Bad flash of the day

Here's a headline you don't ever want to see:

Baby stable after second head removed

Manar was born with a rare condition known as craniopagus parasiticus, which occurs when an embryo begins to split into identical twins but fails to complete the process. One of the conjoined twins fails to develop fully in the womb.

As in the case of a girl who died after similar surgery in the Dominican Republic a year ago, the second twin had developed no body. The head that was removed from Manar had been capable of smiling and blinking but not independent life, doctors said.

Don't miss the photo on that link. Right after I got over my fit of "holy fucking shit!!" I thought, Hmm, I'll bet there's a Bush-Cheney joke here somewhere.