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3:12 PM EST
2/9/2012 Blind women improve vision after gene therapyThree U.S. women born with a rare inherited eye disease that impairs vision have improved their sight after normal genes were injected in their retinas to replace mutant genes that cause the disorder.

Source:AHN Topics:Health, Medical Research, Science And Technology, Biotechnology, Human Interest, Curiosity

8:25 PM EST
2/7/2012 Sperm count test kit to hit drugstores in AprilA sperm count test kit that can help couples determine if they have fertility problems will start selling in Walgreens and CVS stores in April.

Source:AHN Topics:Health, Medical Conditions, Economy, Business And Finance, Consumer Goods, Human Interest, Curiosity

1:04 PM EST
2/7/2012 Russian drillers reach surface of lake under Antarctic ice sheetRussian scientists in Antarctica have drilled two miles beneath the continent’s ice sheet, on Sunday reaching the surface of the subglacial lake Vostok, which is believed to have been buried under ice for tens of millions of years.

Source:AHN Topics:Science And Technology, Scientific Exploration, Human Interest, Curiosity, Environmental Issue, Nature

8:43 AM EST
2/7/2012 JFK affair with White House teen intern bared in bookFormer U.S. President Bill Clinton was not the first U.S. leader to have an affair with an intern at the White House. His predecessor, John F. Kennedy, had an 18-month liaison with a 19-year-old White House press office intern, according to a tell-all memoir.

Source:AHN Topics:Politics, Government, Heads Of State, Arts, Culture And Entertainment, History, Human Interest, Curiosity

12:31 PM EST
2/2/2012 Man adopts girlfriend to protect his assetsPolo Club Palm Beach founder John Goodman, 48, adopted his longtime 42-year-old girlfriend Heather Hutchins in October in a move critics say will protect the millionaire's assets during an upcoming lawsuit surrounding a deadly car accident. The strategy could shore up Goodman's wealth as he confronts a wrongful death suit.

Source:AHN Topics:Crime, Law And Justice, Judiciary, Disaster And Accident, Accident, Human Interest, Curiosity

2:02 PM EST
1/31/2012 Ultrasound zap on testicles eyed as male contraceptiveApplying therapeutic ultrasound on testicles may be a potential male contraceptive in the future after researchers, who tested it on rats, found the procedure lowered sperm count on the rodents.

Source:AHN Topics:Health, Medical Research, Human Interest, Curiosity, Science And Technology, Research

2:17 PM EST
1/27/2012 Pat Sajack admits to being "drunk at the Wheel"The internet was inundated with users Thursday searching for an ESPN2 interview in which 'Wheel of Fortune' host Pat Sajak admitted that he hosted the show drunk.

Source:AHN Topics:Arts, Culture And Entertainment, Television, Human Interest, Curiosity

1:41 PM EST
1/26/2012 N. Carolina to pay $50,000 to each victim of forced sterilizationNorth Carolina will pay $50,000 to each person who was forcibly sterilized under the state’s eugenics program from 1929 to 1974. But one victim, 57-year-old Elaine Riddick, said Wednesday she is refusing the compensation for not being enough to erase her pain of not being able to bear more children.

Source:AHN Topics:Health, Medical Service, Human Interest, Curiosity, Social Issue, Social Issues

12:44 PM EST
1/26/2012 Aussie premier loses shoe while escaping angry protestersAngry aboriginal protesters trapped Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard inside a restaurant in Canberra on Thursday, prompting police and a bodyguard to rescue her. She stumbled and lost a shoe as her bodyguard hustled her to a car.

Source:AHN Topics:Human Interest, Curiosity, Unrest, Conflicts And War, Demonstration, Politics, Government, Heads Of State

5:15 PM EST
1/25/2012 WikiLeaks founder to host TV talk showWikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has announced that he will host a TV talk show series, where he will interview iconoclasts, visionaries and power insiders to know their visions and ideas on how to secure a brighter future for the world.

Source:AHN Topics:Arts, Culture And Entertainment, Television, Human Interest, Curiosity, Religion And Belief, Philosophy