Barbecue meats linked with prostate cancer

April 5th, 2006

A compound formed when meat is charred at high temperatures — as in barbecue — encourages the growth of prostate cancer in rats, researchers reported on Sunday.

Their study, presented at a meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research, may help explain the link between eating meat and a higher risk of prostate cancer.

It also fits in with other studies suggesting that cooking meat

Mother gets jail for handcuffing daughter

April 5th, 2006

Brown County Circuit Court Judge Kendall Kelley fully admitted that raising a child is difficult and challenging. But when Kelly Johnston punched her teenage daughter in the face and head before handcuffing her to a bed for stealing from her marijuana stash, the 36-year-old Green Bay woman sank to a new level of cruelty.

“You have treated your child worse than most people treat a disobedient

2-Yr-Old Dies after Swallowing Crack Cocaine

April 5th, 2006

A mother has been charged with felony murder after her 2-year-old daughter swallowed crack cocaine that belonged to the woman and died.

Latoya Dixon was also charged with possession of cocaine, cruelty to children and contributing to the death of a minor.

Vidalia Police detective Derek Williams said Dixon brought her daughter to Meadows Regional Medical Center on Saturday. The girl was

On the beach

April 5th, 2006

Gentlemen, go pack your things, because we are invited to join Tereza to the beach.

Adventurers detained in Russia after crossing Bering Strait on ice

April 5th, 2006

Russian authorities have detained an American and a British citizen in the far east after the pair made a rare crossing by foot of a frozen 56-mile stretch of the Bering Strait, officials said Tuesday.

The two were arrested in Chukotka province for failing to register with the authorities, Andrei Orlov, spokesman for the Federal Security Service’s (FSB) northeastern border guard division, said on

Women sue a local surgeon over alleged botched breast surgeries

April 5th, 2006

Three women claim a plastic surgeon on the Upper East Side of Manhattan botched their breast surgeries. This isn’t the first time this doctor has been accused of negligence.

The Investigators Sarah Wallace has the exclusive report. There’s a common theme here: the women all allege that Plastic Surgeon Dr. Brad Jacobs put in implants that were too big for their bodies — and that they never

Name That Song

April 5th, 2006

See ya later…

April 5th, 2006

A test drive meant more than just a spin around the block for a New Zealand teenager who took a car he was considering buying on a 500km test drive.

Police in Timaru, about 100km southwest of Christchurch, said the 16-year-old boy returned the car after taking it on the lengthy test drive over the weekend.

The boy will not face any charges as the owner did not stipulate any conditions for the

Now start a beard

April 5th, 2006

Nowstartabeard.com is an experiment in time-lapse photography to show one year of my life in about 45 seconds (or roughly 365 frames) while performing motions that appear to be somewhat fluid.

The project began on January 2, 2006 (after forgetting to take a picture on January 1) with the original intent of growing a beard from New Years Day, not unlike the residents of Shamrock, Texas. During

Mom Accused Of Driving Drunk With 6-Month-Old

April 5th, 2006

A woman in Leesburg, Fla., faces child neglect charges after being arrested for drunken driving, according to Local 6 News.

Police said officers were attempting to pull over Karen Rumsey, 34, when she drove through a no-entry construction zone in Lake County.

When Rumsey finally stopped in her home’s driveway, she failed a breathalyzer test, police said.

During the test, police discovered that