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You never know what might happen when you're reporting on a farm. WWBT reporter Tara Morgan learned that lesson the hard way. While working on a story in Hanover County, VA, a camel started eating her hair. For a moment, it seemed like the camel had a good grip on the reporter. But with some help from her photographer, it didn't take long for Morgan to free herself. Both Morgan and her photographer got a good laugh, and no one was injured.

Yesterday I went to the grocery store to pick-up a few things and this is what happened. I finished shopping and went to the express lane (10 items or less) to check-out. There was only one person in line and she was about halfway through checking out, looked like she had about 30 items. I didn’t care I was in no hurry. She started pulling some items back and decided she didn’t want them and had the bagger go get her another package of spaghetti noodles, still no big deal. The lady was acting a little nervous and I noticed...

Flooding to cost Arkansas agriculture over $500 million? Arkansas Farm Bureau May 10, 2011 10:59am •Figure does not include infrastructure repairs/replacement. •63 Arkansas counties declared disaster areas. .With more than 1 million acres of Arkansas cropland underwater, the impact of flooding to Arkansas crops and forage is expected to top $500 million dollars, according to preliminary research by agricultural economists at the Arkansas Farm Bureau. A total of 63 counties in Arkansas have been declared disaster areas as a result of storms and flooding that have ravaged the state since late April. As the state’s largest industry segment, agriculture annually...

There are more than forty million men in the U.S. suffering from low levels of testosterone. But the vast majority of them don’t even know it. As the tremendous popularity of Viagra suggests, many of these men are experiencing symptoms of male sexual dysfunction. Others find themselves fighting more subtle battles against obesity, fatigue, depression and insomnia-common symptoms of low testosterone that most doctors overlook or attribute to the natural process of aging or stress. (1-2) Why is modern medicine missing the low testosterone mark?

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Peat cutter said the ancient food still smells of dairy Over 100 pounds of "bog butter" have been discovered in Tullamore, County Offaly. This ancient food substance, thought to been buried as a form of refrigeration, is thought to be 5,000 years old, dating from the Iron Age. Brian Clancy and his uncle Joe were cutting turf in Ballard Bog when they made the discovery. Joe explained "We were cutting turf and I found what looked like a huge piece of timber...We took it out with a spade and it turned out to be bog butter." Speaking to the Irish...

Taco Bell fans will soon be bidding goodbye to one of the crunchy favorites from a popular taco chain. The beefy burrito is featured in the $5 buck boxes, but soon will be replaced. Taco Bell fans will be disappointed. The Official Taco Bell Facebook page launched a statement today that the Beefy Crunch Burrito will be soon leaving their menu. "The Beefy Crunch Burrito is going away!" said the official Taco Bell social media page."Experience it before it becomes a part of Taco Bell legend." Taco Bell servers more than 36 million customers each week at over 5,000 restaurants...

Pinellas deputies say Mark C. Sirben got drunk, went home, cooked up a snack and passed out on the couch early Friday morning. Trouble was, it wasn't his house, his food or his couch. He wasn't even in the right county. Sirben, 51, of 7054 Porpoise St. in Spring Hill, was charged with trespassing in an occupied structure and criminal mischief. The latter charge came when a deputy with the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office discovered Sirben had broken a fence at the home to gain access to the back yard. On Friday, he was being held in the Pinellas County...

The restaurant will open its first two area locations — in Frisco and Allen — at 10:30 a.m.

Persons with an appetite for sheep and cow brain can still enjoy having this food at any restaurant and other outlets as there is no decision to ban the stuff, press reports said on Sunday. The Abu Dhabi Food Control Authority dismissed reports that it had banned the sale of brain in the capital, adding that a ban on any imported type of meat could be for health reasons. “There has been no decision to ban the sale of brain in Abu Dhabi,” the Authority said in a statement carried by Alkhaleej newspaper. “But the Authority sometimes takes precautionary measures...

Christian Mehlführer, User:Chmehl An explosion in the population of the predatory lionfish in Caribbean waters, where it has no natural predators, is posing a widespread threat to marine wildlife.> After measuring its length, weight and other details, Morgan removes the stomach from each fish and opens it to find out what they have been eating - shrimps, baby grouper, damsel fish and crabs. "Their stomach can expand up to 30 times its volume," Morgan explains. > Chef Thomas Tennant says he cannot get enough of them. "They cook beautifully," he tells me enthusiastically. Perhaps in the end, that may be...

