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Former Chicago Bears safety Dave Duerson died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest, a source with knowledge of the situation told the Tribune. His death has been ruled a suicide, but the Miami-Dade police department has yet to make the information public. Foul play was ruled out...

Although the Irish legend of leprechauns is probably just a load of blarney, there's scientific evidence suggesting that the fabled stories of giants living on the Emerald Isle aren't just tall tales. According to a study in The New England Journal of Medicine, it seems that Northern Ireland...

Two artificial big toes from ancient Egypt may be the world's oldest prosthetic body parts, according to new research. The toes date back more than 2,000 years and were found in the ancient Egyptian city of Thebes, according to research published in the journal Lancet. One of the toes...

Revision Note: V5.0 (February 8, 2011): Added Microsoft Security Bulletin MS11-003, "Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer," to the Updates relating to Insecure Library Loading section. Advisory Summary:Microsoft is aware that research has been published detailing a remote attack...

UFOs: From Antiquity to Now Circular ships, vertical aerial cylinders, spheres, disks, wheels in the sky, hat-shaped things, flying pillars or columns and triangular-shaped objects. At first glance, you might think those are common, almost daily, descriptions of UFOs reported by...

Scientists Suggest Using Mice for Airport Security When you go to the airport, do you feel comfortable getting an enhanced pat-down? What about an enhanced rat-down? Israeli scientists say they have found a way to harness the power of mice to bolster airport security. Brothers Eran...

Donna D'Errico to Climb Mount Ararat in Search of Noah's Ark Former "Baywatch" star Donna D'Errico has enjoyed a pretty amazing career arc. But the 42-year-old actress, who recently turned down a spot on "Dancing With the Stars," is now focusing on Noah's ark. D'Errico, 42, is in...

Link Removed due to 404 Error Parrots, like humans, choose to use one side of their body more than the other, with more of them left handed -- or, more precisely, left footed than anything else. Some species even try out both before deciding on one side. Australian researchers found...

Study: Why Seahorses Look Like Horses "A horse is a horse, of course, of course, and no one can talk to a horse, of course," so why does a seahorse look so much like, well, a horse? With the theme song from the 1960s sitcom "Mr. Ed" fading in the distance, the question of how seahorses...

Link Removed due to 404 Error Link Removed due to 404 Error A Canadian woman has become the first person in the world to graduate with a Masters degree in Beatles studies. Former Miss Canada finalist, Mary-Lu Zahalan-Kennedy was one of the first 12 students to sign up for the...

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Scientists Say 'Blunt Force Trauma' Killed Arkansas Blackbirds Scientists investigating the death of thousands of blackbirds in Arkansas say they've identified the cause of death: blunt force trauma. Locals in Beebe, Ark., were mystified when as many as 5,000 red-winged blackbirds...

Hello. Today we're releasing Link Removed due to 404 Error, which describesa publicly disclosed scripting vulnerability affecting all versions ofMicrosoft Windows. The main impact of the vulnerability is unintendedinformation disclosure. We're aware of publishedinformation and proof-of-concept...

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets (Link Removed - Invalid URL) has announced the addition of Info-Tech Research Group's new report "Plan, Select, and Deploy Windows 7 the Right Way" to their offering. The question isn't whether implementing Windows 7 is necessary, but rather, which...

Research and Markets has announced the addition of Info-Tech Research Group's new report "Plan, Select, and Deploy Windows 7 the Right Way" to their offering. More...

UFOs Help Innovative Thinkers Look to the Future Where should forward-thinkers look when they seek innovative ideas? Perhaps to someone -- or something -- that's more innovative than they are. From Saturday to Tuesday, more than 100 of the world's leaders in business, politics...

Meet the Woman Who Eats Couch Cushions Compulsions drive people to do very strange and unusual things. But eating couch cushions? That may very well be the strangest yet. Adele, a 30-year-old woman from Bradenton, Fla., recently came forward on a TV show about her bizarre taste for foam...