Austria

Robots serve up fiery cocktails in San Francisco

"Let's see if it turns on and explodes"

During a Friday night preview of the Roboexotica event in San Francisco, which will take place on Saturday, Simone Davalos' cocktail robot 'El Espanol Boracho' applies its special elixir to a Spanish Coffee. via CNET News.com

Dungeon dad made hookers play dead during sex

"As soon as he liked a particular girl and ordered a glass of champagne for her, he started acting like a schoolmaster"

London, May 8: If haunting his own daughter was not enough for sex beast Josef Fritzl, he also terrorized prostitutes by asking them to pretend to be dead before having kinky sex with them. via Daily India

Novadaq's OPTTX System Data Presented at ARVO

"The data presented from these two hospitals further corroborates previously reported data on the effectiveness of OPTTX in 58 wet AMD patients"

Visual Acuity Reported to Remain Stable or Improve in 86% at Six Months TORONTO, May 9 /CNW/ - Novadaq Technologies Inc. via Canada NewsWire

Fritzl Says He Knew He Was Hurting His Daughter, "it Was Like An Addiction"

Joseph Fritzl says he knew Elizabeth did not want him to do what he was doing to her - having sex with her - but it was "like an addiction". We added that he wanted to have children with her. via MediLexicon

Ohio Conductor Thinks Vamp Opera Bites

The Zurich Opera says acclaimed conductor Franz Welser-Moest will not take the rostrum for two scheduled billings of a vampire-inspired staging of "Die Fledermaus" at the Zurich Opera. via WHIO-AM Dayton

Oil steady after record near $124, with bulls in control

"The bulls are in control and there's a lot of momentum driving the oil price up"

VIENNA, Austria Oil prices held steady Thursday after jumping to a record near $124 a barrel in the previous session, as investors captivated by upward momentum seemed to ignore indications of growing U.S. ... via WJLA-TV Arlington

Austria's secret cellar family

Amateur video has emerged that was shot while a woman was being held prisoner by her own father for 24 years. via Reuters

Austrian conductor pulls out of Zurich 'Fledermaus' staging with vampires, Dracula castle

Acclaimed conductor Franz Welser-Moest will not take the rostrum for two scheduled billings of a vampire-inspired staging of die Fledermaus at the Zurich Opera, the house said Wednesday. via PR-inside.com

Screw worm outbreak in Yemen

"There are about 20,00O cases of livestock affected. Most of these are sheep and goats. We have also found some human cases -- mainly in children and older people"

An outbreak of the insidious screw worm fly in Yemen, is threatening livelihoods, in a country where rearing livestock is a traditional way of life. via Biology News Net

Oil prices steady after rising to trading record near US$123 a barrel in previous session

"There are many in the market who think these prices are as good as it gets and are positioned to see lower prices but we continue to see one-off supply issues keeping prices high"

VIENNA, Austria : Oil prices steadied Wednesday after hitting a record near US$123 a barrel in the previous day's session on worries over supply disruptions. via International Herald Tribune