Miscellaneous

The UK Mail is reporting that 17-year-old Stacey Irvine was recently rushed to the hospital for breathing problems. Doctors diagnosed her with massive vitamin deficiencies (anemia) and an inflamed tongue. They were shocked when Stacey reported that she has eaten little else besides chicken nuggets since the age of two. McDonald’s are her favorite, but ... read more »

The Associated Press has reported that 16-year-old Laura Dekker has just finished sailing around the world in her own sailboat the “Guppy”. The trip has taken Dekker one year to complete. Dekker stopped at various ports along the route to sleep, study and make repairs to her boat. She arrived home to St. Maarten on ... read more »

  CBS Boston is reporting that a Charlton mom is upset that the local library dispatched police to her home to remind her 5-year-old daughter to return her overdue books. Shannon Benoit said that the deputy stopped by and informed her and her daughter that the two books were several months overdue and needed to ... read more »

McDonald’s has dropped the egg supplier for their McMuffins, Sparboe Egg Farms, as a result of seeing footage from an investigation of animal cruelty conducted there by  Mercy For Animals (MFA), a national non-profit organization dedicated to preventing cruelty to farm animals. McDonald’s issued statement a statement after viewing the footage, saying that they would no longer be accepting eggs from Sparboe Egg Farms ... read more »

A 17-year old worker at a haunted house in the St. Louis area is in critical condition following what appears to be an unfortunate accident. The girl was found unconscious with a noose around her neck by another employee of the haunted house. The noose was used as a prop in the haunted attraction, which ... read more »

The scariest day of the year – Halloween – is approaching fast and it’s time to decide what your little one is going to be for the big day. There are a lot of choices out there and, of course, your child can be anything he wants to be, which is what makes it fun. ... read more »

Birthrates have fallen in the United States by 10% since hitting their peak in 2007. In 2007, there were 4.3 million births in the U.S., but that number has dropped to 4 million births last year, according to estimates by the National Center for Health Statistics. The birth rate, which measures births per 1,000 people, has dropped 10% from 2007 to 2010. ... read more »

According to Forbes, the Massachusetts State Police has been added to the long list of police agencies to shut down lemonade stands for not having the proper permits. In this case, Christopher Carr’s 12-year-old stepson was selling green tea and smoothies at the end of his street. Carr helped set up the stand and then ... read more »

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Expenditures on Children by Families, 2010   According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, in 2010, the average cost of raising a child from birth to age 17 is $226,920. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has released a report that compares the cost of raising a child in 2010 to the ... read more »

A Swedish pre-school has completely re-designed itself to fight gender bias. Staff at the ‘Egalia’ preschool call their students ‘friends’, and are to avoid using ‘him’ and ‘her’. Books and toys have been carefully selected, and colors and organization have been scrutinized. The staff have also invented a new genderless word, ‘Hen’, which they use to refer ... read more »

A shocking new trend has been revealed – Indian parents are paying thousands of dollars to change baby girls into much longed for baby boys. The procedure, called genitoplasty, is usually used to correct genital abnormalities in grown adults. The operation involves a doctor using female organ tissues to ‘grow’ a penis, and administering hormone ... read more »

A dog called Yoda has won the World’s Ugliest Dog Competition. The chihuahua and Chinese Crested dog cross, aged 14. His owner found him abandoned behind an apartment, and said originally she thought the dog was an overgrown rat. Chihuahua’s and Chinese Crested dog’s win the title most often, with Yoda taking over from a ... read more »

A 7 year old boy stole his stepfathers car and managed to drive it 20 miles, apparantly looking for his dad. The boy, from Michigan, had to stand up to be able to control the pedals while he was driving, until he was pulled over by police, allegedly for driving at 70mph and veering into ... read more »

A groom is reported to have set fire to a protected building he was supposed to be getting married in, after a dispute over the bill. The castle is the only medieval style castle in Britain, and is seen as a very prestigious location. Manchester United star Wes Brown married at the hotel, and it ... read more »

A four month old baby boy has lost seven of his fingers after his parent’s pet ferret chewed them off. Ryan R Waldo and Carrie R Waldo, 33 and 25, have both been charged with first degree child endangerment after it emerged that their son was home alone at the time. They have not responded ... read more »