KTLA Nurse Linda Alweiss was relaxing and playing Sudoku when the pilot of her plane fell ill. One minute she was playing Sudoku, the next she was saving a pilot’s life at 30,000 feet. Nurse Linda Alweiss, heading home to California from Iowa with her husband and daughter on a United Airlines flight, performed “heroic” measures when the captain of ...
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Nurse saves pilot after he falls ill during flight
KTLA Nurse Linda Alweiss was relaxing and playing Sudoku when the pilot of her plane fell ill. One minute she was playing Sudoku, the next she was saving a pilot’s life at 30,000 feet. Nurse Linda Alweiss, heading home to California from Iowa with her husband and daughter on a United Airlines flight, performed “heroic” measures when the captain of ...
Read More »Toyota is ready to sell fuel cell cars in 2015 after a decade of prototypes
Toyota is not the first company to announce plans for a commercial fuel cell vehicle — Hyundai announced its Tucson SUV earlier this month for example — but it makes a compelling case for its new car. A four-seat sedan, the car is only called Fuel Cell Vehicle (FCV) for now. The FCV’s range is expected to be similar to ...
Read More »Chinese worker gets ‘pinchers’ after factory accident
HAP/Quirky China News/REX USA Wang Jin’s hands were nearly destroyed beyond repair after a factory accident. A Chinese man whose hands were ripped from the rest of his body in a ghastly accident got four of his fingers reattached in the form of pinchers. Wang Jin, 18, was rushed to Xiang Ya Hospital in Changsha, Hunan Province on Dec. 11 ...
Read More »Man hacked to death after being stalked on Facebook: prosecutors
Bhavik Parmar via Facebook Danny Gough, 24, was allegedly butchered with an ax and a machete by three masked men in front of his pregnant fiancée, Kareena Modashia, (both pictured here) as part of an ongoing vicious feud. A British father-to-be was hacked to death in front of his pregnant fiancee after his alleged attackers tracked the man’s whereabouts using ...
Read More »Blind Swedish woman regains sight after 13 years
Purestock/Getty Images A Swedish woman who was blind discovered her sight was returning over the Christmas holiday and she will undergo further medical tests in the near future to monitor her progress. A Swedish woman who went blind 13 years ago miraculously regained her eyesight over the Christmas holidays. Ulla Sjoo went blind following a stroke. RELATED: BRITISH MODEL FIGHTS ...
Read More »Titans fire head coach Munchak after 3 seasons
Michael Conroy/AP Mike Munchak spends 31 years combined with franchise as player and coach. (AP) The Tennessee Titans have fired Mike Munchak after three seasons as head coach and 31 years combined with this franchise as a player and coach. The Titans confirmed the firing Saturday after holding meetings since they ended the season with a 7-9 record and a ...
Read More »Six Mexican cops held after 28-year-old dies in custody
Yeudi Estrada via Facebook Yeudi Estrada Carrero died after being arrested for disorderly conduct. CANCUN, Mexico — Mexican authorities say they have detained six police officers in the death of a U.S. man who died after being arrested for disorderly conduct in the resort city of Playa del Carmen. Quintana Roo state Assistant Attorney General Carlos Alvarez said Friday that ...
Read More »Science-tested hangover cures for an easier morning after
Volodymyr Goinyk/shutterstock.com A few too many drinks? Scientists offer their best bets on curbing hangover misery. From burned toast to raw eggs, there is no shortage of “hangover cures” to fix what ails you. Here’s the science behind the best remedy for your pounding head and queasy stomach. Chinese researchers suggest chugging a Sprite the morning after. Or if you ...
Read More »Russian bus explosion kills at least 10 a day after suicide bombing
Sergei Karpov/Reuters At least 10 people were killed when an explosion ripped through a trolleybus in the second deadly blast in the Russian city of Volgograd in two days. MOSCOW — An explosion on a trolleybus in the city of Volgograd left 10 people dead Monday, a day after a suicide bombing that killed at least 17 at the city’s ...
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