COOPER: The "Ridiculist" is ahead. First, let's check in with some other stories. Gary Tuchman and the "360 Bulletin" -- Gary.</s>GARY TUCHMAN, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Hello, Anderson. An opposition activist in Syria tells CNN that rebel forces took 256 soldiers as prisoners after a battle with government troops that lasted for several hours in Northern Syria. As always, the video is unverified because so few outside reporters can make it into the country. Back home, a Texas mother pleaded guilty and has been sentenced to 99 years in prison in a horrifying child abuse case. Authorities say Elizabeth Escalona super glued --</s>COOPER: We just lost Gary. She super glued her daughter's hands, 2-year-old daughter's hands, to a wall, beat her over potty training troubles. It's unbelievable. The little girl suffered a severe brain injury, was temporarily in a coma. Also want to tell you tonight about the fungal meningitis outbreak. It's grown to 185 cases now in 12 states. Death toll remains at 14. All the cases are linked to steroid injections made at the New England Compounding Center near Boston. The numbers align for a newborn baby in Iowa. Take a look. Little Laila weighed 8 pounds, nine ounces when she was born yesterday on 10-11-12 at the military time of 13:14. Guess what, her brother, Jackson, was born last year on 9-10-11, kind of remarkable. Coming up, I hear Gary Tuchman, we lost him for the night, but he's guilty of the occasional so-called occasional pocket dial. As are a lot of people. I'm more of a pocket Twitter myself. It's the subject of tonight's "Ridiculist" next.
Activist: Syrian Opposition Takes Soldiers Prisoners; Mother Sentenced To 99 Years In Prison