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Itumeleng English/AP Thamsanqa Jantjie, a father of four, is accused of being a fake sign language interpreter after, experts say, his gestures during the Nelson Mandela memorial service were meaningless.  The “fake” sign language interpreter at Nelson Mandela’s memorial service who blamed a poor performance on visions of angels said he trained for two years at a U.K. university. But ...

Jesse D. Garrabrant/ Getty Images Metta World Peace says he joined the Knicks to win a championship but admits it was a ‘risky goal.’ BOSTON-The world according to Metta World Peace can be amusing, confusing but never boring. And with the Queensbridge product possibly on his way to Toronto, the player formerly known as Ron Artest was as entertaining as ...

Many beetles, like ladybugs, have the ability to stick to things as they walk underwater. They can do this by trapping tiny bubbles within hair-like structures on their feet. Researchers at the National University of Singapore have used a similar bubble trick to develop a way to make high quality graphene films. Their new technique is the first which can ...

In a recent interview with Wired, id Software founder and CTO of Oculus, John Carmack, gave a rather startling opinion on the current state of the PS3 and Xbox 360. According to Carmack, he’s often struggled with leaving the low end of gaming behind, even when he decided that Doom would require a VGA adapter and a 386. “[T]here’s so ...

These two people came very close to being hit by trains and cars [COMPILARIZ] Hundreds across the country are today crossing fingers, and tipping salt over their left shoulder to ward off any bad luck which could creep up on one of our unluckiest days of the year. So to deter some of those bad vibes, we’ve put together a ...

Aleksandr Markin/Shutterstock.com A new U.S. study finds that even short runs or walks go a long way toward reducing your risks of breast cancer. Here’s a good reason to go for a short walk or run today: While prior research has already found that regular exercise can reduce breast cancer risk by about 25 percent, a new study suggests that ...

AP Actress and noted advocate for the hearing impaired Marlee Matlin slammed the fraudulent sign language interpretation done by Thamsanqa Jantjie during the Nelson Mandela memorial service earlier this week. Add Oscar Marlee Matlin to the list of deaf people “appalled” at the fraud committed by the sign language interpreter who worked at the Nelson Mandela memorial Tuesday. “I’ve been to ...

New Scientist/via YouTube Scientists have made tiny remote-controlled sperm robots, according to research published in the journal Advanced Materials. Scientists in Germany say they have created remote-controlled sperm biobots using magnets. These swimming “spermbots” are made by catching individual sperm cells in metal nanotubes, New Scientist reported. RELATED: SPERM SWIM BETTER IN WINTER, EARLY SPRING: STUDY The teeny-tiny magnetic tubes, ...

Dusan Vranic/AP Western Wall and the Dome of the Rock, two of the holiest sites for for Jews and Muslims, were covered in snow after a rare snowstorm blanketed Jerusalem on Friday. A snowstorm of rare intensity blanketed the Jerusalem area and parts of the occupied West Bank on Friday, choking off the city and stranding hundreds in vehicles on ...

Corey Sipkin/New York Daily News Boone Logan, a key piece of the Yankees’ bullpen the last three seasons, is off to Colorado. In his first chance at free agency, Boone Logan took the high road. The mile-high road. For three seasons a major component of the Yankees’ bullpen, Logan has signed a three-year deal with the Rockies that will pay ...