(ABC NEWS) — An unidentified flying object UFO forced Xiaoshan Airport in Hangzhou, China to cease operations on July 7. A flight crew preparing for descent first detected the object around 8:40 p.m. and notified the air traffic control department. Aviation authorities responded within minutes, grounding outbound flights and diverting inbound ones to airports in [...]

(BBC) – Leprosy is a disease most associated with the developing world. And yet, on a bend of the Mississippi river in the Louisiana swamps is Carville, a former hospital and community for sufferers of the disease. An old sugar plantation, it became the only federal facility in the continental US to care for patients [...]

(In Pursuit of Happiness) – At approx. 1 min into the video, the weather man points out “a bit of an unusual situation” and he describes “bands of very distinct cloud cover” in the region.  He reveals those bands are not rain or snow on the radar, but offers a simple explanation; its military aircraft Oh! “dropping [...]

(LOGOS APOLOGIA) — He was referred to as the King of the Jews. Many of his followers believed he was the long awaited Messiah. After being executed by the Romans just before Passover, some contend it was prophesied on an ancient stone tablet by the Angel Gabriel that he would be resurrected in three days. [...]

Hat tip to Debbie Shutt for sending us the link to the video!

(Armed With Science) – By modifying an ink jet printer and growing skin cells from a patient’s body, an Army research lab has developed an amazing treatment for severe burns: printing new skin. via Armed With Science

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(Examiner.com) – Alexa scribbled a message on her school desk and before she knew it was escorted out of the classroom by school safety officers and handcuffed by police. Video of story here. via Examiner.com

(WIKILEAKS.com) – WikiLeaks has released a classified US military video depicting the indiscriminate slaying of over a dozen people in the Iraqi suburb of New Baghdad — including two Reuters news staff. Reuters has been trying to obtain the video through the Freedom of Information Act, without success since the time of the attack. The [...]

(Gizmodo) – Forget nanobots. Who needs 'em? Since apparently we can now directly control live bacteria, and make them do our bidding. via Gizmodo.

(Kotaku) – The idea of games being part of the real world is whats taking hold: games that have you jumping around in the real world, games that have you connecting with people in the real world. Facebook gaming, in particular, is a key attraction for this kind of play that more and more people [...]

(CNS) — /SNIP/“We don’t know exactly how many came into the country who were on the watch list?” asked Levin. “No,” said Leiter. “I will tell you that when people come to the country, if they are on the watch list, it is because we have generally made the choice that we want them here [...]

(Breitbart.tv) – INMATES TATTOO WHITES OF THEIR EYES via Breitbart.tv