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Thursday, November 8, 2007
2008 will be known as the year that China ruined Christmas!
NEW YORK (CNN) -- U.S. safety officials have recalled about 4.2 million Chinese-made Aqua Dots bead toys that contain a chemical that has caused some children to vomit and become comatose after swallowing them.
Bindeez, which were named Australia's toy of the year, contain a chemical that converts into a "date rape" drug.
Scientists have found the popular toy's coating contains a chemical that, once metabolized, converts into the toxic "date rape" drug GHB, or gamma-hydroxy butyrate, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission spokesman Scott Wolfson told CNN.
"GHB is this drug that in low doses actually causes euphoria," said Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN's chief medical correspondent. "In higher doses, it can cause people to go into a coma. It can cause seizures. It can cause something known as hypotonia, where all your muscles just become very flaccid.
"And it can cause people to become amnestic, meaning they forget everything that's about to happen to them, which is why it became a date-rape drug," Gupta said.
"So this is nasty stuff, and it appears that the chemical is actually converting into it in the body."
Read more: Toy contaminated with 'date rape' drug pulled - CNN.com
Bindeez, which were named Australia's toy of the year, contain a chemical that converts into a "date rape" drug.
Scientists have found the popular toy's coating contains a chemical that, once metabolized, converts into the toxic "date rape" drug GHB, or gamma-hydroxy butyrate, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission spokesman Scott Wolfson told CNN.
"GHB is this drug that in low doses actually causes euphoria," said Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN's chief medical correspondent. "In higher doses, it can cause people to go into a coma. It can cause seizures. It can cause something known as hypotonia, where all your muscles just become very flaccid.
"And it can cause people to become amnestic, meaning they forget everything that's about to happen to them, which is why it became a date-rape drug," Gupta said.
"So this is nasty stuff, and it appears that the chemical is actually converting into it in the body."
Read more: Toy contaminated with 'date rape' drug pulled - CNN.com
If They Only Had A Brain!
Oklahoma City-Dennis Newton was on trial for the armed robbery of a convenience store in a district court when he fired his lawyer. Assistant district attorney Larry Jones said Newton, 47, was doing a fair job of defending himself until the store manager testified that Newton was the robber. Newton jumped up, accused the woman of lying, and then said, "I should have blown your head off." The defendant paused, then quickly added, "If I'd been the one that was there." The jury took 20 minutes to convict Newton and recommended a 30-year sentence.
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Man Calls 911 For Beer Delivery
HEBRON, CT -- It may have seemed like an emergency at the time, but a Connecticut man is now regretting his call to 911.
35-year-old Brian Poulin of Hebron was arrested Sunday after police said he called 911 several times and asked them to bring him beer.
Hebron was charged with disorderly conduct.
Police said he called 911 numerous times and told the dispatcher he was out of beer and asked them to pick up more for him.
Poulin was transported to Windham Community Memorial Hospital after officers arrested him at his home.
Police did not say what he was treated for.
He is scheduled to appear in Superior Court in Rockville on November 20.
35-year-old Brian Poulin of Hebron was arrested Sunday after police said he called 911 several times and asked them to bring him beer.
Hebron was charged with disorderly conduct.
Police said he called 911 numerous times and told the dispatcher he was out of beer and asked them to pick up more for him.
Poulin was transported to Windham Community Memorial Hospital after officers arrested him at his home.
Police did not say what he was treated for.
He is scheduled to appear in Superior Court in Rockville on November 20.
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Small Bits of News
Homeless Man Used Church Phone To Call Sex Line
Thou shalt not use a church's telephone to call a sex hot line, saith police in this Hudson Valley town.
A homeless man has been accused of breaking into a Valley Cottage church by picking a lock so he could dial a sex line.
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Mesa Cigar Store Robbers Now Stars On You Tube
Two thieves got more than they burgled for when they tried to rip off Big Sticks Fine Cigars in Mesa over the weekend.
The two crooks got away with a pair of wristwatches valued at about $2,000, but they also became unwitting stars in the process.
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South Texas Man Busted After Reporting Pot Theft
A man was arrested for drug possession after telling authorities that two masked gunmen had stolen 150 pounds of marijuana from his home.
Hidalgo County sheriff's deputies arrived at the home near Penitas in South Texas to find the door kicked in and nearly 15 pounds of pot lying on the floor, Sheriff Lupe Trevino said.
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Grenade alert at police station
More than 30 staff were forced out of a Devon police station when a man brought in a hand grenade.The grenade was found in an allotment in St Michael's, Paignton, by a man who put it in his car and drove to the town's police station.Police spokesman Joe Head said the grenade was severely corroded. "Part of the handle was corroded so it could have gone off at any time," he said. The anti-personnel grenade was put in a bomb suppression container outside the rear of the station which was evacuated. It was then covered in sandbags before it was taken away for disposal at Goodrington Sands. Mr Head said: "Our advice to anyone who finds a device like this in the future is to leave it where it is, do not touch it and call the police." With news video.
Thou shalt not use a church's telephone to call a sex hot line, saith police in this Hudson Valley town.
A homeless man has been accused of breaking into a Valley Cottage church by picking a lock so he could dial a sex line.
Click Here To Read More
Mesa Cigar Store Robbers Now Stars On You Tube
Two thieves got more than they burgled for when they tried to rip off Big Sticks Fine Cigars in Mesa over the weekend.
The two crooks got away with a pair of wristwatches valued at about $2,000, but they also became unwitting stars in the process.
Click Here To Read More
South Texas Man Busted After Reporting Pot Theft
A man was arrested for drug possession after telling authorities that two masked gunmen had stolen 150 pounds of marijuana from his home.
Hidalgo County sheriff's deputies arrived at the home near Penitas in South Texas to find the door kicked in and nearly 15 pounds of pot lying on the floor, Sheriff Lupe Trevino said.
Click Here To Read More
Grenade alert at police station
More than 30 staff were forced out of a Devon police station when a man brought in a hand grenade.The grenade was found in an allotment in St Michael's, Paignton, by a man who put it in his car and drove to the town's police station.Police spokesman Joe Head said the grenade was severely corroded. "Part of the handle was corroded so it could have gone off at any time," he said. The anti-personnel grenade was put in a bomb suppression container outside the rear of the station which was evacuated. It was then covered in sandbags before it was taken away for disposal at Goodrington Sands. Mr Head said: "Our advice to anyone who finds a device like this in the future is to leave it where it is, do not touch it and call the police." With news video.
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