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Can working out wear you out?

Is it true that exercising will eventually wear out your joints, heart or any other body parts? Should you wait awhile after working out before showering? Smart Fitness answers your queries.

NY man gets jail for cashing dead mother's checks

An upstate New York man has been sentenced to six months in jail for hiding his dead 98-year-old mother in a freezer and cashing her Social Security checks.

New penalty phase in case of man stabbed 193 times

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on Wednesday threw out a 25-year prison sentence given to a woman convicted of killing her husband by tying him up and stabbing him 193 times.

American’s murder in Paris baffles police

Justin Little was a fun-loving young college student with a sense of adventure. Now his grieving family is left to wonder whether that adventuresome spirit may have led to his bludgeoning death.

Body found on San Francisco bus in transit yard

San Francisco police are investigating the death of a man whose body was found inside a city bus that had been parked in a transit yard for hours after a rush-hour shift.

Neighbors thought dead man was Halloween display

Residents of a Southern California apartment complex say they saw a lifeless body slumped on a neighbor's patio, but didn't call police because they thought it was part of a Halloween display.

Britain to begin anti-doping effort in December

The British government will open the country's first anti-doping program in December.

Woman to be tried over girl found dead in storage

A woman accused of starving her adopted quadriplegic daughter and stashing the 9-year-old's body in a storage unit must stand trial on charges including murder, a judge ruled Tuesday.

Calif. police identify woman found in trash bin

Police have identified a woman whose body was found bound with wire in a burning trash bin in Los Angeles County.

Correction: Body Under Garbage story

In an Oct. 8 story about the death of a Jacksonville woman whose body was found in her garbage-filled home, The Associated Press misspelled the victim's last name. The deceased woman was Carina E. DeOcampo, not DeCampo.

NYC dad admits killing daughter found in boiler

A father pleaded guilty Friday to strangling his 14-year-old daughter, who was 12 weeks pregnant with his child, then stuffing her body into his apartment building's boiler and partially burning it.

Woman found in Fla. home under 8 feet of trash

City officials have condemned the home where a 71-year-old woman was found dead in garbage piled 8 feet deep.

Coroner: Pa. boy, 4, found in septic tank drowned

A coroner says the cause of death for a 4-year-old Pennsylvania boy found dead in a septic tank was drowning.

Slain BYU student's Ore. mother grateful case over

After more than five years of uncertainty, Cammy Wilberger says she is grateful the man arrested in her daughter's abduction finally admitted his guilt and led police to her body.

Housekeeping chief arrested in NYC hotel killing

A housekeeping manager at a luxury hotel next to Central Park has been arrested in the death of a woman who was found in a room strangled with a knife sticking from her neck, police said on Sunday.

DA: W. Pa. boy could have moved septic tank lid

A district attorney says a 4-year-old boy could have moved the lid off a western Pennsylvania septic tank where he was found dead earlier this month.

Ohio man indicted in wife's death, abuse of corpse

A southwest Ohio man faces murder charges in the death of the wife he had reported missing.

Autopsy inconclusive on boy found in septic tank

An autopsy was performed Sunday on the body of a 4-year-old boy found stuffed in a septic tank, but a coroner said more tests are needed to determine how he died. Police are calling it a homicide investigation.

Phoenix woman indicted in dismemberment of man

A grand jury has indicted a Phoenix woman accused of stabbing a disabled man 50 times before dismembering and burning his body.

Hermit who froze mom in ice aims to stay in 'hole'

True to his word, a hermit who encased his dead mother in a block of ice keeps himself in solitary confinement by threatening people, swearing at guards or simply refusing to leave his cell. Philip Schuth told a newspaper when he was sentenced to prison in 2005 that he feared other inmates and wanted to live in solitary confinement.

Reality contestant sought in model’s murder

Investment banker Ryan Jenkins was a VH1 reality show contestant, but he hasn’t been seen since the body of his model wife was found stuffed in her own suitcase. Police believe that he may have fled to Canada.

Reality TV contestant sought in model death in CA

A former contestant on the reality TV show "Megan Wants a Millionaire" is being sought for questioning in the death of a woman whose body was found stuffed in a suitcase in an Orange County trash bin.

Police: Ohio man hid human remains; wife missing

A man who reported his wife missing over the weekend was arrested Monday on charges of tampering with evidence and obstructing official business after police said they found human remains in his house.

Memorial service held for slain Calif. teen

Hundreds have turned out for a memorial service for a 17-year-old girl who was kidnapped and found dead in her own car last month in downtown Los Angeles.

2 brothers arrested in NYC death of 89-year-old

Two brothers were arrested Friday and accused of helping a woman rob and strangle an 89-year-old disco-era nightclub owner in his Upper East Side apartment, police said.

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Wife caught after murdering and dismembering husband when she forgot to bury one of his legs
Source: austriantimes.at

A wife who murdered her husband and cut up his body with a saw was caught when she left a leg in the back of the car after driving to a remote woodland spot to bury the corpse.

Would You Give Up The Lower Half Of Your Body To Live?
Source: United Press International

U.S. surgeons say a review of cases in which surgeons had to remove the lower portion of the body from the waist down casts favorable light on the procedure. The review showed the surgery can add years and quality of life to survivors.

