News Archive for December 21 2007

Seven Medical Myths Even Doctors Believe

Reading in dim light won't damage your eyes, you don't need eight glasses of water a day to stay healthy and shaving your legs won't make the hair grow back faster. These well-worn theories are among seven "medical myths" exposed in a paper published in the British Medical Journal, which traditionally carries light-hearted features in its Christmas edition.

Group Says Yahoo China Loses Piracy Suit

BEIJING - An industry group says it has won a new round in a court battle with Yahoo Inc.'s China arm, which is accused of helping online music pirates.

Four Manchester United Fans Jailed In Italy For Roma Fight

Four Manchester United fans have been jailed in Italy for their part in a brawl with AS Roma supporters.

Asteroid Could Hit Mars Next Month

Mars could be in for an asteroid hit. A newly discovered hunk of space rock has a 1 in 75 chance of slamming into the Red Planet on Jan. 30, scientists said Thursday. "These odds are extremely unusual. We frequently work with really long odds when we track ... threatening asteroids," said Steve Chesley, an astronomer with the Near Earth Object Program at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Valerie Bertinelli and Eddie Van Halen Divorce Finalized

The divorce between Valerie Bertinelli and guitarist Eddie Van Halen has been finalized, court records in Los Angeles show. Bertinelli, 47, and Van Halen, 52, had been married for 25 years. “The parties have resolved all their issues amicably in mediation,” say the documents, released on Friday. “Neither spouse shall take unfair advantage of the other spouse.” The [...]

Bus chip killer sent to Broadmoor

Anthony Joseph put in psychiatric prison on unlimited sentence for stabbing of man who told him to stop throwing chips

McAfee to Post $137.4M in Added Charges

Computer security software maker McAfee Inc. said Friday that it finished a financial restatement and recorded an additional $137.4 million in pretax, non-cash stock based compensation charges due to past stock option accounting errors.

Conflict Delays NASA's Mars Scout Launch to 2013

WASHINGTON - Launch of the next Mars Scout mission will be delayed by two years to 2013 due to an undisclosed conflict of interest with one of two finalists, Doug McCuistion, NASA's Mars Exploration program director, said in a Dec. 21 teleconference with reporters.

Rapper Pitbull Charged With DUI

Miami rapper Pitbull has been arrested and charged with driving under the influence (DUI). The Latino hip hop star - real name Armando Perez - was booked into Miami's county jail in the early hours of Friday morning.[...] Read more!

Update: IBM buys in-memory database company Solid

IBM is buying Solid Information Technology, a maker of high-performance databases and a close partner of IBM rival MySQL.

Bandits hijack FedEx truck in N.Y.

Gunmen hijacked a FedEx delivery truck loaded with Christmas presents early Friday on a Manhattan street, officials said.

Botulism found in green beans

The discovery that 1,026 cans of green beens were possibly contaminated with Clostridium botulinum, the bacterium that causes botulism, resulted in a recall of the product last week.  The Food and Drug Administration issued a notice to consumers, which was subsequently distributed through the media.  According to MSNBC: