Brenda Stokes Killed 10-Year-Old Jade Morris Before Attacking Co-Worker With Razor Blades: Police

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LAS VEGAS — Police suspect that a casino worker killed a 10-year-girl before going to a Las Vegas resort and allegedly slashing the face of a co-worker with razor blades.

The search for Jade Morris ended Friday afternoon when officials confirmed that it was her body that was found a day earlier in an undeveloped housing tract.

The Clark County coroner’s office said she died of multiple stab wounds. Jade was last seen Dec. 21 with family friend Brenda Stokes Wilson, who picked her up to go Christmas shopping.

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Brenda Stokes Wilson appears in Clark County

Justice Court, Friday, Dec. 28, 2012, in Las Vegas.

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NYC Subway Shoving Death: One Woman In Custody

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NEW YORK — A woman who told police she shoved a man to his death off a subway platform into the path of a train because she has hated Muslims since Sept. 11 and thought he was one was charged Saturday with murder as a hate crime, prosecutors said.

Erika Menendez was charged in the death of Sunando Sen, who was crushed by a 7 train in Queens on Thursday night, the second time this month a commuter has died in such a nightmarish fashion.

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Commuters wait on the platform as a train passes through the 40th St-Lowry St Station, where a man was killed after being pushed onto the subway tracks, in the Queens section of New York, Friday, Dec. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

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Newtown Lawsuit: Lawyer For School Shooting Survivor Says $100 Million Claim Is About Security

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 A lawyer who’s asking to sue Connecticut for $100 million on behalf of a 6-year-old Newtown school shooting survivor who heard violence over the school’s intercom system says the potential claim is about improving school security, not money.

“It’s about living in a world that’s safe,” New Haven attorney Irving Pinsky told The Associated Press on Saturday. “The answer is about protecting the kids.”

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Lawyer Irving Pinsky wants to sue the State of Connecticut for

$100 million on behalf of a 6-year-old survivor of the Sandy

Hook Elementary School shooting.

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Oldest Living Identical Twins, Charlotte Eisgrou and Ann Primack, Turn 103 (PHOTO)

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On Monday, the world's oldest living identical twins celebrated their 103 birthday!

Charlotte Eisgrou and Ann Primack of South Florida and Daytona Beach, Fla. are still in the best of health, despite their age. Neither uses a hearing aide or reading glasses, reported the Daily Mail.

"I feel wonderful. I have all my faculties," Eisgrou told the Daytona Beach News-Journal.

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100 million year old mushroom with parasites discovered

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Scientist: Ancient Mushroom Has Parasites

Mushroom found in amber 100 million years old

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PORTLAND, Ore. - A mushroom found embedded in a 100-million-year-old piece of amber is about 20 million years older than other known mushroom fossils, an Oregon scientist says.

The ancient mushroom is especially interesting because it contains two parasites, one feeding on the mushroom and the other feeding on its fellow parasite.

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Machines Make Us More Human

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We Aren’t All Cyborgs… Yet

The term “cybernetic organism,” or “cyborg” for short, conjures up a futuristic world of science fiction. Perhaps because this was how the term was introduced when sci-fi writers Manfred Clynes and Nathan Kline coined it in 1960 to mean a being composed of both biological and artificial parts. But to Amber Case, the transition of humans to cyborgs is here and now. Just look around. Amber sees our culture holistically and asks to what extent the technology that we carry in our pockets has evolved, and more importantly, how we, as humans, are evolving because of it. Watch her TEDTalk above to dive into cyborg anthropology and what it means to care for our “second selves” online.

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Alt-week 12.29.12: the speed of gravity, disease-smelling dogs and catching asteroids

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2012, we salute you. All in all, you’ve been a pretty good year. There’s been highs, lows, and lots of inbetweens. Above all else, though, you’ve been generous in the alternative arena. Whether it’s the discovery of certain particles, or activities in space, 2012 had it covered. What better way to finish it off, then, with a disease smelling dog, a plan to catch an asteroid and a growable hangover cure. This is alt-week.

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SPACE PACE: TRAVEL FROM NEW YORK TO LOS ANGELES IN 45 MINUTES

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A new and innovative way to travel across the United States.

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Balsamic Barbecue Chicken!

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Today I am going to share with you one of my absolute favourite recipes. I discovered this delight whilst visiting friends in South Africa and although I don’t know how to say it in the Afrikaans language, in English we simply call it Balsamic Barbecue Chicken! The ingredients for this dish are neither difficult to find or expensive and by my calculations you should easily be able to feed about six people.

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India Teen Commits Suicide After Police Pressure Her To Drop Gang Rape Case, Marry Attacker

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A 17-year-old Indian girl who was gang-raped committed suicide after police pressured her to drop the case and marry one of her attackers, police and a relative said on Thursday.

Amid the ongoing uproar over the gang-rape of a student on a bus in New Delhi earlier this month, the latest case has again shone the spotlight on the police’s handling of sex crimes.

One police officer has been sacked and another suspended over their conduct after the assault during the festival of Diwali on November 13 in the Patiala region in the Punjab, according to officials.

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Indian youth hold candles and placards as they take part in a candle light vigil following

the gang rape of a student last week in the Indian capital during a rally

in Ahmedabad on December 23, 2012.

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