A support group for people with the genetic condition albinism has slammed as offensive the comedy cop movie The Heat for labelling an albino character “snow cone” and “evil”. Shari Parker, secretary of the Albinism Fellowship of Australia, said she felt embarrassed and humiliated by the movie, which stars Melissa McCarthy and Sandra Bullock
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Eminem: I almost died from drugs
Eminem says his addiction to prescription drugs left him with near-organ failure.
Slayer guitarist died of cirrhosis
Guitarist Jeff Hanneman of the seminal heavy metal band Slayer died of alcohol-related cirrhosis of the liver, and not as a result of a flesh-eating bacteria, the remaining members of the US band said.
Lil’ Wayne in ‘unstable’ condition
Lil’ Wayne is in the hospital again in critical condition, it has been reported.
Shuttle Tragedy
Simulated launch, real deathNASA officials had one word for the simulated launch of the space shuttle at Cape Canaveral last week: “Super!” Then disaster struck. For reasons yet to be explained, five Rockwell International technicians removed an access panel and entered a rear section of the orbiter above the engine.
Medicine: Curable Disease?
What is homosexuality?
Five arrested in alleged rape of girl at California high school
California police investigating the alleged rape of a 15-year-old girl have arrested five people, a police spokesman said Wednesday.
5 gadgets from the near future
A radio without any knobs. A bathroom where a clear display wirelessly streams vital statistics on your health.
U.S. divorcee’s Japanese custody heartache
At Spencer Morrey’s home, there are two constant sounds: His dad, Craig, murmuring, “You’re okay, Spence. You’re okay, buddy,” and the sound of a machine clearing the toddler’s airway
Soldier dies after receiving smoker’s lungs in transplant
A leading UK hospital has defended its practice of using organs donated by smokers after the death of a soldier who received the cancerous lungs of a heavy smoker.