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Son wants 98-year-old mom evicted

TravelFeb 19, 2012

A Connecticut man attempting to have his 98-year-old mother evicted from her home said he wants her out of the house for her own good.Peter Kantorowski, 71, eldest son of Mary Kantorowski, said he wants his mother out of the Fairfield home she has occupied since 1953 because "she would be better off
Maid kills Singaporean widow after being called stupid

PodcastFeb 16, 2012

SINGAPORE (AFP) - A teenage Indonesian maid is facing a long jail term after pleading guilty to hitting and strangling an 87-year-old Singaporean widow who called her stupid, a report said Thursday.Now 19, Vitria Depsi Wahyuno had lied about her age in 2009, saying she was23 to meet the minimum age
Grandpa charged in forced Grand Canyon hikes

TravelFeb 16, 2012

A U.S. man faces trial Wednesday on accusations that he forced his young grandsons to hike for kilometers in the Grand Canyon without food or water in brutal August heat.Christopher Alan Carlson’s grandsons, who were 12, 9 and 8 at the time, told investigators that Carlson hit, pushed, choked, and s
TV channel for dogs launched in US

TechnologyFeb 16, 2012

A television channel designed specifically to be watched by dogs Monday in San Diego for stay-home-canines while the owners are away at work or too busy to play. The first and only television network for dogs, DOGTV, scientifically developed and tested for four years, DOGTV, “a new channel for man‘s
Apple considering smaller iPad?

TechnologyFeb 16, 2012

Apple Inc. is working with component suppliers in Asia to test a new tablet computer with a screen smaller than the iPad, sources told The Wall Street Journal.Officials at some of Apple's suppliers, who asked to remain anonymous, said the company has shown them designs for a device with a screen siz
Electric cigarette explodes in U.S. man’s mouth

TechnologyFeb 16, 2012

A man trying to kick the smoking habit was puffing on an electronic cigarette when a faulty battery caused it to explode in his mouth, taking out some of his front teeth and a chunk of his tongue and severely burning his face, fire officials said Wednesday.A man smokes an electric cigarette. (
Angry Birds fly to Facebook

PodcastFeb 15, 2012

“Angry Bird,” the most-downloaded mobile app of 2011, was catapulted to the world of Facebook on Tuesday in a bid by its Finnish maker Rovio to get one billion people playing the addictive game.True to the game’s quirky theme, a bird flung at a pig on a giant screen marked its official Facebook laun
Colombian priests hired hitmen to kill themselves

PodcastFeb 15, 2012

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) _ Rev. Rafael Reatiga asked his parishioners to pray for him and gave the choirmaster a list of songs for his funeral shortly before he was found shot to death together with another Roman Catholic priest, a Colombian prosecutor said Tuesday.Authorities initially suspected robbe
Aspirin could beat cancer spread: Australian study

HealthFeb 15, 2012

Aspirin and other household drugs may inhibit the spread of cancer because they help shut down the chemical "highways" which feed tumours, Australian researchers said Tuesday.Scientists at Melbourne's Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre said they have made a biological breakthrough helping explain h
Man gives Valentine's kidney

TechnologyFeb 15, 2012

A Chicago man is celebrating Valentine's Day by giving his girlfriend one of the most precious gifts he has -- his kidney.Terry Lee said his girlfriend, Trisha Beckwith, was diagnosed with the autoimmune disease Lupus after they had been dating for about four months and soon discovered her kidneys w
Match-fixing allegations also emerge for baseball, basketball

SportsFeb 14, 2012

Baseball and basketball officials on Tuesday were scrambling to find evidence of match-fixing attempts in their professional leagues, following recent testimony by a gambling broker, who has been arrested for an alleged connection with volleyball match fixing, that other leagues also had match-riggi
New finding suggests ‘super-Earth’ may be lifeless after all

ScienceFeb 14, 2012

Astronomers have discovered several candidates of so called “super-Earth,” potentially habitable planets outside solar system, raising anticipation to find extraterrestrial life forms.However, new study indicates such planets may be dry despite ideal distance to their stars.According to a research p
Drug use might have killed Whitney Houston

TheaterFeb 14, 2012

As fans await autopsy results that may not come for weeks, speculation raged Monday that pop legend Whitney Houston may have died from a lethal cocktail of prescription drugs and alcohol. A T-shirt, flowers and notes are left at a makeshift memorial for Whitney Houston outside the Beverly Hills Hilt
Samsung threatens to take further legal actions against KT

BusinessFeb 13, 2012

Samsung threatens to take further legal actions against KTSamsung Electronics urged KT Corp. to immediately resume Internet services for its smart televisions, threatening it would file additional legal procedures on top of the injunction the firm filed against KT last Friday. A customer check
Malaysia deports Saudi journalist in Twitter row

PodcastFeb 13, 2012

KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) -- Malaysia on Sunday deported a young Saudi journalist wanted in his home country over a Twitter post about the Prophet Mohammed, defying pleas from human rights group who said he faced execution.Hamza Kashgari, who was detained in Malaysia on Thursday after fleeing Saudi Arabia,