Slovak parents fail to block adoption by gay couple -- in England

States look to the past for execution methods -- This, as Tennessee has decided to revert back to using the electric chair.

Warm Pacific Behind U.S. Cold: Study

Canada vending machines pop out marijuana

Olive oil and salad combined 'explain' Mediterranean diet success

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Herman Wallace dies after release from 41 years in solitary -- Two days of freedom. :/

Heavy snow pummels west central United States, forces road closures -- It's a little early in October for that! I remember in the mid '90s when El Nino brought premature snow to Iowa in late October, and that was rather unheard of.

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Overeating and indigestion blamed for 1,000 turtle doves falling dead in Italy with strange blue stain on their beaks

Snow present in 49 of the 50 U.S. states

The Dark Side of Oxytocin, the Hormone of Love (NYT) -- "The love and trust it promotes are not toward the world in general, just toward a person's in-group. Oxytocin turns out to be the ( Read more... )

Row with Merkel leaves Sarkozy more isolated than ever -- "The German Chancellor Angela Merkel has rubbished a claim by President Nicolas Sarkozy that she planned to follow France's example and bulldoze Roma camps in Germany."

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