the usda apparently putting a dollar figure on this, telling us it costs parents more than $200,000 to raise one child. and that doesn't even include college. that is for the average middle income couple and it's 22% more in real dollars than parents spent back in 1960. next, let's talk about a dog gone rough fight. what is inside that dog carrier that forced a newark airplane to make a forced landing in pittsburgh? it was a whopping monstrous dog. i'm totally kidding, this little thing was 12 pounds. a little terrier named mandy. mandy became agitated during the flight, bit a passenger who tried to calm her down. then broke out of that dog carrier you see there. ran down the aisle and bit a flight attendant.