Daily News: Odd News - George H.W. Bush shaves head in support of boy with leukemia

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Wednesday, Jul 24, 2013 04:11 PM PDT
Today's Odd News - Reuters News Headlines - Yahoo! News: George H.W. Bush shaves head in support of boy with leukemia Pet pig Nemo's lymphoma treatment makes research history Pakistan pulls 'immoral' condom commercial off air

George H.W. Bush shaves head in support of boy with leukemia  Wednesday, Jul 24, 2013 04:11 PM PDT By Lisa Maria Garza DALLAS (Reuters) - Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush shaved his salt and pepper comb-over locks in solidarity with a 2-year-old boy who lost his hair from leukemia treatments, his office said in a statement on Wednesday. Bush, 89, and members of his security detail, shaved their heads to support Patrick, the son of one of Bush's security detail. Photos released by Bush's office show 26 other security staff posing with Bush and Patrick, all of whom have only a light dust of peach fuzz atop their heads. The last name of the boy was withheld at the request of his family. ... Full Story	Top
Pet pig Nemo's lymphoma treatment makes research history  Wednesday, Jul 24, 2013 11:31 AM PDT By Yasmeen Abutaleb WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When George Goldner went to feed his six pet pigs earlier this year, his 730-pound (331-kg) companion Nemo was acting strangely. Nemo had suddenly stopped eating and laid in the mud. So Goldner loaded Nemo into a trailer and drove more than two hours to Cornell University Hospital for Animals (CUHA) in Ithaca, New York. There he learned his four-year-old Hampshire pig had what doctors believed was the blood cancer B-cell lymphoma. The hospital's researchers told Goldner they had never seen a pig treated for cancer. ... Full Story	Top
Pakistan pulls 'immoral' condom commercial off air  Wednesday, Jul 24, 2013 04:43 AM PDT ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan has pulled a condom commercial off the air following more than 1,000 complaints that its broadcast was immoral during the fasting month of Ramadan. The commercial features a couple wondering how their neighbor managed to land a glamorous wife, only to have the beaming husband reveal his secret - a packet of "Josh" condoms. "Josh" translates as "excitement" in Urdu. "People who complained didn't want such an immoral advertisement on television during the holy month ... ... Full Story	Top

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