• The Curious Case Of Human Gene Patents

  Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics closely for signs the U.S. Supreme Court will tighten controls in this area. It's an easy position to sympathize with; how can someone own the rights to a human gene? ...

• Tacky or just plain weird Gallery in Hamburg holds exhibition dedicated to bad taste

  From jewel encrusted mobile phones to USB sticks shaped like human fingers, a new exhibition at a gallery in Hamburg is exposing crimes against ...

• “Peniccism”—Penitent Narcissism—and Other New Names For Those Weird Feelings You Have

  no equivalent in English . Other words for complicated and difficult-to-convey ideas simply haven't been invented yet. A new website, however, is dragging a bunch of these previously inexpressible words into ...

• NASA Looks To 3D-Printed Pizza And Other Foods For Long Distance Space Travel

  Anjan Contractor develop a 3D food printer. Contractor received the six month grant from NASA to create a prototype of his universal food synthesizer. The mechanical engineer plans to build ...

• Humour emotion run high at PM forum

  Prime Minister Julia Gillard's one hour public forum in western Sydney went from hilarious to emotional and back again. But mostly it went smoothly.Hundreds of people packed the school hall at Regents Park Christian School on Wednesday night as rain poured heavily on activists outside protesting against live cattle exports."No ban, no vote" the protesters chanted as residents from ...

• Photos 2013 Billboard Music Awards at MGM Grand a ratings hit with stars outrageous outfits

  Justin and Selena attended Cirque's "The Beatles' Love" at The Mirage. Taylor celebrated her eight awards with dinner at Nobu Caesars Palace. Singer and friend Kacey Musgraves accompanied her. Hayden Panettiere and rumored fiance boxer Wladmir Klitschko, DJ Afrojack, Jenny McCarthy and David Arquette were at the season opening of XS' nighttime swim party. Christina ...

• Bernanke testimony follows charge he withheld information

  Ben Bernanke 's Capitol Hill testimony Wednesday follows lawmakers charging he purposely withheld strategic information from them. Bernanke is to appear before the House-Senate Joint Economic Committee at 10 a.m. This will be followed 4 hours later by the release of the minutes of the central bank's most recent policy meeting. The testimony and the minutes release could alter the ...

• European olive oil rules are bizarre says prime minister

  Plans by the European Commission to stop restaurants placing refillable cruets of olive oil on tables are 'bizarre', says Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte. Brussels says the rules, which require olive oil bottles to be sealed and labelled, are necessary to ensure customers know exactly what they are eating and that the oil is of good quality. Rutte said the Netherlands had campaigned ...

• Russia says Eurovision snub “outrageous”

  Dina Garipova of Russia performs the song "What If" during the final of the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest at the Malmo Opera Hall in Malmo at the weekend. Photograph: Jessica Gow/Scanpix ...

• ...Analyst If true Govt must resign

  Political analyst Dr Winford James said yesterday if the e-mails implicating the Prime Minister and two senior members of her Cabinet in criminal activities are true then "the Government would have no choice but to step down and call fresh ...

• Bizarre Foods host Andrew Zimmern serves up a special treat

  Chef and TV personality Andrew Zimmern and 13-year-old Isaac Xiong of Brooklyn Park discussed ways to cook squirrel on Tuesday, May 21, 2013. Zimmern, host of "Bizarre Foods" on the Travel channel, was visiting patients at Children's Hospital in Minneapolis. Isaac, who has leukemia, hunts and eats squirrels with his father and has been a longtime fan of Zimmern's show. ...

• John McCain Susan Collins Oppose Bizarre Rand Paul Ted Cruz Demand

  WASHINGTON -- Two prominent old-line Senate Republicans threw down the gauntlet to their more conversative colleagues on Tuesday, challenging them to stop obstructing the passage of a budget. Led by tea party Sens. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Mike Lee (R-Utah), Republicans have been preventing the Senate from sending the budget it passed earlier this year to a conference committee ...

• US pre-school bans superhero games

  But one pre-school has decided children's imaginations are getting too wild and has moved to ban superhero games.A school flyer has emerged online warning of the dangers of superhero antics.''The imaginations of our preschool children are becoming dangerously overactive causing injuries within our pre-k community,'' the flyer ...

• Liberaces Boy Toy Scott Thorsons Strange Life Story Turned Into HBO Movie

  Michael Douglas, right, plays Liberace and Matt Damon is Scott Thorson in "Behind the Candelabra," which tells the strange story of Thorson's life before and after his relationship with Liberace. (CLAUDETTE BARIUS | ...

