Ask Dr. Notebook

Q What's up with those ferrets Mike Tyson has? I love those guys.

A Sadly, the ferrets are not O.K. Last month one of Tyson's assistants, sensing trouble, called a ferret-rescue volunteer, who discovered one dead ferret and one that seemed very, very scared. After receiving necropsy results, the district attorney decided not to file charges when authorities couldn't prove whom the ferrets belonged to--Tyson or the assistant. Whoever owned them could have faced up to six months in jail.

Q I hate when people's cell phones ring in public. Anything I can do to stop them?

A Sure is....

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