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Michigan Police Looking For Convicted Murderer Following Escape From Prison

Police in Michigan are looking for a convicted murderer who has escaped from prison.
Jonathan J. Good, 36, reportedly managed to escape through a prison skylight, and has not been seen since.
He was last seen wearing white boxer shorts, rubber shoes and a white teashirt.
Good was serving time after being convicted of robbery and second degree [...]

Roselyn Sanchez Marries Eric Winter In Puerto Rico

actress Roselyn Sanchez, most noted for her CBS role on Without a Trace has gotten married in Puerto Rico to actor Eric Winter.
The wedding was quite a large affair with more than 250 guests, including actor Amaury Nolasco.
The couple showed up in a white Mercedes Benz, with her wearing a princess-style dress and him wearing [...]

Death Of Entire Family Blamed On Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

Carbon Monoxide poisoning is being blamed as the cause of death of a family of four in Colorado.
A mal-functioning water system is the likely cause of the Carbon Monoxide leak, which killed the entire family - 39-year-old Parker Lofgren, 42-year-old Caroline Lofgren, and their children, Owen, 10, and Sophie, 8.
According to local police, the family [...]

Obama Will Name Hillary Clinton As Secretary Of State

Newly elected President of the United States Barack Obama is about to name Hillary Clinton as his brand new Secretary of State.
Many feel that this gesture by Obama is very manly, following the pairs’ bitter dispute over the Democratic nomination earlier this year.
The news will be broken tomorrow at a news conference to be held [...]

Rosie O’Donnell Scraps NBC Variety Show

Rosie O’Donnell’s Variety show has been canceled by the network due to lack of interest and critical reviews.
On her blog, Rosie said: “there will b no more. no ratings. bad reviews. yet still – a thrill 4 me.”
Rosie Live was her first television show since she worked on The View, hosted by Barbara Walters.
Many attribute [...]

Video Game Makers Going Portable For Vacation

As the holidays approach, video game system-makers are trying to make sure they have plenty of portable units available for people to take on the go.
As well, cruise ships and hotels are trying to make sure there are lots of game consoles available for customers to use.
Nintendo is set to release two limited Nintendo DS [...]

Plumes Suggest Saturn May Be Home To Actual Water

The huge plumes of ice and water vapour spewing from Saturn’s moon suggests that there could be liquid water under the icy surface.
If the moon does have an underground ocean, it means there could be conditions there to support life, even if it’s only bacterial.
In 2005, the Cassini spacecraft detected massive geysers continuously erupting from [...]

FDA Sets Safe melamine Level For Baby Formula

The FDA has set a safe level of melamine which can be present in baby formulas, and says the levels found are far below that.
The agency has deemed that 1 part per million is safe, and in order to develop the difficulties with kidney stones, there has to be a combination of melamine and Cyanuric [...]

Ontario Launching Campaign For Homescreening Against Colorectal Cancer

A new campaign pushing for home screening for colorectal cancer could allow it to be caught early when it is asymptomatic but very curable.
Ontario has one of the world’s highest rates of colorectal cancer, which is the second deadliest cancer in the province. The sad thing is, if caught early, it has a 90 percent [...]

Driving Behind Chicken Trucks Can Expose You To Pathogens

A team of researchers at the John Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health has found that driving behind a truck carrying live chickens to slaughterhouses may expose you to poultry pathogens, some of which are resistent to powerful antibiotics.
The team collected air and surface samples from cars driving 2-3 car lengths behind the trucks [...]