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Toilet Sausage Causes Prison Evacuation 130 inmates at the Clallam Bay Corrections Center in Washington state were evacuated Wednesday evening when smoke was seen coming out of a sewer vent. The cause of the smoke was found to be an inmate who was heating up some sausage in a toilet in his cell. The story does not explain how he was doing this, but the unnamed prisoner was placed in segregation pending a discipline hearing. Mythbusters 'Big Bang' Shocks... READ ON

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Driving Lesson Nearly Causes Air Disaster A Cebu Pacific Air flight had to pull up suddenly while attempting to land at Legazpi City, Philippines, when the pilot saw a van on the runway! The vehicle was reportedly driven by the son of an airport aviation chief, who was giving his girlfriend a driving lesson. The airplane carrying 80 passengers was able to land after circling long enough for the van to leave the runway. 4-foot Worm Found in... READ ON

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16 Arrested in Fight at Nonviolence Concert Silver Spring, Maryland hosted a youth concert called Stop the Violence in memory of 14-year-old student Tai Lam, who was shot to death last year. Fighting broke out near the stage, and police arrested 16 adults and juveniles for disorderly conduct, assault, and resisting arrest. St. Bernard Frozen in... READ ON

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A Masters Degree in The Beatles Liverpool Hope University is now offering a Master of Arts degree in The Beatles. The course is called "The Beatles, Popular Music and Society" and consists of four 12-week classes plus a dissertation. Believed to be the first course of its kind, the announcement has drawn worldwide attention. Liverpool is the city where all the Beatles were born and raised. Woman Swallow Engagement... READ ON
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Anti-litter Leaflets Dumped in Street Matt Taylor of Walthamstow Village, England found boxes containing was he assumed was rubbish on the street near his home. Leaving boxes of litter on the road could lead to a fine of  £50,000 fine or five years in prison. The boxes contained leaflets issued by the local council to educate the public about illegal dumping and littering! Cabinet member Bob Belam said the boxes were left as part of the planned distribution program, which meant leaflets against... READ ON

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Surfer Finds Teeth Two Days Later 67-year-old Phillip Worth was surfing Australia's coast at Terrigal on New Year's Eve when he lost his upper plate in the waves. As he was 100 meters out into the ocean, he never imagined he'd see the teeth again. Two days later, Worth was at the beach when the dentures washed onto shore! He says they are even better than when he lost them. "They're sharper I noticed, truly." Bullet Stopped by Hair... READ ON

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Man's Hand Reattached Twice Surgeons at Waikato Hospital in New Zealand worked for 13 hours to reattach Bryan Speers' hand on Monday. The 26-year-old had nearly severed the hand working with a band saw in a meat processing plant. The process was more complicated than expected, since Speers left arm was riddled with scar tissue. That was from the previous time he nearly severed his left hand! No word yet on whether Speers will return to his job as a meat cutter. Put Me In The... READ ON

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Psychotic Episode is Performance Art Art student Anna Odell of the University College of Arts, Crafts and Design in Sweden staged a suicide attempt and got herself admitted to the psychiatric ward of St. Göran's Hosptial in Stockholm. She struggled with the staff, but later admitted that the whole episode was an act for her senior art project at the school. The hospital staff is understandably upset that Odell not only assaulted health care workers when she was admitted, but she also tied up resources... READ ON

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Dealing Drugs in the Police Station Bathroom A 24-year-old man in Everett, Washington was overheard making a drug deal on his cell phone in the men's room. Of the Everett Police Department. Two officers heard the phone call and confronted him outside. The unnamed man said he thought he was in a probation officer's office. He surrendered some Oxycodone to the police and was arrested on drug charges. Goat Arrested for Armed... READ ON

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Eyebrows Shaved for Charity 72-year-old Si Burgher had eyebrow hairs as long as three inches. They were so long he brushed them every day. Not anymore -the Bloomfield, Illinois Rotary Club  sold people turns at trimming Burgher's eyebrows! Trimmers paid $100 each, with Burgher's wife Amy getting the first shot. The stunt raised $1,600 for PolioPlus, a polio eradication campaign. Burgher himself has donated about $7,000 over the years to the campaign to pay for polio vaccine in developing countries.... READ ON

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