The most weird or stupid news story you heard today.

[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by nittanyalum

Truly, truly disturbing:

7-year-old breaks into Australia zoo, feeds live animals to croc

Yeah. How do you think he is going to end up in life? This does not bode well.

[ThetaPrincess24]

Boyfriend of Kansas Woman Stuck to Toilet Wins Lottery for Second Time This Year


http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,434043,00.html


75-Year-Old Arkansan 'At Her Wits' End' Says She Killed Husband While He Slept
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,433409,00.html

[AGDee]

Originally Posted by ThetaPrincess24

Boyfriend of Kansas Woman Stuck to Toilet Wins Lottery for Second Time This Year


http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,434043,00.html

That is just so ridiculously unfair! *I* should be winning the lottery, not people like HIM!

[ASTalumna06]

Dad says he was asleep during sex:

http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/Cana...02151-sun.html

[LucyKKG]

Originally Posted by ASTalumna06

Dad says he was asleep during sex:

http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/Cana...02151-sun.html

Hahaha that's hilarious!

[DaemonSeid]

and collect her checks

http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/10/15/....ap/index.html

[knight_shadow]

CLEARFIELD, Pa. – It took Brad Sciullo 4 hours and 39 minutes to finish a marathon. A meat marathon, that is. The 5-foot-11, 180-pound western Pennsylvania chef is the first person to eat a monstrosity called the Beer Barrel Belly Bruiser: a 15-pound burger with toppings and a bun that brought the total weight to 20.2 pounds.

[ full story ]

[DaemonSeid]

Fatal (Cyber) Attaction

TOKYO, Japan (AP) -- A 43-year-old Japanese woman whose sudden divorce in a virtual game world made her so angry that she killed her online husband's digital persona has been arrested on suspicion of hacking, police said Thursday

The woman, who is jailed on suspicion of illegally accessing a computer and manipulating electronic data, used his identification and password to log onto popular interactive game "Maple Story" to carry out the virtual murder in mid-May, a police official in northern Sapporo said on condition of anonymity, citing department policy.

"I was suddenly divorced, without a word of warning. That made me so angry," the official quoted her as telling investigators and admitting the allegations.

The woman had not plotted any revenge in the real world, the official said.

She has not yet been formally charged, but if convicted could face a prison term of up to five years or a fine up to $5,000.

Players in "Maple Story" raise and manipulate digital images called "avatars" that represent themselves, while engaging in relationships, social activities and fighting against monsters and other obstacles.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/ptech/1....ap/index.html

[christiangirl]

Originally Posted by DaemonSeid

Fatal (Cyber) Attaction

TOKYO, Japan (AP) -- A 43-year-old Japanese woman whose sudden divorce in a virtual game world made her so angry that she killed her online husband's digital persona has been arrested on suspicion of hacking, police said Thursday

The woman, who is jailed on suspicion of illegally accessing a computer and manipulating electronic data, used his identification and password to log onto popular interactive game "Maple Story" to carry out the virtual murder in mid-May, a police official in northern Sapporo said on condition of anonymity, citing department policy.

"I was suddenly divorced, without a word of warning. That made me so angry," the official quoted her as telling investigators and admitting the allegations.

The woman had not plotted any revenge in the real world, the official said.

She has not yet been formally charged, but if convicted could face a prison term of up to five years or a fine up to $5,000.

Players in "Maple Story" raise and manipulate digital images called "avatars" that represent themselves, while engaging in relationships, social activities and fighting against monsters and other obstacles.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/ptech/1....ap/index.html

Man, I was about to post that! My favorite part was this: "The man complained to police when he discovered that his beloved online avatar was dead."

[RaggedyAnn]

Originally Posted by DaemonSeid

Fatal (Cyber) Attaction

TOKYO, Japan (AP) -- A 43-year-old Japanese woman whose sudden divorce in a virtual game world made her so angry that she killed her online husband's digital persona has been arrested on suspicion of hacking, police said Thursday

The woman, who is jailed on suspicion of illegally accessing a computer and manipulating electronic data, used his identification and password to log onto popular interactive game "Maple Story" to carry out the virtual murder in mid-May, a police official in northern Sapporo said on condition of anonymity, citing department policy.

"I was suddenly divorced, without a word of warning. That made me so angry," the official quoted her as telling investigators and admitting the allegations.

The woman had not plotted any revenge in the real world, the official said.

She has not yet been formally charged, but if convicted could face a prison term of up to five years or a fine up to $5,000.

Players in "Maple Story" raise and manipulate digital images called "avatars" that represent themselves, while engaging in relationships, social activities and fighting against monsters and other obstacles.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/ptech/1....ap/index.html

I don't know. This sounds like a case for the avatar police detectives to me.

[SOPi_Jawbreaker]

Schoolyard children were right. Beans, beans are good for your heart. The more you eat, the more you fart.


http://www.livescience.com/health/08...-pressure.html

[ASTalumna06]

I love The Onion.

"Fraternity In Danger of Losing House Launches Harebrained Scheme to Fix Economy"
http://www.theonion.com/content/news...nger_of_losing

[knight_shadow]

Interesting...

An imperfect body might be just what the doctor ordered for women and key to their economic success, an anthropologist now says.

While pop culture seems to worship the hourglass figure for females, with a tiny waist, big boobs and curvy hips à la Marilyn Monroe, this may not be optimal, says Elizabeth Cashdan of the University of Utah.

That's because the hormones that make women physically stronger, more competitive and better able to deal with stress also tend to redistribute fat from the hips to the waist.

full story

[SWTXBelle]

http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/...sea/index.html

[jitterbug13]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081205/....Lavnr2ses0NUE