Mom faces fireworks injury charges By Harry Harris Oakland Tribune Article Last Updated: 07/12/2008 08:44:49 AM PDT OAKLAND — A mother was charged Friday with felony child endangerment after her 4-year-old son, who was at home alone, set off a giant firecracker Thursday afternoon, blowing off part of his hand and leaving him blind in one eye. The boy, whose name was not released, lost the thumb and three fingers on his right hand, shattered an eardrum and was blinded in his right eye in the 2 p.m. explosion at a housing project in the 1100 block of 65th Avenue...