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Today in History

1656		The General Provincial Court in session at Patuxent, Maryland, impanels the first all-woman jury in the Colonies to hear evidence against Judith Catchpole, who is accused of murdering her child. The jury acquits her after hearing her defense of never having been pregnant.
1711		The Tuscarora Indian War begins with a massacre of settlers in North Carolina, following white encroachment that included the enslaving of Indian children.
1776		American Captain Nathan Hale is hanged as a spy by the British in New York City; his last words are reputed to have been, "I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country."
1789		Russian forces under Aleksandr Suvorov drive the Turkish army under Yusuf Pasha from the Rymnik River, upsetting the Turkish invasion of Russia.
1862		President Lincoln issues a proclamation calling for all slaves within the rebel states to be freed on January 1, a political move that helps keep the British from intervening on the side of the South.
1864		Union General Philip Sheridan defeats Confederate General Jubal Early’s troops at the Battle of Fisher’s Hill in Virginia.
1869		The Cincinnati Red Stockings, the first professional baseball team, arrive in San Francisco after a rollicking, barnstorming tour of the West.
1893		Bicycle makers Charles and Frank Duryea show off the first American automobile produced for sale to the public by taking it on a maiden run through the streets of Springfield, Massachusetts.
1906		Race riots in Atlanta, Georgia leave 21 people dead.
1914		The German cruiser Emden shells Madras, India, destroying 346,000 gallons of fuel and killing only five civilians.
1915		Xavier University, the first African-American Catholic college, opens in New Orleans, Louisiana.
1918		General Allenby leads the British army against the Turks, taking Haifa and Nazareth, Palestine.
1919		President Woodrow Wilson abandons his national tour to support the League of Nations when he suffers a case of nervous exhaustion.
1929		Communist and Nazi factions clash in Berlin.
1945		President Truman accepts U.S. Secretary of War Stimson’s recommendation to designate the war World War II.
1947		A Douglas C-54 Skymaster makes the first automatic pilot flight over the Atlantic.
1961		President John Kennedy signs a congressional act establishing the Peace Corps.
1969		Willie Mays of the San Francisco Giants becomes the first baseball player since Babe Ruth to hit 600 home runs.
1970		President Richard M. Nixon signs a bill giving the District of Columbia representation in the U.S. Congress.
1975		Sara Jane Moore attempts to assassinate US President Gerald Ford, the second attempt on his life in less than three weeks.
1980		The Iran-Iraq War begins as Iraq invades Iran; lasting until August 1988, it was the longest conventional war of the 20th century.
1991		Huntington Library makes the Dead Sea Scrolls available to the public for the first time.

1656		The General Provincial Court in session at Patuxent, Maryland, impanels the first all-woman jury in the Colonies to hear evidence against Judith Catchpole, who is accused of murdering her child. The jury acquits her after hearing her defense of never having been pregnant.
1711		The Tuscarora Indian War begins with a massacre of settlers in North Carolina, following white encroachment that included the enslaving of Indian children.
1776		American Captain Nathan Hale is hanged as a spy by the British in New York City; his last words are reputed to have been, "I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country."
1789		Russian forces under Aleksandr Suvorov drive the Turkish army under Yusuf Pasha from the Rymnik River, upsetting the Turkish invasion of Russia.
1862		President Lincoln issues a proclamation calling for all slaves within the rebel states to be freed on January 1, a political move that helps keep the British from intervening on the side of the South.
1864		Union General Philip Sheridan defeats Confederate General Jubal Early’s troops at the Battle of Fisher’s Hill in Virginia.
1869		The Cincinnati Red Stockings, the first professional baseball team, arrive in San Francisco after a rollicking, barnstorming tour of the West.
1893		Bicycle makers Charles and Frank Duryea show off the first American automobile produced for sale to the public by taking it on a maiden run through the streets of Springfield, Massachusetts.
1906		Race riots in Atlanta, Georgia leave 21 people dead.
1914		The German cruiser Emden shells Madras, India, destroying 346,000 gallons of fuel and killing only five civilians.
1915		Xavier University, the first African-American Catholic college, opens in New Orleans, Louisiana.
1918		General Allenby leads the British army against the Turks, taking Haifa and Nazareth, Palestine.
1919		President Woodrow Wilson abandons his national tour to support the League of Nations when he suffers a case of nervous exhaustion.
1929		Communist and Nazi factions clash in Berlin.
1945		President Truman accepts U.S. Secretary of War Stimson’s recommendation to designate the war World War II.
1947		A Douglas C-54 Skymaster makes the first automatic pilot flight over the Atlantic.
1961		President John Kennedy signs a congressional act establishing the Peace Corps.
1969		Willie Mays of the San Francisco Giants becomes the first baseball player since Babe Ruth to hit 600 home runs.
1970		President Richard M. Nixon signs a bill giving the District of Columbia representation in the U.S. Congress.
1975		Sara Jane Moore attempts to assassinate US President Gerald Ford, the second attempt on his life in less than three weeks.
1980		The Iran-Iraq War begins as Iraq invades Iran; lasting until August 1988, it was the longest conventional war of the 20th century.
1991		Huntington Library makes the Dead Sea Scrolls available to the public for the first time.

