Thin Mint thrashing lands Florida woman behind bars

The Collier County woman was arrested Sunday after a savage beatdown of her roommate over a box of the delicious Girl Scout cookies that were apparently off limits to her kids. The roommate told Howard she'd given the cookies to Howard's kids, who were awake and hungry around 1 a.m. The roommate offered to pay $10 for the cookies, but Howard wasn't having it, and began fighting with the other woman, police said. The roommate's husband pulled Howard off her so she could escape, but Howard took off after her. Howard grabbed a pair of scissors and threatened the woman. When the woman started to run down some stairs, Howard allegedly dropped the scissors, picked up a board and hit the woman as she ran down the stairs.
Howard caught up to the woman again and knocked her to the ground and started to hit her. When the roommate managed to get outside the house, Howard grabbed a sign and started hitting her again, police said.
Police finally arrived and arrested Howard, charging her with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41721654/ns/us_news-weird_news

Kiss Controller turns tongues into joysticks

This is a very interesting new way to play a video game basically  by using your tongue.  I think this is going to change video gaming for sure. An artist by the name of Hye Yeon Nam has created the Kiss Controller  a controller that allows you to play a bowling video game by, well, kissing. In this particular game, one player wears a special head-set with magnetic-field sensors attached to the end of it.  Meanwhile, the other player attaches a magnet to their tongue with Fixodent.The kinect and wii should watch out. While kissing, the person controls the speed and direction of the ball depending on how their moving tongue. The Kiss Controller certainly lends a whole new meaning to the term multiplayer gaming.
http://ingame.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/02/22/6106856-kiss-controller-turns-tongues-into-joysticks

Girl with 12 fingers, 14 toes reaches for a record

A mother in Myanmar says her baby girl's 12 fingers and 14 toes have been no disadvantage her grip may even be stronger than normal  and now she's grasping for a Guinness record. A neighbor is helping her mother apply to claim the record hearing that a boy from India currently holds bragging rights for the most digits, with 12 fingers and 13 toes. Polydactylism being born with an extra finger or toe  is fairly unusual, but it is even more rare for someone to have spare functional digits on both hands and feet, as Le does. According to the Guinness World Records website, the record for most fingers and toes for a living person is currently held by two people in India, who have 12 fingers and 13 toes each.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41615675/ns/world_news-asiapacific/

House Votes to Defund 'ObamaCare' as Government Inches Closer to Shutdown

The Republican-led House voted to defund President Obama's health care overhaul on Friday during a sustained burst of floor activity, but with the White House and Senate Democrats vowing to block much of that activity, the government remains on a path to a shutdown if lawmakers can't reach a spending bill compromise in the coming weeks.

The House passed the health care measure, 239-187, as an amendment to a bill that would keep the government lights on through the end of the fiscal year but also impose deep cuts on domestic programs. The bill could come up for a final vote Saturday morning.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/02/18/house-poised-vote-nascar-proposal-amendments-gop-spending/#ixzz1ENkN6ET1

High-rise living with a twist

n eye-catching spiral skyscraper with a garden on every level is being planned for Abu Dhabi.
The so-called Stairscraper was one of the winners of the Total Housing Competition run by New York's Storefront for Art and Architecture, a non-profit organization which promotes innovative architecture, and Architizer, an online platform for architects.
 http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/innovation/02/14/stairscraper.abudhabi/index.html

Rising wholesale prices spur inflation concerns

Steady improvement in the economy may soon come at a price — faster inflation.

Shoes, clothes, tires, plastics and other products all cost more at the wholesale level last month, putting pressure on businesses to pass the increases along to their customers.

The hikes also give ammunition to critics who fear that the Federal Reserve's bold steps to strengthen the economy have started to feed inflation and need to be reined in.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/02/16/rising-wholesale-prices-spur-inflation-concerns-1485941118/

Young Egyptians in U.S. Hopeful About Post-Mubarak Era

Young Egyptians who gathered Saturday to celebrate the ouster of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak expressed hope about the future, even as a leading human rights group and others said major reforms are still needed in the Middle Eastern nation.

The rallies held in several major U.S. cities Saturday followed spontaneous demonstrations that broke out the day before when Mubarak agreed to step down after 18 days of protests.

