1. L.A. sheriff reopening Natalie Wood case
Actor Robert Wagner and Natalie Wood on board the Queen Elizabeth II in April 1972, after a hectic storm at sea, where they announced that they would remarry.
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(CBS) Hollywood icon Natalie Wood, star of "Splendor in the Grass" and "Rebel Without a Cause," ended up drowning in the Pacific Ocean in the middle of the night in 1981 under what many believe was suspicious circumstances. Now, Los Angeles police believe they have enough information to reopen the investigation into her death, reports CBS-2 TV in Los Angeles.
More details will be announced Friday at a press conference in Los Angeles. Sheriff's Homicide Detectives said they decided to look into the case again because they were recently contacted by "persons who stated they had additional information about the Natalie Wood Wagner drowning."
The Los Angeles Times is reporting that comments made by the captain of the boat off which Wood drowned on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of her death prompted the reexamination.
Natalie Wood Wagner - married at the time for the second time to actor Robert Wagner - died on Nov. 29, 1981.
She drowned - while boating with Wagner and actor Christopher Walken - off the Isthmus of Catalina Island. Her death was investigated at the time and ruled an accident by the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office.
Time magazine reported at the time that Wood was "full of wine" when she stumbled "off a quarter-million-dollar yacht in her nightgown...while her actor-husband sits oblivious with her film co-star a few yards away."
Wood's sister, Lana, asked for the case to be re-opened last March.
When her body was found, Wood was wearing a parka and it was believed at the time she fell overboard and the parka filled with water and caused her to drown
2. 2nd test affirms faster-than-light particles
This picture shows a view of the Oscillation Project with Emulsion-Racking Apparatus detector (OPERA) at the Gran Sasso National Laboratory (LNGS) located under the Gran Sasso mountain in Italy, Nov. 14, 2011. (Getty)
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A second experiment at the European facility that reported subatomic particles zooming faster than the speed of light -- stunning the world of physics -- has reached the same result, scientists said late Thursday.
The "positive outcome of the [second] test makes us more confident in the result," said Fernando Ferroni, president of the Italian Institute for Nuclear Physics, in a statement released late Thursday. Ferroni is one of 160 physicists involved in the international collaboration known as OPERA (Oscillation Project with Emulsion Tracking Apparatus) that performed the experiment.
While the second experiment "has made an important test of consistency of its result," Ferroni added, "a final word can only be said by analogous measurements performed elsewhere in the world."
That is, more tests are needed, and on other experimental setups. There is still a large crowd of skeptical physicists who suspect that the original measurement done in September was an error.
CERN clocks subatomic particles traveling faster than light
Video: Faster-than-light measurement shocks physicists
God Particle riddle could be solved "by 2012"
Video: Faster-than-light measurement shocks physicists
God Particle riddle could be solved "by 2012"
Should the results stand, they would upend more than a century of modern physics.
In the first round of experiments, a massive detector buried in a mountain in Gran Sasso, Italy, recorded neutrinos generated at the CERN particle accelerator on the French-Swiss border arriving 60 nanoseconds sooner than expected. CERN is the French acronym for European Council for Nuclear Research.
A chorus of critiques from physicists soon followed. Among other possible errors, some suggested that the neutrinos generated at CERN were smeared into bunches too wide to measure precisely.
So in recent weeks, the OPERA team tightened the packets of neutrinos that CERN sent sailing toward Italy. Such tightening removed some uncertainty in the neutrinos' speed.
The detector still saw neutrinos moving faster than light.
"One of the eventual systematic errors is now out of the way," said Jacques Martino, director of the National Institute of Nuclear and Particle Physics in France, in a statement.
But the faster-than-light drama is far from over, Martino added. The OPERA team is discussing more cross-checks, he added, including possibly running a fiber the 454 miles between the sites.
For more than a century, the speed of light has been locked in as the universe's ultimate speed limit. No experiment had seen anything moving faster than light, which zips along at 186,000 miles per second.
Much of modern physics -- including Albert Einstein's famous theory of relativity -- is built on that ultimate speed limit.
The scientific world stopped and gaped in September when the OPERA team announced it had seen neutrinos moving just a hint faster than light.
