A surprising ten percent of female US Army recruits is infected with the venereal disease chlamydia. Chlamydia can be detected by a simple urine test and is cured easily with antibiotics.

Dyna-Tek Industries has developed synthetic urine for the research industry. The primary use of synthetic urine is calibrating equipment used to test human urine. The synthetic product avoids some of the real products’ shortcomings which include short shelf life and inconsistency between specimens.

A study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that ten percent of Colorado women had engaged in binge drinking during the last month. Colorado women were also found to be the least obese in the country.

Las Vegas’ monorail has been shut down after a wheel fell off one of the cars. Passengers onboard were offered refunds for the trip.

A man tried to make off with 145 pairs of sexy underwear from a Victoria’s Secret in Maryland Wednesday. Two store employees managed to stop him outside the store after a brief scuffle. Police arrested the man shortly afterward.

A new hemorrhoid stapling procedure promises to reduce recovery time from four to six weeks to four to seven days. Half the population suffers from hemorrhoids, which occur because blood pools around the anus.