Husband Killed in Fight About Goats? Fri Jun 13,11:04 AM ET

OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - An Eldon, Oklahoma, woman has been charged with shooting her husband dead after an argument over who should feed the couple's goats, police said on Thursday.

Authorities charged Pearl Lynne Smith, 47, with first-degree murder for the death of her husband, Thomas Smith, 51. Sheriff's deputies responded to a domestic disturbance call at the couple's rural eastern Oklahoma home on Tuesday and found the husband dead, shot once through the chest.

"We were told that what prompted this disagreement was her failure to feed the goats," Cherokee County Undersheriff Dan Garber said.

Garber said the wife pointed a 9 mm pistol at her husband and demanded that he go feed the goats. Thomas Smith then dared his wife to shoot him, Garber said. When he took a step toward Pearl, she killed him with a single shot, Garber added.

The two had a history of domestic trouble, Garber said, and the argument over feeding the goats was the breaking point.

"Something like that is the trigger that unlocks something deeper," Garber said.

Pearl Smith is in jail on $100,000 bail, pending her arraignment on Friday, court officials said. She could face the death penalty if convicted.

-- Anonymous, June 14, 2003

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So who's feeding thee goats now?

-- Anonymous, June 14, 2003

Snort...Sherri...

I took some of my babies to the town day. They were pretty well behaved (except for the boys trying to do the girls a few times) They are getting too big for the dog crates I have but that didn't stop them from trying to all fit in the same crate. Stupid goats.

By the way, I always feed the goats...unless I'm really sick. Cough, cough...

-- Anonymous, June 14, 2003

What's weird about this story is that my ex-brother-in-law's name is Thomas Smith :-)!! But he lives in Southwest Harbor, Me...not Oklahoma!

I love feeding my goats. They're so laid back and friendly!! It's a very relaxing time for me.

-- Anonymous, June 14, 2003

I buy my goat each year from a local raiser and feed it at my july 4th barbeque dripping in red sauce. Thats the best way to feed a goat . This years goat is named "K.C." , last years was named "Slowturn" and I decided next years main course will be named "Secretfamilyrecipe" :>)

-- Anonymous, June 16, 2003

Boy Breeds Eggs in His Body, Produces Beetles? Tue Jun 17, 8:39 AM ET

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - A 13-year-old Indian boy has begun producing winged beetles in his urine after hatching the eggs in his body, a senior medical official said Monday.

Doctor Chittaranjan Maity, Medical Education Director of West Bengal state where the boy is from, said doctors found the beetles while examining him for pain in the groin area.

"Doctors were really surprised to see the beetles," he told Reuters. "There are eggs of the beetle in a fistula in his body and he is getting medical treatment to try to kill the eggs," Maity said.

The boy had been taken to hospital Sunday after complaining of pain while urinating.

The beetles -- more than half a centimeter in length -- belong to the Staphylinidae rove beetle family of insects. Most types are predators but some feed on fungi, algae and decaying plant matter.

An expert in urology, Doctor N. Subramanian, said that in theory it was possible for insects to hatch in the body and come out in urine but said he had not heard of such a case.

-- Anonymous, June 17, 2003