Topic: POLICE REPORT - on June 2, 2004 at 3:00:00 AM CEST
Man forces stepdaughter to cut off finger
In the specific case for which he was arrested, Harada forced his stepdaughter to severe her little left finger with a kitchen knife in March after she angered him, investigators said.
"You made me angry, so keep your promise and cut off a finger," he was quoted as telling the victim.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on June 2, 2004 at 2:53:00 AM CEST
Runaway zebra caught in service station restroom
A zebra burst out of a truck parked at a service station area along the Kyushu Expressway Tuesday morning en route to a zoo in Kumamoto Prefecture, highway police said.
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Topic: SCIENCE - on June 2, 2004 at 2:44:00 AM CEST
Harnessing brain scans
Mobile device allows scientists to monitor brain activity while rats are still awake and free of anesthesia.
While you may not be able to give your pet rat a PET scan anytime soon, scientists are working on a miniature system to allow researchers to study the brain activity of awake laboratory animals.
The device is a compact positron emission tomography, or PET, scanner that can be slipped onto the head of a laboratory rat. Called the RatCAP, the device is being developed by a team at Brookhaven National Laboratory, Stony Brook University and the University of Sherbrooke in Quebec, Canada.
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Topic: SCIENCE - on June 2, 2004 at 2:43:00 AM CEST
Japanese develop first cow immune to Mad Cow disease
Kirin Brewery Company, as part of its joint project with Hematech LLC to develop a cow that can produce human antibodies, has succeeded in producing a cow fetus in which neither bovine antibody gene1 nor the gene for the prions2 that are the cause of BSE are present. The process developed utilizes cells derived from bovine embryos that continuously destroy the bovine genes for antibodies and prions.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on June 2, 2004 at 2:31:00 AM CEST
Seven tricks that Web users don't know
They may seem obvious to you, but less-technical users are frequently stymied by issues like these
Web developers have all sorts of browsing tricks that they have gained from years of experience, to the point where they can't even imagine not knowing them -- right-clicking to open a new browser window, for instance, or using the arrow keys to navigate a list. To Web veterans, these things are so familiar that they seem obvious. The fact that many people don't know these tricks -- and can get completely stuck as a result -- comes as a shock. This article describes seven Web site features that typical non-technical users aren't familiar with, based on data collected from the author's own usability studies.
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Topic: FUN - on June 2, 2004 at 2:13:00 AM CEST
Forget Splitting Atoms, Split a Banana for Energy
Australian scientists have discovered what sportsmen and women around the world have known for years: bananas are a great source of instant energy.
A new government-funded study is investigating the possibility of harnessing bruised or spoilt bananas -- deemed not worth selling to consumers -- to provide energy for 500 homes.
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Topic: SEX - on June 2, 2004 at 2:11:00 AM CEST
Woman must pay husband for baby
A South Korean court ordered a woman to pay her husband $42,380 in compensation for having a baby with another man, a judge said Monday. The 26-year-old woman told her husband in February 2002 she was pregnant with his baby, and demanded that they marry. The baby was born in November 2002.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on June 2, 2004 at 1:59:00 AM CEST
Scared Mayors Flee Towns -- Disguised as Cops
Terrified of being killed like a colleague a month ago, two Peruvian mayors accused of corruption gave pursuers the slip -- disguised as police.
Cesar Eugenio, mayor of the town of Molino on the fringes of Peru's central jungle region, and Antolin Huaricacha, from Asillo near the border with Bolivia, used the same tactic to flee within a day of each other, after angry mobs closed in.
"We had to dress him as a policeman. His whereabouts are unknown, for safety," one officer told Reuters by phone from a nearby town after helping Huaricacha flee in a police van.
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Topic: LOST - on June 2, 2004 at 1:58:00 AM CEST
FBI Issues Alert for Stolen Propane Tankers
FBI agents in Texas issued a nationwide alert on Tuesday for two stolen propane tanker trucks, laden with thousands of gallons of the volatile liquefied gas.
A San Antonio gas company discovered the trucks, one carrying 3,000 gallons and the other carrying 2,500 gallons, had been stolen after employees returned on Tuesday from the U.S. Memorial Day holiday weekend, the FBI said.
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Topic: POLITIK - on June 2, 2004 at 1:41:00 AM CEST
MP suspended over Pink Ladies in Parliament
A federal Labor MP has been suspended from Parliament for 24 hours after refusing to apologise for taking apples into Question Time.
Tasmanian MP Harry Quick brought the apples into Parliament to mark National Apple and Pear Day and to raise concerns about the disease risks from imported apples.
Under the rules of Parliament, food cannot be taken into the chamber.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on June 2, 2004 at 1:39:00 AM CEST
Man discovers car in bedroom
A Devonport man was greeted with an unexpected sight returning home from work early this morning with an abandoned car parked in his bedroom.
He arrived at his Lapthone Place house about 6:00am to find a car had been driven through the front wall, coming to rest in his bedroom.
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Topic: LOST FOUND - on June 2, 2004 at 1:36:00 AM CEST
Library book returned after 70 years
A Romanian woman has returned a book to her local library 70 years after it was borrowed.
The book was a collection of old Romanian songs and customs and was borrowed by her father Bruno Polingher during the 30s.
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