ANTS KILL

HEADLINE: Sleeping Farmworker Killed by Ants July 21, 2009
SOURCE AND DATE OF CLIP: FOXNews.com 22.7.9
CAPTION: ANTS KILL

LA PAZ, Bolivia — Bolivian police say that a 42-year-old man who fell asleep under an ant-infested tree was been killed by insect bites.
Beni city Police Chief Rolando Ramos says that farmworker Santiago Ortiz apparently had been drinking before sitting down beneath a Palo Santo tree — a type noted for its aromatic wood and for hosting a particularly aggressive sort of ant.

HEADLINE: Thief gets torn genitals, Viagra headache
SOURCE AND DATE OF CLIP: news.com.au 22.7.9
CAPTION: YOU MUST READ THIS ONE TO BELIEVE IT

THE attempted armed robbery of a Russian hairdresser became a three-day sex ordeal for the would-be thief, leaving him with torn genitals and a Viagra hangover.
IT website The Register reports the man, known as Viktor, tried to rob the hairdresser in the town of Meshchovsk.
The owner, 28-year-old Olga, agreed to hand over the takings but as she was giving him the money, used her karate skills to knock him to the ground and tie him up with a hairdryer cord.
She then locked him in the storeroom and told colleagues she’d call the police.
However, she instead stripped him and cuffed him to a heater with a pair of fluffy pink handcuffs. She then fed him Viagra and raped him several times over the next four days. ...

HEADLINE: Shrinking black sheep losing solar power
SOURCE AND DATE OF CLIP: news.com.au 22.7.9
CAPTION: SHEEP SHRINK

ANOTHER clue has been found in the Case of the Shrinking Sheep, an animal mystery in which climate change features as the principal culprit. The tale of scientific sleuthing is unfolding on two Scottish islands, Soay and Hirta, in the remote Outer Hebrides.

Their sole inhabitants are wild sheep which probably arrived there with the first human settlers some 4000 years ago.

The sheep's isolation and lack of predators make them terrific candidates for studying the impact of weather, food and genetics on a wild animal population.

HEADLINE: Why being naughty is good for your health
SOURCE AND DATE OF CLIP: news.com.au 21.7.9
CAPTION: NAUGHTY HELPS

BUYING something you don't need, having a sickie and not cleaning the house help Australians relieve stress and feel young again, a survey has found.
The Weight Watchers Naughty Survey found 94 per cent of the 1045 people quizzed enjoy a bit of mischief, and 72 per cent believe naughty people have more fun.

HEADLINE: Ont. driver watching adult flick while allegedly speeding on 401
SOURCE AND DATE OF CLIP: Canada.com 21.7.9
CAPTION: PORN FLICK AT 140 KM PER HOUR

PORT HOPE, Ont. — A 32-year-old Mississauga, Ont., man was charged over the weekend with allegedly speeding at 140 km/h in a 100 km/h zone — while watching a pornographic movie.
Ontario Provincial Police said they received a complaint from another driver and pulled a man over for speeding in the westbound lanes of Highway 401 near Port Hope, Ont., around 12:40 a.m. Saturday.
When officers approached the man, they say he was watching an X-rated film on a portable DVD player that was on the front seat of his vehicle..

HEADLINE: Airman Loses Legs in Botched Gallbladder Surgery
SOURCE AND DATE OF CLIP: FOXNews.com 21.7.9
CAPTION: VERY IRONICALLY SAD

A Texas Airman stationed at an Air Force Base near Sacramento, Calif. has lost both legs after surgeons reportedly botched a routine surgery to remove his gallbladder.
Colton Read, 20, underwent laproscopic surgery last week at David Grant Medical Center at Travis Air Force Base near Sacramento. Laproscopic surgery is a minimally invasive procedure that involves making a tiny incision to minimize pain and speed recovery time...
"A nurse runs out, 'we need blood now' and she rounds the corner and my gut feelings is 'oh my God, is that my husband?'" Jessica Read said. Read's wife said an Air Force general surgeon mistakenly cut her husband's aortic valve, which supplies blood to the heart, but waited hours to transport Colton Read to a state hospital with a vascular surgeon.
Read, who is still in intensive care, lost both legs as a result of the blood loss. Meanwhile, his gallbladder still has not been removed. Jessica Read said the doctor admitted his mistake, but under federal law the Reads cannot sue.

HEADLINE: Kissing, chewing -- 'germiest' attractions
SOURCE AND DATE OF CLIP: news.com.au 21.7.9
CAPTION: GERMY AND TOURISTS

Blarney Stone in Blarney, Ireland - Market Theater Gum Wall in Seattle, Washington - St. Mark's Square in Venice, Italy - Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, California - Oscar Wilde's Tomb in Paris, France - These bacteria-infested attractions have topped an unusual list compiled by editors at TripAdvisor.com, a travel advice Web site. This summer, editors at the site named the five "germiest" tourist spots in the world.

Despite the H1N1 scare that went global this spring, tourists haven't stopped spitting out their gum and sticking it onto a wall already saturated with millions of gooey pieces, editors say. Nor do germ fears stop travelers from journeying to the pigeon-infested St. Mark's Square in Venice, Italy, where the birds often bestow droppings.