• Relegation woes worry toothless Argentinos Juniors

  BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentinos Juniors, staring into the jaws of relegation, have had a set of false teeth thrown at their coach by an angry fan while the club's president has quit his seat at the Argentine ...

• U.S. Army plans to launch a reality TV show

  The Army is planning to launch a new reality TV program, "Starting Strong," on June 2, aimed at recruiting 18- to 24-year-olds to enlist in the ...

• The Rob Ford spectacle is incredible and outrageous and his friends need to demand that he do the right thing

  Canadians trust their politicians to do the right thing, even if they do the wrong thing. They trust them to have honour, and to respect the honour of their office.The time for Toronto Mayor Rob Ford to address allegations that he was captured on videotape smoking crack in the presence of a drug dealer was last Friday, when the allegations emerged, or Tuesday at the latest. The moment passed him ...

• Fabiola Santiago Damas de Blanco are true heroes

  Las Damas de Blanco .Ten long years ago they came together after the government crackdown on dissidents and independent journalists known as Black Spring, when 74 men and one woman were thrown in prison and handed long sentences. The men were their husbands, fathers, sons and brothers. The Ladies in White became their voices on the outside.To this day, despite beatings and detentions, in ...

• Fallen Agents Remembered for Their “True Valor”

  Special Agents Christopher W. Lorek and Stephen P. Shaw, who died May 17 during maritime counterterrorism exercise, were remembered by Director Mueller and others at a memorial service in Quantico, ...

• OUR VIEW Saluting some true heroes

  It shows a man cradling a young girl, who is looking over her shoulder at a woman behind them. The woman is holding hands with another young girl, who is crying. The man’s face is smeared with blood, and the woman appears to be seriously wounded, with one eye swollen shut.Some television networks showed the photograph and used it to accompany stories of families reunited, of parents ...

• Remembering Two Fallen Agents The True Meaning of Valor

  Remarks prepared for delivery. Days like this are among the most difficult we face. We struggle to find meaning in such a tragic accident. We struggle to find the words to measure the men we have lost, and what that loss means to their families, to our FBI Family, and to each of us personally. It has been said that valor is a gift. Those who have it never know for sure until the test comes. ...

• College student snares record long Burmese python near Miami

  A Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) combination handout photo shows Jason Leon (L), who caught an 18-foot, 8-inch Burmese python in southeast Miami-Dade County May 11, ...

• The true root causes of software security failures

  Computerworld - In the 10 years since I launched my consulting/training venture, I've worked with thousands of software developers around the world. As you might expect, I've seen many ...

• Prehistoric crocodiles ruled the roost in South America study finds

  Modern alligators and crocodiles rarely share the same environments but that was not true of their prehistoric ancestors in South America, paleontologists say. From 9 million to 5 million years ago the deltas of the Amazonas and the Urumaco, a river on the Gulf of Venezuela that no longer exists, boasted an unparalleled abundance of extremely diverse, highly specialized species of crocodile, ...

• Unbelievable beef rendang with an Australian twist

  Beef rendance is traditionally cooked in curry sauce, but chef Alec Martin prefers adding the curry sauce after cooking. (Moe Doiron/The Globe and ...

• David Sedaris finds humour in the everyday

  U.S. essayist and humorist David Sedaris, seen at the 2004 Frankfurt Book Fair, has released his latest book Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls. (John MacDougall/AFP/Getty ...

• Newspaper royal charter plans are bizarre says Liberty director

  Shami Chakrabarti , has hit out against politicians and newspaper barons, accusing them of letting down the public over promises to set up a new press watchdog.One of six assessors on ...

• I Was an Idiot Daily Show Creator Apologizes for Insensitive Tornado Jokes

  is feeling the wrath of the Internet after tweeting several politically charged jokes about the devastating tornado that decimated Moore, Okla., on ...

• Carol Burnett Wins Mark Twain Prize for Humor

  in 1967, and it ran for 11 seasons on CBS, scoring 25 Emmys; Burnett herself won six over the course of her career, not to mention eight Golden Globes, 12 People's Choice Awards and a Peabody (for the 1979 ABC ...

• Darius Rucker Making True Believers with Country Music

  "But that's good motivation." The Hootie and the Blowfish frontman, who traded pop superstardom for a solo country venture in 2008, has since scored platinum album sales, a CMA award and membership in the coveted Grand Ole Opry, among other accolades. Rucker's country debut, ...

