Tomatoes and herbs grow in barrels in this urban micro-garden. Nico Sanchez/via Flickr/Creative Commons Earlier this week, we told you about some of the people who are trying to make micro-gardening go big — by sharing their DIY tips and selling products designed to make gardening in a small space a piece of cake. Many […]
A third death has been reported in the crash-landing of Asiana Airline flight 214, as San Francisco General Hospital said Friday that one of its patients who was injured in the accident has died. Hospital officials described the victim as a girl; they offered no further details about her. “The only information the family of
Enlarge image i Trayvon Martin as a young boy. On Friday, Gawker published an image, previously circulated by MSNBC, of his body taken shortly after he was shot and killed. AP Trayvon Martin as a young boy. On Friday, Gawker published an image, previously circulated by MSNBC, of his body taken shortly after he was
Enlarge image i At least they’re talking. iStockphoto.com At least they’re talking. iStockphoto.com The PSA test has been dissed a lot lately. The nation’s preventive medicine task force, for one, says the test is so unreliable in figuring out who’s at risk for deadly prostate cancer that most men shouldn’t bother getting one. But the
Enlarge image i To raise awareness about force-feeding, Yasiin Bey, the musician and actor formerly known as Mos Def, in a video voluntarily underwent the same procedure administered to prisoners who refuse solid food in political protest while they are held in Guantanamo Bay. Reprieve/Asif Kapadia To raise awareness about force-feeding, Yasiin Bey, the musician
California lawmakers are calling for an investigation into allegations that 148 female prisoners underwent tubal ligation surgeries without the state’s required approval. Some inmates said they had been pressured into undergoing the sterilization procedure, according to a report by the Center for Investigative Reporting. In a letter to the head of California’s medical board, state
House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio pauses while meeting with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 9, 2013. J. Scott Applewhite/AP The prospects for an immigration overhaul effort that could reshape the contours of American society appeared grim Wednesday after a closed door meeting of House Republicans. A majority of the fractious House
Enlarge image i More than half of Americans in a new Quinnipiac University national poll see former National Security Agency contract worker Edward Snowden, who spilled secrets about the NSA’s surveillance programs, as a whistle-blower, not a traitor. Ole Spata /DPA /LANDOV More than half of Americans in a new Quinnipiac University national poll see
Enlarge image i U.S. Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., speaks at a press conference Wednesday on Republican plans to delay enactment of the Affordable Care Act. Looking on are Sens. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., John Barrasso, R-Wyo., and John Cornyn, R-Texas. Mark Wilson/Getty Images U.S. Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., speaks at a press conference Wednesday on Republican
Enlarge image i Older men may have guns in the home that can pose a risk when people are depressed or not thinking clearly. iStockphoto.com Older men may have guns in the home that can pose a risk when people are depressed or not thinking clearly. iStockphoto.com Older men are at high risk of suicide,
Russia is confronting one of its most serious public health threats since the collapse of the Soviet Union. The threat is tuberculosis, but with a dangerous twist: Strains of the bacteria are widely circulating that are resistant to ordinary anti-TB drugs, and far harder to cure. In parts of Siberia, nearly 30 percent of all
Enlarge image i From 2006 to 2010, at least 148 female inmates at two California facilities had tubal ligation surgeries. Some of the surgeries took place at the Valley State Prison for Women, seen here in 2000. Gary Kazanjian/AP From 2006 to 2010, at least 148 female inmates at two California facilities had tubal ligation