Lawsuit accuses Apple of unlawful iPhone monopoly
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - A civil lawsuit filed in California accuses Apple of creating an unlawful iPhone monopoly and vindictively releasing a software update that turns hacked devices into “iBricks.”

Microsoft plugs 6 security holes
SEATTLE - Microsoft Corp. issued six security patches in a regular update Tuesday, among them fixes for flaws that could let hackers hijack computers using a Web browser.

Shopping cart goes high-tech
LONDON (Reuters) - Supermarket shoppers may soon be cruising the aisles with “intelligent” shopping carts that warn them if they’re buying too much junk food, technology experts say.

Catapults Invented Before Theory Explained Them
Ancient Greek craftsmen didn’t need fancy math to cobble together the first catapult, a new study of ancient texts suggests. Archimedes’ laws and theories just helped make the weapon better.

Maintenance Treatment Helps Kids Keep Weight Off
Effect does wane over time, study finds

Stressful Jobs Hard on the Heart
High anxiety, low control double recurrent heart attack risk, study finds

Five Myths About Breast Cancer
While pink ribbons are everywhere as a means to raise awareness and show support to cancer patients, a survey commissioned by the National Breast Cancer Coalition reveals that most women know only half-truths about breast cancer, which will claim more than 40,000 lives in 2007. Among the most worrisome misconceptions are that breast cancer is largely hereditary and that it can be prevented.
Click through to read more about the myths.  I remember some fool blaming me because I got breast cancer.

More Fiber, Less Fat Help Prevent Ovarian Cancer
Long-term dietary change led to 40% reduction in risk, study found.

Hormone Therapy for Prostate Cancer Linked to Heart Risks
But researchers say more study is needed, and the therapy is valuable.

Epilepsy Drug Holds Promise as Treatment for Alcoholism
Topiramate reduced heavy drinking and helped to boost abstinence, study finds

Vodka drip saves poisoned Italian
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian doctors used an intravenous feed of vodka to keep an Italian tourist alive after he consumed large quantities of a poisonous substance.

Speedy ‘Mini-Stroke’ Care Pays Off
It cut odds of a later, major stroke by 80%, researchers say

Medicaid Managed Care Seems to Fall Short
Patients don’t get same care as those in commercial managed-care plans, study says

Human Urine Safe, Productive Fertilizer
The “yuck” factor aside, scientists who used urine to help raise a bumper crop of cabbages said the practice may not be a bad idea.

Human Ancestors Walked Upright, Study Claims
The ancestors of humanity are often depicted as knuckle-draggers, making humans seem unusual in our family tree as “upright apes.” Controversial research now suggests the ancestors of humans and the other great apes might have actually walked upright too, making knuckle-walking chimpanzees and gorillas the exceptions and not the rule.

Moose Elude Prey with Help from Humans
In a strange new twist of nature and adaptability, moose now apparently can take advantage of human development and use it as a shield against predators. When it’s time for pregnant moose to give birth in Yellowstone Park, they move closer these days to roads, and therefore people, to protect their newborns from bears, scientists say.

Scientists Use GPS Signals to Measure Earth’s Atmosphere
Using a technique originally developed in the 1960s for understanding the atmospheric properties of far-away planets, scientists around the world have been using radio signals from GPS satellites to learn more about the atmosphere of our own planet.

NASA probe discovers lightning at Jupiter’s poles
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A NASA spacecraft observed lightning strikes at Jupiter’s poles as it provided insights into the giant planet’s dynamic atmosphere as well as volcanic activity on one of its moons, scientists said on Tuesday.

Astronomers trace humans’ dusty origins
Astronomers have taken a baby step in trying to answer the cosmic question of where we come from.

Cosmic Factories Produce Rubies and Sapphires
Like enormous jewel factories in the sky, the chaotic environments around some supermassive black holes crank out prodigious amounts of glass, rubies and sapphires, a new study finds. The inevitable breakdown of these materials into simpler components could account for much of the space dust in the universe-dust that is recycled to make stars, planets, and life.