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An evacuation on about 60,000 people in Frankfurt, Germany because a bomb from world war 2 was found on a worksite

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The bomb was found during work Tuesday on a construction site on Wismarer Street close to the Goethe University Frankfurt compound, according to a statement by Frankfurt police.

Police said the size of the bomb made extensive evacuation measures necessary.

The device is a British bomb, specifically a 1.4-ton HC 4000 air mine, the statement said, and is under guard by police. There is no danger to the public, police said, but they will be evacuating the area as a precaution while they defuse the bomb.

The evacuation will take place at 8 a.m. local time on Sunday, authorities said.

The operation to defuse the bomb is expected to begin at midday and to take approximately four hours.

World War II may have ended over 70 years ago, but its legacy still lingers in cities across Germany.

In May, more than 50,000 people were asked to leave Hanover after a bomb was discovered during pre-construction work on a site in the Vahrenwald district.

On Christmas Day 2016, another 50,000 were evacuated from Augsburg in south Germany after a 1.8-ton bomb was found beneath an underground parking garage.

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Officer on leave after pulling gun on biker
King County sheriff's detective Richard Rowe did not identify himself as law enforcement until 35 seconds after approaching motorist Alex Randall.

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King County sheriff's detective Richard Rowe did not identify himself as law enforcement until 35 seconds after approaching motorist Alex Randall.

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Cobb County Georgia, officer on stand to be fired after dash cam video was released to the public. In the video he states to the lady, Caucasian, "remember we only kill black people."

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A police officer in Cobb County, Georgia, stands to be fired after dashcam footage was released of him telling a passenger, "remember, we only kill black people" during a traffic stop.

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2-year-old Logan Vanderkleed died one week after getting his neck caught in a car window.

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In a tragic turn of events, 2-year-old Logan Vanderkleed died one week after getting his neck caught in a car window.

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Raina Nash-  A student in South Africa found One million dollars in her finical aid account. Before authorities realized the mistake she had already spent 60,000. Authorities say that the young lady is liable for all the money she spent. They claim that legal action will be taken against the student. 

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Raina Nash-  A student in South Africa found One million dollars in her finical aid account. Before authorities realized the mistake she had already spent 60,000. Authorities say that the young lady is liable for all the money she spent. They claim that legal action will be taken against the student. 

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The oversight occurred at Walter Sisulu University in Eastern Cape province when a massive over allocation of funds was accidentally loaded onto the student's financial aid debit card.

The money, which was supposed to be a $100 stipend for food and books, was immediately available to the student, according to Intellimali, the company responsible for issuing the student cards. Four extra zeroes were added to the direct deposit.

University officials were alerted to the mistake by another WSU student who noticed the young woman's newly found spending habits.

Several local media outlets identified the student through social media, creating an uproar throughout WSU's student community. In compliance with South African law, university officials declined to release the student's personal details but have confirmed she is not responding to media inquiries and has made no official statement at this time.

Intellimali and WSU claim the student spent tens of thousands of dollars in just a few weeks and have begun examining her full transaction records to determine the extent of the spending spree.

The student's account has since been blocked and the remaining balance has been retracted, WSU spokeswoman Yonela Tukwayo said in a statement.

"The student will be liable for the money she has already spent," Tukwayo added.

Intellimali took full responsibility for the extraordinary oversight and claimed new policies already have been implemented to ensure such an incident never gets repeated.

The National Student Financial Aid Scheme, which provides a lump sum for universities to distribute to financial aid recipients, has demanded a full report from Intellimali and WSU.

"When a mistake occurs in these processes, it is in the hands of the university," NSFAS said a statement. "NSFAS is not involved, except to get an official report from the university detailing what happened."

Intellimali has "appointed a forensic auditor to investigate this incident which can only be described as unprecedented in our 10-year history," said the company's CEO Michael Ansell.

The formal investigation is underway and Intellimali claimed legal action will be taken against the student for the misappropriation of funds.

The gross oversight drew swift condemnation from the South African Parliament.

"This is unacceptable that such a grave mistake as this one could occur undetected on money appropriated by Parliament," said MP Connie September, who chairs the Committee on Higher Education and Training.

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The oversight occurred at Walter Sisulu University in Eastern Cape province when a massive over allocation of funds was accidentally loaded onto the student's financial aid debit card. The money, which was supposed to be a $100 stipend for food and books, was immediately available to the student, according to Intellimali, the company responsible for issuing the student cards.

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An evacuation is being made of around 60,000 people because a world war 2 bomb was found in Frankfurt, Germany.

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The bomb was found during work Tuesday on a construction site on Wismarer Street close to the Goethe University Frankfurt compound, according to a statement by Frankfurt police.

Police said the size of the bomb made extensive evacuation measures necessary.

The device is a British bomb, specifically a 1.4-ton HC 4000 air mine, the statement said, and is under guard by police. There is no danger to the public, police said, but they will be evacuating the area as a precaution while they defuse the bomb.

The evacuation will take place at 8 a.m. local time on Sunday, authorities said.

The operation to defuse the bomb is expected to begin at midday and to take approximately four hours.

World War II may have ended over 70 years ago, but its legacy still lingers in cities across Germany.

In May, more than 50,000 people were asked to leave Hanover after a bomb was discovered during pre-construction work on a site in the Vahrenwald district.

On Christmas Day 2016, another 50,000 were evacuated from Augsburg in south Germany after a 1.8-ton bomb was found beneath an underground parking garage.

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Black has become more than just a neutral color. Instead of being associated with death and grief it has become a huge fashion staple. Although we may wear black or dark things that doesn't mean we like being in the dark. When we are in a pitch black room fear starts to come into us. We are afraid of the dark because we lose our sight. When we can't see we begin to worry about not being able to see shapes and who is around us.

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Over the past 50 to 100 years, the color black has gone through a major transition, according to Leatrice Eiseman, color specialist and executive director of the Pantone Color Institute.

Black has gradually made its way from being a color associated with grief and morbidity to one known as a fashion staple that radiates sophistication, she said.

"It has that kind of weight attached to it ... that now brings a sense of power to the color ... beyond just funerals and grief and widows' weeds," Eiseman said.

Today, people wear black as a mark of expensive clothing, to minimize the appearance of their size and to exude confidence, she said.

But the color's link to gloom still emanates across cultures, for example in American and European mourning practices as well as in fictional depictions of evil -- like a witch's hat or the cape of the Grim Reaper. The origins of this are part of our evolution.

Black is "the color of night," Eiseman said, "the color of darkness. The color that conceals all."