Alcohol and The Brain

How Alcohol Affects a Developing Brain

A woman accidentally mixed a sizable dose of vodka in her baby's formula -- enough to equal 10 drinks in a 200-pound man. Luckily, the baby lived. But it's unclear what the longer term effects might be. We looks at how young bodies absorb alcohol.

The Richest Americans Got Richer Last Year While The Rest Of Us Muddled Along

Income inequality is marching steadily higher.

New York Wants To Make Computer Science Mandatory But Who’s Going To Teach It?

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that in 10 years, each of the city's public schools will offer computer science for all high and middle school students, a move that could set the bar for school other major school districts and address the tech industry's current diversity problems.

FCC To ISPs: No First Amendment Right To Edit Your Content

ISPs are conduits for the speech of others; they are not delivering their own messages when they connect their customers to the Internet, the FCC argued. Rules against blocking and throttling Internet content thus do not violate the ISPs’ constitutional rights, the FCC said.

“Nobody understands broadband providers to be sending a message or endorsing speech when transmitting the Internet content that a user has requested,” the FCC wrote. “When a user directs her browser to the New York Times or Wall Street Journal editorial page, she has no reason to think that the views expressed there are those of her broadband provider.”

By delivering content requested by customers, broadband providers are acting in the same role as telephone companies, the FCC said.
Broadband providers who sued to overturn the rules claim their constitutional rights are being violated, but the FCC disputed that and other arguments in a filing in the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

Oral arguments in the case are scheduled for Dec. 4.

Damages Could Exceed $5 Million In New Gender Discrimination Case Against Microsoft

Just days after Ellen Pao drops her appeal, the tech world is faced with another gender discrimination case.

How A Survey Is Bringing Hope To The Transgender Community’s Most Vulnerable

Sex workers and drug users are part of the transgender community as well, and theirs are the stories that need to be heard the most.

NY Bishop Rape Shames Abuse Victims

Boys Are ‘Culpable’ For Their Actions At 7 Years Old

The catholic “age of reason” is 7, therefore boys who are raped are accountable for their actions.

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University foot sniffer arrested

Authorities in Miami are trying to determine if a man in custody is the wanted Florida International University foot sniffer. Miami-Dade Police took 52-year-old Eddy Juan into custody after he crashed a scooter. He is being charged with failure to register as a sexual offender, fleeing and eluding police, reckless driving, aggravated assault, resisting without violence. According to police, Juan matched the description of a man wanted by FIU police. The man would allegedly go into the Green Library on campus and smell women’s feet.

