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Tanning Bed Users’ Brains Like Addicts’

DALLAS, Aug. 10 (UPI) — Despite knowing tanning beds can increase the risk of skin cancer, many people still use them, and U.S. researchers say an addictive quality may be at play. Dr. Bryon Adinoff, a professor of psychiatry at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, says about 120,000 new cases of […]

Machine Gun Found In Kids' Swim Area

SAN DIEGO, Aug. 10 (UPI) — A machine gun was found in the water at the Children’s Pool beach in San Diego’s La Jolla neighborhood, police say. A person walking along the seawall near the Children’s Pool noticed the MAC-10 automatic weapon and several rounds of ammunition in about 2-3 feet of water Tuesday afternoon […]

Machine Gun Found In Kids’ Swim Area

SAN DIEGO, Aug. 10 (UPI) — A machine gun was found in the water at the Children’s Pool beach in San Diego’s La Jolla neighborhood, police say. A person walking along the seawall near the Children’s Pool noticed the MAC-10 automatic weapon and several rounds of ammunition in about 2-3 feet of water Tuesday afternoon […]

Principal Dead, Student Suspect Held

MEMPHIS, Aug. 10 (UPI) — Memphis police said they were holding a 17-year-old student suspect in the slaying of Memphis Junior Academy Principal Suzette York. York, 49, was pronounced dead at the scene Wednesday morning, The (Memphis) Commercial Appeal reported. The suspect is a student at the Seventh-day Adventist-affiliated school, which started session Monday, the […]

9/11-related PTSD Haunts Thousands

NEW YORK, Aug. 10 (UPI) — The terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center left 10,000 firefighters, police officers and civilians with post-traumatic stress disorder, officials say. Many of those affect have not recovered, The New York Times reports, citing figures compiled by three Sept. 11, 2001, health programs. Those with the disorder suffer a […]

Study: Light As Well As Dark Can Up Fear

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Aug. 10 (UPI) — Biologists and psychologists have long known that light affects mood but a U.S. study indicates light may also play a role in modulating fear and anxiety. University of Virginia researchers say experiments showed intense light increases fear or anxiety in mice, which are nocturnal, in much the same way […]

SWAT Teams Responding To 'swatting' Hoaxes

DALLAS, Aug. 10 (UPI) — Police in the United States and Canada have been sending out SWAT teams in response to prank phone calls about fake hostage situations, officials say. The practice, called “swatting,” has been increasing in both countries in recent months, ABC News reports. A swatter or group of swatters is often behind […]

SWAT Teams Responding To ‘swatting’ Hoaxes

DALLAS, Aug. 10 (UPI) — Police in the United States and Canada have been sending out SWAT teams in response to prank phone calls about fake hostage situations, officials say. The practice, called “swatting,” has been increasing in both countries in recent months, ABC News reports. A swatter or group of swatters is often behind […]

Man Hits Carport, Hides In Portable Toilet

LONGVIEW, Wash., Aug. 10 (UPI) — A Longview, Wash., man allegedly backed his Jeep into his neighbor’s carport, and then hid in a portable toilet, police say. Gordon Flavia, 56, got into his Jeep at his condominium Tuesday afternoon, put the vehicle in reverse and drove backward into his neighbor’s carport, knocking down a roof […]

Paper Currency Found To Contain BPA

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 (UPI) — Paper money worldwide contains bisphenol A, a potentially toxic substance found in plastics, thermal paper and other products, a U.S. scientific article says. A study published in the journal Environmental Science & Technology found the thermal-paper cash register receipts people routinely place near their currency in wallets, purses and pockets […]