The Life It Saves May Be Your Own...

This just in from ScrappleFace, the indispensable news source:

(2003-06-21) -- A 14-year-old Philadelphia boy was treated and released from a hospital this morning after being shot in the chest by a friend who wanted his new copy of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix , according to a news release from Bloomsbury, the publisher of the book.

Physicians say the boy would be dead but the bullet struck the 870-page book first, leaving the child with only minor injuries.

Harry Potter turns out to also be involved with events in Israel:

-- Hamas, the Palestinian terrorist group, agreed to a 72-hour cease fire with Israel to allow its young homicide bombers time to read the new J.K. Rowling offering.

Hey, who are you going to get your news from? Some shady outfit like The New York Times?