So i saw an article in Wired last week that nearly blew my mind--a doctor in the States has been applying electricity to the arms of patients in persistent vegitative states (PVS), which seems to have caused everything from improvement (more movement) to full-blown, if not 100% back to normal, recovery. While the article only interviews one patient ( Read more... )

A suspect has been arrested in this weekend's overpass shootings.

The kid is seventeen years old.

Words fail me.

Wrong Girl Declared Dead in Taylor Crash"After a crash April 26, the identities of Taylor University students Laura VanRyn and Whitney Cerak were mixed up after VanRyn's identification was placed on the injured Cerak. In fact, VanRyn died at the scene; Cerak was hospitalized under VanRyn's name. VanRyn was buried April 30 as Cerak, in Cerak's ( Read more... )

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Five students from the School of Music died in a plane crash near the Monroe County airport last night.

Truly horrible on so many levels. My thoughts and prayers are with their families and friends.

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This one's for Roberts, to make up for being mean to him this morning over on his el Jay.

Wily coyote caught in Central ParkLengthy pursuit through heart of New York City causes a stir ( Read more... )

So, i read the blog of Ann Althouse, a lawprof up at the University of Wisconsin. She's fairly moderate--liberal on some things, conservative on others, and whether i agree with her or not i have a lot of respect for her because no matter what decision she's made it's something she's thought about very carefully ( Read more... )

Evacuation Disrupted by Gunshot ReportSuperdome Evacuation Disrupted by Report of Gunshot Fired at Military Helicopter; No Injuries Reported ( Read more... )