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Tiger Woods was slapped with a $164 fine and four points against his license for careless driving, according to the Washington Post.

The number of law schools offering animal rights courses has increased from 9 to 100 this decade, according to a press release by the Massachusetts School of Law in Andover. (Again, I have no clue how I get on all these lists!)

In somewhat related, although very disturbing, news: Two-thirds of store-bought chicken harbor salmonella and/or another bacterial cause of foodborne disease, campylobacter, according to Consumer Reports. The publication recommended cooking chicken at at least 165º F and to prevent raw chicken or its juices from touching any other food.

My heart breaks for this mom. An Egyptian mom on her way to show off her 4-week daughter to relatives accidentally smothered the baby on the flight when she fell asleep while breastfeeding, according to the Daily Mail of the UK.

The New York Times had one of those trend stories about parents taking a page from the show The Dog Whisperer to raise their children.

And taking a page from the studio that released the Harry Potter movies, the studio making the Twilight movies is thinking of splitting the final book, Breaking Dawn, into two movies, according to Variety. The movie based on the second book of the series, a New Moon, has grossed $481 million in just two weeks.

What else is in the news? What's up with you?