UN Agencies for world health and children are underscoring the need for more toilets for children in poor countries. In fact, the lack of toilets is the second biggest killer of kids in poor countries. Without them, waste contaminates the soil and living areas and leads to serious diseases such as cholera.

A would-be thief was sent running by a restaurant owner who smacked him in the face with a frozen ham. The owner of the Massachusetts restaurant heard someone in the freezer and went to investigate. He discovered the man making off with his arms loaded with meats. The restaurant owner chased him down and hit him in the face with a frozen ham, causing the thief to drop his load and run.

Matt Damon and his wife (not Sarah Silverman) are expecting their second child. A spokesman for couple declared them as “excited” and “happy” about the pregnancy.

Baby Kyson Stowell of Chatanooga, Tennesee, has been nicknamed “Tumbleweed” after surviving being tossed around by a tornado. Lil’ Tumbleweed was treated for a collapsed lung and gashes at a local hospital and has since recovered. The baby’s 23-year-old mother was killed by the tornado and the infant is now cared for by his grandparents. Link

The company that makes the over the counter supplement Airborne, is paying out over $23 million because it made bull***t claims that its product actually worked to treat colds. The investigation into the company intensified after it was learned that research the company had touted was performed by a couple of people with no credentials… at all! Airborne didn’t change their advertising to drop the phony claims until a lawsuit was filed in 2006. Link

A cat in Arkansas lived through a tornado that destroyed its family’s mobile home and also a subsequent fire. After the tornado ripped through the mobile home, the cat took refuge in a pile of debris. When someone set fire to the debris the cat later emerged singed, dirty, and smelly. AP Story