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Saturday, December 24, 2011
Rare Case Of Two-Headed Baby Born Healthy
A rare case of a healthy two-headed baby was witnessed in Brazil this week. According to doctors the two-headed baby is actually a set of conjoined twins who had to share one body due to a rare birth defect.
The twins, born on Monday and named Jesus and Emanuel in honour of the upcoming Christmas holiday, have distinct brains and spinal cords but share internal organs, appearing as a single baby with two heads.
The hospital said the 23-year-old mother only learned that she was pregnant with twins...
Derrick Rose can learn from LeBron James about what not to grow into
I don’t like LeBron James.
I once did and might again, but right now the Miami Heat superstar reminds me of all the semi-delusional, self-aggrandizing, fan-tailed peacocks I have seen in my sportswriting career, crownless gods strutting in their mighty youth, mirrors held before them by sycophants, strolling blindly off the cliff of wealth and fame to splatter on the rocks of might-have-been.
James is only 26 — he’ll be 27 in a week — and he’s rich beyond belief.
Back in June 2007, an editorial...
For Muslims celebrating Christmas, it's a holiday, not a holy day
With Christmas comes tradition in the Traband household: A plate of cookies for Santa and carrots for his reindeer. A stocking full of treats for Omar, the family dog. A noble fir decorated with golden garland and keepsake ornaments.
But there is no angel atop the tree.
Sahira Traband feels that would conflict with her family's faith.
They are Muslims.
"The magic of Christmas is the part we celebrate," said Traband, 45. "We didn't get into the whole religious thing."
At a time when the holiday...