About a dozen young Egyptians who gathered in Indianapolis said they are looking forward to democracy, liberty and prosperity in their native country

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/02/12/young-egyptians-hopeful-post-mubarak-era/

Granddaughter wants share of Einstein estate profits

Granddaughter Evelyn of Albert Einstein hasn't received a dime from any sales or merchandise, but yet others have profited from it. She was outraged that she hasn't received nothing, She can't believe that they would treat family like that and keep all the money for themselves.She has tried to talk to the university they ignored her.The school has responded that Einstein left everything to the Hebrew University.
http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/02/10/california.einstein.granddaughter/index.html 

 North Korean military officers abruptly walked out of the first official talks with rival South Korea. In a sign of how troubled the relationship is, Wednesday's meeting was sunk because the two sides disagreed about what should be on the agenda of their next talks — what many had hoped would be the first high-level defense talks in years. In the midst of the back and forth, officers from the North walked out and no date was set for another meeting, a Defense Ministry official from the South said on condition of anonymity, citing department policy.

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/02/08/skorea-agrees-red-cross-talks-nkorea/

Grave Robber Chase Reveals Ancient Holy Land Church

The pursuit of a gang of grave robbers has led to the discovery of an ancient church outside Jerusalem that may contain the burial place of Zechariah, a biblical prophet.
The hill-top church was destroyed by an earthquake some 1,300 years ago and lay partly buried until detectives from Israel's Antiquities Authority, pursuing a gang of antiquity thieves, noticed an elaborate doorpost poking through the earth. The robbers got away -- they were caught a few months later at a site nearby -- but after weeks of digging, archaeologists uncovered the remains of the church. It was about the size of a basketball court and contained fallen marble pillars and a nearly pristine 10-meter-long mosaic floor. A team spends much of their time trying to catch thieves, spending nights lying in ambush or setting up stings for crooked antiquities dealers. The thieves often vandalize or destroy archaeological remains before a unit can catch them.
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/02/02/grave-robber-chase-reveals-ancient-holy-land-church/

Kansas church to protest at service slain Florida siblings

A controversial Kansas church says members will picket before the memorial service Wednesday evening for two Florida teenagers allegedly killed by their mother. Julie K. Schenecker, 50, is charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the shooting deaths Friday of her 16-year-old daughter, Calyx, and her 13-year-old son, Beau. She was denied bail at a court appearance Monday. A search warrant filed Tuesday said Julie Schenecker was unconscious and wearing a bloody robe, and her slain children were covered in blankets when police arrived. Julie Schenecker was awakened and taken from a screened-in pool area to inside the home, where evidence was recovered, according to the warrant filed in Circuit Court in Hillsborough County. The warrant provides new details in the case: Five bullets, along with a Smith & Wesson box and instruction manual, were found in the master bedroom; 15 live rounds and five spent shell casings were in the master bath. Also indicated in the search warrant -- both inside and outside the house -- were cigarette butts, note pads, undisclosed medication and paperwork.  Police later found writings in the house, thought to be from Schenecker, in which she spelled out her intentions in detail."There are definitely indications that she planned this," McElroy said. "(The writing) was devoid of emotion."
http://www.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/02/02/florida.children.killed/index.html 

Japan's 'James Bond ' Volcano Erupts Again

A volcano in southern Japan -- which was featured in a James Bond film -- has erupted again, damaging homes in surrounding towns. After the latest eruption at Shinmoe Peak, the Japan Meteorological Agency has extended the exclusion zone around the Experts fear lava could now spill out of the crater as pressure increases from within the the volcano's lava dome, leading to further bla Over 400 residents in the town of Takaharu, located at the foot of volcano Shinmoe Peak, have been forced to stay overnight at temporary evacuation centers.
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/02/01/japans-james-bond-volcano-erupts/ 

Soldier Faces Murder Trail Despite Mental Illness

The Army has decided to put a soldier on trial in the shooting death of an Afghan detainee, even though two Army doctors say the soldier was mentally ill at the time of the slaying and didn't realize his conduct was wrong. If convicted, he could face execution or life in prison. It's rare for a court-martial to proceed after the military's own doctors have said the defendant was mentally ill and unable to tell right from wrong. Lawrence is accused of fatally shooting a suspected Taliban member who was asleep in a jail cell at a U.S. outpost in Afghanistan on Oct. 17. Lawrence had schizophrenia and post-traumatic stress disorder at the time of the shooting. Now he’s just waiting to go to court and see what they have to say and what he’s charged with.                                             http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/02/01/soldier-faces-murder-trial-despite-mental-illness/