Remember that Cure for Cancer You Promised Us?!?
It isn't often that the cure for cancer comes along, but in 1998 the New York Times ran a front page article describing what was hoped would be such a drug. The new drug, endostatin, had proven to be almost miraculously successful in curing cancer in mice. Mice that had advanced stages of metastatic cancer including huge tumors (the equivalent of a 2 pound tumor in a human) were completely cured by the drug. The drug worked on a very wide variety of cancers and didn't have any of the nasty side effects of traditional treatments like chemotherapy. Continue Reading...
Note to Kids: Don't be like Maurice Clarett (Please!!!)
Some of you may remember the name Maurice Clarett, the Ohio State University running back who led the Buckeyes to a national championship as a freshman in 2002, running for 1237 yards and 18 touchdowns before his life went down the toilet faster than that bean and onion burrito you ate last week. Everything you need to know about his life can be summarized by these two images:
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The Case of U.S. Airways and the Praying Imams
On Monday, November 20, 2006, an incident occurred on a U.S. Airways plane headed from Minneapolis-St. Paul to Phoenix which became huge news because of the way in which it exemplified so much of the controversy surrounding the U.S. government's present day War on Terror and the various side effects that this "war" has engendered. Six Muslim clerics, or imams, were removed from the plane due to passenger complaints about their "suspicious" activities, i.e. praying to Allah...Contine Reading
Cue the Collective "Awwww..."-ing; Valery Lozada Finds a Home
Remember Valery Lozado, the 4-year-old little girl found at 1 am on September 25, 2005 wandering barefoot in the streets of Queens? Who could forget her when, in the days authorities were struggling to identify her, she described her mother Monica Lozada-Rivaineira as "look[ing] like a princess"? (If she got any cuter, little sparkles would trail her as she walked.) Valery's "Daddy", her mother's live-in boyfriend...Continue Reading
"Hizbullah is Big Problem for Lebanon"
While the situation in Lebanon is still occasionally being reported on by the western news media, it is frequently only mentioned in passing as part of the greater Sunni-Shiite split or as one of the three major American-Iranian proxy struggles in the Middle East (the other two being Iraq and the Palestinian Territories). Therefore, we here at It's Still News thought it would be interesting to revisit Lebanon since the end of this summer's war...Continue Reading
Senator Tim Johnson Recovering, Republicans Everywhere Weep (Democrats Confused as Always)
On December 13, 2006, while conducting an interview with a South Dakota radio station, Senator Tim Johnson (D-South Dakota) became noticeably ill, badly slurring his words and becoming entirely incomprehensible. He was rushed to a medical facility in Washington D.C. where he underwent emergency surgery to stop bleeding to his brain...Continue Reading
Is This the Same Man?
What do Godfather Michael Corleone and Russian President Vladimir Putin have in common? Continue Reading
The Cartoons That Launched a Jihad
I think those of us who follow the news all remember the massive controversy that arose as a result of a Danish newspaper's (Jyllands-Posten) publication of 12 satirical cartoons about the prophet Mohammed in September of 2005. For those who have forgotten... Continue Reading
Alexander Litvinenko: Life is Stranger than Fiction
A lot of you may remember a major story about the murder of Alexander Litvinenko, a former agent for the FSB (formerly KGB) and an extremely harsh critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin. What made the Litvinenko case particularly striking was the fact that the apparent cause of his death was poisoning by Polonium-210, an extremely rare radioactive element. His accusations against the current Kremlin regime ranged... Continue Reading
Floyd Landis: I've Been Framed
Remember Floyd Landis, whose 2006 Tour de France win and subsequent doping scandal dominated the news for a few days in July 2006? After a number of tests showed signs of doping (first the unusually high epitestosterone to testosterone levels in both A and B samples and later the more damning test indicating the presence of synthetic testosterone), it seemed all but sure that Landis would lose his title. But to this day, Landis hasn't stopped his efforts to retain his title and clear his name... Continue Reading