Teh interesting (non-PHL-related) news stub thread

[Twin-Skies]

Man angry at IRS crashes plane into building - http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100218/ap_o...rash_texas

I can already see the follow-up headlines:

Texas residents in uproar, say "He should've used a bigger plane"

In other news, this is exactly why I am weary of those "Natural medicines" they're peddling in drug stores:

Chinese herbal pills destroyed UK woman's health
http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE61G...dChannel=0

LONDON (Reuters) - A Chinese herbal practitioner admitted on Wednesday selling dangerous pills which destroyed the health of a British woman, leading to calls for the tighter regulation of those selling alternative medicines.

Civil servant Patricia Booth, 58, took tiny brown "Xie Gan Wan" tablets for more than five years to treat a facial skin condition after being reassured that the pills were as safe as Coca-Cola.

The medicine, sold by Ying "Susan" Wu from a shop in Chelmsford, northeast of London, did clear up her skin but had disastrous consequences, the capital's Old Bailey court heard.

Months after she stopped taking the pills in 2003, she fell seriously ill, had to have her kidneys removed, contracted urinary tract cancer and later had a heart attack.

She had to quit her job managing a government office and now needs to go to hospital for dialysis three times a week.

Holy crap - what the hell was in those pills?