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Now that the United States has started rolling out child doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for children ages 5 to 11, many parents are wondering when shots could be available for even younger kids. The Pfizer/BioNTech studies are in two young age groups: children ages 2 to 5 and those 6 months to 2 years old. Both age groups are in Phase 2/3 trials, a Pfizer company spokesperson confirmed Wednesday. Pfizer and BioNTech hope to have initial data for ages 2 to 5 by the end of the year. Pfizer and BioNTech announced last week that the United States...

Once upon a time, hen and duck decided to make a cake to celebrate their longtime friendship. Hen was a great baker and duck had a deft beak for frosting, and between the two of them they created a magnificent cake. They were just about to partake of their creation when up ambled fox. “Wait, wait!” said fox. “A friendship cake should be divided exactly equally. Would you like me to cut the cake for you to make sure you each get your fair share?” Hen and duck agreed that this would be a good idea, so they handed the...

FREEP THIS POLL- Vote: Should Stephanie Wilkinson remain as director of Main Street Lexington? She's the owner of the Red Hen who kicked Sarah Sanders and family out of the restaurant. Lexington is mad as Hell.

The former Secretary of State and Democratic hopeful discussed how difficult it was for her to come to terms with losing to political wildcard Trump and said it was not what she expected. “I thought I’d be a damn good president, I did not think I was going to lose,” she said in an interview with The Sunday Times Magazine. Mrs Clinton describe her loss as “deeply troubling” and said is left her feeling a “sense of real loss for our country, that we elected someone who knows so little, cares even less and is just seeking the applause of...

The Swedish Academy's official dictionary has added a gender-neutral pronoun to its arsenal of words. "Hen" is the new pronoun to be affixed when a gender is not known, or is in transition, or when the writer deems gender to be irrelevant.

In previous posts, I’ve shared the PC version of the story about the ant and the grasshopper, as well as the modern fable about bureaucracy, featuring an ant and a lion. And I’ve also posted a revised version of Green Eggs and Ham. Now we have a nursery rhyme about the little red hen. But not the old-fashioned version. Here’s the modernized version the President reads to his kids.=====================================================“Who will help me plant my wheat?” asked the little red hen.“Not I,” said the cow.“Not I,” said the duck.“Not I,” said the pig.“Not I,” said the goose.“Then I will do it...

BONAPARTE, Iowa, March 1 (UPI) -- Experts said a 4.1-ounce egg laid by an Iowa chicken is unusual, but not without precedent. Nathan Batten, 37, said Aussie, a black Australorp chicken, laid the egg measuring 3 1/2-inches long and 6 1/2 inches in circumference at his farm near Bonaparte Feb. 18, The Des Moines Register reported Monday. The egg weighs about twice as much as an egg labeled large by U.S. Department of Agriculture standards and exceeds the average 2 1/2 ounces for a jumbo egg. Sean Skeehan, who raises chickens at Blue Gate Farm in Chariton, said egg size...

“The Fox and the Hen” (Luke 13:31-35)In our Gospel reading for today, we have the story of a “fox” and a “hen.” The “fox” is Herod. The “hen” is Jesus. The distinctive features of both “The Fox and the Hen” come into play in this text, and it is something to behold. Let’s look at both, and see where we fit into the story. The “fox,” as I say, the fox is Herod. Which Herod, you ask? And well you should, for there are several Herods mentioned in the New Testament. This one is Herod Antipas, Herod the tetrarch, the...

This animated video was created for humor and is suitable for viewing of people of all ages. The characters of this video are Rhode Island roosters and hen.

'I thought only of escape. I felt like a poor chicken in a hen house' By Kate Connolly in Berlin (Filed: 07/09/2006) Natascha Kampusch, the Austrian teenager who was held in captivity beneath a garage for eight years, said yesterday she had thought "only of escape" during her imprisonment and dreamed of cutting off her kidnapper's head with an axe. Austrians watch the TV interview on a big screen in a café in Vienna Speaking to the media for the first time since her ordeal ended with her escape two weeks' ago, Miss Kampusch appeared self-confident, witty, articulate and strong-willed....

A hen from Molde managed to lay an egg roughly twice the normal size. The Sponås family in Strande, Molde had a hen that managed to lay an egg weighing 122 grams (4.3 oz), compared to the norm of 50-60 grams, newspaper Romsdal Budstikke reports. It was the last thing the bird did. "I couldn't believe my own eyes when she laid an egg that was more than twice the size of a normal hen's egg. It looked completely unreal, with a 122-gram egg," Solveig Sponås told the newspaper. The hen, a Loman Brown, came from Erlend Aarskog's poultry farm,...

Shooting at LAX, several injured....

Do fables imitate life, or does life imitate fables? The (American) Little Red Hen Inspired by true events. For those of you who need a refresher on the original story of the little red hen, try this page: http://www.bres.boothbay.k12.me.us/wq/nnash/WebQuest/little_red_hen.htm Characters: Little Red Hen - George Bush + the United States The Duck - The Russians The Cat - The French The Dog - The Germans One 11th of September the Little Red Hen (LRH) was woken up early one day by the sounds of explosions caused by evil men. Rather than jumping to immediate action, she thought: "The people who...