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Insights on why people 'snap' and kill

A University of Georgia professor shot and killed his wife and two other adults in Athens, Georgia, in late April, according to police. A U.S. soldier fired on fellow troops in early May at a counseling center at a base outside Baghdad, Iraq, killing five comrades, according to authorities.

How memories form, fade, and persist over time

What was the name of that guy with that stuff in that place with those things? Don't you remember?

How can I break out of my depression, find connections?

I have been depressed my whole life, mostly because of my life as a child and because I am unable to connect with people. I have had two really close friends in my life. I am socially inept, and things just blurt out of my mouth. I want to connect with people and stop being so antisocial, but when I try, people just look at me strangely or find some other reason to avoid me. I was misdiagnosed with bipolar because I had extreme moods but that has calmed down significantly as I get older. I want to break out of this but I can't figure out how. Am I doomed to spend the rest of my life as a socially inept outcast? The ironic thing is that I'm a psychology major who wants to go into counseling. Go figure.

Busy moms learn how to balance family and faith

Debbie Street experienced a spiritual crisis after watching her mother-in-law die.

Is brain glitch to blame for financial crisis?

Forget incompetent financiers, weak regulations and big bonuses, scientists now say the real cause of the financial crisis could actually be down to a quirk of the human brain.

Anger, stress may be linked to heart problems

When you get angry, the stress isn't restricted to your head. New research shows that anger actually triggers electrical changes in the heart, which can predict future arrhythmias in some patients.

Milestone moments in battle against cancer

Greek physician Hippocrates was the first to use the words "carcinos" and "carcinoma" in 400 BC to describe tumors, which led to the term "cancer" being coined.

Fortune: In grim times, hoping for 'reset'

Doom and gloom were everywhere in 2008. It's not surprising, then, that people are longing for a return to normal, or at least to something a little less painful.

Woman suspected of witchcraft burned alive

A woman in rural Papua New Guinea was bound and gagged, tied to a log and set ablaze on a pile of tires this week, possibly because villagers suspected her of being a witch, police said Thursday.

Forgetting things? Mnemonics can make them stick

Arriving at your uncle's holiday party in suitable dress and good cheer, you are greeted at the door by an old friend from school whose name, you suddenly realize, you cannot recall.

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