We fear what we cannot see

You're alone at night, cozied up on the couch and watching a movie, with the room a well-lit enclosure; your safety is not in question. There is a gust of wind outside. The trees rattle and scrape against the window. You hear a loud fizzle, and the power goes out.

You're now engulfed in pitch darkness, and for most people, fear is probably setting in.

"Fear is just like pain. Fear is there to protect us from possible harm," said Martin Antony, professor of psychology at Ryerson University in Toronto and author of "The Anti-Anxiety Workbook." "So that fear makes us more vigilant for possible danger."

Prehistorically, people would have been more at risk of being attacked by predators or by enemies when in the dark, he said. Through evolution, humans have therefore developed a tendency to be scared of darkness.

"In the dark, our visual sense vanishes, and we are unable to detect who or what is around us. We rely on our visual system to help protect us from harm," Antony said. "Being scared of the dark is a prepared fear."

Eiseman agreed that "the unknown" is an inherent association that humans make with the color black, as It prevents them from seeing distinct shapes and veils potential threats.

"How we see colors in nature has such an important effect on the human psyche," she said. "And we know that from the beginning of time, black is the color of night, and it's the color that could hide any nefarious deeds that might be perpetrated under the cover of darkness."

This notion is imprinted on us from the time we're children, she said. However, thanks to modern technology, we're now able to turn on the light and continue to have fun even at night, she said.

But some never quite shake the fear.

'Excessive fears'

Though fear is natural, it may become an issue if it gets excessive, Antony highlighted.

Many of us may experience a strong fear while alone at night in a dangerous part of town, he said, but it's not as common to feel that way in a dark bedroom.

Excessive fear of the dark can be caused by a variety of factors. It may come from a negative experience such as getting attacked in a dark place. Or it can be caused by something as simple as watching a horror movie, according to Antony.

This fear can then become a phobia -- specifically known as nyctophobia -- when it begins interfering with relationships, work or the ability to do things they want to do. If someone is unable to leave their house at night, that would probably be categorized as a phobia, Antony said.

Aids can include nightlights or leaving a door open to allow in light from elsewhere, partially restoring vision.

These are called "safety signals," Antony said. Having a small light on or a friend in the room helps us feel protected and more grounded in reality.

Treatments are also available, includinggradual exposure to the feared situation, Antony said. Professionals have their patients rank and order a list of situations they're afraid of and then expose themselves to each fear until they're no longer scared.

"If right now they're sleeping with a nightlight, for example, we might have them buy a nightlight with a slightly dimmer bulb or one with a switch that's variable," he said.

But just as the color black can bring fear to most, it can provide security to others -- particularly in terms of fashion.

"I think more people think of it as kind of an enveloping kind of color that they can pull around them that gives them a certain degree of security," Eiseman said. "They can kind of fade into the shadows."

In a way, there's an ambivalence built into black, she added. It is up to the individual to either fear what lurks in the darkness or become one with it.

When taking a look at many women's closets, most are likely to have embraced it.

"Every woman knows that having the black dress in the closet, the black shoes, the black coat, the black anything that we put on, it will work in just about any circumstance," she said.

So one tip could be to beat your fear by stepping over to the dark side.

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Over the past 50 to 100 years, the color black has gone through a major transition, according to Leatrice Eiseman, color specialist and executive director of the Pantone Color Institute. Black has gradually made its way from being a color associated with grief and morbidity to one known as a fashion staple that radiates sophistication, she said.

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Richard Anderson Dies: Oscar Goldman From ‘Six Million Dollar Man’ Was 91

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Anderson's credits spanned more than 180 film and TV roles over six decades after starting his Hollywood career as a messenger at MGM. But he will be best remembered for playing Goldman, the handler of the bionic duo played by Lee Majors' Steve Austin and Lyndsay Wagner's Jaime Summers. Combined, the series (Bionic Woman was a spinoff) ran for 150 episodes and spawned several TV movies - two of which Anderson produced.

"I met Richard in 1967 when he first guest starred on The Big Valley - we worked together on five episodes," Majors said. "In 1974, he joined me as my boss, Oscar Goldman, in The Six Million Dollar Man. Richard became a dear and loyal friend, and I have never met a man like him. I called him 'Old Money.' His always stylish attire, his class, calmness and knowledge never faltered in his 91 years. He loved his daughters, tennis and his work as an actor. He was still the sweet, charming man when I spoke to him a few weeks ago. I will miss you, my friend."

Said Wagner: "I can't begin to say how much I have always admired and have been grateful for the elegance and loving friendship I was blessed to have with Richard Anderson. He will be greatly missed."

As a character actor, Anderson played everything from cowboys and outlaws to cops, doctors and government officials - the latter is where Goldman fit in, assigning and hand-holding his bionic spies via the OSI (Office of Scientific Information).

His film credits include the sci-fi classic Forbidden Planet, Stanley Kubrick's Paths Of Glory, Martin Ritt's The Long Hot Summer, John Sturges' Escape From Fort Bravo and John Frankenheimer's Seven Days In May. On the TV side he had roles in Gunsmoke, Hawaii Five-O, Dynasty, Dan August, Perry Mason, The Fugitive, Charlie's Angels, The A-Team, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Bonanza, Ironside, Daniel Boone and Murder, She Wrote.

Born in Long Branch, NJ on August 8, 1926, Anderson was raised in New York City until moving to California at age 10. After serving in the Army during World War II he enrolled in the Actors Laboratory in Los Angeles, which later became the Actors Studio in New York.

He was married to Carol Lee Ladd from 1955-1956, then married Irving Thalberg and Norma Shearer's daughter Katherine Thalberg from 1961-1973. He is survived by his and Katherine's three daughters Ashley Anderson, a real estate agent in Montecito; onetime UN ambassador Brooke Anderson; and Deva Anderson, a music supervisor for film and TV at Playtone.

"Our dad was always there for us and showed us by loving example how to live a full and rich life with gratitude, grace, humor and fun," said Ashley Anderson. Memorial services will be private.

Related Gallery: In Memoriam 2017: Stars we've lost this year (Provided by Photo Services)

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Richard Anderson, the Emmy-nominated actor who played Oscar Goldman in both hit 1970s series The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman, died August 31. He was 91. Anderson's credits spanned more than 180 film and TV roles over six decades after starting his Hollywood career as a messenger at MGM.

