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Pioneering Transplant Lets Girl's Extra Heart Heal Her Other Beatless Heart

A girl transplanted with a second heart because her own was not beating survived for 10 years, and her original organ's miraculous healing gave doctors a new way to treat people like her.

The case of 16-year-old Hannah Clark, detailed in the medical journal Lancet on Tuesday, proved the technique of implanting a second heart to do the pumping until the original heart can start working on its own showed promise.

Interactive 3D Games To Hit U.K. Movie Theaters
Interactive 3D Games To Hit U.K. Movie Theaters

Telefonica O2, best known as the company that brought the iPhone to British consumers, will now bring "the world's first interactive 3D game" to 20 Vue cinemas across the United Kingdom.

O2, which serves 20.8 million mobile customers in Britain, will unveil 'Asteroid Storm' - "a big-screen adventure" that theater-goers will actually control by throwing their hands up in the audience.

Drew Barrymore Hounded By Squirrels At LA Home

Drew Barrymore is being hounded by squirrels. The "He's Just Not That Into You" actress was initially delighted when a trio of the furry critters began approaching her in her backyard, but is now worried they are taking over.

A source told the National Enquirer magazine: "At first three or four squirrels visited Drew when she went outside for a cigarette break - she called them Luke, Fab and Spike after a trio of her ex-boyfriends. But now more than a dozen flock to her each day."

Kevin Spacey Would Rather Be A Drug Addict Than Be A Politician

Kevin Spacey would rather be a drug addict than a politician. The "Telstar" actor insists that despite being a close friend of former U.S. President Bill Clinton he has no plans to follow in his footsteps and run for office.

He told Britain's Daily Mirror newspaper: "I would never ever think about going into politics."

British World War I Survivor Becomes World's Oldest Man As Japanese Titleholder Dies

One of two remaining World War I survivors and Britain's most senior citizen became the world's oldest man Friday when the Japanese titleholder died in his sleep at the age of 113.

Brighton resident Henry Allingham, who turned 113 on June 6, took over the place of Tomoji Tanabe of Miyakonojo City in the Guinness Book of World Records' category of oldest man.