| Diabetes now tops Vietnam vets' claims By MIKE BAKER 2010-08-30T21:14:51ZRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- By his own reckoning, a Navy electrician spent just eight hours in Vietnam, during a layover on his flight back to the U.S. in 1966. He bought some cigarettes and snapped a few photos.... hosted.ap.org |
National Briefing | South: Louisiana: Work on Well Resumes BP said Monday that it resumed drilling of a relief well that is intended to put the final plug in its stricken well in the Gulf of Mexico. feeds.nytimes.com |
Books on Science: Reports From the Hive, Where the Swarm Concurs Gaining insight by watching honeybees “waggle dance” their way to a democratic decision. feeds.nytimes.com |
In a Takeout Container, a Trek to the Stratosphere A seven-minute edit of a handmade craft’s recorded trip 100,000 feet into the air, posted on a video-sharing site, becomes a viral success. feeds.nytimes.com |
Ancient mummies unearthed in Peru Archaeologists have unearthed four mummies that could be as old as 1,600 years at ruins in Peru's capital that apparently hold a crypt of a prominent person for the ancient Wari people. abc.net.au |