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.
Friday, January 21, 2011
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
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."
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.
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Parents Group Petitions Congress, Attorney General to Investigate MTV for Child Pornography in 'Skins' Series
Parents Group Petitions Congress, Attorney General to Investigate MTV for Child Pornography in 'Skins' Series - FoxNews.com
Is MTV a purveyor of kiddie porn?
The Parents Television Council wants to find out.
The media watchdog group called on lawmakers and law enforcement officials Thursday to open an investigation regarding possible child pornography and exploitation on the cable network's new series “Skins.”
Guns seized after Mass. man suggests targeting politicians
It's only going to get worse until something is done about the number of guns out there and the culture of violence that has become the norm:
Police have seized a Boston-area comic book dealer's arsenal and suspended his gun license over a blog post that suggested other members of Congress and their aides should be targeted in the wake of the shooting of Arizona Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords.
In a post titled "1 down, 534 to go," Travis Corcoran of Arlington, Mass., wrote: "It is absolutely, absolutely unacceptable to shoot 'indiscriminately'. Target only politicians and their staff, and leave regular citizens alone." The blog, TJICistan, is no longer accessible, but affiliates have emerged.
...Corcoran, 39, who runs the online comic site HeavyInk and calls himself an "anarcho-capitalist," has not been arrested or charged with any crime. Local and federal authorities are investigating.
...But in a Twitter exchange recounted by the liberal blog ThinkProgress, Corcoran explains his anti-government philosophy and why and when political assassination may be legitimate.
2010 weakest year for home sales since 1997
How is this an economic turnaround as the press keeps pronouncing? There is no indication that the economy is getting significantly better:
The number of people who bought previously owned homes last year fell to the lowest level in 13 years. But home sales in December jumped to fastest pace in seven months.
The National Association of Realtors says sales dropped 4.8 percent to 4.91 million units in 2010. That was slightly lower than 2008, which had been the weakest level since 1997.
...Still, many economists believe it will take years for sales to rise to a normal level of around 6 million units a year. And some say 2011 will be even weaker than last year because more foreclosures are expected and home prices are likely to keep falling through the first six months of the year.
Dem Rep: No apology for saying GOP mendacity is worthy of Goebbels
- There is some truth here. The Republicans use propaganda as their political tool. They have no interest in being truthful in anything they are saying. Both parties lie. Republicans have turned into an art form.
Uh oh. Dem Rep. Steve Cohen has no intention to apologize for insisting in a controversial broadside on the House floor that GOP lies on health reform are worthy of Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels. In a lively interview with me just now, he doubled down on the claim -- hard.
"I don't think calling out liars is uncivil," Cohen told me. "No reason to apologize. You have a duty to respond. if they were telling the truth and I said they were lying, then I would apologize," Cohen continued, referring to Republicans.
GOP staff, energy lobby in closed-door talks
I was predictable. You knew when the Republicans took over the House they would get on their fours and start worshiping their masters--including the anti-regulation of-any-kind crowd. :
Top staff members for key House and Senate Republicans met in a closed-door session Tuesday with energy industry interests to work on strategy to handcuff the Obama administration’s climate change agenda.
With the backing of GOP caucus leaders, aides for House Energy and Commerce Chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.) and Senate Environment and Public Works Committee ranking member Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) are seeking unwavering support from a host of industries for an all-out push to block federal and state climate rules.
CNN Poll: More People Think Obama Failure than Success
This President has done nothing to alleviate the suffering Americans are experiencing after the near collapse of the economy over 2 years ago. Not to mention his failure to bring "change" to American politics. Big business is more entrenched than ever.
According to a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey, 45 percent say the first two years of the Obama administration have been a success, with 48 percent describing it as a failure. The poll's Thursday release comes on the second anniversary of the inauguration of Obama as president.
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
China briefly cut off oil supplies to N. Korea: report
And the Chinese claim to have little influence over the North Koreans:
China cut off oil supplies to North Korea following North Korea's deadly shelling of a South Korean border island last November to prevent Pyongyang from carrying out its threats to retaliate against the South, a South Korean newspaper reported from Beijing on Thursday, citing a Japanese expert on North Korea.
Giant crayfish found in Tennessee is new species
A new species...
of giant crayfish literally crawled out from under a rock in Tennessee, proving that large new species of animals can be found in highly populated and well-explored places, researchers said on Wednesday.
Video: 50 Cent Backs Up Keenen Cahill
If you haven't already seen Keenen Cahill and 50 Cent rapping together, this is hysterical.
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