PERHAPS the little fish embryo shown here is dancing a jig because it has just discovered that it has legs instead of fins. Fossils show that limbs evolved from fins, but a new study shows how it may have happened, live in the lab. ...
China's longest high-speed railway to start on December 26
Label: Technology BEIJING: The world's longest high-speed rail route, running from the Chinese capital Beijing to Guangzhou in the south, will open for business on December 26, state media said on Saturday.Travelling at an average speed of 300 kilometres per hour, the line will slash journey times linking Beijing in the north with the country's southern economic hub from 22 hours to eight hours, the China...
Pearlman: I think Bobby Petrino is slime
Label: LifestyleBobby Petrino was named head coach at Western Kentucky, months after being embroiled in scandal at University of ArkansasSTORY HIGHLIGHTSBobby Petrino was named the new football coach at Western Kentucky this weekHiring came just months after he was fired from Arkansas amid scandalJeff Pearlman says, sadly, this is no surprise in big-time college sportsHe says the vast majority of players are ultimately...
Egyptians vote on Islamist-backed constitution
Label: Health CAIRO Egyptians were voting Saturday on a proposed constitution that has polarized their nation, with President Mohammed Morsi and his Islamist supporters backing the charter, while liberals, many secular Muslims and Christians oppose it.With the nation divided by a political crisis defined by mass protests and deadly violence, the vote has turned into a dispute over whether Egypt should move toward...
Conn. Shooter Adam Lanza: Quiet, Bright, Troubled
Label: Business Adam Lanza, the 20-year-old who killed 20 kids and six adults at a Connecticut elementary school Friday, was very bright, say neighbors and former classmates, but he was also socially awkward and deeply troubled."[Adam] was not connected with the other kids," said family friend Barbara Frey. A relative told ABC News that Adam was "obviously not well."READ full ABC News coverage...
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Satellite upgrade should let planes slash emissions
Label: World A CONSTELLATION of next-generation communications satellites has a surprise in store for the environment. When Iridium Communications begins launching replacement orbiters in 2015, it will do much more than upgrade its satphone services. Piggybacking on the satellites will be a set of transmitters that could revolutionise...
Football: Troubled Indonesia dodges FIFA sanctions
Label: Technology JAKARTA: Indonesia evaded sanctions from world football regulator FIFA Friday, the nation's federation said, and was given an extension to resolve a row that has thrown Indonesian football into crisis.FIFA had given the Indonesian Football Association (PSSI) a December 10 deadline to reconcile its differences with rival Indonesian Soccer Rescue Committee (KPSI) that runs a rebel league...
U.S. sending troops, missiles to Turkey
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As "fiscal cliff" looms, health reform questions linger
Label: Health Washington lawmakers this month are squarely focused on deficit reduction as they attempt to scramble off the so-called "fiscal cliff." All the while, however, the government is proceeding with the costly and ambitious rollout of the Affordable Care Act. Key components of President Obama's health care law won't go into effect for about another year, but federal and state lawmakers are obligated...
State Police: Two Gunmen at Conn. Grade School
Label: Business A shooting involving two gunmen erupted at a Connecticut elementary school this morning, prompting the town of Newtown to lock down all of its schools and draw SWAT teams to the school, authorities said today.State Police confirm that one shooter is dead. A second gunman is apparently at large, sources told ABC News.The shooting occurred at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown,...
Dec
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Higgs boson having an identity crisis
Label: World The Higgs boson is sending mixed signals: its mass seems to vary depending on how it is measured. What's more, oddities in the way it decays into other particles, first noticed when the team at the Large Hadron Collider announced the discovery of a new boson in July, do not seem to be going away. ...
Ukrainian MPs brawl in parliament as PM re-appointed
Label: Technology KIEV: The Ukrainian parliament Thursday voted to reinstate its prime minister after dozens of opposition and pro-government lawmakers brawled for a second day in the chamber notorious for its fisticuffs.Newly-elected world boxing champion Vitali Klitschko sought to stand above the fray by staying well out of the fighting that came just before parliament voted to re-appoint Prime Minister...
Court: Prank call nurse found hanging by co-workers
Label: LifestyleBy Laura Smith-Spark and Jonathan Wald, CNNupdated 11:12 AM EST, Thu December 13, 2012STORY HIGHLIGHTSThe nurse's body was formally identified by her husband, the inquest hearsAustralia's media watchdog opens an investigation into the prank call by 2Day FMCourt: Jacintha Saldanha was found by co-workers hanging from a scarfThe nurse left three notes, two of them at the scene, a police officer saysLondon...
Golden Globes: "Lincoln" leads with 7 nominations
Label: Health Nominees for the 70th Golden Globe Awards were announced Thursday morning, and "Lincoln" is in the lead. The Civil War epic is up for seven nominations, among them best drama, director for Steven Spielberg and acting honors for Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field and Tommy Lee Jones. Tied for second-place with five nominations each, including best drama, are Ben Affleck's Iran hostage-crisis thriller...
Royal Hoax Nurse Hanged Herself, Left 3 Notes
Label: Business Jacintha Saldanha, the London nurse who killed herself after she answered a radio-station prank call about Kate Middleton, was found hanging from the neck, and left three notes, according to the coroner's officer.The 46-year-old nurse who worked at London's King Edward VII Hospital was discovered Dec. 7 hanging by a scarf from a wardrobe in her bedroom, Coroner's Officer Lynda...
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Out-of-season's greetings from the Arctic frost flowers
Label: World Joanna Carver, reporter(Image: Matthias Wietz/IGERT/NSF)Season's regards from an icy meadow in the Arctic, but it's no winter wonderland and please don't dash out into it. These frost flowers generally form in spring, and only on thin ice, so you'd quickly find yourself in freezing water in a sparsely populated area.Frost flowers form in calm conditions when the atmosphere is much colder than the...
Mass protest as Michigan curbs union rights
Label: Technology CHICAGO: Thousands of protesters descended on Michigan's state capitol Tuesday as lawmakers prepared to pass union-curbing "right-to-work" legislation in a state seen as the heart of the labor movement.The measure would weaken unions by allowing workers who get the same wages and benefits as union members to decline to pay any union dues.Democratic lawmakers begged their Republican colleagues...
Angry with Obama, GOP regroups for next political war
Label: LifestyleSTORY HIGHLIGHTSSen. Graham says President Obama is in for a "rude awakening"Graham: "We're not going to raise the debt ceiling" without deficit reductionObama says the nation's credit standing shouldn't be a political issuePolls show most Americans back the president on raising taxes on the richWashington (CNN) -- They are losing the battle over higher taxes on the wealthy, so now Republicans are...
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