a price, the online retail giant claims in court. Amazon.com says in the April 8… Read More ›
China may build rail tunnel under Mount Everest
Ananth Krishnan Beijing, April 9, 2015 | UPDATED 18:58 IST Mount Everest China is planning to extend its Tibet railway up to the Nepal border within the next five years, including a line that may pass through tunnels under Mount… Read More ›
Increased levels of radon in Pennsylvania homes correspond to onset of fracking
Public Release: 9-Apr-2015 Levels of radon, a known carcinogen, rising since 2004, around the time that drilling for a new type of natural gas well began Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public… Read More ›
Delicate magnolia scent activates human pheromone receptor
Public Release: 9-Apr-2015 Scent molecule Hedione triggers different brain activities in men and women Ruhr-University Bochum The question if humans can communicate via pheromones in the same way as animals is under debate. Cell physiologists at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum have… Read More ›
Hepatitis C drugs for RI prisons may break the budget
Public Release: 9-Apr-2015 Study tallies huge cost of hepatitis C drugs for RI prisons Sticker shock for states Brown University PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — A new study finds that effective new hepatitis C drugs are so expensive the state… Read More ›
Unknown virus may be infecting corn and wheat
First report of a new crop virus in North America Public Release: 9-Apr-2015 Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign The switchgrass exhibited mosaic symptoms–splotchy, discolored leaves–characteristic of a viral infection, yet tested negative for known infections. Deep… Read More ›
Dispersant used to clean Deepwater Horizon spill more toxic to corals than the oil
Public Release: 9-Apr-2015 Temple University The dispersant used to remediate the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is more toxic to cold-water corals than the spilled oil, according to a study conducted at Temple University. The… Read More ›
Terrifying Flesh Eating Disease Hits ISIS Thursday
09 April 2015 As global powers continue to debate the best way to deal with the threat of the self-proclaimed Islamic State, the terrorist group appears to be suffering its own internal problems. Poor hygiene and pollution has led to… Read More ›
Every third teenager has suffered from one mental disorder and one physical disease.
Public Release: 8-Apr-2015 Mental disorders and physical diseases co-occur in teenagers University of Basel Every third teenager has suffered from one mental disorder and one physical disease. These co-occurrences come in specific associations: More often than average, depression occurs together… Read More ›
Could a dose of nature be just what the doctor ordered?
Public Release: 8-Apr-2015 Exposure to the outdoors is linked with improved human health, but little is known about how much we really need American Institute of Biological Sciences Numerous studies over the past 30 years have linked exposure to nature… Read More ›
Breast cancer research uncovers the fountain of youth
Public Release: 8-Apr-2015 University of Toronto The Fountain of Youth has been discovered and it’s not in Florida as Ponce de Leon claimed. Instead, it was found in the mammary glands of genetically modified mice. A research team led by… Read More ›
Investigators unsure whether hackers still have access to the State Department’s system
White House Hack Is Proof Russia Is ‘Reassembling Its Evil Empire,’ Congressman Claims By Thomas Halleck @tommylikey t.halleck@ibtimes.com on April 07 2015 7:43 PM EDT CNN reports that Russian hackers were able to access a sensitive White House computer system,… Read More ›
Washington State flies Chinese Communist Flag at State Capitol US Patriots Take It Down
Communist Chinese flag, as universally recognized symbolof Mass Murder & Oppression, flown at Washington Statecapital in Olympia – Washington State Gov. Jay Inslee flies Chinese Communist Flag at the State Capitol building in Olympia. U.S. Patriots come out, assisted by… Read More ›
Mysterious desert fairy circles share pattern with skin cells
Public Release: 6-Apr-2015 “The distribution of fairy circles throughout the desert may look random, but turns out to have a pattern that very closely matches the distribution pattern of skin cells. A pattern spanning such drastically different size scales —… Read More ›
Anesthetic gases raise Earth’s temperature (a little) while you sleep
Public Release: 7-Apr-2015 American Geophysical Union WASHINGTON, D.C. – The gases used to knock out surgery patients are accumulating in the Earth’s atmosphere, where they make a small contribution to climate change, report scientists who have detected the compounds as… Read More ›
New report links frequency of diet soda use to waist increases
Public Release: 6-Apr-2015 University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio SAN ANTONIO, Texas, U.S.A. (April 6, 2015) — Those who drink diet soda thinking it will help them shed unwanted belly fat may see their waistlines expand instead…. Read More ›
Stress and obesity: Your family can make your fat
Public Release: 6-Apr-2015 Study examines link between chronic family stressors, adolescent obesity University of Houston Adolescent obesity is a national public health concern and, unchecked, places young people on a trajectory for a variety of health issues as they grow… Read More ›
Common antidepressant increased coronary atherosclerosis in animal model 6-fold
Public Release: 6-Apr-2015 Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – April 6, 2015 – A commonly prescribed antidepressant caused up to a six-fold increase in atherosclerosis plaque in the coronary arteries of non-human primates, according to a study by… Read More ›
Centre for the Study of Existential Risk is now recruiting for postdoctoral researchers
Editors Note: ( Ralph Turchiano) Just helping Cambridge out by posting some really cool positions they have opening soon. Postdoctoral research positions at CSER We are delighted to announce that the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk has had… Read More ›
