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Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Tree surgeon almost beheaded himself with chainsaw after slicing through more than a third of his neck

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Tree surgeon almost beheaded himself with chainsaw after slicing through more than a third of his neck
He was cutting a branch 50ft up a horse chestnut tree when his foot slipped and the 12-inch blade sliced through his neck and arm.
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California woman runs over ex-boyfriend TWICE after she claims he insulted her mother
A California woman ran over her ex-boyfriend twice in a store's parking lot after he bad-mouthed her mother.
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California woman cut off her husband's penis, tossed it in garbage disposal
A woman in California cut off her estranged husband's penis and dropped it in the garbage disposal.
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'Harry Potter' boosts Austrian wizard school
A real-life wizarding school has reportedly been boosted by the global success of the Harry Potter books and films.
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Sisters discover mother buried in wrong gravesite after 20 years of visiting stranger's headstone
Two Queens women are suing a New Jersey cemetery after learning their mother was buried in a different grave from the plot they have been visiting for the past 20 years.
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Woman Jailed for Pulling Police Horse's Tail
A woman has learned that you don't pull the tail of a law enforcement steed who is clearing out a crowd.
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British tourist survives 70ft balcony fall in Majorca
A British tourist survived falling seven floors from a holiday balcony in Majorca in what authorities fear could be the latest case of a dangerous craze dubbed "balconing".
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Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, risks becoming an ever-shrinking clothes horse

There are concerns that the Duchess of Cambridge will turn into an ever-shrinking clothes horse with an increasingly fixed smile.
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Google Maps Shows Private Driveway as State Park Entrance

In the era of computerized directions to everywhere, one New Jersey couple is living a homeowners' nightmare: Google Maps shows their private driveway as the entrance to a state park.
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German police nab runaway elephants at bus stop
Two runaway circus elephants in Germany surprised passersby and police by showing up at a bus stop.
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Blind 'Superman' Saves Colorado Teenager After Fall From Horse

A Colorado teenager, who was thrown from a horse in an accident that fractured a bone in her skull, says she was rescued by an unlikely "Superman" -- a blind man who followed her screams until he found her.
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Woman Arrested for 'Jerk' Text
Police say the 45-year-old violated an order to have no contact with her ex-boyfriend.
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6-year-old Illinois girl quietly sinks hole in 1
A 6-year-old golfer sank a hole in one on a course in central Illinois and calmly walked back to her cart.
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Bear-safety lecture in Yellowstone interrupted by bear
Just two days after a rare fatal mauling by a mother grizzly in Yellowstone National Park, a black bear interrupted the taping of a television news segment on bear safety.
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Starving dogs survived on owners' remains
The Saskatoon SPCA is wrestling with the fate of seven dogs rescued from a rural home near Yorkton after the animals ate the remains of their deceased owners.
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Romantic sifts gold for engagement ring
George Maciver proposed to his girlfriend with a ring made from gold he sifted at the river where they met.
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Holiday terror as stranded tourists are stuck up to their waists in quicksand trying to walk across mudflats
The hapless holiday maker and two friends sparked a huge rescue operation after becoming stuck in quicksand while attempting to walk across the mudflat.
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Beach horror as holidaymaker has his eye pecked out by terrified seabird he was trying to save
A holidaymaker has been left half-blind after a gannet he was trying to rescue attacked him and literally pecked his eye out.
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New York driver sought in turkey hit-and-run
A motorist played chicken with a gaggle of turkeys on Staten Island, plowing through the wild birds in what may have been a deliberate act of fowl play, the New York Post reported today.
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