College Station, TX, United States (AHN) – A new study finds mango may prevent or stop some cancer cells in a laboratory setting. Though the mango is an ancient fruit heavily consumed in many parts of the world, little has been known about its health aspects.
A research team at Texas A&M University found mangos prevented [...]

Beijing, China (AHN) – Suspected Iranian hackers made China’s main search engine, Baidu.com, inaccessible on Tuesday by tampering with its domain name.
Hackers calling themselves the “Iranian Cyber Army” also left a message on Baidu.com declaring themselves as the culprits.
Hackers using the same name caused Twitter to go offline for one hour last month by tampering [...]

Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – A major earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale has hit Haiti, according to an alert issued by the National Earthquake Information Center, U.S. Geological Survey.
There were no immediate reports as to damages or injuries, although the Haitian ambassador to the U.S. told CNN “it was a disaster of [...]

Miami, FL, United States (AHN) – Coal that wiped out almost all life on the planet 250 million years ago may still be killing people in China, scientists say.
David Large, a professor at the University of Nottingham’s department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, said in a statement that the high silica content of coal in [...]

Los Angeles, CA, United States (AHN) – Scientists already know that smallpox, measles, tuberculosis, seasonal influenza and severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) can be transmitted during commercial flights. Now a recent UCLA study finds that transmission of H1N1 flu infections during transatlantic travel could be fairly high.
Researchers used mathematical modeling techniques to predict in-flight transmission [...]

Kansas City, MO, United States (AHN) – A Kansas City woman, unhappy with her inferior hamburger trashed a McDonald’s in late December, according to reports.
Reports said the woman caused thousands of dollars of damage to the restaurant.
Police said the woman reportedly complained about her hamburger and demanded a refund. Employees did not give her a [...]

Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – A website that helps online users delete their social network profiles has been blocked by Facebook for violating the site’s rules. Facebook also warned a similar site to cease.
Blocked were “Web 2.0 Suicide Machine” and Seppukoo.com for collecting login credentials. Users who provide their account information to Web 2,0 [...]

St. George Island, FL, United States (AHN) – Authorities in Florida said a 71-year-old woman drowned her 5-year-old grandson because she did not want him to live in a home where his parents were divorced, according to reports. Law enforcement officials reported that Marianne Bordt could be charged with first-degree murder for allegedly drowning Camden [...]

Nairobi, Kenya (AHN) – An American woman and her daughter have been trampled and killed by an elephant in the Mount Kenya national forest. The two were part of a group hiking through a nature reserve north of Nairobi.
According to published reports, the woman and child were walking in a group on Monday that included [...]

Miami, FL, United States (AHN) – A new study reinforces the health benefits of getting kids to bed early.
Researchers at Columbia University Medical Center in New York said in a recent report that adolescents with bedtimes set earlier by parents were significantly less likely to suffer from depression and to have suicidal thoughts.
The researchers said [...]