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Franklin County prosecutor Ron O'Brien determined that there is not enough evidence to bring criminal charges to the operators of the ride Fire Ball. A four passenger carriage broke apart, ejecting two passengers. The other two passengers in the carriage remained strapped into their seat. The two passengers who were ejected include an 18 year-old boy who died and his girlfriend who was critically injured. The ride manufacture said that excessive corrosion within a support beam wore away the steel wall's thickness over the years and caused the ride failure. A photo taken briefly before the accident shows a crack in the area where the carriage broke. Ride inspectors report not seeing that crack while inspecting the ride earlier in the day.

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Prosecutors said Thursday there isn't enough evidence to bring criminal charges in the deadly thrill ride accident at this year's Ohio State Fair that killed a high school student and injured seven other people.

The State Highway Patrol, which led the investigation, said it interviewed over 80 witnesses, including people on the ride when one of its carriages carrying four people broke apart on the midway.

Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O'Brien said his review of the patrol findings led him to decide against moving forward with a criminal case.

The Fire Ball ride broke apart as it was swinging with a full load of passengers on the fair's opening day July 26, killing 18-year-old Tyler Jarrell, of Columbus.

Video taken by a bystander of the swinging, spinning ride in action captured the moment it came apart and two people were ejected and plunged toward the ground. Other riders were still in their seats as they fell.

The ride's Dutch manufacturer, KMG, said excessive corrosion within a support beam wore away the steel wall's thickness over the years, causing the catastrophic failure of the Fire Ball ride.

But its explanation didn't answer why or when the ride began rusting away or how it went unnoticed.

The company shut down similar rides worldwide after the accident and has said it developed new inspection guidelines.

The ride's operator, Amusements of America, submitted paperwork to the Ohio State Fair showing it completed ultrasonic testing of the ride's 24 gondola arm pins last October. But it's not clear whether the tests examined the area where the carriage broke.

Those tests are done based on the manufacturer's recommendations of where to look for potential problems.

The state's own ride inspectors do visual checks of the fair rides to make sure they're assembled and operating properly.

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Prosecutors said Thursday there isn't enough evidence to bring criminal charges in the deadly thrill ride accident at this year's Ohio State Fair that killed a high school student and injured seven other people. The State Highway Patrol, which led the investigation, said it interviewed over 80 witnesses, including people on the ride when one of its carriages carrying four people broke apart on the midway.

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Parents are concerned about the rising price of youth sports. Youth sports are now a $15 billion market, and kids are beginning to specialize in one sport earlier than ever before. Experts warn against this, saying it will make kids more prone to injuries.

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The skyrocketing cost of youth sports -- which is now a $15 billion market, according to the research firm WinterGreen Research -- has left many parents dishing out thousands of dollars to support child athletes that are beginning to specialize in sports from increasingly young ages.

Ryan Brown, 14, told ABC News that he plays baseball "four hours a day, five days a week."

"If it weren't for baseball, I don't know what I'd be doing," Ryan added, saying that he has been playing the sport since he was 4 years old.

Ryan's father, Rick Brown, told ABC News that the price of his son's passion adds up quickly.

Brown said that the cost of his son's youth baseball career can come out to "over $10,000 a year," adding that the total accumulates from tournament fees, uniforms and more. "Everywhere you turn, it's more money," Brown added.

The financial commitment that parents make for young elite athletes is not uncommon. Some parents have even turned to crowdfunding, using sites like GoFundMe, to support the sports-related costs incurred by their children.

Janine Brown, Ryan's mother, told ABC News that "it would be really nice if he would get a college scholarship to play baseball."

Only approximately 2 percent of high school athletes are awarded some form of athletic scholarships in college, however, according to 2016 data from the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).

Some experts also warn parents that there could be potential dangers to having children specialize in one sport at a young age, including making them more prone to injuries.

This summer, Ryan sustained an elbow injury that hindered his ability to throw the ball, although he can still participate in hitting.

"He's torn the major stabilizing ligament in the elbow," Dr. Neal ElAttrache, an orthopedic surgeon at Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic in Los Angeles and a team physician for the Los Angeles Dodgers, said of Ryan's injury. The doctor also called for a change in the culture surrounding youth sports, in order to protect children.

Some experts also spoke out in an interview with ABC News earlier this year, warning parents about a recent uptick in baseball-related injuries that have been appearing in younger and younger athletes.

For Ryan, however, he says he is undeterred by his injury and remains passionate about playing baseball.

"I love baseball so much," the young athlete said. "I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world."

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The skyrocketing cost of youth sports -- which is now a $15 billion market, according to the research firm WinterGreen Research -- has left many parents dishing out thousands of dollars to support child athletes that are beginning to specialize in sports from increasingly young ages.

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After smashing through a window, a deer chases a worker into an Australian funeral home. It causes a large amount of damage to furniture and walls before the staff could manage to lock it into a room. It took 6 park rangers to remove and relocate the already injured deer from the building. In a mere 20 minutes it cause $80,000 worth of damage.

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Russian official warns of retaliation after U.S. closes consulate with 'solo break dance moves' The Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov warned that Moscow may retaliate against a U.S. order closing to the Russian consulate in San Francisco. Russia's president Vladimir Putin does not want a fight, but instead wants to peruse Trump's pledges for better relations.

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov today warned that Moscow may retaliate against a U.S. order closing the Russian consulate in San Francisco but then appeared to extend an olive branch to President Donald Trump, saying the Kremlin was still eager to take him up on his pre-election promises to improve relations.

"Naturally, we will respond toughly to these things that bring us harm absolutely out of nowhere," Lavrov told students during a televised address at a Moscow university.

But Russian President Vladimir Putin is "not looking for a fight" and instead wants to pursue Trump's pledges for better relations, Lavrov added.

"All this story with the exchange of sanctions was undertaken not by us, but by the Obama administration precisely with this goal to undermine Russian-American relations," Lavrov said.

The diplomatic conflicts, he argued, are meant to hinder Trump "as much as possible in fulfilling his pre-election statements about the necessity of normalizing relations with Russia."

"President Trump is now also repeating these statements and President Putin has more than once said that we are interested in that," Lavrov said.

The State Department Thursday ordered Russia to close its consulate in San Francisco by Saturday, as well as two diplomatic annexes in New York and Washington. The move was in response to a Kremlin order in late-July that the United States cut 755 of its diplomatic staff in Russia.

The Kremlin ordered the staff cuts, as well as the closure of a summerhouse and some storage facilities belonging to the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, after Congress imposed fresh sanctions on Russia over its alleged meddling in the 2016 election.

Lavrov's comments suggested Moscow would like to slow the cycle of retaliation. But he expressed doubts Trump would now be able to pursue détente.

"It takes two to tango," he said. "It seems to me, our U.S. counterparts for now are for now performing solo breakdance moves recently."

