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Could The Ebola Outbreak Spread To Europe Or The U.S.?
The current Ebola outbreak in West Africa is the deadliest in history. And it's spreading in a city with an international airport. So what's the risk of a sick traveler bringing the virus to the West?
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Mexican authorities recover radioactive load stolen from truck
Mexican authorities found a load of dangerous radioactive material that was in a stolen pickup, a top civil protection official said on Friday The load of iridium 192 was found abandoned on a street a few miles from where the truck was stolen in the industrial Mexico City suburb of Tlalnepantla, Luis Felipe Puente, the head of the country's civil protection agency, said on Twitter.
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Even International Quidditch Has a Concussion Problem
What FIFA can learn from the official sport of witchcraft and wizardry.
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Harley-Davidson recalling 66,421 motorcycles for safety defect
Harley-Davidson is recalling 66,421 Touring and CVO Touring motorcycles from the 2014 model year because their front wheels can lock up without warning.
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The Suicide Catcher
In the rapidly modernizing, constantly churning city of Nanjing, China, there is a legendary bridge, four miles long, where day after day, week after week, the desperate and melancholy and tormented come to end their lives. Most end up in the Yangtze River, 130 feet below. But some do not meet their maker. They meet someone else. They are pulled back from the brink—sometimes violently—by an odd and unlikely angel
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The First Person Ever To Die In A Tesla Is A Guy Who Stole One
Joshua Slot, 26, is the first person to die in a Tesla, we learn via The Verge. Slot had stolen the car from a Tesla service center and was evading police in a chase through Los Angeles, California at speeds of nearly 100 miles per hour. After pursuing officers struck a median with their car and had to be taken to the hospital, Slot kept up the speed and got into the accident that would claim his life.
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Air France, Lufthansa To Avoid Ukraine Airspace After Malaysian Plane Crash
Earlier today, reports that a Malaysian plane crashed over Russian airspace began to appear on social sites, and now, Air France has reportedly decided to temporarily re-route flights away from affected airspace.
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15 Worst Toys Ever Recalled
From sky-dancing Barbies that can cut your face open, to sticks that can gouge out your eyeballs, we count 15 dangerous and ridiculous toy ideas to get recalled en masse.
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Pilots Continued Flying Over Ukrainian War Zone Because It Was The Fastest And Cheapest Route
Air operators around the world last night imposed a no fly-zone over Ukraine as questions grew over why passenger jets were still flying over the war zone three months after pilots were warned to avoid it. Flights were urgently re-routed around the region potentially putting hours onto scheduled journeys and causing delays. However, aviation safety authorities in the United States and Europe warned pilots in April about potential risks flying in or near Ukraine airspace.
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Lawn chemicals can stay in human body for "years, even decades"
The pesticides you use on your lawn to get rid of weeds and insects are part of a $10 billion-a-year industry. But some doctors are becoming more concerned about your exposure to those chemicals, CBS News correspondent Vinita Nair reports.
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Cause Found For Large Chemical Spill In West Virginia
Two holes in a chemical storage tank, and no formal inspections, left the city of Charleston without drinking water, the U.S. Chemical Safety Board reports
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How Florida Became the Most Savage State
Doctors in Florida cannot legally protect children from guns.
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NAS Fukushima report: Accidents will happen
If there is one message to take from the National Academy of Sciences report, Lessons Learned From the Fukushima Nuclear Accident for Improving the Safety of U.S. Nuclear Plants, released today, it is that accidents can happen, and it is essential for nuclear plant operators, regulators and public safety responders to all have plans for what to do when one does.
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Hacker says to show passenger jets at risk of cyber attack
Cyber security researcher Ruben Santamarta says he has figured out how to hack the satellite communications equipment on passenger jets through their WiFi and inflight entertainment systems - a claim that, if confirmed, could prompt a review of aircraft security.
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Why West Africans keep eating bush meat, which could be Ebola's bridge from animals to humans
To the foreign eye, it looks like a flattened, blackened lump of unidentifiable animal parts. To many Africans, however, bush meat - the cooked, dried or smoked remains of a host of wild animals, from rats and bats to monkeys - is not only the food of their forefathers, it is life-sustaining protein where nutrition is scarce.
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How dangerous is it to use headphones on a bike?
It's not uncommon to spot cyclists in a city riding around with earbuds crammed firmly into each ear. To many people, this seems insane: city riding is dangerous to begin with, and eliminating one of your senses can only make it more perilous.
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Colgate Total Ingredient Linked to Hormones, Cancer Spotlights FDA Process
The chemical triclosan has been linked to cancer-cell growth and disrupted development in animals. Regulators are reviewing whether it’s safe to put in soap, cutting boards and toys. Consumer companies are phasing it out. Minnesota voted in May to ban it in many products.
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After 23 million rides, no deaths in U.S. bike share programs
Yanking a bicycle from the docking station outside New York's Grand Central Terminal, a helmetless rider slung a golf bag full of clubs over his shoulder and, along with another rider wearing headphones but no helmet, merged into rush hour traffic.
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The Rise and Fall of the Fireman’s Pole
Imagine this: it's 3:30 in the morning, and you're deep in some pillowy dreamscape. All is calm; all is serene. Then, a piercing alarm whiplashes your senses: you're awake now, scrambling in the darkness with ten equally frazzled men. In a flurry, boots are pulled on, helmets are snatched off shelves, and you're flying down a 20-foot pole with the rapidity and dexterity of a howler monkey.
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If driverless cars save lives, where will we get organs?
A major source of organ donations? Auto collisions. Which means 3D printed organs won't become a reality until we get self-driving cars, a surprising connection.
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