Toothbrushes, ATMs, and smartphones found to be dirtier than a toilet seat

Microbiologists in Albuquerque, N.M. recently found that men's facial hair can contain as much bacteria as your average toilet seat, according to Action 7 News. John Golobic, a microbiologist with Quest Diagnostics, swabbed a group of bearded men and analyzed the results to see how dirty the beards were. Golobic said that some of the men's facial hair contained bacteria that you would commonly find in a toilet.

"I'm usually not surprised and I was surprised by this, "There would be a degree of uncleanliness that would be somewhat disturbing."

But beards aren't the only thing found to be as dirty as a public restroom. Here's other items found to be dirtier than a toilet seat.

ATMs: As dirty as a toilet seat. (Time Magazine).

Cutting Boards: Up to 200 times more bacteria. (Food & Wine)

Elevator Buttons: 40 times more bacteria. (Infection Control Today)

Faucets: 21 times more bacteria. (Reader's Digest)

Laundry: 100 times more E. Coli bacteria. (WCVB-TV)

Money: 6.4 times more bacteria. (Herald Sun)

Smartphones: 10 times more bacteria. (Yahoo)

Sponges: 456 times more bacteria. (Reader's Digest)

Toothbrushes: Absorbs all sorts of nasty bacteria looming in your bathroom. (Men's Health)

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'Stand by Me' singer Ben E. King dies at 76

Ben E. King, the R&B legend best known for his classic song "Stand By Me," died Thursday. He was 76.

This year "Stand By Me," the 1961 hit written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, was added to the National Recording Registry at the Library of Congress. It was also recognized as one of the Songs of the Century by the Recording Industry Association of America. It was one of 12 top 10 hits of his career, according to the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

Earlier in his career, King was a lead singer and writer for the Drifters, with hits like "Save the Last Dance for Me" and "This Magic Moment." He went solo after a contract dispute.

In addition to his singing career, King ran the Stand By Me Foundation, which assists civic organizations concentrated in education, poverty, substance abuse, child abuse and neglect, teen pregnancy and domestic violence.

King was born in North Carolina but moved to Harlem at the age of nine, according to the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame. He is survived by his wife, Betty, who he married more than 50 years ago.

The Associated Press and ABC News contributed to this report.

Freddie Gray's death ruled as homicide, 6 officers charged

 

 

BALTIMORE --

Baltimore's top prosecutor announced criminal charges Friday against all six officers suspended after a man suffered a fatal spinal injury in police custody, saying "no one is above the law."

"Mr. Gray's death was a homicide," State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby declared. His arrest was illegal and his treatment in custody amounted to murder and manslaughter, she said.

The announcement came after nearly two weeks of growing anger over Freddie Gray's death, and only hours after Mosby received the results of the internal police investigation and an official autopsy report. As Mosby spoke, the city was bracing for huge crowds in two more waves of protests Friday and Saturday.

Mosby announced the stiffest charge -- second-degree "depraved heart" murder -- against the driver of the police van. Other officers face charges of involuntary manslaughter, assault and illegal arrest.

The officers failed to get medical help even though Gray requested it repeatedly after he was chased down and pinned to a sidewalk on April 12 and hoisted into the van. At some point while he was in custody, he suffered a mysterious spinal injury and died a week later.

Mosby said the switchblade officers accused Gray of illegally carrying clipped inside his pants pocket was in fact a legal knife, and no justification for his arrest, which she said was illegal.

Mosby said she comes from five generations of police officers, and that the charges against these six officers should in no way damage the relationship between police and prosecutors in Baltimore.

She swiftly rejected a request from the Baltimore police officers union asking her to appoint a special independent prosecutor because of her ties to attorney Billy Murphy, who is representing Gray's family. Murphy was among Mosby's biggest campaign contributors last year, donating the maximum individual amount allowed, $4,000, in June. Murphy also served on Mosby's transition team after the election.

Fraternal Order of Police local president Gene Ryan told Mosby in a letter before the charges were announced Friday that none of the six suspended officers were responsible for Gray's death.

The state medical examiner's office said it sent the autopsy report to prosecutors Friday morning. Spokesman Bruce Goldfarb says the Office of the Chief State Medical Examiner will not release the report publicly while the case is under investigation.

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