The Darker Bioweapons of the future
Editors Note: ( Ralph Turchiano) Archived Unclassified 3 November 2003 A panel of life science experts convened for the Strategic Assessments Group by the National Academy of Sciences concluded that advances in biotechnology, coupled with the difficulty in detecting nefarious… Read More ›
IS blows up historic church in Syria’s Hasaka province
English.news.cn 2015-04-05 21:47:39 DAMASCUS, April 5 (Xinhua) — The Islamic State (IS) militant group blew up an 80-year-old church in Syria’s northeastern province of Hasaka, as the Christian minority in Syria is observing the Easter holiday, state-run news agency… Read More ›
Alarm bells ring as Russian ships seen at old Arctic NATO base
Norway’s jagged Arctic coastline has regained its strategic importance since tensions between Russia and NATO members have spiked to levels not seen since the fall of the Soviet Union. ― AFP picOSLO, April 3 — Russian ships docked at… Read More ›
Drones to be used to disperse mobs in Lucknow
IndiaToday.in New Delhi, April 3, 2015 | UPDATED 12:28 IST The Lucknow Police is planning to use drones to keep an eye on the city. These little unmanned mini-choppers are already in use in various sensitive parts of Uttar… Read More ›
Pakistan To Buy 8 Submarines From China
By Usman Ansari9:09 a.m. EDT April 3, 2015 ISLAMABAD — Pakistan is renewing efforts to modernize its submarine arm with eight submarines from China as well as a search for surplus European submarines. Navy and Defence Ministry officials revealed… Read More ›
JPMorgan, AIG Bailout Records Remain Secret
By KEVIN LESSMILLER (CN) – Federal Reserve memos and spreadsheets regarding bailout loans are not subject to release under the Freedom of Information Act, a federal judge ruled. The Federal Reserve made two emergency loans to Bear Stearns… Read More ›
CBS This morning inaccurate segment on Fish Oil
Editors Note: ( Ralph Turchiano ) I may respond officially to the piece below, that aired this morning. The information CBS supplied was inaccurate to the point where it negatively can impact many lives, therefore it needs clarification. I… Read More ›
Facial recognition system sends warning emails to families of pachinko addicts
By Casey Baseel, RocketNews24 NATIONAL APR. 03, 2015 – 06:45AM JST ( 7 ) TOKYO — For a country that doesn’t have any businesses officially classified as “casinos,” Japan has a ton of places to gamble. By far the… Read More ›
Feds seize bank accounts without notice, without a cause certain, and without explanations
Feds Seize $17 Million, but Why? By MIKE HEUER LOS ANGELES (CN) – The federal government seized more than $17 million in bank accounts without explanation, threatening the very existence of Encino-based Sky Atlantic Capital, the company claims in… Read More ›
Russia issues nuclear threat over Crimea and Baltic States
By Umberto Bacchi April 2, 2015 08:52 BST Putin’s Russia has threatened the US with a nuclear showdown over Crimea and the Baltic states(Reuters) Russia has threatened to use nuclear force against the United States and its Nato allies… Read More ›
Saudi Arabia damages Russian consulate in Yemen
Russian Consulate in Aden Damaged Amid Coalition Strikes 01:24 02.04.2015(updated 02:20 02.04.2015) Get short URL Airstrikes conducted by the Saudi Arabia-led coalition against Houthi rebels in Yemen damaged the Russian Consulate in Aden. MANAMA (Sputnik) – The Consulate General of… Read More ›
Dow Chemical, Shell Oil and others polluted the public water system with carcinogenic trichloropropane for decades, a Kern County community services district claims in court.
Water District Sees Carcinogens at the Tap By MARIA DINZEO SAN FRANCISCO (CN) – Dow Chemical, Shell Oil and others polluted the public water system with carcinogenic trichloropropane for decades, a Kern County community services district claims in court. The… Read More ›
Number of childhood cancer survivors increasing, most have morbidities
Public Release: 1-Apr-2015 American Association for Cancer Research Bottom Line: The prevalence of childhood cancer survivors is estimated to have increased, and the majority of those who have survived five or more years beyond diagnosis may have at least one… Read More ›
Sexual dysfunction inadequately reported in hair loss drug trials
Public Release: 1-Apr-2015 Male baldness clinical trials did not adequately report sexual dysfunction, which may persist Northwestern University First meta-analysis to look at quality of safety reporting in published reports of clinical trials of the drug finasteride for male pattern… Read More ›
Khamenei sends Iranian navy to Bab el-Mandeb Straits. Iran arms store for Hamas bombed in Libya
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report March 31, 2015, 10:36 PM (IDT) Control of the Red Sea Bab el-Mandeb Straits passed Tuesday, March 31 to pro-Iranian Yemeni forces when the Yemeni Army’s 117th Brigade loyal to the former Yemeni President Ali Saleh handed… Read More ›
A powerful natural product discovered with wide-ranging antifungal, antibacterial, anti-malaria and anti-cancer effects.
Public Release: 31-Mar-2015 Scientists reveal unique mechanism of natural product with powerful antimicrobial action Scripps Research Institute JUPITER, FL, March 31, 2015 – Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have uncovered the unique mechanism of… Read More ›
1,000-year-old onion and garlic remedy kills antibiotic-resistant bugs, more effective than modern antibiotics
The simple salve is more effective than modern antibiotics. FIONA MACDONALD 31 MAR 2015 A 1,000-year-old Anglo-Saxon ‘eye salve’ made from onion, garlic, wine and part of a cow’s stomach has been shown to wipe out 90 percent of antibiotic-resistantStaphylococcus… Read More ›
Russian analyst urges nuclear attack on Yellowstone National Park and San Andreas fault line
Date March 31, 2015 – 12:36PM Su-Lin Tan A Russian geopolitical analyst says the best way to attack the United States is to detonate nuclear weapons to trigger a supervolcano at Yellowstone National Park or along the San Andreas… Read More ›
Engineering Evil 