As a way to avoid heavy radiation exposure during cancer detection, scientists from Stanford University’s School of Medicine and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital have demonstrated that MRI-based imaging techniques are just as effective as conventional scanning methods, but bring none of the risks. Read More »
Jessica Simpson is out with a new weight watchers commercial in which she calls herself a “work in progress.” That could be why she wears a slimming black dress. Simpson cut a deal with Weight Watchers in Nov. 2011, before she gained 60 pounds during her first pregnancy. She was having problems with her weight even before then. She became ... Read More »
The punk group Pussy Riot were attacked today in Sochi while staging an impromptu performance under a sign advertising the Olympic games. Five women and one man donned their signature ski masks, and, as they began to perform, were immediately set upon by Cossacks—members of the ’people’s militia’ loyal to Putin—and other security forces. They were whipped, pushed, punched, thrown ... Read More »
It appears that Kate Upton and Justin Verlander are back together. They have been seen everywhere this offseason including Super Bowl parties. Verlander and Upton’s on again off again relationship has been a hot topic among fans of baseball and supermodels alike but Verlander has always been tight lipped about the relationship. Read More »
Crews rescued a woman and a dog trapped in a deep sinkhole in Southeast Portland on Tuesday night. Fire fighters said the woman fell into a sinkhole about three and a half feet wide and 20 feet deep at 2723 SE 38th Avenue. Read More »
About 30 percent of a three-story villa at the Summer Bay Resort in Clermont, Fla., collapsed early Monday. The building had already been evacuated, but authorities expressed concerns another section of the villa was sinking. Fla. – A sinkhole caused a section of a central Florida resort villa to partially collapse early Monday, while another section of the villa was ... Read More »
An Odessa Police Officer was recognized after giving a homeless man pair of boots for the winter months. Corporal Jeremy Walsh had no idea that while he was giving away the boots, someone was snapping a picture of him. “I just didn’t expect it, to tell you the truth,” Cpl. Walsh said. The picture was uploaded to the City of ... Read More »
Jared Guynes posted a video on YouTube of him and a man named Chris Wiman giving away free pizzas to the homeless of Dallas, Texas. Mr. Guynes had been at a monthly event at AutoSource Dallas when a mistake resulted in 80 Papa John’s pizzas being delivered to the group. That was way too much pizza for them to eat. Read More »
It was a perfect night, a perfect game, a perfect act of sportsmanship and a perfect two points. A last-minute turnover may go down as one of the classiest gestures in El Paso high school basketball history. With 13 seconds left in a rivalry game, Franklin High’s Jon Montanez passed the ball to an opponent, Coronado High’s Mitchell Marcus. It ... Read More »
Philip Seymour Hoffman has been found dead in his Manhattan apartment at the age of just 46. Police have yet to determine a cause of death. Hoffman starred in films as diverse as Almost Famous, The Savages and The Hunger Games: Catching Fire and was highly respected by both movie-goers and industry heavyweights. Read More »
Mary Grace Canfield, a character actress best known as part of the daffy Ralph-and-Alf brother-sister carpenter team on the TV comedy “Green Acres,” died Saturday in a Santa Barbara hospice. She was 89. The cause was lung cancer, her daughter Phoebe Alexiades said. Read More »
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