Both sides have sought to couch the standoff as a restrained dispute around numbers. Russia's foreign ministry has argued the cap on U.S. staff was intended to ensure "parity" between the size of the two countries' diplomatic presences.

In ordering the closures, the U.S. State Department persisted with that line, arguing it matched the number of consulates the two countries hold.

"In the spirit of parity invoked by the Russians, we are requiring the Russian government to close its Consulate General in San Francisco, a chancery annex in Washington DC, and a consular annex in New York," State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said in a statement Thursday.

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders told reporters the decision had been made directly by Trump.

There is speculation now whether Russia would retaliate against the U.S. measures, perhaps by closing one of the United States' three consulates in Russia.

The United States has consulates in three Russian cities: St. Petersburg, Ekaterinburg and the far eastern port, Vladivostok.

Lavrov said Russia was studying the new U.S. restrictions but told the students that America's understanding of parity is "peculiar."

Two senior Russian lawmakers, however, who often signal the Kremlin's position on international affairs, suggested a symmetrical response to the U.S. actions might not be necessary.

"I consider that it's not worth Russia taking a symmetrical response," Leonid Slutsky, head of the Russian duma's parliamentary committee on international affairs, said, according to Russian news agency Interfax.

"On the contrary," he said, Russia should "try to propose all possible efforts for the preservation of the levels of diplomatic relations with the U.S."

Anton Klimov, head of Russia's Senate committee on state sovereignty, also told Interfax the "answer doesn't necessarily have to be a mirror response."

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Student get 1 million dollars from finacial aid, accidentally. She spends more than $60,000.

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The oversight occurred at Walter Sisulu University in Eastern Cape province when a massive over allocation of funds was accidentally loaded onto the student's financial aid debit card.

The money, which was supposed to be a $100 stipend for food and books, was immediately available to the student, according to Intellimali, the company responsible for issuing the student cards. Four extra zeroes were added to the direct deposit.

University officials were alerted to the mistake by another WSU student who noticed the young woman's newly found spending habits.

Several local media outlets identified the student through social media, creating an uproar throughout WSU's student community. In compliance with South African law, university officials declined to release the student's personal details but have confirmed she is not responding to media inquiries and has made no official statement at this time.

Intellimali and WSU claim the student spent tens of thousands of dollars in just a few weeks and have begun examining her full transaction records to determine the extent of the spending spree.

The student's account has since been blocked and the remaining balance has been retracted, WSU spokeswoman Yonela Tukwayo said in a statement.

"The student will be liable for the money she has already spent," Tukwayo added.

Intellimali took full responsibility for the extraordinary oversight and claimed new policies already have been implemented to ensure such an incident never gets repeated.

The National Student Financial Aid Scheme, which provides a lump sum for universities to distribute to financial aid recipients, has demanded a full report from Intellimali and WSU.

"When a mistake occurs in these processes, it is in the hands of the university," NSFAS said a statement. "NSFAS is not involved, except to get an official report from the university detailing what happened."

Intellimali has "appointed a forensic auditor to investigate this incident which can only be described as unprecedented in our 10-year history," said the company's CEO Michael Ansell.

The formal investigation is underway and Intellimali claimed legal action will be taken against the student for the misappropriation of funds.

The gross oversight drew swift condemnation from the South African Parliament.

"This is unacceptable that such a grave mistake as this one could occur undetected on money appropriated by Parliament," said MP Connie September, who chairs the Committee on Higher Education and Training.

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Houston is the site of the most chemical plants. Toxic compounds were released into the environment when the land was flooded. Arkerma a chemical manufacturing and storage facility busted into flames after the flood waters damaged the facility. Homes were evacuated within a 1.5 mile radius of the facility.

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Coastal Houston is the site of a large concentration of chemical plants, refineries, superfund sites and fossil fuel operations. Some have suffered damage from Hurricane Harvey, releasing toxic compounds into the environment, and environmentalists, in turn, are pointing the finger at politicians and industry leaders who have sought to ax regulations.

Specifically, they're criticizing the Environmental Protection Agency for delaying a chemical plant safety rule once President Donald Trump took office. In part, the rule would have ensured first responders knew what chemicals they may come in contact with and how to handle those chemicals in an emergency response situation.

The intention was to help prevent and mitigate chemical accidents.

"The rules that were delayed were designed to reduce the risk of chemical releases," said Peter Zalzal, special projects director and lead attorney at Environmental Defense Fund. "This kind of situation underscores why we shouldn't be rolling these rules back."

Earlier this year, legislation was introduced in both the House and Senate that would repeal an EPA rule.

A report in the International Business Times noted the bill was cosponsored by a hefty handful of Texas Republican House members, and the companion bill in the Senate had the backing of both Texas Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz.

Many who cosponsored the legislation, IBT noted, have accepted donations from the chemical industry, the American Chemical Council and Arkema, Inc.

Thursday morning, the Arkema chemical manufacturing and storage facility outside of Houston burst into flames, and black smoke billowed out after Harvey's floodwaters knocked out equipment used to keep the plant's volatile chemicals cool. Fifteen sheriff's deputies were taken to the hospital for inhaling the irritants and a mandatory evacuation is in place for all residents living within 1.5 miles of the chemical plant in southeast Texas.

Friday afternoon, a fire broke out at the Crosby, Texas chemical plant.

The Crosby plant produces liquid organic peroxides used primarily in the production of common consumer products ranging from headlights assemblies for the automotive industry, to PVC for pipes, packaging and siding.

Arkema and its industry trade organization, the American Chemistry Council, had filed comments objecting to several of these key components of the proposed Obama-era chemical safety rule. The stricter rules for chemical plants like Arkema would have taken place March 14, but following the industry opposition, EPA chief Scott Pruitt delayed the Obama-era rule until 2019.

In a statement to CNN, the EPA said the agency's Risk Management Plan rule for chemical plants like Arkema is in effect, and "is an important safety rule that requires facilities that use extremely hazardous substances to develop plans that identify potential effects of a chemical accident, identify steps a facility is doing to prevent an accident, and spell out emergency response procedures, should an accident occur."

But the Obama-era amendments to the existing rule were stricter and were intended to strengthen the existing rule. The amendments revised several accident prevention requirements as well as what must be communicated to local authorities and the public.

To that, the EPA said: "None of the major amendments would have been effective until March 2018 and most well after that. The agency's recent action to delay the effectiveness of the 2017 amendments had no effect on the major safety requirements that applied to the Arkema Crosby plant at the time of the fire."

