Police killed deaf cyclist with stun gun after he failed to obey instructions to stop

(DAILY MAIL)   A police officer killed an elderly, deaf and mentally disabled man riding his bicycle by shooting him with a Taser stun gun after he failed to obey instructions to stop.  Roger Anthony, 61, was killed as he made his way home in Scotland Neck, South Carolina, after officers responded to a 911 call [...]

20,000 British troops begin withdrawal from Germany 65 years after defeating Hitler

(Daily Mail)   All 20,000 British troops will be withdrawn from Germany by 2020, bringing to an end a continuous presence since 1945, it will be announced today. Under the Strategic Defence and Security Review, hundreds of military personnel will return home in January. The Ministry of Defence confirmed that an announcement will be made about [...]

Scientists Find Evidence of a Mystery Fifth Giant Planet That Was Ejected From the Solar System

The Daily Mail November 11, 2011 The consensus among astronomers is that the solar system has always had four giant planets – Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune and Uranus. But now it’s claimed that it’s much more likely to have been home to a mystery fifth giant planet that got knocked out. Computer simulations by David Nesvorny [...]

Scientists claim humans are descended from fish-like animal with a ’sixth sense’

We may not have been able to see ghosts, but in our earlier, fish-like form, we did have a sixth sense, according to a study. Scientists have discovered that we are descended from a predatory fish-like ancestor that roamed the oceans 500million years ago and had ‘electrosensors’ – the ability to detect electric fields in [...]

Freak Solar Activity Creates Incredible Northern Lights Which Are Seen As Far South As Arkansas

The Daily Mail October 26, 2011 It’s one of the world’s most famous and spectacular solar phenomena, but those hoping to experience the Northern Lights usually have to travel to remotest Norway to witness their beauty. But freak solar activity yesterday saw the stunning auroral display stretch much further than usual, as it was spotted [...]

One-Year-Old Tries to Work Magazine Like an iPad

One-Year-Old Tries to Work Magazine Like an iPad

(DAILY MAIL)   Did Apple guru Steve Jobs show us the future for mankind?  This techno-baby seems to think so. Tapping away at her touchscreen iPad she seems right at home. But give her something on paper – like a magazine – and she’s all at sea. That’s what this hit video on YouTube suggests after [...]

Are these the footsteps of T-Rex’s cousin? The 2ft-long footprints in an Arkansas field that have astounded scientists

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Researchers at the University of Arkansas are studying a new field of fossilised dinosaur tracks, including one set which appears to be from a large three-toed predator. The tracks were found on private land in south-west Arkansas and provide a window into the lifeforms which roamed the area as long as 120 million years ago [...]

Global warming? A new ice age? The only certainty is that YOU’RE paying for the hysteria of our politicians

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By Christopher Booker, Daily Mail Who would possibly have thought it? The latest news is that the world may be threatened by a sharp drop in temperatures, possibly so severe that it could herald a new mini ice age. And one reason being put forward for this is that all the pollution being chucked out [...]

It’s not all white: The cocktail of up to 20 chemicals in a glass of milk

By David Derbyshire A glass of milk can contain a cocktail of up to 20 painkillers, antibiotics and growth hormones, scientists have shown. Using a highly sensitive test, they found a host of chemicals used to treat illnesses in animals and people in samples of cow, goat and human breast milk. The doses of drugs [...]

Grandmother strip-searched and jailed for 12 days in Canada after a jar of motor oil in her car was mistaken for heroin

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This senior-citizen’s trip across the border lasted far longer than expected when authorities couldn’t tell the difference between oil and heroin. Janet Goodin of Minnesota was crossing the border to play bingo and visit family when border patrol guards mistook a container of motor oil for heroin. ‘They handed me the jar and said. ‘What’s [...]