A big desert lizard wreaked havoc inside a restaurant in Saudi Arabia when it sneaked into the place before it was auctioned for around $8, a newspaper reported on Saturday. Customers inside the restaurant in the central province of Ras ran out in panic when the lizard, weighing more than three kg, walked into the place, 'Al Riyadh' Arabic language daily said. The lizard had managed to flee municipality cleaners who seized it at a nearby cemetery and headed for the restaurant, apparently attracted by the smell of food, the paper said. “Customers fled the restaurant in panic before a...

Holder to oil fraud panel: Report if gas prices don't fall Washington (CNN) -- Attorney General Eric Holder on Friday ordered the newly formed government working group investigating oil and gas prices to make sure gasoline prices are dropping after this week's sudden decline in crude oil prices. Holder sent his memo to several federal agencies, including the FBI, the Securities and Exchange Commission and the departments of Treasury, Energy and Agriculture. He also sent the directive to state attorneys general.

Welcome to the 22nd installment of the FR Weekly Cooking (Recipes) Thread. Looking for something new to make or made something new that came out great? Please share a 'tried-and-true' recipe or two - or all of them:)! for fellow FReepers to add to their 'go-to' recipe stack of Family favorites? Here's the place to share and explore your next favorite recipe. ***Happy Mother's Day***

Witness:I flew with Stryker during the war. I'll never forget the night we bombed Macho Grande'. Striker was the squadron leader. He brought us in real low. But he couldn't handle it. Prosecutor: Buddy couldn't handle it? Was Buddy one of your crew? Witness: Right. Buddy was the bombardier. But it was Striker who couldn't handle it, and he went to pieces. Prosecutor: *Andy* went to pieces? Witness: No. Andy was the navigator. He was all right. Buddy went to pieces. It was awful how he came unglued. Prosecutor: *Howie* came unglued? Witness: Oh, no. Howie was a rock, the...

Before devoting his time to defeating the British in the Revolutionary War and being the first president of the United States, George Washington enjoyed brewing his own beer. A handwritten recipe for "small beer" created by Washington in 1757, while serving in the Virginia militia, has been published by the New York Public Library. The recipe, which was found in Washington's "Notebook as a Virginia Colonel", lists the ingredients as bran hops, yeast and molasses –... "Take a large Sifter full of Bran Hops to your Taste," Washington instructed. "Boil these 3 hours then strain out 30 Gall into a...

Good morning gardeners. The weather has been beautiful the last few days and my plants are so happy to be in the ground. Now it is just a matter of watering and waiting for all the veggies to grow. Lets see I have Marion, Arkansas Traveler and a couple of verities of paste tomatoes, a couple of verities of winter squash, zucchini, egg plants, jalapeno and sweet peppers. I am hoping they all do well. If you are a gardener or you are just starting out and are in need of advice or just encouragement please feel free to join...

The order was for four double cheeseburgers. But at the drive-through window of a McDonald's, a passenger on a motorcycle brandished a black semiautomatic pistol and demanded cash. The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office is seeking two robbers who about midnight Friday forced a clerk to put cash in a backpack and fled the restaurant at 4650 McIntosh Road in Seffner. It wasn't clear how much money the pair took or if they were men or women. The first person was described as 5-feet-6 to 5-feet-10, 140 to 160 pounds, wearing a blue, silver and black helmet and a dark jacket...

What is often in shredded cheese besides cheese? Powdered cellulose: minuscule pieces of wood pulp or other plant fibers that coat the cheese and keep it from clumping by blocking out moisture. One of an array of factory-made additives, cellulose is increasingly used by the processed-food industry, producers say. Food-product makers use it to thicken or stabilize foods, replace fat and boost fiber content, and cut the need for ingredients like oil or flour, which are getting more expensive. Cellulose products, gums and fibers allow food manufactures to offer white bread with high dietary fiber content, lowfat ice cream that...

A New York gallery on Sunday offered adventurous eaters the opportunity to sample cheese made from human breast milk, getting mixed reviews and some puzzled looks. The Lady Cheese Shop is a temporary art installation by Miriam Simun, a graduate student at New York University who hopes to use the craft of cheese-making to raise questions about the ethics of modern biotechnologies. "Cheese is the conversation starter," Simun said. "Some people are loving it, and some people are gagging." Simun found three nursing women willing to have their milk turned into cheese. She screened the milk for diseases, pasteurized it...