Nerf Blasters, a toy manufactured by Hasbro, has been voluntarily recalled as a child’s skin could get caught in the moving parts.

Hasbro says the problem is in the toy’s movable plunger which could pull the users skin while firing the toy, causing bruising, cuts, blood blisters, and welts on the face, neck, and chest.

According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission there have been 46 reports of injuries to children between the ages of 4-12.  

Compared to 2007, people from New England states except Vermont had fewer poor air quality days and as a result, they breathed easier this summer.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says summer 2008 had 28-days as compared to 53-days when ozone monitors recorded concentrations above health standards.

Five of the region’s six states had fewer poor air quality days between April and September compared to the same period last year.

Sen. Barack Obama is having respectable lead over Sen. John McCain in the presidential race, in the states of Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Rhode Island, and Wisconsin — well, that’s what indicate, the Obama versus McCain pre-election opinion polls conducted in these states, in the month of August.

According to scientists, a history of severe ear infections during childhood or tonsils may increase the chances of obesity later in life. An altered sense of taste which leads to a preference for rich fatty foods is said to be increase the risk of being overweight.

Five separate studies reviewed at the American Psychological Association's 116th Annual Convention in Boston indicated a link between ear infection, tonsil removal surgery and obesity.

Like phoenix rising from its ashes, Clinton campaign was upped by its resurrection when Sen. Hillary Clinton defeated Sen. Barack Obama in the Ohio and Texas primaries. With Ohio and Texas wins, Sen. Clinton, who has won Rhode Island as well, has broken the month-long string of Obama’s consecutive wins.

According to the CNN projection, Sen. Barack Obama has won the Democratic primary in Vermont, which has moved his tally of consecutive wins to 12 on Tuesday. On the other hand, his rival, Sen. Hillary Clinton has won the official democratic polls in Rhode Island.

Aiming to regain the Democratic public opinion that is recently tilting over and over towards Obama, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is presently involved in the fierce battle of words with Sen. Barack Obama in Ohio, which is one of the two main battlefields for Clinton and Obama on March 4.

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is presently in the state from where she needs to win 70 percent of victories in most of the big or small remaining states, if she is to surpass Sen. Barack Obama in the race for delegates.