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  • June 2008

    • 'Wonder Woman' Finds Body in Potomac

      Washington Post  |  Jun 7, 08 1:00 PM CDT

      'Wonder Woman' Finds Body in Potomac

      (Newser) - Lynda "Wonder Woman" Carter didn't need super powers to make a surprising—and gruesome—discovery in Washington this week. She was rowing alone on the Potomac River when she spotted a woman's body. She said she "did what anyone would have done"—and yelled to nearby fishermen to call the cops, reports the Washington Post. The dead woman was apparently a suicide. More »

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      Washington DC  • body

  • April 2008

    • Computer Brainiac Guilty of Wife's Murder

      San Francisco Chronicle  |  Apr 29, 08 4:03 AM CDT

      Computer Brainiac Guilty of Wife's Murder

      (Newser) - A brilliant California computer programmer was found guilty of murdering his estranged wife yesterday—despite the fact that her body was never found. "I've been the best father that I know how," shouted Hans Reiser, 44, after the verdict, reports the San Francisco Chronicle . His wife's blood was found in Reiser's car and home. "We have a body. We just don't know where it is," the prosecutor told the jury. More »

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      murder  • Linux  • body  • guilty verdict

  • October 2007

    • Your Body Really Is a Wonderland

      LiveScience  |  Oct 19, 07 10:36 AM CDT

      Your Body Really Is a Wonderland

      (Newser) - Our bodies may be just organ-filled sacks of chemicals and genes, but their workings are marvelous—and occasionally gross. LiveScience shares 10 of the body's best mysteries: Your skin has four colors Your brain automatically responds when someone else laughs, cries, sneezes, or yawns Our bigger brains have crowded out our once-useful wisdom teeth More »

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      list  • health  • body

    • Police Launch New Search for Maddy

      Times (UK)  |  Oct 15, 07 3:38 AM CDT

      Police Launch New Search for Maddy

      (Newser) - Investigators are launching a fresh, extensive search for missing toddler Madeleine McCann, London newspapers are reporting . The search will focus within a 9-mile radius of the Portuguese resort where the toddler disappeared on vacation, including coastline, isolated villas, forests and a reservoir. Police have also revealed they discovered evidence of a bloody footprint, possibly Maddy's, outside the girl's bedroom at the family apartment. More »

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      cell phones  • Madeleine McCann  • Portugal  • Kate McCann  • Gerry McCann  • body  • search  • searchers

  • August 2007

    • Some Sarkozy Lost in Translation

      BBC  |  Aug 22, 07 8:01 PM CDT

      Some Sarkozy Lost in Translation

      (Newser) - The French president’s “love handles” got a makeover this week when Paris Match Photoshopped them down to size in pics from his US holiday. An otherwise manly bare-chested shot of Sarkozy canoeing with his son shows his stomach to be distinctly slimmer than in Reuter’s original photo. Another French mag amused its readership this week with a before-and-after comparison. More »

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      France  • Nicolas Sarkozy  • New Hampshire  • Photoshop  • body  • Paris Match  • Lake Winnipesaukee

    • Why Fat is Phat

      New York Times  |  Aug 7, 07 10:09 AM CDT

      Why Fat is Phat

      (Newser) - Fat is underappreciated, New York Times health columnist Natalie Angier writes: just because a lot of people now have too much of it doesn't mean it should be villified. The fat cell is in fact a marvel of science, a sophisticated mechanism finely tailored not only for energy storage but to exchange complex chemical messages. More »

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      health  • obesity  • evolution  • fat  • body  • cells

  • July 2007

    • No Tired Explanation: Yawning May Cool Brain

      ABC News  |  Jul 30, 07 5:04 PM CDT

      No Tired Explanation: Yawning May Cool Brain

      (Newser) - Yawning may be less a response to boredom than a natural mechanism for cooling off overheated brains, new research says. The human brain operates optimally when cool, much like a computer, and conditions like fatigue actually cause the organ to heat up, ABC News reports. A quick gulp of air can offer relief to sweltering skulls. More »

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      research  • brain  • fatigue  • body  • human  • yawning

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