Military Body Armor Called Into Question
YNN Rochester Fri, 19 Aug 2011 18:26 PM PDT
A 2006 New York Times report revealed 80% of Marines killed in Iraq from wounds to the upper body could have survived if they had adequate body armor. Since then, Congresswoman Louise Slaughter has called on the Department of Defense to review its standards on how body armor is tested. Five years later, the audit is finally coming to a close. |
Poet to use science as inspiration
Niagara Falls Review Fri, 19 Aug 2011 18:20 PM PDT
A Brock University professor has received $60,000 in federal funds to write poetry about the impact of environmental chemicals and other invaders on his body. Over the next three years, Adam Dickinson will find out what chemicals, bacteria and viruses have accumulated inside of him.[...] |
Body found in hospital grounds
Stuff Fri, 19 Aug 2011 18:14 PM PDT
Police have found a body in the grounds of Kenepuru Hospital this morning, around the same area where a man went missing this week. |
Iconic owner of car dealership dies
Orange County Register Fri, 19 Aug 2011 17:27 PM PDT
The owner of a longtime La Habra auto dealership was found dead in his pickup on a La Habra Heights street from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.Donald Thomas Steves, 70, owner of Don Steves Autoplex in La Habra, was pronounced dead a short time after his body was discovered at 5 p.m.... |
This Is The Craziest Pre-9/11 Ad You'll Ever See
Gothamist Fri, 19 Aug 2011 15:14 PM PDT
The Reddit users have dug up this awkward gem: a pre-9/11 ad for osteoarthritis, showing fragile bones inside of the Twin Towers, with a plane aimed at them. The ad copy reads: "Everyone thinks that their joints are safe and strong until one day osteoarthritis collapses them." (With the word "osteoarthritis" written across the body of the plane.) [ more › ] |
Man suing Frankfort motel, saying his room had bed bugs
The Herald News Fri, 19 Aug 2011 15:04 PM PDT
A man is suing a Frankfort motel, claiming his room was infested with bed bugs when he stayed there two years ago, but the motel’s manager said Friday the lawsuit is “all bogus.â€The suit, filed this week in Will County, said Richard Delaney stayed at the Abe Lincoln Motel in August 2009. While he was there, he noticed “scabs, red spots and wounds forming on his body.†Delaney later noticed ... |
Malayalam music maestro Johnson dies of heart attack
Gulf Times Fri, 19 Aug 2011 14:56 PM PDT
Malayalam film music composer Johnson died of a heart attack in Chennai aged 58. Johnson died late Thursday and is survived by his wife and two children. The body will be laid to rest in his home town near Kochi today evening. |
How to fast Increasing Digestive Enzymes Can Promote Digestive Health Fitness
PitchEngine Fri, 19 Aug 2011 14:43 PM PDT
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