News Archive for February 05 2008

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, guru to Beatles, dies

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the Indian guru to the Beatles and millions of meditators, has died at his home in the Dutch town of Vlodrop, a spokesman said.

Sally Anne Trial: Suspect Did Not Know She Was Dead Until After Sex

A chef accused of murdering model Sally Anne Bowman did not realise she was dead until he finished having sex with her, an Old Bailey jury has heard.

Feb 14, The Cry horror movie review by BHM: A Thing of Legend

The Cry is dark and disturbing as it chronicles an outbreak of child murders thought to be the work of urban legend La Llorona in New York City. Watch the children!

Actor Henry Winkler testifies for John Ritter's widow

In Glendale civil court, the 'Happy Days' star says the late actor seemed in top form on his last day. Ritter's family is suing two doctors in the wrongful-death case.

In a cameo courtroom appearance this morning, actor Henry Winkler told jurors that his friend John Ritter seemed in top form on the set of his hit television show on Sept. 11, 2003, the day he died.

Fence Could Change Border Town Landscape

With its motto "Where Yee-Hah meets Ole," Eagle Pass is a border town that prides itself on being both Tex and Mex, a community with many cultural and financial ties that bind it to its sister city across the Rio Grande.

Ice cream firm pushes for hormone labels

Ben & Jerry's Homemade Inc., one of the first companies to label its ice cream as free of a synthetic hormone, is protesting a move by some states to restrict such labeling.

New Iraqi flag approved in Salahaddin, residents disagree

Baghdad - The local council of the Iraqi province of Salahaddin agreed Saturday to raise the new national flag although most residents refused to do so, Iraqi officials said. The 41 members of the council voted to raise the new Iraqi flag in the pro...

Just one replacement? They come in two's

A woman who said her breast implants were damaged in an on-the-job car accident should be compensated for the replacement of only one implant, state appellate judges ruled Tuesday.

Conan, Stewart, Colbert Unite in TV Feud

With teleprompters emptied by the writers strike, Conan O'Brien, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert have been transformed into a bloodthirsty, if well-dressed mob.

Toxin From Fish Causes Illness in Humans

Several outbreaks of ciguatera fish poisoning have been confirmed in consumers who ate fish harvested in the northern Gulf of Mexico, the Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday.

Jim Henson Biopic In The Works

Muppet maker Jim Henson's life is to be turned into a new movie. The late puppeteer, filmmaker and entertainment mogul's story will be the basis of the biopic Henson.[...] Read more!
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Satellite Spotters Glimpse Secrets, and Tell Them

Hobbyists uncover some of the deepest of the government’s secrets and share them on the Internet.

New mother 'unlawfully killed' by blunder

A new mother was unlawfully killed when an epidural drug was mistakenly fed into her arm via an intravenous drip, an inquest jury found today.

Damages reduced in funeral protest case

A federal judge has reduced by more than half the amount of damages that a fundamentalist Kansas church must pay to the father of a Marine who was killed in Iraq.

Joshua Lederberg, 82, a Nobel Winner, Dies

Dr. Lederberg was one of the 20th century’s leading scientists, whose work in bacterial genetics had vast medical implications and led to his receiving a Nobel Prize in 1958.

Vanity Fair's Oscar party casualty of strike

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