Add To Watchlist

ARM

The Wire

Big Ben tops pass rankings

Brady, Brees, Brett. Now, Big Ben?

Bakery allegedly discards employee's severed arm

A Spanish trade union is suing a bakery that allegedly threw the severed arm of an employee into a bin after it was amputated in an accident with a kneading machine. The Workers Commissions said in a statement Wednesday that Bolivian immigrant Franns Rilles lost his left arm in May 28 at the Rovira bakery in the eastern Valencia region.

She pulled her husband from jaws of shark

When the shark clamped its jaws on his forearm and wouldn’t let go, Luis Hernandez knew it was going to take a miracle for him to escape with his life.

Report: Jets' Favre has torn biceps tendon

Jets quarterback Brett Favre reportedly has a torn biceps tendon in his right arm that will not need major surgery to repair, ESPN said Tuesday.

Pirates sign Indian — not Cleveland — pitchers

The Pittsburgh Pirates hope Rinku Singh and Dinesh Patel really do have million-dollar arms. The two 20-year-old pitchers, neither of whom had picked up a baseball until earlier this year, signed free-agent contracts Monday with the Pirates. They are believed to be the first athletes from India to sign professional baseball contracts outside their country.

German doing well after 1st double arm transplant

A German farmer who received the world's first complete double arm transplant said Wednesday that incredulity gave way to joy when he woke from surgery to discover he had arms again.

Woman says company published check for 'right arm'

A Pittsburgh woman who sent Comcast Corp. a check made out for "My Right Arm and Zero Dollars" is up in arms because she says someone published a copy of the check on the Internet.

S.C. Man Cut Off Own Arm to Escape Fire

A man whose hand got caught in a corn harvester cut off his own arm with a pocket knife after the machine started a brush fire.

Man Falls Asleep on Tracks, Loses Arm

A man fell asleep on railroad tracks and lost his right arm early Wednesday, then asked police who were first to find him for a glass of water, authorities said.

Man Seeks Record for Arm Hair Length

Jon Sanford takes good care of his hair, washing it regularly and conditioning it occasionally. Now he might break a record for that hair — on his arms.

The Vine
Boy, aged 4, arm ripped off in door-less washing machine - How did he survive whole night
Source: bild.de

A four-year-old boy survived a whole night after his left arm was ripped off by a broken washing machine. The youngster and his brother (11) had snuck into the kitchen at night.

Teen Who Lost Arm: 'I Have To Be Brave' -
Source: justnews.com

A teenage girl who lost part of her arm in a hit-and-run is recovering as police continue to search for the driver who fled after the crash.

Teen Car Thief is Caught After Jamming His Arm in the Door and Calling for Help
Source: the Mail online

A teenager who tried to steal Janet Hooley's car on August 11, 2009 got stuck and got caught.

Deep Within Windows 7's Help Database
Source: somethingawful.com

Deep Within Windows 7's Help Database there is some scary stuff apparently ...

Spain to punish 'barbaric bakery'
Source: BBC News

A Spanish bakery accused of barbaric behaviour towards an illegal worker will face "the full weight of the law", the government has vowed. The statement comes amid shock over the case of a Bolivian worker whose arm was cut off in an accident at work.

Signs of more trouble ahead for housing market
Source: The San Francisco Chronicle

excerpt: "" Peppy real estate agents and gloomy stock-market traders alike eagerly embrace that supposition. Wall Street is so hungry for good news that stocks rallied at the barest hint of upbeat indicators several times this month.

Baseball fan gets arm stuck in loo
Source: metro.co.uk

A baseball fan sparked a major rescue operation after getting her arm stuck down a toilet.

Metairie man says stranger chewed, swallowed after taking bite out of his arm
Source: NOLA.com

Excerpt: A Metairie resident is recovering after a stranger bit a chunk of flesh out of his arm and swallowed it Saturday afternoon.

Teen's arm severed in OKC oil property accident
Source: tulsaworld.com

A teenage boy's left arm has been severed below the elbow in an accident this afternoon on an oil property in northwest Oklahoma City, police Sgt. Jennifer Wardlow said. His identity and condition were not immediately available.

