By Ashley Collman PUBLISHED: 08:56 EST, 1 November 2013 | UPDATED: 08:57 EST, 1 November 2013 Let this be a lesson to young men: Any more than a spritz of AXE body spray and you’re more likely to actually… Read More ›
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Is your favorite skin remedy BAD for you? How petroleum jelly can ‘suffocate pores, aggravate acne and cause pneumonia’
By Sadie Whitelocks PUBLISHED: 08:20 EST, 25 October 2013 | UPDATED: 17:19 EST, 25 October 2013 Petroleum jelly is widely considered a bathroom cabinet essential for its skin-soothing properties, but one New York dermatologist warns that it could be… Read More ›
Rabbis plotted to kidnap husbands, force divorces, FBI says
From Allie Malloy, CNN NEW YORK (CNN)– A group of rabbis face kidnapping charges after allegedly arranging assaults of Orthodox Jewish husbands to persuade them to grant divorces to their wives, authorities said Thursday. FBI raids on Wednesday night led to… Read More ›
Odious Slate writer: Only evil people send their kids to private schools
Posted By Robby Soave On 9:54 PM 08/29/2013 In Education | No Comments Have the manifest failures of public education motivated you to enroll your own children in private schools? If so, you are evil, argues Slate editor Allison Benedikt…. Read More ›
Assemblyman Vito Lopez accused of trying to pimp out a young staff member to a man on the governor’s staff to get a housing bill passed
Lurid Complaint Against New York Politicos By ADAM KLASFELD MANHATTAN (CN) – Assemblyman Vito Lopez tried to pimp out a young staff member to a man on the governor’s staff to get a housing bill passed, two women claim… Read More ›
Weizmann Institute scientists observe as humans learn to sense like a rat, with ”whiskers”
Rats use a sense that humans don’t: whisking. They move their facial whiskers back and forth about eight times a second to locate objects in their environment. Could humans acquire this sense? And if they can, what could understanding the… Read More ›
Chinese citizen arrested over U.S military exports
By Agence France-Presse Wednesday, September 26, 2012 18:06 EDT Topics: carbon fiber ♦ china ♦ Ming Suan Zhang NEW YORK — A Chinese citizen has been charged in New York with illegally attempting to export highly restricted material from the… Read More ›