The director of U.S. National Institute of Mental Health is advocating the testing of Chelation Therapy on kids as a treatment for Autism. Chelation therapy aims to purge the body of heavy metals such as mercury. www.healthday.com/Article.asp?AID=617340
What is Autism? www.autismspeaks.org/whatisit/index.php
More than a thousand people have been sickened from salmonella…but are tomatoes the culprit? Health officials have added raw hot peppers and fresh cilantro to the list.
www.healthday.com/Article.asp?AID=617356
The Boulder County DA in Colorado have cleared the family of JonBenet Ramsey based on new ‘touch’ DNA testing. The 6-year-old pageant contestant was murdered in December of 1996. Her mother, Patsy Ramsey lost her battle with ovarian cancer in 2006.
Round two: Iran has test-fired more missiles. Earlier in the week, Iran tested a long-range rocket and other missiles in the Persian Gulf region.
www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/10/us.iran/index.html
The Natural Science Center in Greensboro lost two of its most beloved family members. Beau and Jambi (The center’s two Gibbon monkeys) were taken for their annual exam and vaccinations yesterday…placed under anesthesia and never woke back up. An autopsy (or necropsy) is being done.
www.news-record.com/content/2008/07/09/article/2_gibbons_at_science_center_die_during_exam
The Reverend Jesse Jackson has apologized for "crude and hurtful" remarks he made about Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama after an interview with a Fox News correspondent. The Obama campaign "of course accepts Rev. Jackson's apology."
www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/09/jesse.jackson.comment/index.html
‘Square’ watermelons in Japan? True. Farmers are growing watermelons in glass boxes and the fruit then naturally assumes the same shape. The square watermelons are hand-picked and shipped all over Japan. Each melon sells for 10,000 yen (or about $83 dollars)…almost double, or even triple, that of a normal oval watermelon.
Check out the pictures here:
www.toxel.com/inspiration/2008/07/07/square-watermelons-from-japan/
A new study from Verizon Wireless finding that (NC txt msg alot). Cell phone texting in North Carolina has jumped more than 600% in the last 24 months. Greensboro is the second ‘text-ingest’ city in the state. To help the texting impaired, Verizon has released a new 24 page
TEXT-dictionary.
www.news-record.com/content/2008/07/09/article/omg_we_re_the_second_textiest_in_nc
Weather permitting, Lindley Park Pool will host the 50th annual Greensboro City Swim Meet starting this morning. Events continue through Saturday night. When the meet started in 1958, seven swim clubs participated. This year, organizers are expecting 23 teams and more than 2,500 athletes to compete.
www.myfoxwghp.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=6949461&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.2.1
NASCAR: Joe Gibbs Racing will release Tony Stewart from his contract at the end of the current racing season.
