Mark Memmott http://wmot.org en Rupert Murdoch And Wife Wendi Are Divorcing http://wmot.org/post/rupert-murdoch-and-wife-wendi-are-divorcing <p>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjjUhelc81o</p> Thu, 13 Jun 2013 17:23:00 +0000 Mark Memmott 25354 at http://wmot.org Rupert Murdoch And Wife Wendi Are Divorcing Will Rain-Disrupted U.S. Open Be Too Easy, Or Hard As Ever? http://wmot.org/post/will-rain-disrupted-us-open-be-too-easy-or-hard-ever After being suspended less than two hours after the first players teed off, play is set to <a href="http://www.usopen.com/en_US/news/live_updates.html" target="_blank">resume early Thursday afternoon at the U.S. Open golf championship</a>, which this year is being held at the Merion Golf Club in Ardmore, Pa., outside Philadelphia. Thu, 13 Jun 2013 16:15:00 +0000 Mark Memmott 25343 at http://wmot.org Will Rain-Disrupted U.S. Open Be Too Easy, Or Hard As Ever? At Least 93,000 Syrians Have Died During Conflict, U.N. Says http://wmot.org/post/least-93000-syrians-have-died-during-conflict-un-says "The constant flow of killings continues at shockingly high levels," <a href="http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/media.aspx?IsMediaPage=true" target="_blank">the U.N. Thu, 13 Jun 2013 14:53:00 +0000 Mark Memmott 25340 at http://wmot.org At Least 93,000 Syrians Have Died During Conflict, U.N. Says Natural DNA Cannot Be Patented, Supreme Court Rules http://wmot.org/post/natural-dna-cannot-be-patented-supreme-court-rules In a decision that could have broad-reaching effects on the future of science and medicine, the Supreme Court <a href="http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/12pdf/12-398_8njq.pdf" target="_blank">ruled Thursday</a> that:<p>-- "A naturally occurring DNA segment is a product of nature and not patent eligible merely because it has been isolated."<p>-- But, synthetically created "strands of nucleotides known as composite DNA (cDNA)" are "patent eligible" because they do not occur naturally.<p>The case, <a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/04/15/177035299/supreme-court-asks-can-human-genes- Thu, 13 Jun 2013 14:48:00 +0000 Mark Memmott 25338 at http://wmot.org Now He Tells Us: 'Tang Sucks,' Says Apollo 11's Buzz Aldrin http://wmot.org/post/now-he-tells-us-tang-sucks-says-apollo-11s-buzz-aldrin Hey, we were told in the '60s that we'd grow up to be astronauts if we drank Tang and that our heroes loved it!<p>But the second man on the moon — Apollo 11's Buzz Aldrin — says "Tang sucks."<p><a href="http://www.tmz.com/2013/06/11/buzz-aldrin-tang-sucks-apollo-11-ufos/" target="_blank">TMZ.com broke the news</a> that Aldrin let loose with his real opinion during taping of <a href="http://www.spike.com/video-collections/snzse3/guys-choice-guys-choice-2013-highlights/n9vax4" target="_blank">Spike TV's Guys Choice awards</a>, which airs Thursday at 9 p.m. Thu, 13 Jun 2013 13:51:00 +0000 Mark Memmott 25335 at http://wmot.org Now He Tells Us: 'Tang Sucks,' Says Apollo 11's Buzz Aldrin Colorado Fires: New Evacuations, More Homes Burned http://wmot.org/post/colorado-fires-new-evacuations-more-homes-burned <strong><strong>Update at 7:15 p.m. ET. </strong></strong><strong>Two Deaths Reported:</strong><p>The El Paso County Sheriff says that two bodies were recovered Thursday in the burn area of the Black Forest fire near Colorado Springs. A "coroner investigation is ongoing," the department says.<p>The sheriff's office also says that the Black Forest fire is 5 percent contained, with 15, 700 acres in the burn area. Some 38,000 people have been evacuated from 13,000 homes, the department says. Thu, 13 Jun 2013 12:07:00 +0000 Mark Memmott 25331 at http://wmot.org Colorado Fires: New Evacuations, More Homes Burned VIDEO: Gov. Christie Slow Jammin' The News With Jimmy Fallon http://wmot.org/post/video-gov-christie-slow-jammin-news-jimmy-fallon <p>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCRUHePqyU4</p> Thu, 13 Jun 2013 11:36:00 +0000 Mark Memmott 25328 at http://wmot.org VIDEO: Gov. Christie Slow Jammin' The News With Jimmy Fallon Thriller On The Ice: Blackhawks Beat Bruins In Triple OT http://wmot.org/post/thriller-ice-blackhawks-beat-bruins-triple-ot <p>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYQlSRdsJ9k</p> Thu, 13 Jun 2013 11:14:00 +0000 Mark Memmott 25330 at http://wmot.org Thriller On The Ice: Blackhawks Beat Bruins In Triple OT So Far Not So Bad As Storms Head East, But Threat Remains http://wmot.org/post/so-far-not-so-bad-storms-head-east-threat-remains The good news is that "<a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/06/12/191057859/huge-system-of-storms-predicted-to-march-east-from-midwest" target="_blank">a massive storm system</a> originally forecast to affect one in five Americans from Iowa to Maryland surged Thursday toward the Mid-Atlantic after largely failing to live up to its billing in ferocity through the Upper Midwest."<p>The bad news, <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=191207532" target="_blank">The Associated Press adds</a>, is that "while the Midwest dodged a derecho, several tornadoes, large Thu, 13 Jun 2013 10:26:00 +0000 Mark Memmott 25327 at http://wmot.org So Far Not So Bad As Storms Head East, But Threat Remains Legos Are Getting Angrier And That's Not Funny, Study Says http://wmot.org/post/legos-are-getting-angrier-and-thats-not-funny-study-says This is not from <a href="http://www.theonion.com/" target="_blank">The Onion</a>:<p><blockquote><p>"The number of happy faces on Lego toy mini-figures is decreasing and the number of angry faces is increasing, <a href="http://www.comsdev.canterbury.ac.nz/rss/news/?feed=news&articleId=869" target="_blank">a University of Canterbury robot expert says</a>."<p></blockquote><p>That's correct. Wed, 12 Jun 2013 18:28:00 +0000 Mark Memmott 25303 at http://wmot.org Legos Are Getting Angrier And That's Not Funny, Study Says