News flash

The NaturalBlog newswatch never stops.

Tree would rather die than live in Rhode Island. The Rhode Island state Christmas shed all its needles, likely in suicidal protest over how bad it is to live in Rhode Island. Or possibly because of a fire-retardent chemical that must be sprayed on all trees displayed indoors in R.I. But probably because it committed suicide.

Account: Cell phone swallowing not voluntary. A Missouri woman says that she did not swallow a cell phone during a fight with her boyfriend on purpose, as was first reported. Police will not say if the boyfriend is a suspect, but they have identified the couple as Catherine Zeta Jones and Michael Douglas.

And finally. Fat people have fat baby.