Success! Space station snags SpaceX Dragon capsule - CNET News
25 May 2012, 9:23 am
In a moment of high drama on the high frontier, flight engineer Donald Pettit, operating the International Space Station's robot arm, this morning reached out and locked onto SpaceX's Dragon capsule. That capture of the commercial cargo ship ...

New diagnostic approach for Lyme disease - News-Medical.Net
25 May 2012, 4:01 am
The researcher plucks out the antigen, which is protected while in the trap. If the antigen shed by Borrelia burgdorferi is found, then the patient has an active case of Lyme disease, Luchini says. "The antigen is a component of the toxic ...

California man plucks possible record-sized oyster from muddy bottom of bay - Brandon Sun
24 May 2012, 4:48 pm
EUREKA, Calif. - A northern California man who's been searching for years for a record-sized oyster appears to have found one. The Eureka Times-Standard reports (http://bit.ly/JAp102 ) Richard Mesce found the 13-inch (33-centimetre)-long, 6-inch (15 ...

DLA Piper plucks Latham Tech M&A Ace For Silicon Valley - site.law360.com
24 May 2012, 4:48 pm
Law360, New York (May 24, 2012, 5:53 PM ET) -- DLA Piper's corporate and finance practice made its 16th lateral hire of the year with a pickup from Latham & Watkins LLP that gives DLA Piper a technology- and life sciences-focused transactional partner with ...

Coast Guard plucks apparent stroke victim from deck of cruise ship off the coast; 67-year-old man rushed to Boston hospital - Boston Globe
24 May 2012, 3:01 pm
A 67-year-old man who appeared to be suffering a stroke was plucked by a Coast Guard helicopter from the deck of a cruise ship off the Massachusetts coast and then ferried to a Boston hospital. The Enchantment of the Seas cruise ship called for ...

Now VH1 Is Making A Singing Competition Series Too! - PerezHilton.com
24 May 2012, 12:13 am
The show is described as: "A fast-paced music competition series, which plucks unsuspecting singers out of their everyday lives to give them a shot at stardom. The aspiring singers will be secretly nominated by loved ones, neighbors, friends and co-workers.

Penn State's Rob Bolden not transferring, report says - Sporting News
23 May 2012, 2:33 pm
Rob Bolden’s allegiance to Penn State seems like it depends on which sunflower petal he plucks next. The ‘I’m staying’ or ‘I’m transferring’ talk has been with him at various times since the end of 2010, when he requested a release ...

Renaud Garcia-Fons plucks across the boundaries on his five-string bass - Charleston City Paper
23 May 2012, 1:51 pm
In the hushed setting of the Cistern under the majestic live oaks and dripping Spanish moss, Renaud Garcia-Fons tuned his customized five-string double-bass, grabbed his bow, and astounded the audience with an amazing opening solo piece. He bowed and ...

SAPD: Man plucks cash register from drive-through window - KENS 5
18 May 2012, 6:54 am
SAN ANTONIO -- Police say a man circled around a fast food restaurant before snatching the entire cash register through the drive-through window early Friday morning. Two women working at the Jack in the Box on the corner of North New Braunfels ...

India’s shunned transgenders struggle to survive - DAWN Group
17 May 2012, 1:40 am
The 33-year-old then plucks out the stubble on his chin, applies foundation from a pink heart-shaped make-up box and combs his chin-length black hair in front of a large mirror. Seema is transgender, one of hundreds of thousands in India who are ...