First came Miami: the case of a naked man eating most of another man's face. Then Maryland, a college student telling police he killed a man, then ate his heart and part of his brain.It was different in New Jersey, where a man stabbed himself 50 times and threw bits of his own intestines at police. They pepper-sprayed him, but he was not easily subdued.He was, people started saying, acting like a

Technology June 4, 2012

Police said a worker at a Florida business sparked an evacuation of 300 employees when she called in a bomb threat because she "needed a break" from work.Investigators said they responded to Metra Electronics in Holly Hill, Fla., around 4:30 a.m. Wednesday when human resources workers said they received a voicemail saying there was a bomb on the property, the Orlando Sentinel reported Friday.Offic

World News June 4, 2012

영화나 드라마, 소설 등에서 자주 등장하는 소재인 ‘미친 천재’들이 과학적 근거가 있다는 설이 제기되었다고 라이브사이언스닷컴이 보도했다.지난달 31일 뉴욕에서 열린 제5회 월드 사이언스 페스티발에 참가한 패널들은 지난 2010년 연구결과를 보면 지적능력이 더 뛰어난 사람들의 경우 조울증을 앓게 될 확률이 더 높다고 말했다. 이 세 명의 패널들은 모두 정신질환을 앓았던 것으로 알려졌다.홉킨스 의과대학의 심리학자이자 조울증을 앓고 있는 케이 레드필드 재미슨은 “연구결과 16세 때 지적능력이 뛰어났던 사람들은 조울증에 걸릴 확률이 (그렇지 않은 사람들보다) 네배나 높은 것으로 드러났다”라고 말했다. 이 연구는 스웨덴 10대 70만명을 대상으로 진행되었다. 또 다른 패널인 캘리포니아-어바인 대학의 신경 생리학자 제임스 펄른은 조울증 등 정신병을 앓고 있는 사람들은 더욱 창의적인 생각을 할 확률이 높다고 말했다.이 것은 우울증에서 벗어날 때 뇌의 활동이 창의력을 발휘할 때의 활동과 동일하기

Podcast June 4, 2012

A Cleveland waitress says she was surprised when she received a tax refund for nearly half of $1 million.Virginia Hopkins, who has been working at Johnny's Downtown Restaurant in Cleveland for 19 years, was expecting a refund of $754, but the check she received on Tuesday from the Internal Revenue Service was for $434,712, ABC News reported."I think I would have to work most of my life to earn tha

World News June 4, 2012

A Seoul man has been arrested on suspicion of colluding with a North Korean reconnaissance unit in China and distributing game programs infected with malignant codes to South Korea, police said Monday. The man, only identified by his family name Cho, was apprehended after allegedly meeting in September 2009 with several spies, including a man surnamed Kim, from the North's Reconnaissance General B

North Korea June 4, 2012

The number of adults in their 30s and 40s living with their parents in the capital city of Seoul soared91.4 percent, led by rising house prices and childcare costs, a report showed Friday. The report released by the Seoul Metropolitan Government found that the number of adults aged 30 to 49 who live with their parents jumped to 484,663 in 2010, compared with 253,244 in 2000. The report was based o

Social Affairs June 1, 2012

A porn actor is wanted in a gruesome case of dismembered body parts that were mailed to different places including the headquarters of the Conservative Party of Canada, police said.Luka Rocco Magnotta, 29, is wanted for homicide, Montreal police said Wednesday at a news conference.According to an official close to the investigation Magnotta worked as a porn actor and there is video of the crime. T

World News June 1, 2012

U.S. astronomers are forecasting the Milky Way will have a violent collision with the neighboring Andromeda galaxy in about 4 billion years.The encounter will result in a major makeover for our galaxy, NASA astronomers said, that will see the sun flung into a new area of the Milky Way. However, Earth and the rest of the solar system will be in no danger of being destroyed, a NASA release said Thur

Technology June 1, 2012

South Korea's trade surplus widened slightly in May from the previous month as exports shrank at a slower pace than imports, a government report showed Friday.The country's trade balance was US$2.4 billion in the black last month, up from the $2.1 billion surplus tallied in April, according to the report by the Ministry of Knowledge Economy. Last month marked the fourth month in a row that the cou

June 1, 2012

The IMF and Spain both denied Thursday any talks on a bailout loan program for Madrid, as Spanish Deputy Prime Minister Soraya Saenz de Santamaria met the global lender's chief Christine Lagarde."There is no such plan. We have not received any request to that effect and we are not doing any work in relation to any financial support," Lagarde said after the two met.And Spanish Economy Minister Luis

World Business June 1, 2012

A selective online game shutdown for youth will take effect in July after a month-long test next month, the culture ministry said Thursday, as it accelerates its bid to ease online addiction among young students.Under the selective shutdown system, teens under the age of 16 will be banned from accessing highly addictive online game sites from midnight to 6 a.m., ministry officials said.Online game

Social Affairs May 31, 2012

A Houston waiter said a couple he has been serving for eight years left him a $5,000 tip after his car was ruined by high water.Greg Rubar, who has worked as a waiter at D'Amicos Italian Cafe for the past 16 years, said he had previously mentioned his car problem to the couple and they came into the restaurant while he was working Saturday and handed him an envelope containing $5,000, KTRK-TV, Hou

People May 31, 2012