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• BBC News - New York airport jets 'directed by child' - Via BBC News: |US officials are investigating how a child was apparently allowed to direct planes at New York's JFK airport - one of the country's busiest.The probe comes after an audiotape caught the boy directing several pilots preparing for take-off last month.In one exchange, the boy is heard saying: ...
• BBC News - Belgian train crash: At least 20 feared dead in Halle - Railway officials said the two trains collided during the morning rush hour at Halle, south-west of Brussels.The local mayor told Belgian media that at least 20 people had been killed in the crash, but railway officials could not confirm the figure.Belgian media said the trains collided in snowy conditions.Mayor Dirk ...
• BBC News - Australian grandmother beats off attacking shark - The BBC reports that an Australian woman, attacked by a shark, has survived, despite the loss of 40% of her blood volume, and with her sense of humor entirely intact.An Australian grandmother has survived a shark attack by repeatedly punching and kicking the animal after it "ripped off" part of ...
• Ham Ops First to Report Haiti Quake « Ham Radio – Ham Events – Ham Reviews – Ham Links – Ham News - KE2YK's Random Oscillations reports that Ham operators were the first to report the recent earthquake in Haiti:   Ham Ops First to Report Haiti Quake Over the past few days, Charlie Wooten has had his ear on his ham radio. Steadily listening to updates from the ...
• Pilot of Acupuncture to Improve Quality of Life in Veterans With Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and PTSD - Full Text View - ClinicalTrials.gov - Pilot of Acupuncture to Improve Quality of Life in Veterans With Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and PTSD - Full Text View - ClinicalTrials.gov. The purpose of this study is to examine if acupuncture improves Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder symptoms among veterans who participated in Operations Enduring ...