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Mr. Jacobs, the biology instructor at a posh suburban girl's junior college, said during class, "Miss Arnold, would you please name the organ of the human body, which under the appropriate conditions, expands to six times its normal size, and define the conditions." Miss Arnold gasped...

Atlanta (CNN) -- Kulsoom Abdullah is a 35-year-old with a doctorate in electrical and computer engineering. But it's her passion outside of work that has put her at the center of a debate -- one that could affect athletic competitions worldwide, even the Olympics. Later this month, the...

A fatal shooting last week was a case of mistaken identity, Edmonton police said Thursday. Abdi Ali Mohamud, 43, was shot to death June 3 in a confrontation with three people at 106A Avenue and 86th Street. A 25-year-old man was also shot, but survived. "Mr. Mohamud was not involved in a...

<div>Comedian Milton Jones has performed a stand-up routine to a field of cows in an a-moo-sing experiment to prove they can laugh. Jones was joined by Mock the Week producers and cow expert Bruce Woodacre on a Hertfordshire farm for a set to test the reaction of a herd of fresians. The BBC...

MORRILTON, Ark. (KTHV) -- A part of Downtown Morrilton turns to rubble Monday after a building collapse kills a 2-year-old girl and injures at least four others. It happened around lunchtime when many folks are often out walking around Downtown. But by around 7 p.m. Monday, crews wrapped up...

Lawyers should never ask a Mississippi grandma a question if they aren't prepared for the answer. In a trial, a Southern small-town prosecuting attorney called his first witness, a grandmotherly, elderly woman to the stand. He approached her and asked, 'Mrs. Jones, do you know me?' She...

Pastory Terry Jones was denied entry into Britain on Wednesday. - Britain has denied entry to the Florida pastor who said last year that he was "praying about" whether to burn Qurans to protest the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. "The government opposes extremism in all its forms which...

DENVER – David Jones scored two goals, including the winner 2:52 into overtime, and the Colorado Avalanche snapped a four-game skid against Vancouver, beating the Canucks 4-3 on Tuesday night. John-Michael Liles and Milan Hejduk also scored for the Avalanche, who have won three of their last...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Country Music Hall of Fame member George Jones is hospitalized in Nashville. A statement from his publicist, Kirt Webster, says Jones went in for an annual checkup on Wednesday, and doctors required him to stay overnight to continue monitoring him. He is expected to be...

New York -- An on-air meteorologist for New York's WABC-TV has been arrested, accused of falsely reporting an attempted sexual assault to police, a story she later recanted, according to the New York Police Department. Heidi Jones, who does weather reports on the station's weekend newscasts...

NEW YORK – Stocks opened little changed on Wednesday, caught between signs of improvement in the labor market and concerns about the Federal Reserve's asset purchases and European debt. * The Dow Jones industrial average (.DJI) gained 7.41 points, or 0.07 percent, to 11,354.16. The Standard &...

307th day of 2010 - 58 remaining Wednesday, November 3, 2010 HOW NOW DOW JONES DAY The Dow Jones industrial average surged 43.41 points on this day in 1982, marking the greatest single day gain in the history of the New York Stock Exchange. (By today’s standards, fluctuations of...

http://www.click2houston.com/video/25541843/index.html HOUSTON -- A blind man was killed and a baby was injured when they were hit by a car as the man and his pregnant wife waited at a bus stop with their baby in a stroller, police said. Houston police said an officer was flagged down in the...

Washington -- The CIA has filed a civil suit against a former spy who published a book critical of the agency without the necessary review of the material by the agency, in violation of a secrecy agreement. The legal action is being taken against Ishmael Jones, the pen name for a nearly...

Four Americans were killed in a small plane crash in northwestern Mexico, the president of the volunteer organization Flying Samaritans said Saturday. The plane had been headed on a medical mission in the Mexican state of Baja California and lost radio contact with the ground on Friday...

Four Americans were killed in a small plane crash in northwestern Mexico, the president of the volunteer organization Flying Samaritans said Saturday. The plane had been headed on a medical mission in the Mexican state of Baja California and lost radio contact with the ground on Friday...

Saints sign running back Julius Jones NEW ORLEANS, -- The New Orleans Saints moved to shore up their backfield Tuesday by signing former Seattle Seahawks running back Julius Jones. The seven-year NFL veteran has racked up 4,875 yards and 22 touchdowns rushing and hauled in 133 catches for...

Stars line up for 'X-Men' prequel LOS ANGELES, (UPI) -- Caleb Landry Jones and Nicholas Hoult have joined the cast of the Hollywood origins movie "X-Men: First Class," Variety said Thursday. Jones is to play Banshee and Hoult is to portray Beast in the Twentieth Century Fox comic-book...

Actor Jeffrey Jones arrested LOS ANGELES, (UPI) -- The Los Angeles County district attorney's office says actor Jeffrey Jones has been charged with failing to update his registration as a sex offender. Jones, 63, is best known for his work in the films "Ferris Bueller's Day Off,"...

Four tied at rain-delayed Texas Open SAN ANTONIO, (UPI) -- Brett Wetterich, Jimmy Walker, James Nitties and Matt Jones were bunched together atop the rain-delayed Texas Open leaderboard after Saturday's play. The four were tied at 7-under 137 after 36 holes, which were completed after 3 inches...