Why Are Lightning Deaths Declining?

photo: civicsolar.com (lifeslittlemysteries.com) An 11-year-old Florida boy died yesterday (Oct. 7) after being struck by a bolt of lightning on his way to football practice on Wednesday (Oct. 4). His manner of death is perhaps all the more tragic for how unusual it's becoming in America. Jesse Watlington, of Fort Myers, is the fifth...

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Google to Become a Bank?

photo: siliconbeachtraining.co.uk (The Atlantic Wire) By Adam Clark Estes - Google, the search engine company that also happens to do 35 other things, is expanding its horizons once again with a new financial services division. On Monday, the multi-billion dollar corporation is set to launch a new credit business in the United Kingdom...

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12-Year-Old Girl with Higher IQ Than Einstein

Photo: xtremeministries.com (dailymail.co.uk) A 12-year-old schoolgirl has been accepted into Mensa after discovering she is brainier than both Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking. Olivia Manning, from Liverpool, managed to get a whopping score in an IQ test of 162 - well above the 100 average. Her score is not only two points better...

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Credit Card Delinquencies Lowest in 11 Years

Photo: christianfinanceblog.com (CNN Money) By Blake Ellis - Credit card customers are more responsible than they've been in over a decade. Delinquencies on credit cards issued by banks dropped to the lowest level since 2001 during the second quarter, according to a report from the American Bankers Association released Thursday. Only...

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Marijuana Closer to Legalization?

Photo: bravoretailing.wordpress.com (The Daily Beast) By Tony Dokoupil - Marijuana’s moment finally seems to be here. At Hempfest in Seattle last month more than 100,000 fans rallied for the one-time evil weed. The governor of New York State and the mayor of Chicago recently supported the repeal of criminal penalties against...

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Classifying 'Internet Addiction' as Mental Illness

Photo: techaddiction.ca (RT.com) By Luke Macgregor/Reuters - Think twice the next time you play a videogame or surf the Net: ‘Internet-use disorder’ is set to be added to the list of mental illnesses in the worldwide psychiatric manual. Kids are identified as being especially at risk. The international mental health encyclopedia...

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