The Chemical Safety Board said in a statement that it would investigate the Arkema explosion.

Plants around the area

Many of these plants and refineries are located in low-income communities.

The Sierra Club created a map detailing some of the major operation the group says pose heightened threats to the 25 counties most affected by Harvey.

Sierra Club organizer Bryan Parras grew up in Houston and said as long as he could remember, industrial operations filled the city, posing environmental and health risks.

"These sites have caused devastation for my family, my friends and my neighbors for years, polluting our air and water with deadly toxins," Parras said. "Hurricane Harvey didn't create the problem my community faces, but it has magnified it."

CNN reached out to Arkema and is awaiting comment.

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As waters recede in Houston, attention turns to chemical facilities

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Coastal Houston is the site of a large concentration of chemical plants, refineries, superfund sites and fossil fuel operations. Some have suffered damage from Hurricane Harvey, releasing toxic compounds into the environment, and environmentalists, in turn, are pointing the finger at politicians and industry leaders who have sought to ax regulations.

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Man is detained for questioning about 9-year-old disappearance in France. 85 police officers still remain on the case, but no new evidence  as risen.

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People have come from all across the US from the Floridan everglades to border states of Texas such as Louisiana. To help all of the desperate people in need.

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When Hurricane Harvey slammed the Texas coast and flooded much of Houston, volunteers sprang into action.

Some have come from as far away as the Florida Everglades, boats in tow, ready to rescue people trapped in their homes. Some are firefighters from other parts of Texas or nearby Louisiana. Some are just Houston residents who chose to stick around to make sure their neighbors were able to get out safely.

"Everywhere I'm going, it's all private citizens and that's amazing," said photographer Timothy Fadek, who has been on assignment for CNN since Harvey came ashore.

Local authorities, including police officers, firefighters and the Texas National Guard, have been spearheading the evacuation efforts - but they can't be everywhere at once, and Fadek was struck by the selfless response of everyday people.

"They all say pretty much the same thing: that they recognized immediately that the official rescue services were overwhelmed and that they had no choice. They had to. They felt compelled to," said Fadek, who has also covered Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the Haiti earthquake in 2010, and other disaster areas during his career.

He recalled one local volunteer who was going door to door, flagging down rescue vehicles and helping his neighbors get into them safely.

"He's risking his own life," Fadek said. "He could have just gone AWOL, got rescued and gone to higher ground and be having a nice steak meal, but no - he's staying behind. And I encountered that everywhere I went. ...

"This other (volunteer), he can't even swim. He's wearing a lifejacket and a skater helmet, and I talked to him in Spanish. He had actually come from another part of Texas to check on the home of one of his relatives, and he ended up staying. His job was just to check the home, maybe gather some belongings or gather some valuables, and leave. But he decided to stay anyway to help with rescues."

Volunteers are doing more than just rescuing people.

On Tuesday, Fadek visited the George R. Brown Convention Center where many evacuees have been given shelter.

"I saw this line of people - I thought they were a line of people waiting to get in to check in to the shelter - it turns out they were people wanting to volunteer," he said. "The volunteers line was longer than the line for people who wanted to take shelter."

Rockport left in ruins

Fadek flew into Houston on Friday and grabbed some supplies, including water and 10 gallons of gasoline, before driving a rental SUV south to Rockport, a Gulf Coast city close to where Harvey was just making landfall.

It was a treacherous trip. Midway through, he came across heavy winds that had overturned a tractor-trailer and pushed some cars into ditches.

"I had to fight the steering wheel to keep on the road," he said. "It was right after the hurricane hit."

When Fadek finally made it to Rockport, he found a heavily damaged city with hardly any people. For about a 20-mile radius, he said, "pretty much everything I saw was completely flattened."

Buildings were demolished. Boats were piled up on top of one another. The next day, once people started streaming back into the city, Fadek photographed them staring in disbelief at what was left of their homes. He came upon one house where just the front had been ripped off by the storm.

"You can see these people's lives exposed, and there's something that's really haunting about that picture, because everything else is fine," he said. "The house is still standing, just the facade is gone."

'The flooding is everywhere'

On Sunday, Fadek ventured back to Houston where the historic flooding was taking place. He found it difficult to get around - much more difficult than when Katrina hit New Orleans 12 years ago.

"With Katrina, the flooding was localized in only a few neighborhoods, like the Lower Ninth Ward, for example. ... You'd just drive up to the neighborhood, you'd get out of the car and you walk," he said.

"However in Houston, the flooding is everywhere. It's like the entire city except for the center and downtown. So yes, you can drive on the highway, you can drive on the ring road ... but you have to get off the road eventually and then it becomes an absolute maze. You drive three blocks, it's fine, and then you hit water. You turn right, you drive another three blocks, it's flooded."

The nonstop rain - five days straight - was another challenge for Fadek as he tried to capture the scene on the ground. Water was constantly on his camera lens, and it was impossible to keep it dry all the time. One of his cameras even stopped working.

"Even though I had a protective plastic cover over the body, it got wet and it crapped out," he said.

But one camera is nothing compared with the losses suffered by those in Houston.

"There were scenes that I shot in Houston today and yesterday, especially, that really visually reminded me of developing countries - Haiti after the earthquake or some kind of refugee camp," Fadek said on Tuesday. "The convention center is a perfect example. Although it was very organized - the Red Cross, they know their stuff - there were lines and lines of people receiving their water and their food. It reminded me of a refugee camp somewhere."

Fadek spent three hours Tuesday traveling on the back of a massive rescue truck that volunteers were driving around a neighborhood. Floodwaters were rising there, and authorities had ordered a mandatory evacuation.

"The entire neighborhood had no electricity. There's no running water, of course. These people were running out of food," Fadek said.

Despite the dangerous conditions and the heavy flooding, some people didn't want to leave. They had to be persuaded. Fadek overheard one resident say that the water was in her living room but that it was "not so bad." She eventually was talked into the rescue truck, along with her four daughters and the family cat.

The back of the truck had muddy water about ankle-deep, and it was slippery, Fadek said. The walls were curved, too, so it wasn't easy to hold on and brace yourself. Fadek tried to help a couple of young children on the truck, demonstrating to them how surfers stand to keep their balance.

At one point, up to 30 people were crammed in the back. And there were pets, too: a couple of dogs, a couple of cats. "It was like Noah's Ark," Fadek said.

The truck then took everyone to a highway underpass, where various organizations were set up to help evacuees get to one of Houston's many shelters.

