Crazy World: Mom goes online as son lay shot

US: A Southeast Texas woman is facing a felony charge for allegedly delaying hospital treatment of her teenage son's gunshot wound until she researched treatment options online.

The incident happened Tuesday evening at the family's home in Santa Fe, about 30 miles southeast of Houston. Police say a friend of the 14-year-old son was playing with a handgun and pointed it at him when it went off, wounding the boy in the thigh.

Police say the boy and his mother, Deborah Tagle, delayed seeking hospital treatment for hours until she researched gunshot wounds on the WebMD website. He's now stable condition at Memorial Hermann Hospital in Houston.

Tagle was arrested Friday and freed on bond. She's charged with injury to a child. A phone call to her home went unanswered. (AP)

Woman's esophagus twists into corkscrew

SWITZERLAND: An 87-year-old Swiss woman was in agony everytime she swallowed something. It finally emerged that her esophagus would twist itself to resemble a corkscrew.

She often suffered from spasms in her chest right after eating. She underwent tests and her x-ray reports took the doctors by surprise, reports NBC News. 

This rare condition is not unique, claim doctors. In 2003, in a similar case an 89-year old patient had

Doctors explained that the strange phenomenon occurs because of the contraction of the muscles in a particular pattern. They could not explain why this happens and there is no cure yet for this kind of condition.

Alligator nabs suspect fleeing from cops

US: A 20-year-old man was attacked near a water treatment plant while he was fleeing from Pinellas County Sheriff's deputies.

The man had been pulled over for not driving in a lane, reports NBC Miami. He opened the passenger door and fled from the scene, abandoning his car.

He had reached a water treatment plant where he was attacked by the gator. The authorities finally managed to catch him at the hospital around noon where he was receiving treatment for puncture wounds to his face, arm, and armpit area.

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