Thursday, February 5, 2009

News 2-5-09

Station: Doctor injured in apparent Lexus blast

As Dr. Trent Pierce entered his car Wednesday an explosion occurred out of the blue. Police do not feel that this was a planned event, but they think that it could be an error in the doctor’s car. FBI are looking into the doctor’s past to see if he had any apparent enemies and is interviewing his boss who went to medical school with him and is a close friend. The FBI is unsure if it was just a fire or an actual explosion occurred. Pierce was said to be rushed to the hospital in critical condition.

Fossilized Remains of Mammoth Snake Discovered

Scientists found the largest snake ever recorded, with a length of 42 feet and weighs approximately one ton. This fossil is the largest non-marine vertebrate following dinosaurs and has the largest body length measurement. Scientists are thinking the snake is a relative of an Anaconda. This was found in a coal mine in Columbia, where the oldest known rainforests in the Americas was located.

Surgeons Remove Healthy Kidney through Donor’s Vagina

This is not the first ever time this procedure has been used but it is the first time it has been used to extract a living healthy kidney. This woman was chosen for this operation because of a previous hysterectomy. Using a natural passageway limits the recovery time from staying in the hospital for three to five days to going home in just 24 hours. Now doctors are afraid that this may cause problems in the future for people who undergo this procedure.


Bitter cold settles over southeast U.S.

Freezing cold temperatures are predicted for south eastern United States Wednesday night to sometime Thursday. The predicted temperatures are below freezing and are predicted to ruin sensitive vegetation and kill crops. Even though there is low temperatures hitting the fire dangers are high for these regions. Also there are about 200,000 people without power in Kentucky from the previous week’s ice storm.

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