Multiple new efforts aimed at stemming suicides in the Army are falling short of their goal: The service anticipates another jump in the annual number of soldiers who killed themselves or tried to, including in the Iraq and Afghanistan war zones. (AP)
While investors debate over Oliver Stone's film "Bush," a script about President Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky has quietly circulated around Hollywood. Set to Elvis Presley music, "Bill and the Silk Box" is a comedy/drama about the popular President, whose Secret Service nickname was "Elvis." (EarthTimes)
CNN's Kyra Phillips Jokes About Making "Reverse Oreo" With Black Cohost Don Lemon. (Huffpo)
Several envelopes containing white powder were sent to the Church of Scientology in what appeared to be a hoax that prompted street closings and evacuations in Southern California, the FBI said Thursday. (AP)
Katie Couric asks the candidates what book, other than the BIBLE, they would bring to the White House. (CBS)
"With many women still searching for the perfect birth control method, a systematic review analyzes a host of studies comparing the contraceptive skin patch or vaginal ring to the pill. Although perfection remains elusive and choices are equally effective, the review authors were able to pinpoint some preferences." (Science Daily)
Sperm cells created from female embryo. (Telegraph)
Time Warner Cable billed a number of Wheatland residents for equipment destroyed in the Jan. 7 twister that struck the southeast corner of the state. Beam's bill covered five cable boxes and five remote controls. (AP)
It's tempting to imagine them as Indiana Jones types, venturing to foreign countries and poking about in cobwebbed cellars in their search of treasure, long-lost artefacts known only to a few and mentioned in hushed, reverent tones. The truth is that most rare-film collectors chase their quarry by licking stamps, sending and copying DVDs. But there is a small and noble band of people willing to figuratively don a balaclava, grab the bolt cutters and risk a prison sentence to bring an obscure print into their collection. (Guardian)
Captain Jack and Ianto snog (briefly) in episode 3, "To The Last Man" of Torchwood.
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Multiple new efforts aimed at stemming suicides in the Army are falling short of their goal: The service anticipates another jump in the annual number of soldiers who killed themselves or tried to, including in the Iraq and Afghanistan war zones. (AP)
While investors debate over Oliver Stone's film "Bush," a script about President Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky has quietly circulated around Hollywood. Set to Elvis Presley music, "Bill and the Silk Box" is a comedy/drama about the popular President, whose Secret Service nickname was "Elvis." (EarthTimes)
CNN's Kyra Phillips Jokes About Making "Reverse Oreo" With Black Cohost Don Lemon. (Huffpo)
Several envelopes containing white powder were sent to the Church of Scientology in what appeared to be a hoax that prompted street closings and evacuations in Southern California, the FBI said Thursday. (AP)
Katie Couric asks the candidates what book, other than the BIBLE, they would bring to the White House. (CBS)
"With many women still searching for the perfect birth control method, a systematic review analyzes a host of studies comparing the contraceptive skin patch or vaginal ring to the pill. Although perfection remains elusive and choices are equally effective, the review authors were able to pinpoint some preferences." (Science Daily)
Sperm cells created from female embryo. (Telegraph)
Time Warner Cable billed a number of Wheatland residents for equipment destroyed in the Jan. 7 twister that struck the southeast corner of the state. Beam's bill covered five cable boxes and five remote controls. (AP)
It's tempting to imagine them as Indiana Jones types, venturing to foreign countries and poking about in cobwebbed cellars in their search of treasure, long-lost artefacts known only to a few and mentioned in hushed, reverent tones. The truth is that most rare-film collectors chase their quarry by licking stamps, sending and copying DVDs. But there is a small and noble band of people willing to figuratively don a balaclava, grab the bolt cutters and risk a prison sentence to bring an obscure print into their collection. (Guardian)
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Multiple new efforts aimed at stemming suicides in the Army are falling short of their goal: The service anticipates another jump in the annual number of soldiers who killed themselves or tried to, including in the Iraq and Afghanistan war zones. (AP)
