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>>> this morning on “today’s health,” forbidden food . imagine being hungry but not being able to eat or drink without throwing it back up. well, that is what one teenager had to deal with for more than seven months, and you will meet her in just a moment. but first nbc’s chief medical editor dr. nancy synderman has her story. >> reporter: 14-year-old gentrie hansen had not had a bite of food or drink in seven months. ...
HELENA, Mont. — Two young goats wandered onto the thin ledge of a railroad bridge and spent almost two days high above the ground until rescuers in a towering cherry picker plucked them from their perch, hungry but safe. The rescue occurred Wednesday 60 feet above a little-trafficked rural roadway in southern Montana between Billings and Roundup, after a caller told the Rimrock Humane Society the goats were stranded on the 6-inch ledge.
RUSSELLVILLE, Ala. — Police investigating a home burglary in Russellville found a surprising clue — a cell phone that got left behind. Franklin County District Attorney Joey Rushing stated the phone was left near where a computer was taken in the weekend burglary. Investigators began calling some of the phone numbers and determined the phone belonged to a 19-year-old who was on probation for a previous burglary. The prosecutor stated police also got surveillance video from ...
SYDNEY — An Australian school principal has asked students to stop using the word “gay” when singing a classic children’s song, but stated Thursday no offense was intended — he was simply trying to keep the children from laughing. Principal Garry Martin of Le Page Primary School in Melbourne stated he instructed students to substitute the line “Fun your life must be” for the original “Gay your life must be” when singing “Kookaburra Sits in the ...
Scandinavian airline SAS is planning the world’s first same-sex wedding in the air. SAS, which is co-owned by the governments of Sweden, Denmark and Norway, stated it hopes to host the wedding aboard an Airbus A340 between Stockholm and New York on Dec. 6. To find the couple, the airline has launched a social media campaign called “Love is in the air” ( http://www.flysas.com/love) encouraging couples to set up a profile and compete for votes.
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — A physician involved in an “on-again, off-again” relationship apparently tried to force her way into her boyfriend’s home by sliding down the chimney, police stated Tuesday. Her decomposing body was found there three days later. Dr. Jacquelyn Kotarac, 49, first tried to get into the house with a shovel, then climbed a ladder to the roof last Wednesday night, removed the chimney cap and slid feet first down the flue, Bakersfield police ...
never make a bet with the devil over golf… devil of a drive… those inferno goffers… FOUR….awe for sheeps sake…. anyone have any flint? I need to sharpen my drive… really, I never ever thought lightning could do that… I swear, I saw fire come from my club officer… Naaa, the greens guy mistakenly used the can of gas again this time… I swear, the cart had a gas leak and all I did was test it with a match… ...
DAVIE, Fla. – Several Miami Dolphins crawled across the field after practice Tuesday — not due to exhaustion, but because they were looking for a diamond earring. Defensive end Kendall Langford stated he forgot to take his earrings off before practice and lost one during drills. He stated the diamond was almost 2.5 carats, which is why he was still on the field an hour after practice scanning the grass. At least nine teammates helped.
LONDON — A toilet that belonged to late Beatle John Lennon fetched 9,500 pounds ($14,740) at auction on Saturday, around 10 times its estimate, the sale organizers said. Lennon, who was murdered in New York in 1980, had the porcelain lavatory removed from Tittenhurst Park in Berkshire, southern England, where he lived from 1969 to 1971, and replaced with a new one. The builders who took away the white and blue lavatory were told to ...
FORT SMITH, Ark. — Police stated a baptism party where some uninvited guests arrived turned into a brawl that resulted in gunfire. Police were dispatched to the Progressive Men’s Club at 2 a.m. Saturday after a caller reported gunfire. Witness Amy Manjarrez told Fort Smith tv station KHBS that her uncle was pistol whipped and that others, including her dad and a disk jockey, were beaten. Police stated one person fired a gun in the air ...