Hold the peanuts: Food allergy sufferers’ guide to dining out
Eating at a restaurant with a food allergy can literally mean putting your life in your waiter’s hands. Often, those with food allergies avoid eating out since they don’t know whether the restaurant is taking their request seriously.
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Potomac River named most endangered
American Rivers released its annual ranking of the 10 most troubled rivers on Tuesday. The river many in the region use for boating, fishing and swimming — and the river that’s the source of drinking water for 5 million people in the D.C. region — is threatened by urban and agricultural pollution, the advocacy group says.
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Al-Qaida training recruits to dodge drones
Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) operatives know they’re being watched in Yemen by U.S. intelligence and are taking specific steps to stay alive. Those steps, outlined in the electronic brochure “Expectations Full,” include, “not traveling outside the base, speaking in a low voice, not shooting your gun and not using the cellphone.” “One of the methods of the enemy is that they will employ a spy plane to hover over your location for a period of time,” author Samir Khan wrote for aspiring terrorists who want to join the terror organization.
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Iraq veteran uses rap to treat his PTSD (VIDEO)
On one of the many days Leo Dunson wanted to die, the Iraq veteran put a gun to his temple and pulled the trigger. The loaded weapon misfired. For the troubled former soldier, it was another inexplicable failure, like his divorce or inability to make friends after returning from the war.
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Honda shows robotics for hands-free unicycle
Look, no hands. Scooting about in a unicycle is no sweat with Honda’s new robotics technology. Swaying your body from side to side is all you need to do to turn, rotate full circle and zip around on the Uni-Cub, which looks a bit like a floating car seat.
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