Pa. teen uses fork, cookie cutter to brand friend

NEW SALEM, Pa. (AP) -- State police have charged a southwestern Pennsylvania teen with branding a friend using heated metal objects because the boys thought it was "cool." Trooper James Pierce, of the Uniontown Barracks, says Tuesday he filed one count of illegal tattooing and body piercing against a 15-year-old New Salem boy with Fayette County juvenile probation officials...--...More

Tainted cookie dough victim fights to survive

Las Vegas, Nevada - Linda Rivera can no longer speak. Her mute state, punctuated only by groans, is the latest downturn in the swift collapse of her health that began when she curled up on her living room couch and ate several spoonfuls of Nestle Toll House cookie dough. Federal health officials believe she is among 80 people in 31 states sickened by cookie dough contaminated with a deadly bacterium, E. coli....More