"If it's correct, it's phenomenal," said Rob Plunkett, a scientist at Fermilab, the Department of Energy physics laboratory in Illinois, in September. "We'd be looking at a whole new set of rules"
3. Tim Tebow "Jesus" jerseys raise eyebrows
Players from the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Denver Broncos including quarterback Tim Tebow (15) kneel in prayer at INVESCO Field at Mile High on August 29, 2010 in Denver, Colo. (Getty)
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Tim Tebow delivered another miracle for the Broncos on Thursday night - at least that's what many of the quarterback's devout fans believe.
After doing next to nothing all game, Tebow took his team the length of the field, scoring the winning touchdown in the final seconds.
As Rick Sallinger of CBS News' Denver affiliate CBS-4 reports, to fans in Denver, Tebow has been a savior. After a 0-3 start, the Broncos have now won 4 of last 5 since he was made a starter, including Thursday's victory over the New York Jets.
The New York Post's headline, "God help him," wasn't just a battle cry for the paper's hometown Jets, it was a shot at Tebow's outspoken Christian views, which are written all over his face - literally. The star quarterback has appeared with scripture written into his eye paint.
"He almost views himself as kind of a vehicle for God," says senior Sports Illustrated writer Damon Hack. "He thinks playing quarterback is kind of like an opportunity to talk about and display his faith."
Tebow will often get down on one knee and pray after a big play. "Tebowing" has caught fire with fans, including a website that catalogs imitators all over the world.
"The kid that Tweeted me with cancer and said, you know, 'I'm Tebowing while I'm chemoing,' How cool is that?" noted Tebow in a recent interview.
But not everyone is comfortable with displays faith on the field. Tebow has been a lightning rod since his days at the University of Florida.
And now, a new Tebow-trend is raising eyebrows, even among some of his fans. Diehard Tebow fans have taken to wearing altered versions of the quarterback's number 15 jersey which have his name replaced simply with "Jesus".
To some, it may be a sign of both their deep Christian faith and their love of Tebow, but some Christians argue it goes too far, making an idol out of a football player.
"I don't know what to think about that because I don't know where people's hearts are," Tebow told the Denver Post in response. "It's important to not judge without knowing their hearts. If their heart is to honor the Lord, then it's a good thing. Only God can judge because only God knows what's truly in a person's heart."
Whether the wider Christian world likes it or not, the shirts are becoming increasingly popular, and they're unlikely to go away.
"I haven't seen any of these jerseys in our stores," Marty Garafalo of Game Day Merchandising, which runs the Broncos stores in Denver, told the Denver Post. "But I guarantee you we will have people go in the store tomorrow and ask for them."
As for his football, critics on the field said bad throwing mechanics and his run-first style wouldn't fly in the pros, but so far, under Tebow, fans in Mile High Stadium have seen their team thrive.
"Tebow seems to have a clutch gene," says Hack. "When he's only completed one pass, he goes off and throws a beautiful rainbow touchdown pass."
Or is it a Hail Mary? With another victory under his belt, Tebow continues to prove the non-believers wrong.
source:http://www.cbsnews.com/
1) Lawsuit: Man fired for not wearing "666" stickers
Billie Hyatt says he was fired from the Pliant plastic factory he worked at for refusing to wear a sticker that said "666" for fear of eternal damnation. The company had been having employees wear stickers with the number of accident free days. Hyatt started to get nervous when the number reached the 600 mark. Hyatt a devout Christian approached his manager and told him of his dilemma. Managers assured him that he would not have to wear the sticker that day. However, when the day came, a different manager told him he was ridiculous and could wear it or be suspended for 3 days without pay. He took the 3 days, and then was called in on the third day and fired.
2) The FDA has withdrawn the preliminary approval of the drug Avistan. Avistan has been used to treat cancers. The FDA has found that the drug has not proven it makes any difference for those with breast cancer, and has very serious side effects including death. The FDA approved the drug in 2008. Several insurances have already stopped paying for the popular drug. The drug brings in 3 billion dollars a year. Doctors say it has actually made a difference in a hand full of breast cancer patients.
3) The Los Angeles Sheriff has Department has reopened the 30 year mysterious death of actress Natalie Wood. The actress's death was originally found to be an accidental drowning on a boat trip with her husband Robert Wagner and co-star Christopher Waken. The reason the case is being reopened is because a witness has come forward and changed his story. The actress supposedly fell off the boat wearing a parka after drinking heavily. The weight of the wet parka is what to believe caused the death.
Source: CBS Evening News
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