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Romanian election neck-and-neck

Romania's opposition Liberal Democrats and Social Democrats are running neck-and-neck in general elections, partial results show.

Woman Stabs Rapist in the Neck with an iPod Charger

An alleged (and formerly convicted and released) rapist was picked up in Staten Island, New York after being selected from a lineup by the victim. Sources said the woman struck back during the attack by stabbing the perpetrator in the neck with a nearby iPod charger, and the man picked out of the lineup bore the twin bruises of an AC adapter on his neck. He fled the scene before police arrived, but left his yellow jacket (emblazoned with Sylvester the Cat) behind, and in addition to the victim's testimony will hopefully be enough to put this creep away for life. Or several lifetimes. [Gothamist]

Mozilla CTO: Firefox in neck and neck race

Eariler this month, I spoke with Brendan Eich, CTO of Mozilla and creator of JavaScript. We discussed the development process for the open-source Firefox browser, the status of Firefox mobile, and new competition.

HPV virus helps cervical and head and neck cancers resist treatment and grow and spread

The human papillomavirus (HPV) allows infected cervical and head and neck cancer cells to maintain internal molecular conditions that make the cancers resistant to therapy and more likely to grow and spread, resulting in a poor prognosis for patients, researchers with UCLA's Jonsson Cancer Center found.

Serial Rapist stabbed in the neck with IPOD charger.

Despite being convicted of two rapes at age 15, and suspected of others, a brutal serial killer was allowed to roam Staten Island claiming more victims. Until his most recent victim stabbed him in the neck with an IPOD charger.

Transoral robotic surgery for the management of head and neck cancer: A preliminary experience

Genden EM et al. - TORS is a safe, feasible, and minimally invasive alternative to classic open surgery or endoscopic transoral laser surgery in patients with early cancer of the head and neck. With increasing experience, surgical setup as well as operative time will continue to decrease.

'Fishapod' Reveals Origins of Head and Neck Structures of First Land Animals

Newly exposed parts of Tiktaalik roseae, the intermediate fossil between fish and the first animals to walk out of water onto land, are revealing how this evolutionary event happened. The first detailed look at the internal head skeleton of Tiktaalik shows how it was gaining structures that allowed it to support itself on solid ground and breathe air. Full Story

OBAMA license plates become target for NY thieves

GREAT NECK, N.Y. - A Long Island Democratic supporter says he's been driven to hide his OBAMA vanity license plates inside his car because people kept trying to steal them.

OBAMA license plates become target for NY thieves

GREAT NECK, N.Y. - A Long Island Democratic supporter says he's been driven to hide his OBAMA vanity license plates inside his car because people kept trying to steal them.

Dodgy web searches found on charged mum's PC

ORLANDO - Someone performed internet searches for "neck breaking" and "household weapons" on the home computer of a Florida mother charged with killing her missing 3-year-old daughter, according to court documents.

Nanotechnology research could reduce the cost of fuel cells

latinum jewelry looks brilliant around a neck or finger but no one luxuriates in paying hundreds of dollars to replace the catalytic converter in a car. Precious metal catalysts, which speed up chemical reactions, are good for the environment and industry—and they could enable huge improvements in our energy supply in the future—but they are rare and expensive. By exploring ways to reduce, if not replace, the need for these metals, chemical engineering Professor Stacey Bent is trying to lessen the number of greenbacks required to be green.

Web searches revealed in missing Fla. girl case

ORLANDO, Fla. — Someone performed Internet searches for "neck breaking" and "household weapons" on the home computer of a Florida mother charged with killing her missing 3-year-old daughter, according to court documents released Wednesday.

Web searches revealed in missing Fla. girl case

ORLANDO, Fla. — Someone performed Internet searches for “neck breaking” and “household weapons” on the home computer of a Florida mother charged with killing her missing 3-year-old daughter, according to court documents released Wednesday.

Logitech Announces Premiere Edition of Wireless Guitar Controller for Guitar Hero

The Logitech Wireless Guitar, Premiere Edition features a wood neck, rosewood fingerboard, metal frets, and a gig bag.

BlackBerry aims to stay ahead

With do-everything devices like the iPhone and the Google phone breathing down the BlackBerry's neck, its status as the best-selling smartphone isn't guaranteed forever. So this autumn, Research In Motion is introducing three radically different BlackBerry models, running all of them up the flagpole at once to see who salutes.

REVIEW: BlackBerry aims to stay ahead

With do-everything devices like the iPhone and the Google phone breathing down the BlackBerry's neck, its status as the best-selling smartphone isn't guaranteed forever. So this autumn, Research In Motion is introducing three radically different BlackBerry models, running all of them up the flagpole at once to see who salutes.

Regurgitating Bird Aids Rain Forest

The male long-wattled umbrellabird, with head feathers like Elvis's hair, woos females with his fluffy neck wattle, which dangles past his feet. He competes for mates with other males in gatherings called leks, where he'll unknowingly shape more than his sex life.

PHOTO IN THE NEWS: Regurgitating Bird Aids Rain Forest

The male long-wattled umbrellabird, with head feathers like Elvis's hair, woos females with his fluffy neck wattle, which dangles past his feet. He competes for mates with other males in gatherings called leks, where he'll unknowingly shape more than his sex life.

PHOTO: Regurgitating Bird Helps Rebuild Rain Forest

The male long-wattled umbrellabird, with head feathers like Elvis's hair, woos females with his fluffy neck wattle, which dangles past his feet. He competes for mates with other males in gatherings called leks, where he'll unknowingly shape more than his sex life.

Polish driver follows GPS directions into lake

WARSAW (AFP) - A Polish driver who was too sure of his GPS road navigation device ended up neck-deep in a lake after ignoring road signs warning of a dead-end ahead, Polish police said Friday.

Overture Goes Green

The Cisco ASR 9000 Series Router – The industry will take notice. So will the hairs on the back of your neck.

iPod headphones pose pacemaker risk

Have a pacemaker or an implanted defibrillator? Don't keep your iPod earbuds in your shirt pocket or draped around your neck - even when they're disconnected. A study has found that some headphones can interfere with heart devices if held very close to them.

HuffPo Blogger Kills Ex-Lover

Today Gawker alerted us to the story of Carol Anne Burger, a Huffington Post blogger who stabbed her ex-lover in the neck with a screwdriver 222 times and shot herself before police could question her. Burger, 57 and her ex, Jessica Kalish, 56, were broken up but for financial reasons were still living together in the condo they’d purchased in 2000. While they worked with a lawyer to sell the house and divide their assets (they were married in 2005), they spent time in opposite sides of the house.

A Smiley from Space

Tonight is one of those rare times when you get the chance to experience a celestial event that is really worth sacrificing your neck's comfort for a short while. From early in the evening of December 1st, the most bright visible objects in the darkened sky will form a stylized face (a smiley or emoticon for those who are up to date with modern Internet terminology), whose expression may appear different, depending on the location of the viewers.

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