A mysterious polio-like illness has baffled physicians and public health officials in California after the syndrome affected up to 25 children in the state, leaving them with one or more paralyzed limbs and a bad prognosis. Those kids infected with the unidentified illness that doctors are comparing to polio suffer severe weakness or paralysis in their arms or legs, leaving ... Read More »
Authorities have identified Bryan William Harlow of Libby as the man who died Saturday afternoon after being caught in an avalanche in the West Cabinet Mountains while snowmobiling. Lincoln County Sheriff Roby Bowe says that Harlow, age 49, died in the slide which happened about 17 miles southwest of Troy near the Montana/Idaho border. Bowe says 911 dispatchers were told ... Read More »
Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman, the world’s most notorious druglord, could be extradited to the US to face trial on trafficking charges amid fears no jail in his native Mexico could hold him. Guzman (56,) who escaped from a high-security Mexican prison in 2001 by being smuggled out in a laundry truck, was arrested in a dawn raid at a beach ... Read More »
Peter Schiff gives CNBC a bit more than they bargained for in this interview in which CNBCS leads off with What is Wrong With Gold? Read More »
Calphalon has issued a voluntary recall for the XL 9 Speed Blender because of a potential safety concern identified with the blender’s mixing blade. The model affected is 1832449, also identified as ME600BL. If you own this model, please continue reading to learn how Calphalon will replace your blade with a new design. Read More »
Italian railway police say a college student from New Hampshire who was missing for two days in Rome was hit by a train. Police haven’t released the identity of the student whose body was found in a rail tunnel Thursday. But Trinity College Rome Campus officials say the student was 21-year-old Bates College junior John Durkin of Rye, N.H., who ... Read More »
Model-TV presenter Charlotte Dawson, best known for being a judge on ‘Australia’s Next Top Model’, has been found dead at her home. She was 47. Dawson, who had a history with depression, was found dead in her Woolloomooloo apartment in Sydney yesterday. Police said there were no suspicious circumstances, Herald Sun reported. A realtor had entered Dawson’s two-bedroom Sydney apartment ... Read More »
A Long Island woman was just trying to park when a huge sinkhole opened before her, nearly swallowing her car whole around 1 p.m. Friday. Read More »
True Lemurs, found only on the isolated island of Madagascar, are the most endangered mammalian group on the planet — more than 90% of all known lemur species are rapidly approaching extinction, primarily as the result of deforestation and habitat loss. Read More »
The Canadian four-man bobsled team emerged uninjured after crashing during the second heat of the bobsleigh event on Saturday. The Canada 3 sled, which included Justin Kripps, Jesse Lumsden, Cody Sorensen and Ben Coakwell, flipped as it emerged from turn 16 and slid upside down for much of the run. Read More »
Videotapes that show suspended Principal Carmen Perez Dickson dragging children through the hallways of Tisdale School have surfaced weeks before the embattled administrator is set to return to the district. A parent reportedly gave the videos to News 12 Connecticut, which began airing the videos Friday. Read More »
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