4:52 PM
The first living US servicemember from either Iraq or Afghanistan will receive the Medal of Honor--Staff Sgt. Salvatore Giunta risked his life to stop Taliban fighters from kidnapping a fallen comrade:
http://www.military.com/news/article/living-afghan-war-vet-to-receive-medal-of-honor.html?ESRC=dod.nl
Toyota settled the lawsuit over the fatal crash near San Diego last year that led to the national attention over their sudden acceleration problem and the massive recalls. It is interesting that they only settled for themselves and Luxus dealership that was their co-defendant is still subject to the lawsuit...isn't it Toyota's fault that its dealer sold the car with the sudden acceleration problem?
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-toyota-lawsuit-20100918,0,4902752,full.story
A 3-million-year-old (older than creatures from the Ice Age!) whale fossil was found at a construction site at the San Diego Zoo. The skeletal frame amazingly appears to be intact, so this is a rare discovery:
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/sep/17/whale-fossil-found-at-san-diego-zoo-construction-s/
Giant spiders weave webs of super strength never before seen, even making webs that go across bodies of water 25 meters wide. The super silk that the giant spiders make are impressively light weight with high performance:
http://www.physorg.com/news203924732.html
Study found that in areas with a shortage of single women, men commit to marriage earlier. Women are the most scarce in Vegas, San Diego, Salt Lake City, Austin, and Phoenix, while the ratio was good for men in Birmingham, Memphis, New Orleans, Richmond, NY, Philly, and DC:
http://www.livescience.com/culture/women-shortage-men-commit-100915.html
Rare Asian "unicorn" was found, but it unfortunately died in captivity:
http://www.livescience.com/animals/asian-unicorn-saola-100916.html
Article about how the Corn Refiners Association is looking to change the name of high fructose corn sugar to "corn sugar":
http://news.discovery.com/human/whats-in-a-name-high-fructose-corn-syrups-pseudonym.html#mkcpgn=rssnws1
http://www.military.com/news/article/living-afghan-war-vet-to-receive-medal-of-honor.html?ESRC=dod.nl
Toyota settled the lawsuit over the fatal crash near San Diego last year that led to the national attention over their sudden acceleration problem and the massive recalls. It is interesting that they only settled for themselves and Luxus dealership that was their co-defendant is still subject to the lawsuit...isn't it Toyota's fault that its dealer sold the car with the sudden acceleration problem?
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-toyota-lawsuit-20100918,0,4902752,full.story
A 3-million-year-old (older than creatures from the Ice Age!) whale fossil was found at a construction site at the San Diego Zoo. The skeletal frame amazingly appears to be intact, so this is a rare discovery:
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/sep/17/whale-fossil-found-at-san-diego-zoo-construction-s/
Giant spiders weave webs of super strength never before seen, even making webs that go across bodies of water 25 meters wide. The super silk that the giant spiders make are impressively light weight with high performance:
http://www.physorg.com/news203924732.html
Study found that in areas with a shortage of single women, men commit to marriage earlier. Women are the most scarce in Vegas, San Diego, Salt Lake City, Austin, and Phoenix, while the ratio was good for men in Birmingham, Memphis, New Orleans, Richmond, NY, Philly, and DC:
http://www.livescience.com/culture/women-shortage-men-commit-100915.html
Rare Asian "unicorn" was found, but it unfortunately died in captivity:
http://www.livescience.com/animals/asian-unicorn-saola-100916.html
Article about how the Corn Refiners Association is looking to change the name of high fructose corn sugar to "corn sugar":
http://news.discovery.com/human/whats-in-a-name-high-fructose-corn-syrups-pseudonym.html#mkcpgn=rssnws1