There’s a picture of the man allegedly in action at the library. Student Salma Yemmas said she changed her routine after hearing of the man’s actions on campus. Still, it bothers her that a man like Juan could be on the campus. “I feel kind of unsafe just to have a registered sex offender just out on campus,” Yemmas said. Others on campus said the whole incident creeped them out. “I hate feet, couldn’t imagine someone doing that to me. You would run,” said student Arianna Fernandez.
Psychiatrists said foot fetishes are common and there’s nothing wrong with them with willing participants. “I would be less concerned [that] they are aroused by feet and more concerned they couldn’t exercise restraint and do it in a public place,” said Dr. Daniel Bober. FIU Police released a statement on the matter on Monday evening which read: “Based on recent media coverage of a suspicious incident at the Modesto A. Maidique Campus, the Crime Stoppers program received multiple tips leading to the identity of the person involved.

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“This matter was investigated jointly by members of the Miami-Dade Police Department along with the FIU Police Department. On Tuesday afternoon, a member of the public saw the person and called Miami-Dade Police Department. Police officers saturated the area and located the individual riding a scooter. The individual attempted to flee and was apprehended and arrested. FIUPD appreciates the involvement of the concerned citizens of Miami-Dade County, who provided the information that led to this arrest.”

'Egg-shaped' man sought by police following pepper spray robbery

An "egg-shaped" man aged around 70 years old is one of two people wanted for allegedly breaking into a home in Ontario, Canada, pepper spraying the occupants and robbing them, police say.

Officers were called to a home in Hamilton at around 4pm on Monday. According to the people who live in the home, the suspects broke in, chased them around the place firing pepper spray, and demanded cash and drugs.
One of the residents handed over a small amount of cash and the suspects took off. One of the people who lives in the home chased after them – only to be pepper sprayed again, police say. The suspects escaped the area, police say. The three people who live in the home were treated for minor injuries.
The first suspect is described as an "egg-shaped" white man, about six feet tall and 65 to 70 years old. He has a grey beard, grey hair and was wearing a light colored "Tilley-style" hat. The second suspect is described as a white man with a beard and dark clothes, who is around 20 to 30 years old and has a bandage around one hand.

Motorist who crashed into auto parts store was on his way to buy brake fluid

A driver on his way to pick up brake fluid smashed into an auto parts store in North Park, San Diego, on Monday, shattering the glass door and crushing multiple displays inside.

The man in his 80s became trapped when he drove his 1989 Mazda all the way into the O'Reilly Auto Parts. "I hear a car come up and he's going awfully fast and ... a little faster than you would if you're pulling into a stall," said witness Christopher Rojas Franklin.
He said he had just left the store and was working under the hood of his vehicle when he heard the crash, looked up and saw a cloud of smoke inside the store. One person inside had to dive  out of the way when he saw the car coming towards him.
When rescuers pulled the driver out, they discovered the man was not injured. Police drove him home. "He was moderately coherent," Franklin said of the driver. "He was talking. He needed to get home immediately." The store was left with significant damage.

Sticky-fingered thieves stole 100 jars of home-made jam from 'honesty' stall

Thieves have stolen nearly 100 jars of home-made jam being sold for charity from a roadside 'honesty' stall. Fleur Hobbs-McLernon, 44, said over the course of four days her stall at the end of her family's drive in Truro, Cornwall, was "wiped out". She started selling the jams four months ago after family and friends praised a batch of her marmalade. Mrs Hobbs-McLernon said: "My first try was marmalade and it ended up being very successful. We had 10 jars of it and I don't even like marmalade, although my husband does." Now she spends as much time as possible growing and harvesting fruit in her garden, her parents' and friends' gardens and the smallholding she has in Feock. She said: "It's gone from strength to strength. I have all this fruit and I really enjoy making the jam." Mrs Hobbs-McLernon donates 10p from the sale of every jar to Macmillan nurses after her sister's husband Martin O'Neill lost his short but brave battle with melanoma, aged 49. Despite their lives being turned upside down, the charity's nurses supported them every step of the way.
"I knew I was never going to make big bucks, but I find making the jam very pleasurable and the best thing is that this is not a typical village community, but by doing this it feels like it brings out the community spirit," she said. The first jars of jam, which cost £2 each through an 'honesty box' tin, were stolen some time between 10am and noon on Monday, August 31. "The stall had been wiped out," she said. "There was nothing left and just a few coppers left in the tin, which I thought was a bit strange. On Tuesday exactly the same thing happened, then again on Wednesday and Thursday. I think they're being really sneaky because by putting a few coppers in the tin it looks to people who are passing as if they are paying. This is my way of giving back to those who gave so much to us.
"Doing something I love, selling it and giving a proportion to this charity makes me feel less useless about his death." The family have reported the thefts to the police, installed a CCTV camera and are hoping their loyal and honest customers will keep returning to the stall. Inspector Mark Richards, from Truro police, said: "What a disgusting thing for some little herbert to do. The reality is one individual has stolen all that jam over four days and is selling it at knock-down prices all over our estates. If the community wants to help us with this one the answer is out there because they will know who has been selling the jam. I have every sympathy with this lady. What she was doing was well-intentioned but it has backfired and some horrible oik is making a few quid out of it to buy some fags. It's just despicable." Anyone with information should contact Truro police station.