"When you see these people being rescued or these people on the food line, even though they're unhappy of course, you can tell that they are grateful that they're alive," Fadek said. "You just sense it. Everywhere I've ever photographed a disaster, you sense it."

Timothy Fadek is a photographer based in New York. He is represented by Redux Pictures. Follow him on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

Photo editors: Brett Roegiers and Bernadette Tuazon

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When Hurricane Harvey slammed the Texas coast and flooded much of Houston, volunteers sprang into action. Some have come from as far away as the Florida Everglades, boats in tow, ready to rescue people trapped in their homes. Some are firefighters from other parts of Texas or nearby Louisiana.

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Chicago's Field Museum is replacing the biggest T. rex, named Sue, with a fiberglass skeleton of Titanosaur. The skeleton is 122 feet long, and will replace Sue next year. Sue will get an anatomy makeover, and change of stance before it gets its new exhibit in 2019.

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Chicago's Field Museum is making a prehistoric change next year, replacing the world's biggest T. rex, known as Sue, with the largest land mammal on record, Patagotitan mayorum.

A fiberglass skeleton of the 122-foot-long plant-eater, which roamed the Earth 100 million years ago, will take the spot of Sue next spring in the museum's Stanley Field Hall.

The model, which will contain several genuine fossils that will be on display for two years, is being cast from fossils of seven Patagotitan individuals.

Sue will get an anatomy makeover, as well as a change in its stance before being placed in its new exhibit in spring of 2019.

"We are making several adjustments to the skeleton to reflect new and improved knowledge," paleontologist Pete Makovicky, the museum's associate curator of dinosaurs, told Reuters.

The museum bought the T. rex in 1990 at an auction for $8.4 million. It was named after the woman who discovered the dinosaur in South Dakota.

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Chicago's Field Museum replacing T. rex named Sue

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Chicago's Field Museum is making a prehistoric change next year, replacing the world's biggest T. rex, known as Sue, with the largest land mammal on record, Patagotitan mayorum. A fiberglass skeleton of the 122-foot-long plant-eater, which roamed the Earth 100 million years ago, will take the spot of Sue next spring in the museum's Stanley Field Hall.

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Hurricane Irma, a current Category 3 hurricane, is building strength in the Atlantic, and could potentially become a Category Five hurricane.

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Powerful Hurricane Irma is expected to strengthen over the eastern Atlantic Ocean during the weekend -- potentially becoming as potent as a Category 5 storm as it whirls its way towards a possible landfall.

Irma formed and strengthened to a Category 3 storm on Thursday and was forecast to be an "extremely dangerous" storm for the next several days, according to The National Hurricane Center.

"The models are trending towards perhaps curving away from the U.S.," Fox News meteorologist Janice Dean said, adding the storm, however, was coming "a little too close to comfort for the East Coast."

The storm was moving west-northwest near 13 mph. Its maximum sustained winds had increased to near 110 mph.

So far no coastal watches or warnings were in effect but it was too early to determine if it would make landfall or pose a threat to the United States.

Should Irma strike the U.S., it could form a devastating 1-2 punch of Category 4 storms after the havoc wreaked by Hurricane Harvey last weekend.
HURRICANE IRMA NOW CATEGORY 3 STORM, FORECAST TO BE 'EXTREMELY DANGEROUS'
Forecasters expect Irma to make contact with the Lesser Antilles but it was not clear where it would directly hit. Storm watchers advise residents in Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and the Lesser Antilles to monitor the storm.

Meanwhile, Tropical Storm Lidia lashed Mexico's resort-studded southern Baja California Peninsula with heavy rains, as about 1,400 sought refuge at storm shelters in the Los Cabos resorts.
AS TEXAS FLOODWATERS RECEDE, DANGERS ABOUND
The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Lidia could produce total accumulations of as much as 8 to 12 inches across much of Baja California Sur state and western Jalisco state on the mainland, threatening flash floods and landslides.

Lidia had maximum sustained winds of 65 mph early Friday with weakening expected over the next few days as the storm reaches the mountainous terrain of Baja California. Its center was about 50 miles west-southwest of La Paz and was heading northwest near 8 mph.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Hurricane Irma expected to strengthen in Atlantic Ocean this weekend

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Powerful Hurricane Irma is expected to strengthen over the eastern Atlantic Ocean during the weekend -- potentially becoming as potent as a Category 5 storm as it whirls its way towards a possible landfall. Irma formed and strengthened to a Category 3 storm on Thursday and was forecast to be an "extremely dangerous" storm for the next several days, according to The National Hurricane Center.

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Hurricane Irma is expected to get stronger this weekend, potentially becoming a category 5 hurricane.

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Powerful Hurricane Irma is expected to strengthen over the eastern Atlantic Ocean during the weekend -- potentially becoming as potent as a Category 5 storm as it whirls its way towards a possible landfall.

Irma formed and strengthened to a Category 3 storm on Thursday and was forecast to be an "extremely dangerous" storm for the next several days, according to The National Hurricane Center.

"The models are trending towards perhaps curving away from the U.S.," Fox News meteorologist Janice Dean said, adding the storm, however, was coming "a little too close to comfort for the East Coast."

The storm was moving west-northwest near 13 mph. Its maximum sustained winds had increased to near 110 mph.

So far no coastal watches or warnings were in effect but it was too early to determine if it would make landfall or pose a threat to the United States.

Should Irma strike the U.S., it could form a devastating 1-2 punch of Category 4 storms after the havoc wreaked by Hurricane Harvey last weekend.
HURRICANE IRMA NOW CATEGORY 3 STORM, FORECAST TO BE 'EXTREMELY DANGEROUS'
Forecasters expect Irma to make contact with the Lesser Antilles but it was not clear where it would directly hit. Storm watchers advise residents in Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and the Lesser Antilles to monitor the storm.

Meanwhile, Tropical Storm Lidia lashed Mexico's resort-studded southern Baja California Peninsula with heavy rains, as about 1,400 sought refuge at storm shelters in the Los Cabos resorts.
AS TEXAS FLOODWATERS RECEDE, DANGERS ABOUND
The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Lidia could produce total accumulations of as much as 8 to 12 inches across much of Baja California Sur state and western Jalisco state on the mainland, threatening flash floods and landslides.

Lidia had maximum sustained winds of 65 mph early Friday with weakening expected over the next few days as the storm reaches the mountainous terrain of Baja California. Its center was about 50 miles west-southwest of La Paz and was heading northwest near 8 mph.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Hurricane Irma expected to strengthen in Atlantic Ocean this weekend

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Powerful Hurricane Irma is expected to strengthen over the eastern Atlantic Ocean during the weekend -- potentially becoming as potent as a Category 5 storm as it whirls its way towards a possible landfall. Irma formed and strengthened to a Category 3 storm on Thursday and was forecast to be an "extremely dangerous" storm for the next several days, according to The National Hurricane Center.

