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Rebekah Tucker
Issue date: 1/21/09 Section: News
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Sixteen Kellogg products were recalled after the Food and Drug Administration confirmed contamination in a single package of Austin Quality Foods toasty crackers with peanut butter, according to news.yahoo.com. Meijier Inc. has also recalled two types of crackers and two types of ice cream. Customers have been warned to avoid cookies, cakes, ice cream and any product containing peanut butter until more is learned about the contamination. Since the outbreak, six people have died and 470 others have gotten sick.
Weekend Avalanches Kill 3
News.yahoo.com reported that three men were killed in separate incidents involving avalanches. Travis Engstrom, 35, of Bozeman was sledding with friends when he got stuck. An avalanche was triggered when he tried to free his sled. In Madison County 50-year-old Kirk Hewitt was separated from a group riding snowmobiles. When this was realized, the group went on a search and noticed a small avalanche had occurred and had buried Hewitt. Also, in Idaho, 21-year-old Joshua Jenkins was riding up the side of a mountain with a friend when an avalanche occurred and buried him.
Doctors Separate Conjoined Twins
After six hours of surgery, 15 doctors and medical staff separated two-month-old twin girls, Preslee and Keylee, reported cnn.com. Hospital spokesman Allen Posten said, "We waited because we wanted the organs to get a little bigger, a little stronger. The primary concern was cardiac connection." The twins were born on Oct. 25 in Oklahoma City to Stevie Stewart and Kylie Wells and have been monitored in the hospital's neonatal intensive care unit. "Today, they leave the OR in two different cribs, one following the other, still close in proximity, but might as well have been a mile apart," Poston wrote. "And that is exactly what everybody was hoping for."
DC Tattoo Parlors Offer Lasting Inaugural Memories
"There's nothing more memorable than a tattoo," said Matt Jessup, better known as "Fatty," the owner of Fatty's Custom Tattooz and Body Piercing, which is giving away free “Obama ’08” logo tattoos worth $70, with the purchase of a tattoo costing $200 or more, according to cnn.com. "A lot of people are feeling very inspired and taken by this moment in our nation's history. And for many people, they are in town for this historic event, they want something to remember it by," Fatty said. The article said that none of the shop owners reported any history of George W. Bush tattoos.
Hudson Jet Suffered Previous Malfunction
Msnbc.com reports that “The US Airways jetliner that crashed into New York's Hudson River last week experienced an engine compressor failure two days earlier.” On a flight to Charlotte, N.C., Jan. 13, passengers reportedly heard loud banging sounds followed by an announcement that the plane would either return to LaGuardia Airport or make an emergency landing. However, the situation returned to normal a short time later and the flight continued its scheduled route. According to the article, “It's not unusual for a flight to continue on to its destination after a compressor stall if the engine returns to normal functioning.”
7-Year-Old's Letter to Official Gets Playground Fixed
Parish President Michel Claudet received a letter from a
7-year-old girl that set wheels into motion, reported foxnews.com. In four sentences the girl wrote about the problems at Southdown West Park. According to the article, the girl wrote that the plastic slide needed to be more slippery, and an electrical panel near the tennis court was "dangerous." The letter was forwarded to Sterling Washington, the parish's parks and recreation director, who oversaw the improvements. With supplies and work hours, it cost about $50 to repair the damages. Commenting on the letter, Claudet said, "Coming from a kid, who is our primary focus, it wasn't much of a surprise to me. It had to be addressed."
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