m0rphin3 writes “Japanese scientists have cloned mice whose bodies were frozen for as long as 16 years and said on Monday it might be possible to use the technique to resurrect mammoths and other extinct species. Could we finally see Jurassic Park become a reality, or perhaps use this for colonizing other galaxies?”

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The New York Times reports that Craigslist has reached an agreement with 40 say attorneys general to tame its notoriously unruly “erotic services” listings. Clever diplomacy: according to the article, Craigslist “said that it will charge erotic services vendors a small fee for each ad — about $10, Mr. Buckmaster said — and require that they use a credit card for the payment. It will donate the money to charities that combat child exploitation and human trafficking. This, theoretically, will let the company confirm not just a phone number but also an identity.” I hope they work on cleaning the weird spammers from the ordinary personal ads, too.

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The other side of Angelina Jolie - Times On the web
On the day I’m to meet Angelina Jolie, the New York newsstands are once again filled with magazines carrying her picture on their covers. A couple of current public sightings of the elusive 33-year-old actress were enough to ignite a torrent of

Task force tackles elder fraud, abuse - Kansas City Star
In 2003 a man named John Hartley began conning money out of Mildred Patterson, an elderly Wichita woman suffering from dementia. Not many people know this, but bank employees all over Wichita and elsewhere are trained to watch for little red flags

Brown ‘plans £500 tax cut for every family in £15bn bid to jolt - Daily Mail
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has hinted at an emergency package of tax cuts and public spending to jolt the ailing economy back to life Speculation was today growing that Prime Minister Gordon Brown is planning a £15 billion package of tax cuts to

Study Showed Prevention of Heart Attacks Within Three Months After - MSN MoneyCentral
ATHENS, Greece , Nov. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Despite substantial progress in the diagnosis and treatment of heart attack patients, prevention of recurrent heart attacks continues to be a major clinical challenge. A new study showed that patients

Obama adviser states Michelle Obama not interested in being co-president - Minneapolis Star Tribune
From Bush to Obama, anatomy of White Home change GOP looks to serve as check on Obama, Democrats Absentee ballots spark a new battle Money and past bond Coleman, Kazeminy Young voters have some clout, and they used it WASHINGTON - A co-chair of

Andy Murray aiming for £1million prize at Masters Cup in Shanghai - Daily Telegraph
Shanghai stars: Britain’s Andy Murray (centre) promotes the Masters Cup with Andy Roddick (left) and Roger Federer Photo: GETTY IMAGES Another is in the suburbs at the Qi Zhong Stadium, where Andy Murray will on Monday make his first appearance at

TherOx shows how companies can be forced to move - Detroit Free Press
It’s got the backing of Silicon Valley’s most prominent venture capital firm, has proven that it can reduce heart muscle death in heart attack patients and has filed to go public. So what does California-based TherOx Inc. have to do with Michigan

LEWIS: JOE SHOULD QUIT AT THE TOP - Sporting Life
Former world heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis is leading the calls for Joe Calzaghe to keep his promise to retire after extending his unbeaten record to 46 fights with a points win over Roy Jones in New York. Calzaghe has already started to

Introducing Karl Polanyi - Guardian Unlimited
When world leaders gather in Washington DC on November 15 to coordinate action after the financial meltdown, the shadow of John Maynard Keynes will loom massive. The architect of the Bretton Woods conference that gave rise to the post-1945

Five ways Obama could affect your life - World Link
A man looks over the Pacific Ocean on the end of the foredune where it meets up with the North Jetty on Coos Bay Friday afternoon. According to Barack Obama’s campaign Web site, one of the items the president-elect would like to tackle is investing

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bmcage writes “The ESA unveiled the Intermediate eXperimental Automobile, a real re-entry automobile. Even though it won’t be reused, it has a superior geometry than NASA’s Orion or the Russian Soyuz, giving superior lift, and control. This isn’t done by the addition of useless wings, but by using two brakes. Finally a departure from the Apollo design that is actually better?”

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