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View Article  Never saw THAT coming...
by Riley Jones on Mon 30 Jun 2008 06:38 PM EDT

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View Article  Airlines Thwart Plans of 'Too Sick' Girl, 5, to Travel to China for Stem Cell Treatment
by Riley Jones on Mon 30 Jun 2008 05:20 PM EDT


Two airlines this weekend declined to fly Miranda Goranflo and her daughter Hailey to Beijing, where the 5-year-old was to receive stem-cell treatments for a rare fatal disease, the Courier-Journal reported.

The airlines, Air China and Air Canada, decided during a layover in Vancouver, British Columbia, that Hailey was "too sick" to fly this weekend. After being treated at a Vancouver hospital for seizures, the girl and her mother were forced to fly home to Shepherdsville, Ky., the report said.

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View Article  7 People From Around the World With Real Superpowers
by Riley Jones on Mon 30 Jun 2008 03:32 PM EDT


They walk among us! Some even fly among us! They may even take the bus among us from time to time! Homosapiens-Superior is here, and can do things that have scientists scratching their heads.

We're carefully tracking their progress, so that one day soon we may gather them together and fight crime. Or maybe commit crimes. We haven't decided yet.

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View Article  Uno and only
by Riley Jones on Mon 30 Jun 2008 09:04 AM EDT


19-year-old inventor Ben J. Poss Gulak demonstrates the Uno, his battery-powered, gyroscope stabilized "motorcycle." (Photo courtesy Ben Gulak)

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