Friday, November 20, 2009 2:06 p.m.
Museum: Galileo's Fingers, Tooth Found
Two fingers and a tooth removed from Galileo Galilei's corpse in a Florentine basilica in the 18th century and given up for lost have been found again, a Florence museum said Friday.
Friday, November 20, 2009 1:16 p.m.
Marines Reflect On Duty, Death In Afghanistan
When the Marines of "America's Battalion" first arrived in Afghanistan, they were eager to get into the fight against the Taliban. Now, as they wrap up their seven-month deployment — and after the loss of a dozen comrades — they see warfare in a different light.
Friday, November 20, 2009 1:07 p.m.
Evidence-Based Medicine Focuses On What Works
This week two panels of medical experts recommended fewer screening tests for breast and cervical cancer. The idea of evidence-based medicine is that the decisions made between doctors and patients should be based on scientific studies. Yet people don't always want to do what the data say to do — whether it be about screening, or treatment.
Friday, November 20, 2009 12:56 p.m.
Obscured By War, Water Crisis Looms In Yemen
News from Yemen has been dominated recently by an escalating rebellion along the border with Saudi Arabia. But the country has been making news for decades because of its severe overuse of a rapidly disappearing water supply, the result of natural and political reasons.
Friday, November 20, 2009 11:16 a.m.
High School Football A Way Of Life In Massillon
Massillon, Ohio, is something of a football nirvana. A high school game can draw 20,000 spectators — in a town of 30,000. The school's official name is Washington High School, but no one calls it that. It's just Massillon — and in Massillon, it's just about football.
Thursday, November 19, 2009 11:49 p.m.
Hard Lessons From Two Mass Killings In Texas
The Senate is conducting hearings into the recent shootings at Fort Hood — a tragedy that took place just miles from the site of a deadly 1991 attack. That episode, in which a gunman killed 23 people at Luby's Cafeteria in Killeen, Texas, reshaped how police, medical and psychological personnel respond to such tragedies.
Friday, November 20, 2009 12:38 p.m.
'Botax' In Senate Health Bill Upsets Plastic Surgeons
Levies on liposuction, breast augmentation and other cosmetic procedures would generate billions of dollars to help cover the uninsured.
Friday, November 20, 2009 12:35 p.m.
Record Rainfall Wreaks Havoc In Britain, Ireland
Raging floods engulfed northern England's Lake District on Friday, killing a police officer and trapping dozens in their swamped homes. In Ireland, more than 3 feet of water shut down the center of the country's second-largest city, Cork, and more than a dozen other towns and villages.
Friday, November 20, 2009 12:08 p.m.
Peruvian Police Say Gang Killed People For Their Fat
Police arrested three members of a gang in the Peruvian jungle that allegedly has been killing people and draining fat from the corpses to sell on the black market for use in cosmetics. Medical experts expressed doubt about an international black market for human fat, though it does have cosmetic applications.
Friday, November 20, 2009 9:26 a.m.
Senate Ethics Committee: No Punishment For Burris
The Senate Ethics Committee on Friday admonished Sen. Roland Burris, D-Ill., for making "inconsistent, misleading or incomplete" statements about the circumstances surrounding his appointment to the seat once held by Barack Obama. The committee didn't recommend any punishment.
