This photo shows 13-year-old Jahi McMath, who will be kept on life support indefinitely despite being declared legally brain dead by officials at a California hospital (KTVU/E.C. Reems Academy of Technology and Arts) OAKLAND, CALIF. – A judge on Friday ordered a California hospital to keep a girl declared brain dead on life support following… Continue reading Jahi McMath Case: Judge Orders California Girl to stay on Life-Support
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Severed hand attached to man’s ankle to keep it alive
Xiangya Hospital – Central South University via Reuters Xiao Wei’s severed right hand is seen attached to his ankle before the reattachment surgery at Xiangya Hospital in Changsha, Hunan province, on Dec. 4, 2013. Doctors at a hospital in China saved a man’s hand by grafting it to his ankle after it was severed in an… Continue reading Severed hand attached to man’s ankle to keep it alive
Witnesses stop Brazen Rape Attempt in Woodbridge
Police say witnesses stopped a bold rape attempt outside the HH Gregg in Woodbridge on Saturday. The victim, a 19-year-old Woodbridge woman, was walking into the store in the 14500 block of Potomac Mills Road about 6:10 p.m. with a friend when a man with his pants down to his knees ran up to them.… Continue reading Witnesses stop Brazen Rape Attempt in Woodbridge
Feature Film ‘Aloft the Flames’ Now Casting for 7 Roles
Casting “Aloft the Flames.” Synopsis: While screening her documentary film about the Gaza War, Jessica falls deeply in love with a Los Angeles novelist. Seven roles are available. Want to see if you have what it takes? Submit via Backstage.com. h/t – backstage.com
Read the “Stomach-Churning” Sexual Assault Accusations Against R. Kelly in Full
It has been nearly 15 years since music journalist Jim DeRogatis caught the story that has since defined his career, one that he wishes didn’t exist: R. Kelly’s sexual predation on teenage girls. DeRogatis, at that time the pop-music critic at the Chicago Sun-Times, was anonymously delivered the first of two videos he would receive depicting… Continue reading Read the “Stomach-Churning” Sexual Assault Accusations Against R. Kelly in Full
‘I Am the Next Big Thing’ says Precocious 11Year-old CEO
While most sixth graders spend their free time watching movies or playing video games, Mo Bridges runs a business making and selling stylish bow ties. The precocious 11-year-old from Memphis, Tennessee, is the CEO of Mo’s Bows, a handmade bow tie company that he launched in 2011. Looking dapper in a beige suit, a plaid bow… Continue reading ‘I Am the Next Big Thing’ says Precocious 11Year-old CEO
2013 Year in Pictures
Tammy Holmes, second from left, and her grandchildren, two-year-old Charlotte Walker, left, four-year-old Esther Walker, third from left, nine-year-old Liam Walker, eleven-year-old Matilda, second from right, and six-year-old Caleb Walker, right, take refuge under a jetty as a wildfire rages near-by in the Tasmanian town of Dunalley, east of the state capital of Hobart, Australia… Continue reading 2013 Year in Pictures
Natural Remedies for Swollen Ankles and Feet
Swelling of the feet and ankles is callededema, and there are many things that can cause the problem, from high blood pressure to pregnancy. What’s happening is that the body is having trouble fighting gravity to move blood and fluids back up the legs, so the ankles, feet, and even the entire leg can begin to swell. Edema on… Continue reading Natural Remedies for Swollen Ankles and Feet
8 Common Habits That May Damage Your Kidneys
The kidneys are important body organs, they take care of the urination process in our bodies by filtering body waste. Despite being such an important component of our body many of us do not properly care for them and millions of people die each year from kidney disease. There are habits many of us have… Continue reading 8 Common Habits That May Damage Your Kidneys
REGENERATIVE SURGICAL PEN DRAWS WITH STEM CELL INK
Scientists at the University of Wollongong developed an instrument that uses stem cell ink to reconstruct cells. The BioPen is a handheld 3D printer that lets surgeons draw their patients back to health. It can replace traditional surgery techniques, and will dramatically decrease the length of surgery. Patients recovering from this particular delivery method can… Continue reading REGENERATIVE SURGICAL PEN DRAWS WITH STEM CELL INK
How to Answer the Toughest Question at a Job Interview
When you’ve made it to land an interview, you may have your best power look going and your resume and presentation prepped, but what happens when you face a dreaded and oftentimes difficult question at the top of the interview? The prospective boss shakes your hand, asks you to take a seat, and then asks… Continue reading How to Answer the Toughest Question at a Job Interview
Discovery: Earliest Known Prison Memoir Written By African-American
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Yale University announced Thursday that research has determined an 1858 manuscript it acquired is the earliest known prison memoir written by an African-American. The book-length manuscript, titled “The Life and Adventures of a Haunted Convict” and written under the name Robert Reed, describes the author’s experiences while incarcerated in New… Continue reading Discovery: Earliest Known Prison Memoir Written By African-American