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Gas prices went up 17 cents overnight due to hurricane Harvey hitting Texas.

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Gas prices spiked overnight and are up about 17 cents a gallon since Hurricane Harvey struck Texas.

The national average price for a gallon of regular jumped nearly 7 cents to $2.52 a gallon on Friday, according to AAA. And price spikes are even more severe in some Southern states.

Prices in Texas jumped 10 cents overnight, and are up 21 cents over the last week. North Carolina prices jumped 11 cents overnight and are up 27 cents over the last week. Georgia prices jumped nearly 12 cents overnight and are up about 29 cents for the week.

Stations started running out of gasoline in Dallas following a social media reports that there was a Harvey-inspired shortage, even though one expert said the run on gasoline there was caused by the drivers panicking and topping off. Supplies might have lasted if drivers conserved what they already had in the tank.

Gas futures shot up more than10% Thursday, the last day of trading for contracts that promised September delivery of gasoline. Prices for the October futures early Friday were slightly lower, suggesting traders don't expect the higher prices to last. But there will likely be continued pain at the pump as the many of the refineries along the Texas Gulf Coast struggle to get back online.

Related: Harvey certain to be one of most expensive natural disasters ever

"There's a worry now that most of the Texas refineries could be compromised for weeks rather than days" said Tom Kloza, chief oil analyst for the Oil Price Information Service, which tracks prices for AAA. He said the national average could get as high as $2.75 a gallon in a worst case scenario.

The Trump administration tapped into the emergency Strategic Petroleum Reserve Thursday in response to the major refinery outages on the U.S. Gulf Coast caused by Hurricane Harvey.

Nearly 30% of the nation's refining capacity along the Gulf Coast has been shut or reduced operations due to flood waters associated with the storm. Motiva's massive Port Arthur refinery, the largest in the U.S., shut down on Wednesday due to "increasing local flood conditions," while Valero also closed its Port Arthur refinery on Wednesday.

Related: Harvey shuts down major fuel pipeline supplying East Coast

Earlier in the week ExxonMobil's Baytown Texas refinery, which is the second-largest in the country, was shut down due to roof damage caused by heavy rain.

The refinery shutdowns caused the Colonial Pipeline to shut part of its operation from the Texas Gulf Coast early Thursday because it doesn't have enough product to move through the pipeline. The pipeline is key to moving gasoline, jet fuel and other refined products to points along the East Coast from Florida to New Jersey. While part of the pipeline was still operating, "we don't know how much its carrying," Kloza said. "I'm sure it's less than maximum."

A break in the same pipeline in September 2016 caused gasoline shortages and prices to spike about 20 cents a gallon in Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia.

The question now is how long it takes the closed refineries to get back online. Kloza said it took about six weeks for the system to get back to normal after Katrina.

CNNMoney (New York) First published September 1, 2017: 7:06 AM ET

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Gas prices spike again, now up 17 cents since Harvey

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The national average price for a gallon of regular jumped nearly 7 cents to $2.52 a gallon on Friday, according to AAA. And price spikes are even more severe in some Southern states. Prices in Texas jumped 10 cents overnight, and are up 21 cents over the last week.

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Former president Barack Obama will cost taxpayers 1.1 million dollars for his 2018 expenses.

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Former President Barack Obama will cost taxpayers $1,153,000 next year, according to a Congressional Research Service memo.

That amount will make Obama's expenses the highest of the five living ex-presidents, the Washington Times reported.

The Former Presidents Act, which became law in 1958, provides former White House occupants with lifetime benefits after leaving office. Each ex-president receives a base pension of $205,700 annually, but the budget requests they submit to Congress may also address additional expenses, such as for staff salaries, office allowances, travel and Secret Service protection.

Obama's $1,153,00 budget request for 2018 is nearly $100,000 more than that of former President George W. Bush, and around $200,000 higher than for former President Bill Clinton.

Former President George H.W. Bush has requested $942,000, while former President Jimmy Carter comes in at $456,000, the Times reported.

A large portion of the former presidents' budgets go toward leasing office space, such as the $536,000 cost for Obama's office in Washington, $518,000 for Clinton's setup in New York City, and $497,000 for Bush 43's office in Dallas.

Bush 41's space is much cheaper, located in Houston and costing $286,000, while Carter's space in Atlanta is a relative bargain at only $115,000, the Times reported.

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Former President Barack Obama will cost taxpayers $1,153,000 next year, according to a Congressional Research Service memo. That amount will make Obama's expenses the highest of the five living ex-presidents, the Washington Times reported. The Former Presidents Act, which became law in 1958, provides former White House occupants with lifetime benefits after leaving office.

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A 9-month-old infant girl who lives in Connecticut develops lead poisoning after wearing and chewing on a bracelet made with lead beads. It was a "homeopathic magnetic hematite healing bracelet" which her parents had purchased and gifted to her to help with teething. Symptoms of lead poisoning include comas, seizures, confusion, and death.

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An infant girl in Connecticut developed lead poisoning after wearing - and chewing on - a bracelet made with lead beads, according to a new report of the child's case.

Doctors discovered that the 9-month-old had abnormally high blood lead levels during a routine checkup. Her blood lead level was 41 micrograms per deciliter (ug/dL); anything over 5 ug/dL is considered abnormal, according to the report, published today (Aug. 31) by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Health investigators visited the infant's home, and found two windows with peeling lead-based paint. However, the infant wouldn't have been able to reach these areas, according to the report. In addition, the girl's three siblings, who were between ages 3 and 5, had blood lead levels of less than 3 ug/dL, suggesting that the peeling paint wasn't the source of the lead poisoning.
'I NEEDED TO BE NEXT TO MY PATIENT': THE CANCER DOCTOR WHO BRAVED HARVEY TO REACH HIS HOSPITAL
Instead, investigators focused on a handmade bracelet the parents had given the infant. The bracelet was a "homeopathic magnetic hematite healing bracelet" that the parents purchased from an artisan at a local fair. The parents had given the infant the bracelet for "teething-related discomfort," the report said. Sometimes the infant chewed on the bracelet, the report added. (Despite a lack of scientific evidence, some people purport that magnets have healing properties if placed close to the body.)

When investigators tested the beads on the bracelet, they found that some of the beads had extremely high levels of lead: 17,000 parts per million (ppm). The amount of lead that's considered safe for children's products is 90 ppm or 100 ppm, depending on the type of product, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).

