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Skydiver aims to break sound barrier in jump from ‘edge of space’
Update (below): Record-setting skydive delayed until Wednesday Skydiver Felix Bumgartner is scheduled to attempt something on Tuesday that’s never been tried before: he hopes to break the sound barrier without the aid of a vehicle. In what’s being billed as a freefall from “the edge of space,” Bumgartner will exit…
Chinese researchers create mind-controlled quadcopter drone
Computer scientists at Zhejiang University in China have developed a flying drone that is controlled using brain signals alone. The researchers use an electroencephalography (EEG) headset — which measures electrical activity in the brain — and a laptop computer to translate thoughts into commands to control the drone. The researchers…
Woman rendered infertile by rapist prepares to give birth
A woman whose story of survival captivated the nation just two years ago says she’s preparing to have a baby — and to those who know her tale, that’s nothing short of a miracle of modern science. Jennifer Schuett was just 8-years-old in 1990, when Dennis Earl Bradford, 40, kidnapped…
One man dead after Philadelphia wedding party brawl filmed by 15-year-old boy
One man died and three more were arrested after a brawl between two wedding parties at a suburban Philadelphia hotel captured on video by a 15-year-old boy celebrating his birthday. “They just started punching each other and hitting each other,” Max Schultz told KYW-TV. “The police came in and started…
NASCAR race ends in spectacular 25-car pileup
NASCAR champion Tony Stewart found himself upside-down and flying through the air on Sunday after he accidentally triggered a 25-car pileup on the last lap at the Talladega Superspeedway. Somehow, driver Matt Kenseth ended up winning the race after narrowly avoiding the mayhem in the video below. Even if NASCAR…
Dover School Board member calls for the end of high school football over brain injuries
Dr. Paul Butler, a retired physician and Dover School Board member, isn’t happy about it, but he’s determined that the risk of concussion and brain injury to the district’s young players is too high to let the football program continue. “I think it’s bad to take this away, I certainly…
Pink says she is an ‘honorary lesbian’
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Vest lets Facebook users hug from afar
A vest developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology lets Facebook users hug one another no matter how far apart they are. A Like-A-Hug vest on display Friday at the website of designer Melissa Kit Chow was touted as “wearable social media” that inflates to embrace wearers whenever Facebook friends…
‘Third Eagle’ posts new song protesting ‘first gay president’ Obama
In a new song, the singer and songwriter who calls himself “Third Eagle” insinuates that President Barack Obama is a gay man who is waiting for the election to be over so he can leave his wife and start getting “oral” from a man named “George, Ed or Steve.” Third…
Man sucker punches public defender after getting 15-year sentence
A man in Rock Hill, South Carolina earned himself an extra six months behind bars earlier this week because he punched his own attorney after being given a 15-year sentence. Lamarcus Williamson was in handcuffs on Tuesday when the judge accepted his plea deal for robbery, drug and assault charges,…
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