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• Doctors: No hamsters, exotic pets for kids
CHICAGO - Warning: young children should not keep hedgehogs as pets — or hamsters, baby chicks, lizards and turtles, for that matter — because of risks for disease. That's according to the nation's leading pediatricians' group in a new report ...
• Riding dinosaur, robot top hot holiday toy list
... Alphabet Train, which sells for $49.99. The train can be used for floor play, to push along as a walker or a ride-on toy. WonderPets' "This is Serious!" Ming Ming, priced at $34.99. The plush duck dances and sings songs from Nickelodeon's Wonder Pets ...
• Nepal declares young girl new living goddess
Matani Shakya, a newly appointed "kumari," or living goddess, looks on as farewell rituals are performed before she is taken to Katmandu, Nepal, on Tuesday. Oct. 6: Hundreds bring their pets, including dogs, cats, pigs and turtles, for the annual ...
• Bus beheading suspect ruled fit for trial
Oct. 6: Hundreds bring their pets, including dogs, cats, pigs and turtles, for the annual "Blessing of the Animals" in Lima, Peru. Msnbc.com's Dara Brown reports.  TORONTO - A man accused of beheading and cannibalizing a fellow bus passenger has ...
• Tiny bit of melamine in food is OK, experts say
Chinese suppliers of bulk pet food ingredients were found to have been adding the chemical to artificially boost the protein readings of their products. Thousands of pets here were sickened, and hundreds are believed to have died. Melamine is harmful ...