A Fluorescent Kitty

How cute!

The Gyeongsang National University researchers, led by Prof. Kong Il-keun, modified the genes of Turkish Angora cats so that a red protein would glow in their skin when exposed to ultraviolet light, the paper reports.

The scientists modified the skin cells of the mother cat by using a virus to make the protein fluoresce, according to the Times.

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Huggable Urns

Ewwww! But cute!

Man hit by train while talking on a cell phone

Imagine if you were the person on the other end of the phone when the train struck:

A pedestrian apparently absorbed in a cell phone call was struck and killed by an Amtrak train in San Leandro today after he walked around a lowered crossing gate and onto the tracks, authorities said.

The victim, a man who was not immediately identified, was struck at 12:30 p.m. by a northbound Capitol Corridor train at the Alvarado Street crossing, about 8 miles south of the Oakland station, Amtrak spokeswoman Vernae Graham said.

I bet some politician will propose making it illegal to talk on your cell phone near the train station.

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Air bag saves man choking on an onion ring

A man is choking on an onion ring from Burger King and can't dislodge it. He passes out and when he wakes up, he discovers that he had hit a tree and that the air bag had dislodged the onion ring. Amazing! You can see the video report here.

Man commits suicide with a guillotine

He made himself! This would make an interesting CSI episode:

The body of a 41-year-old man was found in a wooded area next to a guillotine he built and used to kill himself, police said.

The man, from the Detroit suburb of Melvindale, was discovered Monday by workers from a shopping center near his home.

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Allen Park Deputy Police Chief Dale Covert said the roughly six-foot tall guillotine was bolted to a tree and included a swing arm. Covert said police also found several store receipts detailing the materials used to assemble the device.

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Giant Lego Man Found in Sea

With the following written across it's chest, "NO REAL THAN YOU ARE." What the heck does that mean and where do you think he came from? Freaky!

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