Friday, January 21, 2011

Video: Keith Olbermann abruptly departs MSNBC

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Pet ferret in Missouri chews off seven of sleeping infant's fingers after crawling onto baby seat

Pet ferret in Missouri chews off seven of sleeping infant's fingers after crawling onto baby seat
A pet ferret chewed off seven of a Missouri infant's fingers, leaving the boy with two thumbs and a pinky.

The ferret feasted on the sleeping 4-month-old's hands after it crawled onto his baby seat about 2:30 a.m. on Jan. 10, authorities said.

2 New Yorkers come to rescue when deranged man attacks flight attendant on JFK-bound plane

2 New Yorkers come to rescue when deranged man attacks flight attendant on JFK-bound plane
Two New Yorkers came to the rescue of a beleaguered flight attendant after he was attacked by a deranged man on a JFK-bound plane, sources said Friday.

One of them, 36-year-old Ramiro Silos, said the burly man was "screaming something about his sons."

"The guy was big and he was screaming, screaming, screaming," Ramiro Silos told The Daily News. "I could not understand him. But when we took him down, we took him down hard."

Report: Hickey partially paralyzes woman

 Report: Hickey partially paralyzes New Zealand woman

The World is sinking: Dubai islands 'falling into the sea'

 The World is sinking: Dubai islands 'falling into the sea' - Telegraph

Bin Laden says France will pay a 'high price' for its policies in Afghanistan 


 France24 - Bin Laden says France will pay a 'high price' for its policies in Afghanistan 

Santorum invokes Obama’s race in abortion debate

Santorum invokes Obama’s race in abortion debate - Yahoo! News
Rick Santorum says President Obama should be against abortion because Obama is black.

Feds Probe Post-Flu Shot Seizures Among Kids

Feds Probe Post-Flu Shot Seizures Among Kids - CBS News
Government officials are investigating an apparent increase in fever-related seizures in young children after they got a flu shot.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday said there have been 36 confirmed reports of seizures this flu season in children ages 6 months through 2 years. The seizures occurred within one day after they were vaccinated with Fluzone, the only flu shot recommended in the United States for infants and very young children. Ten of the children were hospitalized, but all recovered.