Berlin Bank Robbers Dig Tunnel to Get at Bank Riches

Bank robbers have made off with an unknown amount of loot after digging a 100-foot tunnel into a Berlin bank from a nearby parking garage. To get into the building, they broke through two concrete walls. Police have no leads.   Original post on spiegel.de    Comments on reddit.com   

Previously Unknown Population Explosion of Human Species 40,000 Years Ago -Discovered

DNA sequencing of 36 complete Y chromosomes has uncovered a previously unknown population explosion that occurred 40 to 50 thousand years ago, between the first expansion of modern humans out of Africa 60 to 70 thousand years ago and the…   Original post on dailygalaxy.com    Comments on reddit.com   

RBS bank branches to open on Sunday as customer anger grows – Top stories – Scotsman.com

BRANCHES of Royal Bank of Scotland will open on a Sunday for the first time this weekend as RBS Group struggles to deal with the aftermath of technical problems that have affected up to 12 million customers.   Original post on scotsman.com    Comments on reddit.com   

Farmers Branch Has Spent Five Years and Millions of Dollars Trying to Keep Out Mexicans. Is It Time for a Truce? – Page 1 – News – Dallas – Dallas Observer

Until five years ago, Farmers Branch (pop. 28,000) had about as much renown as ‘a speck on a flea,’ the town’s former mayor once remarked. It was just one landlocked postage stamp in a melange of inner-ring suburbs. But   Original post on dallasobserver.com    Comments on digg.com   

CISPA: What You Need to Know About the Cybersecurity Bill Congress Just Passed – ABC News

A new piece of controversial technology-related legislation is making its way though the House and now the Senate – the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, or CISPA. What is the bill and what’s going to happen next?   Original post on abcnews.go.com    Comments on reddit.com   

First Photos of China’s 298-Million-Year-Old Buried Forest

These are the first photos of some of the countless treasures found in the extraordinary 298-million-year-old forest discovered under coal mine in Wuda, Inner Mongolia, China.   Original post on gizmodo.com    Comments on digg.com