Enraged woman bites bus driver
Source: NY Daily News

Excerpt: A veteran MTA bus driver was bitten on the forearm by an out-of-control female passenger Wednesday as he drove his packed M104 bus during rush hour in Manhattan.

700 Billion Stolen and Forgotten

If you ask your congressman or senator to give you an accounting statement of where the 700 Billion in bailout has gone - most will quite blatantly tell you that they have no idea.

Doctors try to save worker's arm - Man's Arm Gets Stuck In Pasta Machine
Source: MacombDaily

Excerpt: Doctors performed surgery on an employee at Turri's Italian Foods after his arm was trapped up to the shoulder in a machine used to knead dough.

Twelve-year-old hurt in mailbox bombing out of danger
Source: thelocal.de

She nearly lost her arm in a mailbox bombing in November, but a 12-year-old Berlin girl will likely be released from intensive care before Christmas, news agency DPA reported on Thursday.

Ubuntu set to debut on netbooks
Source: BBC News

Mobile phone chip designer Arm has announced an alliance with the makers of the Ubuntu open source software. The deal will produce a version of the operating system for small net-browsing computers known as netbooks.

Intel slams 'slow' iPhone ARM CPU
Source: zdnet.com.au

Any speed shortcomings in Apple's iPhone were the fault of its rival chipset manufacturer ARM, a senior Intel executive said in Taiwan yesterday.

Anglers discover arm washed up on riverbank
Source: thelocal.de

Anglers found a left arm on the river bank in Cologne, police have confirmed. A spokeswoman said on Sunday that the arm is thought to have belonged to a man due to its hairiness.

Man shoots himself over sex failure
Source: metro.co.uk

A man in the US shot himself in the arm after his girlfriend refused to have sex with him. As you do.

Economy In Flames: McCain and Friends Light The Match - Part 1 of a 3 Part Series

It is painfully obvious to anyone who is paying attention that the United States economy is rapidly going up in flames. Nobody can avoid hearing about the problems, as each new day's financial carnage is reported each evening on the nightly news.

Man Tries To Amputate Own Arm with Butter Knife, Butcher Knife
Source: local6.com

Police said a man tried to cut off his own arm at a restaurant in Modesto, Calif., because he thought he had injected air into a vein while shooting cocaine and feared he would die unless he took drastic action. See more irresistible headlines

Court Ruling Could Spell Trouble for Mortgage Industry
Source: Reuters

A lawsuit filed by a Wisconsin couple against their mortgage lender could have major implications for banks should a U.S. appeals court agree that borrowers can cancel their loans en masse when their lenders violate a federal lending disclosure law.

Man Gouges Alligator's Eyes After Arm Ripped Off To Escape Attack
Source: local6.com

Edwards said he was face-to-face with the gator during the attack. "I looked back and the gator surfaced and I looked him right in the face and stared at him for 10 seconds," Edwards said from Holmes Regional Medical Center in Central Florida.

Last Chance for Savings on Student Loans Start July 1
Source: ABC News

Recent college graduates and their parents are days away from enjoying what might be one of the last, best opportunities to save money on their student loans.

Wachovia, WaMu still in big trouble
Source: MSN

Those ill-fated twins of the subprime-mortgage calamity, Washington Mutual and Wachovia, are getting clobbered again, after some dramatic housecleaning at the top.

NASA's Phoenix Lander Has An Oven Full Of Martian Soil
Source: Science Daily

NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has filled its first oven with Martian soil. "We have an oven full," Phoenix co-investigator Bill Boynton of the University of Arizona, Tucson, said today. "It took 10 seconds to fill the oven. The ground moved."

Space Station Ready to Flex Japanese Robotic Arm
Source:

Kibo's robotic arm is built solely for manipulating experiments on the laboratory's porch-like platform slated to be launched aboard a NASA shuttle next year, Hoshide said. A smaller Japanese robotic arm, to be used for finer actions, is also planned for launch later.

This area needs news. Click here to seed the vine