Mouse makes nest in cash machine, eats money

01 Jun 2018 By

Sunday, April 1, 2007 In Estonia, a mouse made its nest in a cash machine and spent the weekend eating tens of thousands of kroons in bank notes. The critter was discovered after a customer making a withdrawal got half-eaten bills from the machine. “ At some stage over the weekend the chewed money jammed,Read More

Looted, possibly contaminated body parts transplanted into USA, Canadian patients

01 Jun 2018 By

Monday, March 20, 2006 Fears of contaminated bone and skin grafts are being felt by unsuspecting patients following the revelation that funeral homes may have been looting corpses. Janet Evans of Marion Ohio was told by her surgeon, “The bone grafts you got might have been contaminated”. She reacted with shock, “I was flabbergasted becauseRead More

Australian health workers to close intensive care units in Victoria next week

31 May 2018 By

Thursday, March 13, 2008 Members of Australia’s Health Services Union (HSU) will go on strike in Victoria next week in a dispute over stalled wage and career structure negotiations. Over 5000 physiotherapists, speech pathologists and radiation therapists will walk off the job next week, effectively closing the state’s 68 largest health services. The strike willRead More

Power Protection Bring Home The Power House

31 May 2018 By

Here’s An Opinion On: Digger Australia Australia Mining Truck Power Protection- Bring Home the Power House by Article Publisher Electricity has become the life line of the homes and offices around the world. We and our equipments have become so much dependent on the electricity that a nominal power failure of even for a minuteRead More

DirecTV tunes out Trio, network in limbo

31 May 2018 By

Saturday, January 1, 2005 The future of the artsy Trio channel became increasingly grim Saturday as satellite TV giant DirecTV dropped the fledgling network from its national channel lineup. When DirectTV programmers threw the off switch at 6 a.m. eastern standard time Jan. 1, Trio, an NBC Universal-owned cable television channel, lost two-thirds of itsRead More

Fake impotence drugs linked to low blood sugar outbreak

31 May 2018 By

Thursday, February 12, 2009 An article in the February 12 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine reports on an unusual cause for an outbreak of low blood sugar among men in Singapore: illegal use of sexual performance enhancement drugs that were contaminated with a diabetes drug. Between January and May 2008, 149 menRead More

Armstrong announces retirement from professional cycling

30 May 2018 By

Monday, April 18, 2005 At a press conference Monday, Lance Armstrong announced his intention to retire from professional cycling after going for his 7th Tour de France title in July 2005. “Ultimately, athletes have to retire,” said the 33 year-old American. “The body doesn’t just keep going and going.” Speculation on the retirement of theRead More

Australian emergency telephone service lost in Southern NSW, ACT

30 May 2018 By

Friday, May 12, 2006 Australia’s emergency telephone service, triple-0, which is operated by Telstra, has been lost in Southern New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory following damage to two optical fibre cables. It is believed that in two separate incidents, optical fibre cables were cut at Gundagai and Narrandera in Southern NSW. InRead More

Are There Alternatives To Liposuction?

30 May 2018 By

Here’s An Opinion On: Hair Transplant Surgeon Hair Transplant Surgeons By Dr. Juris Bunkis Q: I am a fit 54 year old, have had a face lift and look good for my age, but I have a few fatty deposits over my hips and cellulite that dont go away with exercise and are driving meRead More