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News Headlines for a Fast-Paced World
Weekend Edition, 4/25/09
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Hiroshima returns!
Heir to the original
Hiroshima's legacy attempts to kill former head of Prime Incarceration
Taskforce, stopped by unknown group of superheroes.
Flu deaths
raise fears of global epidemic
Mexico City shuts down schools, museums, and libraries in
hopes of containing outbreak.
New superhero group in
Silverstone?
Appearance of previously unknown heroes eerily reminiscent
of the appearance of superpowered beings in 1986.
Local News
Elemental Force cleans out First National Bank of
Colorado
Bank robbery coincided with appearance of Hiroshima.
Authorities have no leads on their whereabouts.
DNA sampling bill
won't pass legal muster
Experts say that a bill requiring anyone arrested for a
felony to submit a DNA sample illegal due to the federal "Good Samaritan"
law.
Supercop!
Miracle signs contract with City of Silverstone to become first
Prime police officer.
U.S./World News
Report: New Orleans levees exceed expectations, but
problems remain
Levees repaired by Technomancer capable of
withstanding a "500-year storm", but ones fixed by Army Corps of Engineers are
significantly weaker.
10-year anniversary of D.D.I. dissolution
no comfort to law enforcement
Defensive Design Industries' Armadillo Armor still in
widespread use among criminals.
U.S., Russia hold 'very
productive' nuke talks
U.S. and Russian negotiators emerged optomistic from
talks, despite reappearance of Hiroshima.
Entertainment News
"Miracle" mom to make talk-show
rounds
Superhero reportedly upset at Mary Carpenter's planned
appearances on Haven Gospel Hour and 700 Club; fans line up to ask hero's mother
to pray for them.
Space station treadmill named after comedy
host
NASA unveils
the Combined Operational Load Bearing External Resistance Treadmill
(COLBERT).
True colors become apparent to
'Heroes'
Weekly
update on struggles to save the world.
Science and Technology
Spider silk-metal combo makes for tough
tool
Two materials together could be used for artificial bones,
surgical thread.
I'm your friend, really! Email spoofing on the
rise
Technologically-saavy spammers use viruses to gain access to
contact lists and send spam emails.
OmniCorp unveils "fuzzy
logic" computer
Technology company touts advances in artificial
intelligence.
Diversions
Elderly man fights off carjackers with groin
kick
An 84-year-old man has a black eye, but he still has his car,
after fighting off two would-be carjackers.
It's April - how's
that diet coming?
Your eating habits may have veered a bit off course in 2008.
But it's not too late — five small changes can help you cut calories and get
your diet back.
Woman's underwire bra deflects
bullet
The metal underwire in a Detroit woman's bra
was credited with deflecting a bullet fired at her during a break-in at a
neighbor's home