Woman to sue herself for negligence that killed husband

A woman in the US state of Utah has got approval from a court to sue herself for alleged negligence in a 2011 accident that killed her spouse. The Utah court of appeals ruled that Barbara Bagley could indeed begin legal proceedings against herself. Bagley wants to charge herself with negligence in a December 2011 car accident that killed her husband. She was driving the vehicle in the Nevada desert when she hit a sagebrush and flipped the car. Her husband was thrown out and later died from his injuries.

Winston Churchill's blood sample to be auctioned

A vial containing a few drops of blood from former UK PM Winston Churchill could fetch an estimated £600 at an auction.
The sample which was taken in 1962 when 87-year-old Churchill was recovering from a broken hip will go under the hammer at Duke's auction house in March 2015 in Dorset.

Fireworks send tiger plunging from high-rise

A seven-month-old tiger fell to its death from a Chinese high-rise building, state media reported on 24th February 2015, apparently frightened by Lunar New Year fireworks.
A couple driving home from a New Year's dinner found the animal next to the building in Pingdu in the eastern province of Shandong and called police. Police speculated the noise probably frightened the animal, causing it to break out of its cage in an apartment before plunging to its death.
China's population of captive tigers has boomed in recent years with up to 6,000 in about 200 farms across the country.

Woman saved from bullet by her brassiere

Ivete Medeiros, a merchant from Belem, Brazil, says she was saved by her brassiere when a stray bullet almost hit her. Medeiros heard a commotion coming from the local market, where a thief was holding a passerby at gun point. When he fired his gun, the bullet struck Medeiros' chest, but the underwire in her bra prevented it from fatally wounding her and she in fact escaped without a scratch.

"It was a deliverance from God." Medeiros told a local news channel later.

MP runs out of Parliament, blames tight underpants

A Canadian MP, who was asked to explain why he had to leave the House of Commons, has blamed his tight pants.
Martin, who belongs to the official opposition New Democrats, bolted as members of Parliament began to rise one by one to vote.
When asked to explain, Martin said, "I can blame it on a sale that was held at the Hudson's Bay . They had a men's underwear on for half-price. I bought a bunch that was clearly too small for me, and I find it difficult to sit for any length of time".

Egyptian bronze cat fetches £52k at UK auction

An ancient Egyptian bronze cat that was nearly thrown in the trash has sold for a whopping 52,000 pounds at an auction in the UK.
The cat sculpture, thought to be about 2,500 years old, was found by auctioneer David Lay during a house clearance in west Cornwall.

China - Europe cargo train completes maiden run

A cargo train service between China's famous commodity hub Yiwu and Spain returned on Sunday, 22nd February 2015, after completing its maiden run on the 13,000 kms long route, one of the longest in the world, raising expectations of a surge in exports from China to the continent.

Saudi Arabia detains men for dancing at party

Local Saudi newspapers are reporting that the kingdom's morality police have detained a group of men for dancing at a birthday party. The state-linked news website Ayn al-Youm says the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice raided a private residence in the ultraconservative city of Buraydah, arresting the men inside for “loud music and inappropriate dancing“.

DNA drives data storage

We've seen storage media go from 8-inch floppy discs capable of storing 80 kilobytes of data to portable drives that now hold terabytes. But despite the vast increases in storage capacity over the last quarter century, the next step in the evolution of data management could be powered by a completely different ­ and yet familiar medium ­ DNA.
Just 1 gram of DNA is theoretically capable of holding 455 exabytes ­ enough for all the data held by Google, Facebook and every other major tech company, with room to spare. It's also durable. DNA has been extracted and sequenced from 700,000-year-old horse bones, according to Jacob Aron at the New Scientist.
Swiss scientists have been experimenting with DNA storage and find that data in DNA form could last 2000 years if kept at a temperature of around 10 °C. Of course, it's still on the expensive side, but that should change if the tech takes off.

For more: newscientist.com

Gaga's new fragrance for 'post-sex' freshness

Lady Gaga says her latest unisex fragrance is for partners after they freshen up post sex.
"I'm very proud to announce that EAU DE GAGA my latest unisex fragrance is now available at Target. It's fresh, clean, ready for sex heave!" Gaga tweeted, according to a website. "I wanted to create something my female & male fans could enjoy. Couples spray it on after a post sex shower yummy! (sic)" she wrote.
The 28-year-old singer released her first fragrance, Lady Gaga Fame, in 2012. Her latest fragrance, launched in September 2014, moves away from the more subtle tones of tiger orchid, incense, apricot, saffron and honey which were used for Lady Gaga Fame. The new one has been marketed as smelling of white violet, lime and leather.
Source: IANS