Galileo's body parts found after vanishing a century ago
Source: the Mail online

An art collector has found a tooth, thumb and finger of the famous renaissance astronomer Galileo that had been missing for more than a century.

Teachers, parents meet after controversial lesson
Source: msnbc.com

Teachers and Parents met in Sandwich, MA, after a science teacher gave a lesson to fifth graders showing them pictures of the lung, brain, tissue, heart, and spleen. He also showed them pictures of the female's egg and a fertilized embryo.

How to tell if a guy is only interested in you for sex and what to do about it!

Three clear elements make up romantic attraction: physical, emotional, and intellectual. Finding love depends on all three elements coming together at the same time.

Police Identifies Woman Stuffed In Suitcase Near Dumpster
Source: WLKY.com

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Police are trying to solve a slaying after a man said he discovered a body in suitcase.

Brazilian man turns up alive at own funeral
Source: Guardian Unlimited

A Brazilian bricklayer reportedly killed in a car crash shocked his mourning family by showing up alive at his funeral.

Mexican mayor announces death of political rival... hours before his body was found and two days before it was identified
Source: the Mail online

A Mexican mayor has sparked fury by announcing the death of a notorious drugs baron - hours before the body was found and two days before it was identified.

GFail: Gmail Bug Marks Unread Emails as Read
Source: TechCrunch

I haven't noticed this myself today, but it appears at least a subset of Gmail users are inadvertently drawing closer to an inbox with zero unread e-mails thanks to a nasty bug that marks messages as read even before the user opens them.

Afghan Girls Burn Themselves To Escape Marriage
Source: msnbc.com

HERAT, Afghanistan – We watched a teenage girl die last Friday. Seventeen-year-old Shirin had been brought to the Herat Regional Hospital Burns Unit a few days before we met her. Ninety percent of her body was covered in third-degree burns.

U.S. college student murdered in Paris
Source: msnbc.com

Days after heading to France for a sightseeing trip that was a lifelong dream, Justin Little, 21, was found bludgeoned to death with a cinder block in a park in a gritty Paris suburb.

Somer's father: Birthmark on body found in landfill matches daughter's
Source: The Jacksonville Times-Union

Two days almost to the hour after Somer Renee Thompson disappeared walking home from school, a body likely to be the first-grader's was found Wednesday in a Georgia landfill.

10 Strange Body Clues
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What Your Body Is Trying to Tell You What size bra do you wear? How's your sense of smell? Can you still fit into your college jeans?

The immediate future is orange: Stunning pictures that herald the arrival o
Source: the Mail online

Some times, its just healthy to sit back for a few quiet moments and enjoy beautiful photos of nature from around the world and be thankful that we are able to see such beauty as beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Police stop hearse to examine body
Source: Telegraph

Police stopped a hearse on its way to a funeral so they could commandeer the body of Stuart Smith, who was about to be cremated.

Vegetative state: husband caught burying wife in vegetable plot
Source: croatiantimes.com

Gardener Mariusz Lodkowski was arrested when neighbours spotted him burying his wife in his vegetable patch in the couple's back garden.

Man survives being harpooned by seven steel rods
Source: austriantimes.at

Train worker Zhao Weihua, 29, is counting himself rail lucky after he survived being harpooned by seven steel bars when they fell from a crane.

Get Flat Abs Without Doing Sit-Ups
Source: Yahoo! Health

Everyone wants a tight, toned tummy but few of us were genetically gifted a six-pack. Fortunately, we all do have abs—they're just covered up! It's in your power to create a sexy, sculpted stomach, even if it's not in your genes.

The dos & don'ts of dressing for your body type
Source: msnbc.com

Whether you're a size 2 or 22, balance and proportion are the keys to flattering your figure. To help you love the skin you're in, TODAY style editor Bobbie Thomas offers some simple tips to help shift your shape.

Should Students Be Tested for Brain-Enhancing Drugs?
Source: Singularity Hub

If you could take a pill to make you temporarily smarter, would you? The use of brain-enhancing drugs in colleges continues to rise and a recent paper in the Journal of Medical Ethics has fueled the debate over if and how students' use of these drugs should be controlled.

Ralph Lauren Ad Gathers Criticsim, Mockery; Company Threatens Lawsuits.
Source: Yahoo News

Ralph Lauren put out an ad which consisted of a retouched photo of a model. The model is made to look impossibly thin, such that her proportions seem anatomically improbable.

Will airports screen for body signals? Researchers hope so
Source: CNN

The Homeland Security-funded project is Future Attribute Screening Technology, or FAST.

Alyea's Body Found In Cass County Field -
Source: kctv5.com

Overland Park police have three men in custody in connection with the death of Keighley Ann Alyea, officials said Monday night.

IBM Creating Personal DNA Reader for under $1000
Source: Computerworld

Scientists at IBM are using a combination of nanotechnology and microchips to map out personal genetic code that could make significantly improve the process of diagnosing and treating diseases. More Articles

The do's & don'ts of dressing for your body type
Source: msnbc.com

Whether you're a size 2, or 22, balance and proportion are the keys to flattering your figure. To help you love the skin you're in, TODAY style editor Bobbie Thomas offers some simple tips to help shift your shape.

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