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Posted yesterday at 8:43pm
by Jacoba Urist
Expectant moms thankfully no longer have their mothers delivery room experience, with Don Draper era dads sitting in waiting lounges until a doctor reports that baby has arrived. But the pendulum may have swung too far in the other direction.These days, delivery rooms can be rife with drama as grandparents-to-be vie for the best camera angle, or a mother-in-law angles to be the one feeding ice ch...
 
Posted yesterday at 8:43pm
by U.S. News
By Suzanne Choney, Contributing Writer, NBC NewsThe loss of life and stunning devastation in Oklahoma City suburbs after a monster tornado ripped through the area are heart-wrenching. But within hours, relief organizations were getting out the message on how to help.American Red CrossThe Red Cross has set up shelters in various communities. You can donate to the Red Cross Disaster Relief fund here...
 
Posted yesterday at 8:43pm
by Tracy Connor, Staff Writer, NBC News
Just call him Python Dundee.A Miami man pulled an 18-foot Burmese python out of roadside brush and wrestled with it for 10 minutes before cutting its head off with a knife.The 128-pound specimen turned out to be the biggest Burmese python ever captured in Florida, besting the previous record by more than a foot, wildlife officials said."I was pretty exhausted and I didn't want to get bit," Jason L...
 
Posted yesterday at 8:32pm
by Tracy Connor, Staff Writer, NBC News
There are "confirmed casualties" at an elementary school that was flatted by a tornado Monday, and rescuers were searching for survivors in the rubble as night fell, officials said.Several children and teachers were pulled alive from the ruins of Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore after the building took a direct hit Monday afternoon.A little girl was lifted out of the debris by rescuers, whi...
 
Posted yesterday at 7:15pm
by U.S. News
By Devin Coldewey, Contributing Writer, NBC NewsThe tornadoes in Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas and other states are wreaking havoc, but relief efforts are underway. Local schools, churches and community organizations lucky enough to escape damage are coordinating food and shelter for displaced residents and accepting donations of food, blankets and other much-needed items.The scope of larger recovery an...
 
Posted yesterday at 6:59pm
by Science
By Douglas Main, LiveScienceTornado season has been relatively quiet this year. There were only 72 tornadoes nationwide in April, 70 percent below the 10 year average, according to the Weather Channel. But within in the last week, tornado outbreaks have been erupting from North Texas to Minnesota.Why do these tornadoes seem to be hitting all of a sudden?An eastward advancing cold front is to bl...
 
Posted yesterday at 6:59pm
by By Diane Mapes
Strapless, multi-way, demi, the pushups of summer if you want a bra, Victorias Secret stocks it. Unless youre a breast cancer survivor, that is, and looking for a pocketed bra capable of holding a prosthetic breast form.Allan Maiden, the 28-year-old daughter of a breast cancer survivor, had hoped to change that and gathered 120,000 signatures last January asking that Victorias Secret start ...
 
Posted yesterday at 6:59pm
by Maggie Fox, Senior Writer, NBC News
The dangers of texting while driving gets more headlines and drunk driving remains one of the main causes of automobile accidents, but a large, new study published Monday helps explain why so many teens and young adults are involved in motor accidents.They're sleepy.Report after report shows it -- sleepy drivers cause car crashes. In the new study, researchers at The George Institute for Global H...
 
Posted yesterday at 6:59pm
by Jeff Cox
Whatever course it chooses, the Federal Reserve will have to grapple with the reality that while its policies have helped levitate stocks, they've been considerably less effective at expanding the economy. While rising equity prices help add to total growth, the stock market is not the economy. The U.S. economy, rather, is propelled by consumption, which accounts for about 70 percent of gross ...
 
Posted yesterday at 6:48pm
by Tracy Connor, Staff Writer, NBC News
Several children and teachers were pulled alive Monday from the ruins of an elementary school in Moore, Okla., but rescuers were searching for more kids as hysterical parents converged around the rubble.A little girl was lifted out of the debris by rescuers, while a small boy was carried to a triage area by a woman whose face was streaked with dirt and etched with worry.In another image captured b...
 
