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충격! 패륜아 10대, 꾸중 들었다고 아버지 흉기로 살해

부산 영도경찰서는 13일 아버지(47)를 흉기로 살해한 혐의(존속살인)로 A(18)군에 대해 구속영장을 신청했다.A군은 12일 오후 8시25분께 친동생과 싸운 일로 자신을 꾸짖은 아버지가 목욕탕 에 들어가자 부엌에 있던 흉기를 들고 뒤따라가 옆구리 등 3곳을 찔러 숨지게 한 혐의를 받고 있다.A군의 아버지는 119구급대로 부산대병원으로 옮겨져 긴급수술을 받았으나 13일 오전 4시30분께 숨졌다.경찰 조사결과 평소 아버지와 사이가 좋지 않았던 A군은 이날도 친동생에게 욕설을 했다는 이유로 아버지가 야단을 치는데 격분해 목욕중인 아버지에게 흉기를 휘두른 것으로 드러났다. Busan teenager stabs father to deathA teenager in Busan is in custody and facin

Podcast June 13, 2012

Bacon isn't just for breakfast anymore

(Burger King/AP)U.S. fast-food giant Burger King, banking on an unusual taste combo to bolster its summertime revenues, announced Tuesday the availability of bacon sundaes.Burger King said in a release the decision was made to offer the pork-enhanced soft-serve dessert nationwide for a limited time after it "took Nashville by storm earlier this year."Bacon sundaes include vanilla soft serve with c

Food June 13, 2012

Undersea volcano gave off eruption signal

(Bloomberg)An undersea volcano located about 250 miles off the Oregon coast produced clear seismic signals hours before an eruption, researchers say.Last year, researchers at Oregon State University correctly forecast the eruption of Axial Seamount in advance.Documentation of inflation of the undersea volcano from gradual magma intrusion over a period of years led to the eruption forecast, but new

Technology June 13, 2012

Undersea volcano gave off eruption signal

N. Korea says western coastal area plagued by severe drought

North Korea's western coastal area has been seriously affected by lingering drought that started in late April, its official media reported, citing the lowest precipitation in a century.In a dispatch from Pyongyang on Tuesday, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said that 1 to 5 mm of rainfall has been reported in some parts of Pyongyang City, South Phyongan Province and North and South Hwanghae

North Korea June 13, 2012

No problem with S. Korea's longer-range missiles, if defensive: U.S. senator

Sen. Carl Levin, the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said Tuesday that he would not take issue with South Korea's development of longer-range missiles if they are deployed in a "defense and non-threatening" way."If they want to do it in a non-threatening way, totally defensive way at its own expense, I don't have any problem going on," he said at the National Press Club.South Kore

Defense June 13, 2012

S. Korea's jobless rate falls to 3.1 percent in May

South Korea's jobless rate decelerated in May mainly due to more positions created in the service sector, a government report showed Wednesday.The jobless rate stood at 3.1 percent last month, down slightly from 3.2 percent a year earlier, according to the report by Statistics Korea. Last month's tally also represents a drop from the 3.5 percent reached in April.Job creation accelerated with a tot

June 13, 2012

Turtles unhappy after century together

(AP-Yonhap News)Officials at an Austrian zoo said two 115-year-old turtles appear to be ending a romance that spanned more than a century.Helga Happ, head of the zoo in Klagenfurt, said the giant turtles, together since they were young, came to the facility from the Basel Zoo in Switzerland 36 years ago, the Austrian Times reported Monday."But for no reason that anyone can discover they seem to ha

World News June 12, 2012

Police: 3 killed in shooting near Auburn U

Investigators were searching for a gunman who killed three people _ including two former Auburn University football players _ and wounded three others at a pool party near campus after several men began punching each other in a fight over a woman, authorities and witnesses said Sunday. (AP-Yonhap News)One of the wounded was shot in the head and critically hurt. Another was a current player, Eric M

World News June 12, 2012

Police: 3 killed in shooting near Auburn U

Traces of ancient impact on Earth found

(MCT)Researchers say they've found evidence of an extraterrestrial impact on Earth 13,000 years ago that may have been involved in a major life extinction event.An international team of scientists says melted glass material in a thin layer of sedimentary rock in Pennsylvania and South Carolina, and in Syria, was formed at temperatures of 3,100 to 3,600 degrees Fahrenheit and is the result of a cos

Technology June 12, 2012

U.S. exempts Korea from Iranian oil sanctions

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced Monday that South Korea will be exempt from Washington's sanctions on the Iranian oil industry, citing a significant reduction in crude imports from the Middle East country.In a statement, Clinton also said India, Malaysia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Turkey and Taiwan will be granted exceptions to sanctions under the National Defense Authorization Ac

June 12, 2012

Apple unveils thinner, more powerful MacBooks

The new Apple Inc. MacBook Pro laptop computerApple on Monday unveiled a new lineup of Macintosh laptops, including a revamped MacBook Air, the lightest of the computers, and a thinner, more powerful MacBook Pro.The move keeps Apple, which has been dominating the market for tablet computers like the iPad, in the game against a new line of slimmer laptops using Microsoft Windows or the Google Chr

World Business June 12, 2012

Apple unveils thinner, more powerful MacBooks

Ruling party launches primary committee despite protests from minor candidates

The ruling Saenuri Party on Monday launched an election committee charged with overseeing its presidential primary, snubbing calls from underdog contenders for revising primary rules first before forming the election watchdog.The committee's launch shows the party's leadership has no intention of changing the current primary rules seen as favorable to former party chief and leading hopeful Park Ge

Politics June 11, 2012

아델리펭귄의 충격적인 ‘성적 변태성’ 밝혀져!

An automobile sled passes by a group of Adelie penguins in the South Pole in 1958 (AFP/File)100년전에 조지 머레이 레빅 영국 탐험가가 남극을 탐험했을 때 그를 가장 경악케 했던 것은 극심한 추위나 굶주림이 아닌 아델리 펭귄의 변태적인 성적 행동 양식이었다.아델리 펭귄들은 동성애 행위, 어린 펭귄에 대한 성폭력도 마다하지 않았고 심지어 수컷 펭귄들은 죽은 암컷 펭귄들과 교미를 시도하기도 하였다. 이런 내용들은 몇 십년간 세상에 공개되지 않았던 레빅의 “아델리 펭귄의 성적인 습관들”이라는 논문에 실린 것이다. 레빅은 자신의 연구결과에 너무 놀란 나머지 일부러 내용을 그리스어로 기록하여 일반 독자들은 읽지 못하도록 해 놓았다.그의 논문에

Podcast June 11, 2012

Brother of basketball legend killed in Peru chopper crash

Late Kim Hyun-junKim Hyo-jun, the younger brother of South Korean basketball legend Kim Hyun-jun, was among 14 people killed in a helicopter crash last week in Peru, Samsung C&T officials said Sunday.According to the officials, Kim and his colleagues were killed while returning from a trip to inspect potential sites for a hydroelectric power plant. The wreckage of the helicopter was discovered in

More Sports June 11, 2012

Brother of basketball legend killed in Peru chopper crash

Police: 3 killed in shooting near Auburn U

Investigators were searching for a gunman who killed three people _ including two former Auburn University football players _ and wounded three others at a pool party near campus after several men began punching each other in a fight over a woman, authorities and witnesses said Sunday. (AP-Yonhap News)One of the wounded was shot in the head and critically hurt. Another was a current player, Eric M

World News June 11, 2012

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