Sixteen Pyramids

16 Pyramids Discovered in Ancient Cemetery

The remains of 16 pyramids with tombs underneath have been discovered in a cemetery in Sudan.

Earth News

Satellite Spies a Swirling Cyclone of Algae

The wake of a ship slices into the eye of an algal maelstrom in this image, acquired by ESA's Sentinel-2A satellite on Aug. 7, 2015.

Two Meteors Hit Ancient Earth at Same Time

Newly found evidence suggests that two meteors smacked into Earth at the same time, about 458 million years ago.

Astronomical News

Saturn Geyser Moon Hiding Global Ocean

By measuring tiny wobbles in Enceladus' orbit, scientists have figured out that Enceladus has a giant ocean.

Mercury's Speedy Spin Hints at Planet's Insides

New research shows that the planet completes a rotation on its axis roughly 9 seconds faster than scientists previously thought.

Trap set for car-damaging creature

Police in to Vinita, Oklahoma, think an animal has caused a lot of damage to a car lot there. Eight cars have been damaged. Something is ripping parts off the vehicles and leaving behind bite marks.

The damage has been done over the course of the week, and owners say it is all being done after hours at Green Country Ford. The evidence it is leaving behind is strange.
“There are paw prints, fine, course hairs mixed in all the mangled parts and what look to be bite marks,” said Fred Griffin, the general sales manager. Griffin and his employees have their own theories of what it could be. These include bigfoot, a wolf and a chupacabra.

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Chief Bobby Floyd said he believes their suspect is a white dog that sees the cars as a chew toy. Now, Griffin wants people in the area to stay alert. Police are going to patrol and look for the culprit. A trap was delivered to the lot on Tuesday morning. It is hoped that raw chicken and sardines will lure the creature in.

Drunk cowboy said his horse knows the way home

Deputies ticketed a man for riding a horse drunk down Highway 16 in Watson, Louisiana, on Tuesday. Jake Williams said he was too drunk to drive home from a daiquiri shop where he stopped earlier in the day.

Animal News

New Bee Species Have Narrow Heads, Long Mouths

Three new species of bees with heads like racing bike helmets.

Mite on a Frog Among Wildlife Photo Award Winners

Chosen from thousands of entries, the winners offer stunning looks at animals in their elements, be they forests, streams or busy streets.

Seal Hitches Ride on Whale's Back

A photographer captured two unusual sights: a seal riding a whale and a pod of whales using a bubble-net feeding technique in warm waters.

Photographing Skinny Polar Bears: First Person

Two photographers who took shocking images of emaciated polar bears talk about their experiences and what the images might mean.

Camel Herd and Horses Survive Calif. Wildfire

Although The Sacred Camel Gardens were burned nearly to the ground in a California wildfire this week, animals there managed to survive the disaster.

Pilot Diverts Transatlantic Flight to Save a Bulldog

A lucky bulldog was saved from a life-threatening, frozen journey in a cargo hold.

Animal Pictures