Scientists at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences hope to begin clinical trials this spring on a vaccine to prevent the recurrence of breast cancer. If successful, the vaccine would not replace traditional treatment such as chemotherapy and radiation but could be an additional treatment for patients, said Laura Hutchins, the principal investigator, professor of internal medicine, and director of the division of hematology and oncology. Read More
Police searched garbage dumps in New Jersey and Pennsylvania on Tuesday for the body of a baby apparently thrown out with the trash at a Jersey City hospital. "It's like they treated my son like he's nothing," said mother Kalynn Moore, 26.
An airline passenger forced to cover his T-shirt because it displayed Arabic script has been awarded $240,000 in compensation, campaigners said Monday. Raed Jarrar, whose shirt read "We will not be silent" in Arabic and English, was told that wearing a shirt with Arabic writing was like "wearing a T-shirt at a bank stating, I am a robber,'" the ACLU said.
A university professor believes that Stonehenge was created for neolithic raves. The standing stones had the ideal acoustics for "repetitive trance rhythms," said Rupert Till, an expert in acoustics and music technology.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has been re-elected to that position by the new Congress, leading a Democratic majority in the House that's 20 seats larger than it was in the last session.
After missing his bus to school, a 6-year-old Virginia boy tried to drive to school in his family's sedan yesterday and crashed on U.S. 360.
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush announced today he won't run for the U.S. Senate in 2010 to succeed the retiring Republican Sen. Mel Martinez. "Now is not the right time to return to elected office," Bush said in a prepared statement issued from his Miami office.
German billionaire Adolf Merckle, 74, one of the 100 richest people in the world, committed suicide Monday after his business empire ran into trouble in the global economic slowdown. Merckle ran up losses of about $535 million last year on Volkswagen shares.
Carl Pohlad, a billionaire banker whose Minnesota Twins won two World Series titles during nearly his nearly quarter-century as owner, died Monday. He was 93.
Waco, Texas, police suspect somebody trying out a gun, perhaps received as a gift over the holidays, is to blame for dozens of vehicles having their windows shot out. "Business has been real slow, so this is a welcome change for us,” said Rodney Duron, co-owner of Freddy's Auto Glass & Mirror.
At least 30 people were killed and 55 injured when Israeli artillery shells landed outside a United Nations-run school in Gaza, UN officials have said. "There's nowhere safe in Gaza. Everyone here is terrorized and traumatized," said John Ging, the top U.N. official in Gaza.
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A group of honors students at LSU have begun their own quidditch team, playing a "muggle" version of the sport in the Harry Potter novels. Players chase after a human snitch dressed in yellow, trying to pull a long sock with a tennis ball inside it out of his or her pants. "We just keep the broomsticks between our legs at all times to keep the wizarding feeling a part of the game," said player Sarah Berard. Read More
Pinned to the floor by at least two San Francisco transit cops, Oscar Grant III was shot in the back on New Year's Day. The bullet penetrated a lung and he died several hours later. The entire incident was caught on video by several passengers using their cell phones. Read More
The Washington Post has a report today about outgoing Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, who spent $235,000 in taxpayer funds to renovate his office bathroom a few months ago. The upgrades include a new shower, refrigerator and freezer and monogrammed towels, department officials said.
As Republicans struggle to determine the future of their party after a tough election, intraparty tensions have flared over three forums next week that may prove crucial to determining the winner of the six-way race for the chair of the Republican National Committee a post that will hold considerable sway over the direction of the GOP. "Some people are pissed off at [Americans for Tax Reform President] Grover [Norquist]. Some people are pissed off at the Conservative Steering Committee. Some people are pissed off at [current RNC chair] Mike Duncan. Some people are pissed off at social conservatives. The social conservatives are pissed at leaders in Congress," said a Republican consultant who has worked with the RNC. "Everyone is basically pissed."
