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Diabetic girl dies as parents pray

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 19:04:45 GMT

clipped by: AcesLucky
clipper's remarks: "She said her family believed in the Bible and that healing came from God. But she insisted that they were not "crazy religious people"

"Even after her death, her parents, Dale and Leilani Neumann, who did not belong to any organised faith, prayed over her body in the hope that she might be resurrected."

Clip Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Diabetic girl dies as parents pray instead of calling for medical aid

An 11-year-old girl died from diabetes after her parents prayed for her recovery rather than calling for medical assistance.

Madeline Neumann died on Sunday in Wisconsin, from an undiagnosed but treatable ailment.

Dan Vergin, the local police chief, said she had been ill for a month, suffering symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, excessive thirst, loss of appetite and weakness.

"She just got sicker and sicker until she was dead," he said.

Police are now preparing a report for prosecutors. However, legal action against the parents may be prevented by a Wisconsin state statute against failing to act to protect children from bodily harm.

The statute contains an exemption for what it refers to as "treatment through prayer". Mrs Neumann, whose husband is a former policeman, said they had never expected her daughter to die. She suffered from diabetic ketoacidosis, which left her with too little insulin.

Tags: faith, faith healing, prayer, bible, christianity, christian, religion

Are these really the top 10?

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 16:01:52 GMT

clipped by: Lara Nieberding
clipper's remarks: I am sure you have done better! What was your best prank?

Clip Source: www.cnn.com

Top 10 April Fools' work pranks

1. Placed a pair of pants and shoes inside the only toilet stall in a men's room to make it appear someone was using the stall. It sat there for hours until someone called security to check if the person had died.

2. Sent a fake love note to a co-worker from another co-worker.

All the women in office individually spoke to the president, confiding that she is pregnant. By noon, he 'knew' that all of his female workers were pregnant and he could not tell anyone because each asked for confidentially.

Called the electric company, used a co-worker's name and told them he was moving so the electricity got turned off at the co-worker's house.

5. Filled the vending soda machine with cans of beer.

6. Rigged the boss' chair to drop suddenly during a staff meeting.

7. Placed a sign on the restroom door that read, "The company ran out of toilet tissue; please use your own resources."

Shrink-wrapped everything in a co-worker's cubicle.

Tags: cnn, rachel zupek, april fools, pranks, jokes, work

80 year old man arrested because of Tshirt

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 23:10:30 GMT

clipped by: kkcapricorn
clipper's remarks:

Police said that Don Zirkel, of Bethpage, was disturbing shoppers at the Lake Grove mall with his T-shirt

upsetting? a Tshirt? are we supposed to pretend this isn't happening?

Clip Source: www.michaelmoore.com

An 80-year-old church deacon was removed from the Smith Haven Mall yesterday in a wheelchair and arrested by police for refusing to remove a T-shirt protesting the Iraq War.

Zirkel, a deacon at Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal in Wyandanch, said his shirt had the death tolls of American military personnel and Iraqis - 4,000 and 1 million - and the words "Dead" and "Enough." The shirt also has three blotches resembling blood splatters.

Zirkel said he was sitting in the food court drinking coffee with his wife Marie, 77, and several others when police and mall security officers approached and demanded they remove their anti-war T-shirts

"They forcibly picked me up and put me in the wheelchair," said Zirkel

charged with criminal trespassing and resisting arrest

Activists with dueling opinions had gathered to support and oppose America's five-year campaign.

Tags: 80 yr. old, arrest, tshirt, anti-war