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Woman trapped between 2 walls for 7 hours Tuesday, Jul 16, 2013 09:58 AM PDT A woman's shortcut turned out to be anything but. The resident of east China's Anhui Province tried to fit in a gap between two walls around 10 p.m. Saturday and she got stuck, according to the U.K. Metro. Despite her efforts to free herself, she was trapped until 5 a.m. when a passerby saw her [...] Full Story | Top |
Get Your Life Back! Tuesday, Jul 16, 2013 07:40 AM PDT Katie's Take Can you imagine a life without your devices? No Smartphone. A status update desert. A flightless Twitter bird. The thought alone may be terrifying. Author and Comedian Baratunde Thurston did it – and survived to tell the tale. The constant digital presence of the self-proclaimed "social media guy," caused Thurston to hit a [...] Full Story | Top |
New language discovered in Australia, only spoken by 350 people Tuesday, Jul 16, 2013 07:29 AM PDT University of Michigan linguist Carmel O'Shannessy has been studying the town of Lajamanu for a decade and found that about 350 of the town's residents, nearly all under the age of 35, speak a newly discovered language . Full Story | Top |
From a hut in Africa to the White House: Two presidents honor a couple’s work to fight hunger Tuesday, Jul 16, 2013 05:02 AM PDT Politics Confidential Around the time Kathy Hamilton and Floyd Hammer were planning their retirement, they took an eye-opening trip to Tanzania, and the couple decided they still had work to do. "When you stand in a hut in Africa, and you witness a young man die ... there's no way to explain to you what [...] Full Story | Top |
Charles Ramsey says fame has ruined his life Monday, Jul 15, 2013 02:48 PM PDT The man credited with helping save three women from accused kidnapper Ariel Castro says the ensuring fan has ruined his life, even after earning $50,000 and buying himself a BMW. Full Story | Top |
From ‘corpse’ to inspiration: Snowboarder’s recovery from traumatic brain injury subject of new film Monday, Jul 15, 2013 02:21 PM PDT On New Year's Eve 2009, five days before the 2010 Olympic snowboarding trials, 22-year-old Kevin Pearce was training in Park City, Utah, when he slammed his forehead into the icy wall of a half-pipe during a practice run, suffering brain trauma so severe he had to relearn how to walk and talk. "I look like [...] Full Story | Top |
Malala Yousafzai’s Father: ‘She’s the Daughter of the World’ Tuesday, Jul 16, 2013 10:53 AM PDT The day that Malala Yousafzai turned 16 and gave her historic address at the United Nations, calling on the leaders of the world to guarantee free education for every child, is the day that her father Ziauddin Yousafzai knew that she did not belong just to his family. "Her life is a miracle," Yousafzai said [...] Full Story | Top |
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