Bald eagle gets her beak

She has been named Beauty, though this eagle is anything but. Part of Beauty's beak was shot off several years ago, leaving her with a stump that is useless for hunting food. A team of volunteers is working to attach an artificial beak to the disfigured bird, in an effort to keep her alive."For Beauty it's like using only one chopstick to eat. It can't be done" said biologist Jane Fink Cantwell, who operates a raptor recovery center in this Idaho Panhandle town. "She has trouble drinking. She can't preen her feathers. That's all about to change."
Cantwell has spent the past two years assembling a team to design and build an artificial beak. They plan to attach it to Beauty next month. With the beak, the 7-year-old bald eagle could live to the age of 50, although not in the wild. The artificial beak won't be strong enough to allow Beauty to cut and tear flesh from prey. But it will help her to drink water, and to grip and eat the food she is given.
Surgery in May 2008 will provide Beauty with a new artificial beak, to replace the one damaged by a gunshot wound.

The Stock Report.

Helium was up.
Feathers were down.
Paper was stationary.
Knives were up sharply.
Pencils lost a few points.
Hiking equipment was trailing.
Elevators rose, while escalators continued a slow decline.
Light switches were off.
Mining equipment hit rock bottom.
Diapers remained unchanged.
Shipping lines stayed at an even keel.
Balloon prices were inflated.
And batteries exploded in an attempt to recharge the market.

Drowning woman saved by a dog

A DOG saved a drowning woman’s life by dragging her from a fast flowing river.
Labrador retriever named Penny was hailed a heroine after she swam into the Elwy and pulled the unconscious woman to shore in St Asaph.
Her owner Brenda Owen, 58, of nearby Ashley Court, had taken her pet for a walk along the river bank on Thursday lunchtime when they spotted a figure floating in the water.
Brenda, a custody officer with North Wales Police, said: "I’d gone for a quick walk with Penny.
"It’s a lovely walk and it was absolutely beautiful. Then I spotted a wheelchair on the riverbank - at first I couldn’t imagine what had happened.
"I saw another man walking with a dog and asked him if he knew what had happened and then we saw the woman in the water. "I shouted: "Are you all right?"
When there was no answer, Brenda shouted: "Fetch! fetch!" and instinctively Penny jumped into the torrent.
Brenda said: "The current was quite fast. It was obvious that the woman was unconscious and myself and the man went to help Penny who had dragged the woman back to the riverbank.
"The woman was unconscious for about five minutes and had injured herself."
After Brenda saw that the woman was breathing they placed her in a recovery position and dialled 999.
Brenda said: "It was a life or death situation."
It is believed the woman had gone missing from a nearby home. She was taken for treatment in Ysbyty Glan Clwyd at Bodelwyddan.
Brenda, a mother-of-three and grandmother-of-nine, said: "The woman could have very nearly drowned – the current was so fast.
"If Penny hadn’t gone into the water I would have tried and rescued the woman."
She said Penny is ten years old – but despite a few grey whiskers is very fit.
"Penny is a very obedient dog and we’ve had her since she was a pup. She’s a local dog but this is the first time that she’s saved anybody’s life‘," added Brenda.’"
A North Wales Police spokeswoman said: "We can confirm that a member of our staff assisted in the rescue of a woman from the river in St Asaph. There’s no doubt that her quick thinking and prompt action saved the woman’s life."

Gracie Allen’s Classic Recipe for Roast Beef

1 large Roast of beef

1 small Roast of beef

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Take the two roasts and put them in the oven.

When the little one burns, the big one is done.

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For those who don’t know who Gracie Allen was… She was George Burns’ wife.

Boys at Play

The least scary roller coaster in the world

You can have an open umbrella on this roller coaster.

You handsome devil, you:

A red-winged blackbird eyes his reflection in a side-view mirror

Boy avoids stares with fake ears

A boy born with no ears has had his hearing and appearance restored with the help of several operations and a set of artificial ears. South Yorkshire schoolboy Joshua Bull was born with small misshapen flaps of skin for ears and blocked ear canals.
Implants in his skull enabled him to hear but doctors also fitted him with realistic plastic ears so he could avoid people staring in the street. Around one in 7,000 children are born without at least one ear.

Amputee goat finds a friend in amputee animal activist

They are both amputees:

She lost part of her right leg to bone cancer at the age of 10, and he lost part of his left leg four months ago because of an injury.

Her name is Jenny Brown, and she is a 36-year-old television producer-turned-animal rights activist. His name is Albie, and he is a goat of undetermined age and breed.

Couple who lost 3 children in car crash have triplets

Lori and Chris Coble of Ladera Ranch, who lost three children in a freeway accident almost one year ago, announced the birth of triplets on Wednesday night. The babies - two girls and a boy - are listed in good condition at Children's Hospital at Mission. They were born each one minute apart. The Cobles have named their new children Ashley, Ellie and Jake. Lori Coble is listed in good condition after undergoing a C-section according to Denise Almazon, spokeswoman for Children's Hospital of Orange County.Lori Coble gave birth to the new triplets during her 32nd week of pregnancy. Reports say the kids are "a good size" and "in good health." The kids are about 4 lbs each. On May 4, 2007 Kyle, 5, Emma, 4, and Katie, 2, Coble died after their family's car was struck by a big-rig on the I-5 in Mission Viejo.

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