"State health officials say a northwestern Iowa family has learned the hard way that some cute little animals should be left alone.

Someone in the family found a baby skunk and brought it home to raise as a pet, but after several weeks the skunk became ill. A veterinarian found it had rabies.

All five family members are receiving the rabies vaccine. In addition, more than 20 other family members and friends who came in contact with the skunk are being tested for rabies, and at least six others are receiving rabies shots.

Officials say the family dog did not have a rabies vaccination and will either have to be put into quarantine for six months or euthanized."

Well Crap!  At least they found out the family pet skunk had rabies before one of the family members actually became sick with rabies.  So that is a good thing.  I can not imagine bringing a skunk into my home and treating it like a pet.  The poor family dog is the one that will probably pay the ultimate price for this pet fiasco. 

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"We give you the KFC Double Down, two slabs of fried chicken and melted cheese all squeezed around a sacred centerpiece — two pieces of bacon. The breadless sandwich that some are calling “angina on a plate” debuts at KFC restaurants on Monday. If customers order the Original Recipe variety, their Double Down will pack 540 calories, 32 grams of fat and 1,380 milligrams of sodium, according to KFC."

Oh my goodness, nnnoooo; bacon?

Geez fast food places have been putting bacon (if you can really call what they use bacon) in all sorts of things for added flavor.  With bacon you get a lot of flavor for your buck, so of course fast food places are going to use it.  I am so going to have to try this now that it has been brought to my attention.  How about you?

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Ellen Fitzpatrick "wrote" this book that includes 240 of the 1.5 million letters sent to JFK's widow after his death in 1963.  She tracked down and got the permission from the letter writers to be included in the book.  She will probably make much money from this book; since people are still intriqued by JFK after all these years. 

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Tiger is back home from his counciling session in Arizona.  (Is it not sad that the world even knows this?)  The part that I find interesting in this whole mess is his sponsors jumping ship.  Doesn't this man pay out lots of money to some PR people who should have made this go away and kept his sponsors happy? 

"The fallout from Woods' sex scandal has been immense. He already has had three sponsors drop him - Accenture, AT&T and, most recently, Gatorade - while other companies like Gillette have suspended promotions of Woods while he takes his break from golf.

When he does return, he will have a different logo on his golf bag, replacing AT&T, if he can find a deal."

Just because his personal life is all screwed up right now doesn't change the fact that he is indeed one of the best golfers to ever play professional golf.  The only difference now is that he won't be making as much money because most sponsors want someone who is squeeky clean, and Tiger is not anymore.

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Walking your dog sitting in the driver's seat of your car with the leash hanging out the window is NOT the way to go in Britain. 

"LONDON - An English dog-owner was fined and barred from driving for six months after taking his pet for a stroll while sitting behind the wheel of his car.

Prosecutors said Paul Railton was spotted by a cyclist driving slowly along a country lane in December, holding his dog's leash through the car window as the animal trotted alongside.

Railton pleaded guilty Monday to not being in proper control of a vehicle, but told the court that "a lot of people exercise their dogs in that manner."

I have seen that happen here in the US, especially in cold weather, but I cannot say that I have ever seen the dog on a leash.  The dog is usually free and running in front of the vehicle.  I wonder if there are fines involved in the US too? 

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"Wichita Police said a Southeast High School student who was believed to be killed in a traffic accident, actually died when she was run over by the car."

A 16 year old girl was killed after she lived through a gang fight, a car chase fight between the two gangs, and a car accident involving a car she was in and the opposing gang's car (both cars apparently crashed into trees).  She lived through all of that and then got run over by the other sides' car when they were trying to get their car free from the tree.  

This reads like something out of the movie "Final Desination".  Both drivers were also 16 years old and have been arrested.

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