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U.S. intelligence fears that al-Qaeda may launch a new terror strike on December 12, because it?s an important date in the Muslim calendar. December 12 is the 27th day of the Muslim holy month Ramadan, and is the day on which the Koran was completed and given to the Prophet Muhammad. Anyone who dies on this day can expect to receive forgiveness.

This is one of the reasons why the White House has again issued a warning about new attacks. Homeland Security chief Tom Ridge said their is credible evidence that new attacks may be on the way and that Americans should be on the alert during the last days of Ramadan and through Christmas. A security source says, ?If you?re looking at dates for possible attacks, the 27th day of Ramadan stands out.?
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The legendary particle that physicists thought explained the basic question of why matter has mass, often called the ?God particle,? probably does not exist. Researchers who have spent a year analyzing data from the LEP accelerator at the CERN nuclear physics lab near Geneva, Switzerland say that the elusive Higgs boson, which is central to the theory on which physicists base their whole understanding of matter, does not exist. If there is no Higgs, they are totally unable to explain mass.
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Donald Church was left in agony for more than two months when surgeons sewed him up after an operation and left a metal tool over a foot long inside him. When he complained that he couldn?t bend over, doctors told him this was to be expected after major surgery. He even set off metal detectors in airports. The University of Washington Medical Center has now paid him almost $100,000.

His first operation was in May 2000, to remove a 13 pound malignant abdominal tumor. The normal surgical practice is to count up the instruments used before closing the patient up, to make sure nothing is left inside the body. However, in this case, a foot-long malleable retractor, which is used to hold a wound open so that surgeons can reach inside it, was somehow overlooked.
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When you hear a song you like on the radio, but the DJ doesn?t identify it, the researchers at Philips have come up with a new service that will get you the name of it. While the music is playing, you dial the number of the service provider and place your cellphone near the radio or TV speaker. A computer system analyses the music and compares it with a huge music database. Moments later, you should get a message on your phone naming the song. It will even let you buy the CD over your cellphone using an e-commerce transaction.
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