AP - LeRoi Moore, the versatile saxophonist whose signature staccato fused jazz and funk overtones onto the eclectic sound of the Dave Matthews Band, died Tuesday of complications from injuries he suffered in an all-terrain vehicle accident, the band said. He was 46.
Reuters - The worst of the global financial
crisis is yet to come and a large U.S. bank will fail in the
next few months as the world's biggest economy hits further
troubles, former IMF chief economist Kenneth Rogoff said on
Tuesday.
AP - Turns out Bigfoot was just a rubber suit. Two researchers on a quest to prove the existence of Bigfoot say that the carcass encased in a block of ice handed over to them for an undisclosed sum by two men who claimed to have found it was slowly thawed out, and discovered to be a rubber gorilla outfit.
Politico - Count Ralph Nader as unimpressed by the crop of supposed finalists to be Barack Obama’s running mate.
AP - This couple won't have to argue about how to spend their lottery winnings. That's because the Mount Horeb husband and wife each won their own $350,000 jackpots in this weekend's SuperCash state lottery.
AP - A new analysis of government data is the first to link low-level arsenic exposure, possibly from drinking water, with Type 2 diabetes, researchers say. The study's limitations make more research necessary. And public water systems were on their way to meeting tougher U.S. arsenic standards as the data were collected.
AP - Eighteen hospitals in California were fined for state health code violations in which patients received shoddy care that in some cases led to deaths.
AP - An 85-year-old woman boldly went for her gun and busted a would-be burglar inside her home, then forced him to call police while she kept him in her sights, police said. "I just walked right on past him to the bedroom and got my gun," Leda Smith said.
Time.com - A new report shows that the increasingly high-stakes activity is the leading cause of severe school-sports injuries, even as it continues to avoid much-needed regulation
AP - A Puerto Rican man has been granted his wish to remain standing even in death. A funeral home used a special embalming treatment to keep the corpse of 24-year-old Angel Pantoja Medina standing upright for his three-day wake.
