PEOPLE |
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9/11 Mastermind
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Designs Vacuum Cleaner
Hoping for job with Hoover when he gets out. |
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PUBLISHING |
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OED Adds “Tweet,” “Crowdsourcing,”
“E-Reader”
Holding off on for now. |
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BUSINESS |
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80-Year-Old Ban on Hedge Fund
Advertising Lifted
Giving public plenty of time to buy in before
next Wall Street collapse. |
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Studies Link Fracking to
Earthquakes
Energy industry argues otherwise, claims
earthquakes cause them to frack. |
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HEALTH / MEDICINE |
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Study: U.S. Has “Mediocre” Health
Care Compared to Other Wealthy Countries
But we clean their clocks when it comes to competitive eating. |
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Study: 70% of Americans on Prescription Drugs
Among other parallels to Brave New World. |
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Survey: 1 in 5 18 to 35-Year-Olds Have
Used Smartphones During Sex
Based on late-night phone survey. |
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SCIENCE |
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Siberia: Scientists
Hope to Clone Recently Uncovered Woolly Mammoth
Open tourist attraction near Ft. Lauderdale. |
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CONSUMER NEWS |
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Hostess Says New Twinkies
Will Have an Extended Shelf
Life of 45 Days
And a half-life of 10,000 years. |
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