11-Year-Old Gets Rich Selling Happy Meal Toys

Hannah Tennant-Moore — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 14:00:00 GMT

I wish I had one ounce of 11-year-old Luke Underwood’s financial sense. When he was just seven, he convinced his father to buy a Happy Meals toy collection for $350. Apparently, Luke had a precocious understanding that there are rich people out there who collect everything.

And lo and behold, four years later, the collection—to which Luke added over the years—has sold to various buyers for a total of $11,000. Although Luke never played with the toys or even, in many cases, removed them from their original packaging, he was sad to see the collection go. His parents persuaded him it was time to sell when they couldn’t look anywhere in the house without seeing a Happy Meal toy.

Clearly not an impulsive kid, Luke plans to use his 11k to buy and resell another collection, turning an even greater profit. If only the rest of us had been investing in Happy Meal toys instead of 401k's....

Photo: The Daily Mail

After Miscarriage, Woman Paid $1,000 For a Baby

Hannah Tennant-Moore — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:30:00 GMT

This is perhaps the most bizarre tale of child endangerment that you’ll ever read—and, thank God, the baby involved is unharmed, though in need of loving parents.

A Pennsylvania woman named Andrea Curry-Demus called paramedics last week and said she had just given birth prematurely. She was rushed to the hospital with an infant whose umbilical cord was still attached. Doctors were immediately suspicious of the woman’s story since the baby appeared to be full-term. After examining Curry-Demus, they determined that she had not given birth and called the police. Blood and hormone tests later revealed that Curry-Demus is not the baby’s mother.

The 38-year-old woman told police that she had a miscarriage in June, but she didn’t want to disappoint her mother by telling her the truth. So she befriended a pregnant woman named Tina, and arranged to give Tina $1,000 for her baby. According to Curry-Demus, Tina showed up at her apartment carrying the newborn, with the umbilical cord still attached. That's when Curry-Demus called an ambulance.

The healthy baby remains at the hospital while police try to identify who the birth mother is. Curry-Demus, who faces charges of endangering the welfare of a child, claims she's done nothing wrong.

Photo: totalbabyguide.com

Update:

Body Found in Curry-Demus' Apartment

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11-Year-Old Gets Rich Selling Happy Meal Toys

After Miscarriage, Woman Paid $1,000 For a Baby