A woman whose family advertised for a kidney in local newspapers has received a transplant from a cousin who had been the flower girl at her wedding. The ad and subsequent news stories prompted more than 500 responses and caught the attention of Maloney, who had lost touch with her cousin since the wedding in 1969. Johnson's surgeon, Dr. Stuart Knechtle, said the new kidney was not a perfect match and that it would take three months to determine whether the transplant was a success. Johnson had her first transplant six years ago after lupus damaged her kidneys. Her new kidney failed last Christmas.
Police have a highly unusual shoplifting case on their hands.
It's like stealing penicillin. The shoplifter in that case got away. Goldfeder said he checked with the Drug Enforcement Administration to see if there is some alternative street use for nicotine patches and gum, but the DEA did not know of any.