The Pulse: Dallas Cowboys Player Arrested
By: Marissa Stevens
Updated: December 8, 2012
This is Saturday's edition of -- The Pulse.
Number five -- Toxic Rubber Ducks. U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized more than 35,000 toxic rubber ducks after finding high levels of a toxic chemical used to soften vinyl and plastic.
Number four -- Baby born at a zoo. A New York Zoo welcomed a new baby, but it was not your typical wildlife birth. This time a human mother was going into labor!
Number three -- The oldest person in the world has died. 116-year-old Besse Cooper lived at home alone until she was 105. Born in 1896, she moved from Tennessee to Georgia to teach during World War I and Besse's philosophy was hard work and honesty will get you ahead in life.
Number two -- Nelson Mandela hospitalized. Former South African President Nelson Mandela is in the hospital, but the current administration said there is "no cause for alarm."
Number one -- Dallas Cowboys Josh Brent arrested. According to police, Brent is facing an intoxication manslaughter charge after an early morning car accident that killed teammate Jerry Brown. Police said Brent was traveling at a high rate of speed when his vehicle flipped at least once.