Posted yesterday at 6:37pm
by Helen A.S. Popkin
Let's face it: Part of Tumblr's popularity is that it's been sort of a porn Facebook for teens. With Yahoo's purchase for $1.1 billion, it seems, that won't be going away. At least according to Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer, who says Yahoo has no plans to mess with Tumblr.Tumblr's unique charm combines the teen angst of Live Journal with the enforced brevity of Twitter, plus kitten GIFs! It's perfect fo...
 
Posted yesterday at 6:15pm
by Helen A.S. Popkin
Let's face it: Part of Tumblr's popularity is that it's been sort of a porn Facebook for teens. With Yahoo's purchase for $1.1 billion, it seems, that won't be going away. At least according to Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer, who says Yahoo has no plans to mess with Tumblr.Tumblr's unique charm combines the teen angst of Live Journal with the enforced brevity of Twitter, plus kitten GIFs! It's perfect fo...
 
Posted yesterday at 6:15pm
by Tracy Connor, Staff Writer, NBC News
Hysterical parents converged Monday at an elementary school wrecked by a tornado that tore through Moore, Okla., desperate to learn if their children survived.Several kids were pulled alive from the rubble of the Plaza Towers Elementary School, the Associated Press reported. But crews were still trying to track down students in kindergarten through third grade, including dozens of children who had...
Posted yesterday at 6:09pm
by Tracy Connor, Staff Writer, NBC News
Hysterical parents converged Monday at an elementary school wrecked by the tornado that tore through Moore, Okla., desperate to learn if their children survived.Crews were still trying to track down students in kindergarten through third grade, including dozens of children who had been sheltering in a hallway at Plaza Towers Elementary School, according a reporter for NBC station KFOR.At about 5:4...
 
Posted yesterday at 5:58pm
by U.S. News
Related:'Major damage' as huge tornado slams Oklahoma
 
Posted yesterday at 5:14pm
by Gael Fashingbauer Cooper
Ray Manzarek, the legendary keyboardist who founded The Doors in 1965 with fellow UCLA film school alum Jim Morrison, died of cancer Monday at age 74. Manzarek had fought a long battle with bile duct cancer."I was deeply saddened to hear about the passing of my friend and bandmate Ray Manzarek today," Doors guitarist Robby Krieger said in a statement. "I'm just glad to have been able to have playe...
 
Posted yesterday at 5:09pm
by Kareem Raheem, Reuters
BAGHDAD More than 60 people were killed in a series of car bomb explosions targeting Shi'ite Muslims across Iraq on Monday, police and medics said, part of the worst sectarian violence since U.S. troops pulled out in December 2011. The attacks brought the number killed in sectarian clashes in the past week to over 200, and tensions between Shi'ites, who now lead Iraq, and minority Sunni Muslims ...
 
Posted yesterday at 5:09pm
by Maria Cheng
More than a decade ago, British parents refused to give measles shots to at least a million children because of a vaccine scare that raised the specter of autism. Now, health officials are scrambling to catch up and stop a growing epidemic of the highly contagious measles virus. This year, the U.K. has had more than 1,200 cases of measles, after a record number of nearly 2,000 cases last year. Th...
 
Posted yesterday at 5:09pm
by Bree Fowler
Rival online takeout services Seamless North America and GrubHub on Monday announced plans to combine and create a new company covering more than 20,000 restaurants in 500 cities across the U.S.Financial terms were not disclosed and it's unclear what the combined company will be called. GrubHub CEO Matt Maloney will become CEO, while Seamless CEO Jonathan Zabusky will serve as president, the c...
 
Posted yesterday at 5:09pm
by Mark Koba
Jim Schriver has been farming since he graduated from Ohio State University in 1963. The 72-year-old grandfather of two grows corn, soybeans and livestock on his 1,600-acre farm in north central Indiana. Like most farmers, Schriver has dealt with drought, freezing temperatures and the uncertainty that comes with toiling in the fields.But Schriver says he's worried about a new threat to his live...
 
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