• May 21 News GOP Plans Keystone Approval Vote Tomorrow House Dems Clarify True Impact

  Tomorrow, the House of Representatives should pass a bill aiming to force approval of the Keystone XL pipeline, but some House Democrats are trying to offer amendments to clarify the true nature of the project. ...

• TrueFalse What move means for offseason

  The 2014 draft will likely take place the weekend of May 15-17. (Greg Payan/AP) For reasons that the NFL appears set to explain as scheduling conflicts or respect for religious holidays, the league’s draft will move from late April to mid-May, starting in 2014. What does that mean for the pre- and post-draft processes? Let’s take a closer look, by sorting through the facts and ...

• Czech police seize 1 million liters of illegal booze

  PRAGUE (Reuters) - Czech police found a million liters of illegal alcohol hidden in underground tanks in one of the biggest seizures of untaxed booze ...

• Carol Burnett to win top U.S. humor prize in DC

  Comedian Carol Burnett presents the Legacy of Laughter Award for the late Lucille Ball during the 5th Annual TV Land Awards held at Barker Hangar on April 14, 2007, in Santa Monica, ...

• 3D printer shows surgeons secrets of strange hearts

  fossil skulls - but these are the first copies of real human hearts. Constructed from plastic, they are exact anatomical replicas of the hearts of patients with unusual complications. This one is being held ...

• Waitress gets $1000 tip on $60 bill

  According to Tumblr blogger Casual Cynic, her mother had been working as a waitress for years and told a customer she had family in Florence and years of art education but had never gotten to ...

• New wave old woes Offbeat cinema in India continues to struggle

  Despite National Awards, accolades at festivals abroad and the multiplex culture, makers of offbeat cinema in India often continue to struggle when it comes to finding big screen release.An encouraging remark last year by Charles Tesson, artistic director at Festival De Cannes, for the Anurag Kashyap- produced Peddlers said it all about the changing face of Indian cinema. "Good news is that ...

• Thailand urged to explore edible insect market

  BANGKOK -- Researchers say Thailand is showing the world how to respond to the global food crisis: by raising bugs for eating.The United Nations' Food and Agricultural Organization released a study and handbook Tuesday on what they call 'six-legged livestock' - edible bugs and worms that can help meet global food demand that is expected to grow 60 percent by 2050. The agency says ...

• Justin Biebers Monkey Adopted By Germany

  Justin Bieber's pet monkey is set to become the property of Germany. Mally the Monkey was seized by German customs at the end of March after Bieber failed to produce required vaccination and import papers for the animal on his arrival in Munich. He was given until midnight on Friday to produce those documents. But customs spokesman Thomas Meister said the authorities had opened up ...

• Chinese businessman pays record price for Belgian racing pigeon

  BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A Chinese businessman has paid a world record 310,000 euros ($398,500) for a Belgian pigeon, highlighting Asia's huge and growing interest in racing ...

• Tumblr Users Urge New Owner Yahoo To Keep The Site Weird

  When news of Yahoo's purchase of Tumblr first hit, Tumblr users took their reactions online. The posts were quirky and sharp with plenty of worry about the ...

• Baz Luhrmann gets last laugh at box office

  AUSTRALIAN filmmaker Baz Luhrmann is used to getting mixed reviews, but he's having the last laugh with The Great Gatsby. The Australian-filmed Gatsby has received some lacklustre reviews from the critics, but it has opened with a box office bang. "This morning internationally we were No.1 in the world against Iron Man and Star Trek," Luhrmann said during an interview on 7.30 on the ...

• Bizarre Video Did Pope Perform “Exorcism”

  Prison Planet.com May 21, 2013 A bizarre video has emerged of Pope Francis appearing to perform an exorcism on a man in St Peter’s ...

• Russia slams outrageous Eurovision vote

  MOSCOW has reacted angrily as its neighbour Azerbaijan admitted its vote at the Eurovision Song Contest awarding no points to Russia's song appears to have been falsified. The scandal topped the agenda at a televised briefing between the countries' foreign ministers in Moscow, as Azerbaijan's top diplomat admitted that the votes submitted for Russia via mobile phone had somehow been ...

• Mahatma Gandhi blood sample up for auction in London

  Two microscope slides bearing the blood of former Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi are to go on sale in London on Tuesday and are expected to fetch from 10,000 pounds to 15,000 pounds.The slides were obtained in 1924 when the father of the Indian independence movement was recovering from an appendectomy near Mumbai. He was thought to have donated the blood to the family he was staying with at the ...

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