In general, the most common way children get lead poisoning is by ingesting something that contains lead. In 2003 and 2006, for example, there were several cases of severe lead poisoning and death linked to lead-containing jewelry and charms marketed to children, the report said. After these instances, the CPSC set limits on the amount of lead allowed in products marketed to kids, and each year, there are recalls of children's jewelry that exceed those limits. However, the limits do not apply to products that aren't intended for use by children, the report noted.
NEWBORN LEFT IN GYM BAG OUTSIDE ATLANTA MEDICAL FACILITY
Investigators were unable to track down the manufacturer of the beads or the bracelet maker, according to the report.

There's no safe amount of lead exposure for children, according to the CDC, and the toxic heavy metal can affect nearly every part of the body. In many cases, lead exposure can occur with no obvious symptoms. Symptoms of severe lead poisoning can include confusion, seizures, coma and death.

This is not the first time that homeopathic teething products have been found to put children at risk. In October 2016, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced an investigation into homeopathic teething products that were linked to reports of seizures in infants and children. The products in that instance weren't being investigated for lead levels, however; instead, the FDA was concerned that the products contained purportedly " natural" substances that weren't regulated by the agency.

Homeopathy is an alternative medicine practice based on the idea that "like cures like." In homeopathy, extremely minute concentrations of toxic substances are used in the idea that they could cure the symptoms that they would cause at higher doses.

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Baby's lead poisoning caused by 'homeopathic magnetic' bracelet

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An infant girl in Connecticut developed lead poisoning after wearing - and chewing on - a bracelet made with lead beads, according to a new report of the child's case. Doctors discovered that the 9-month-old had abnormally high blood lead levels during a routine checkup.

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Hurricane Irma is expected to strengthen, this weekend, in the eastern Atlantic Ocean. Thursday, Hurricane Irma strengthened to a category 3. Irma may become a category 5 as it gets closer to landfall. "Models are trending towards curving away from the U.S." Janice Dean, Fox News meteorologist, said. The forecast for the next several days on the east coast is said to be extremely dangerous, as of Thursday after Irma was named a category 3. The maximum winds it has sustained are 110 mph, and the storm is moving at 13 mph.

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Powerful Hurricane Irma is expected to strengthen over the eastern Atlantic Ocean during the weekend -- potentially becoming as potent as a Category 5 storm as it whirls its way towards a possible landfall.

Irma formed and strengthened to a Category 3 storm on Thursday and was forecast to be an "extremely dangerous" storm for the next several days, according to The National Hurricane Center.

"The models are trending towards perhaps curving away from the U.S.," Fox News meteorologist Janice Dean said, adding the storm, however, was coming "a little too close to comfort for the East Coast."

The storm was moving west-northwest near 13 mph. Its maximum sustained winds had increased to near 110 mph.

So far no coastal watches or warnings were in effect but it was too early to determine if it would make landfall or pose a threat to the United States.

Should Irma strike the U.S., it could form a devastating 1-2 punch of Category 4 storms after the havoc wreaked by Hurricane Harvey last weekend.
HURRICANE IRMA NOW CATEGORY 3 STORM, FORECAST TO BE 'EXTREMELY DANGEROUS'
Forecasters expect Irma to make contact with the Lesser Antilles but it was not clear where it would directly hit. Storm watchers advise residents in Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and the Lesser Antilles to monitor the storm.

Meanwhile, Tropical Storm Lidia lashed Mexico's resort-studded southern Baja California Peninsula with heavy rains, as about 1,400 sought refuge at storm shelters in the Los Cabos resorts.
AS TEXAS FLOODWATERS RECEDE, DANGERS ABOUND
The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Lidia could produce total accumulations of as much as 8 to 12 inches across much of Baja California Sur state and western Jalisco state on the mainland, threatening flash floods and landslides.

Lidia had maximum sustained winds of 65 mph early Friday with weakening expected over the next few days as the storm reaches the mountainous terrain of Baja California. Its center was about 50 miles west-southwest of La Paz and was heading northwest near 8 mph.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Powerful Hurricane Irma is expected to strengthen over the eastern Atlantic Ocean during the weekend -- potentially becoming as potent as a Category 5 storm as it whirls its way towards a possible landfall. Irma formed and strengthened to a Category 3 storm on Thursday and was forecast to be an "extremely dangerous" storm for the next several days, according to The National Hurricane Center.

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J.J. Watt surpasses Harvey relief goal. He started raising funds Sunday with a goal of $200,000 for food relief. On Thursday, he announced the he has raised more than $13 million for Houston food relief.

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The Houston Texans defensive end said Thursday he has raised more than $13 million for Houston flood relief.

He started raising funds on Sunday with a goal of $200,000 and met that target within just two hours.

"The initial night, we broke the site, we couldn't figure out how to get it back up and we somehow found the CEO's phone number and called him at his house and got him out of bed," Watt told CNN's Anderson Cooper on "AC360." "He helped us fix the site and it got rolling."

The four-time Pro Bowler continues to surpass and raise his targets. After Watt reached $10 million, he told Cooper that he set a new goal of $15 million and then will see how much more he could raise.

Watt went on to say his focus is on making sure he gets the funds directly to the people affected by Hurricane Harvey.

"My first phase is what I'm doing is this weekend, my teammates and I have semi-trucks rolling in from out of town that we filled up," Watt said. "We have about nine semi-trucks that are going to come to town. And we have those all filled with stocks, supplies, water, food, clothing, everything. So, we're going to give that out this weekend."

The JJ Watt Foundation is also holding a collection drive in his home state of Wisconsin for victims of the flooding. The foundation is asking for donations of blankets, non-perishable food items like peanut butter, fruit cups and tuna, plastic silverware and other items.

After dispersing supplies, Watt said he wants to regroup and devise a new plan for the millions he has raised and seek advice from individuals and organizations that have helped victims of Hurricane Katrina.

"I talked to some of the companies that helped out over there (in New Orleans) just to kind of get a glimpse of what went wrong, what went right, and how do you think we can do it best this time," Watt said. "And I've gotten some really good information and the best thing that people have told me so far is take your time to make sure you do it right."

Watt added that he wanted Houston residents to know he's with them for the long haul.

"I'm not just here for the initial fundraiser," Watt said. "I'm here to make sure that we take care of you down the road."

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The Houston Texans defensive end said Thursday he has raised more than $13 million for Houston flood relief. He started raising funds on Sunday with a goal of $200,000 and met that target within just two hours.