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Two-headed pig found in china may not live.

Two-headed pig , Latest news are suggesting that the born pig may not survived. A two-headed pig was born recently in China according to an NBC News report. Born in a village in the Jianxi province, the pig has two ears, one eye and two snouts. Checkout its pic below This is not the first two-headed pig born in China. In 2001, Reuters reported that a Chinese farmer showed off a piglet born with two heads and three eyes in Zhaodun village in the province of Jiangsu. LiveScience reports that the recently born two-headed pig is likely the result of an embryo splitting two separate organisms, but the process to become twins did not complete. This condition is called "axial bifurcation" and was studied in March 2013 when a two-headed bull shark was discovered. "Halfway through the process of forming twins, the embryo stops dividing." - Michael Wagner,researcher at Michigan State University According to NBC, a veterinarian reports that it is unlikely that the

$10 minimum wage

$10 minimum wage , Team of Legislators in Maryland are again debating raising the state minimum wage, this time from $7.25 to $10.00 per hour (a 38 percent increase) and indexing it to the cost of living so that future changes would be automatic, with no vote or legislative accountability required. Also included is an increase in minimum wages to employees who receive most of their compensation in tips. The bill would raise the minimum wage for tipped workers from 50 percent to 70 percent of the full minimum wage. This is motherhood and apple pie legislation. Who can be opposed to paying employees a wage that allows them to live more comfortably? If $10 an hour is good, why not require $20 an hour, or maybe $50? The answer is obvious. Markets set wages. To stay in business and keep people employed, businesses have to be competitive. The cost of wages is reflected in the price of the product or service to the consumer. When labor costs go up, employers have two choices. They can attempt

Kid Rock ‘embarrassed’

Kid Rock ‘embarrassed’ , has the Kid Rock American rapper embarrassed to be a Republican? That is what he told Rolling Stone in a new interview posted on April 10. The rocker has incorporated some unique details into his upcoming tour with Uncle Kracker and ZZ Top, but he is frustrated by some restrictions that he blames on the Republicans. What did Kid Rock have to say? Concert tours are big bucks for a lot of musicians, but Kid Rock took a different stance for his new tour. The musician wants concerts to be accessible to all fans, not just the wealthy ones. He worked out a plan so that every ticket for his upcoming concerts cost $20, and he reserved the front two rows for people to be hand-picked from the back of the venue. He also wanted rows two through 18 to be reserved for paperless ticketing. However, his approach with paperless ticketing is not legal everywhere, and that is one thing that sparks Kid Rock's embarrassment. He says that Republicans are the ones passing bills

Stocking up for baby number two: Peaches Geldof attends

She'll already be well stocked up on baby goods thanks to being mum to baby son Astala. But Peaches Geldof, who is pregnant with her second child, is getting even more in the motherhood spirit by attending baby related events. On Friday evening the 24-year-old was one of the star guests at the Bugaboo and Andy Warhol collaboration launch party. Vintage queen: Peaches looked great in a floral dress and a fur trimmed tweed coat as she attends the Andy Warhol and Bugaboo collaboration launch party And she seemed delighted to have been invited by the pram makers. Peaches left baby Astala and husband Thomas Cohen at home to enjoy the evening. And she certainly looked blooming in a blue floral print shirt dress for her night out. Geldof emerged with a grin on her face and her hands heavily stocked up with bags of goods from the launch party. She completed her stylish maternity wear with black tights and chunky black flat ankle boots. Vintage q

The gym's certainly working: Fearne Cotton shows off her post

She revealed last week that she's started to hit the gym again in a bid to gain back her pre baby body. And it certainly seems to be working as Fearne Cotton looked back to her best as she stepped out for the first time since giving birth to baby son Rex on Wednesday night . But the radio and TV presenter still kept it in the family for her first night out on the town as she turned up to support her father-in-law to be Ronnie Wood at his latest art exhibition. Back on form: Fearne Cotton makes her first public outing since giving birth to son Rex in February as she attends Ronnie Wood's art exhibition on Thursday night The 31-year-old was just one of the star guests who attended his collection of Raw Instinct works of art. Fearne looked like she'd already gained back her pre baby body as she stepped out in a £39 turquoise and white striped baggy dress from her own Very.co.uk collection. Perfectly in her usual style, it wasn't too figure hug

Kim Kardashian marches out of court flanked by TEN sheriffs... as furious judge blasts

Her estranged husband Kris Humphries may not have turned up in court to attend their mandatory divorce settlement conference on Friday. But Kim Kardashian certainly made her presence known. The 32-year-old pregnant star was escorted out of a LA court house flanked by not one, but ten uniformed Los Angeles County sheriffs. Flanked: Kim Kardashian was flanked by ten Los Angeles County sheriffs as she left her mandatory divorce settlement conference on Friday Walking directly in the middle of the group of men, the reality star made sure she had the utmost protection as she made her way to a chauffeured car. Kim wore her most demure maternity-style outfit yet for the court hearing. Gone were the low-cut tops, tight dresses and leather trousers, and instead Kim opted for a decidedly conservative look. The reality star slipped on a grey patterned jacket, which was buttoned all the way up to her neck and billowed out at the waist into a somewhat baby doll styl