Hiccup girl 'runs away from home'

The 15-year-old girl whose marathon case of hiccups brought her worldwide attention earlier this year has apparently run away from home in St Petersburg, Florida, police said today.

Jennifer Mee’s struggles with chronic hiccups – up to 50 times a minute for months – made her an internet sensation and darling of US morning television news shows, which aggressively fought to book the ninth-grader for interviews.