Archive for April, 2007

Woman survives internal decapitation

Sunday, April 29th, 2007

A lady suffered an internal decapitation after being involved in a vehicle accident. I have never once heard of such a thing. Her skin, spinal cord and other internal organs remained intact, but her skull was completely separated from her spine. I’m amazed at the fact that she survived the accident, let alone she seems […]

Student lives after head run over by truck

Wednesday, April 25th, 2007

A graduate student in medical physics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, was shaken up by an accident he was in. But he is amazed he lived to tell how it felt to have a truck run over his head. He was riding his bike when he noticed an oncoming delivery truck about to turn right […]

Teenager manages to shoot himself without gun

Sunday, April 22nd, 2007

It is shocking what some teens do these days. I sometimes wonder where their common sense has gone. It raises the question, do they think of what they doing and what the damages could be? An 18-year-old young man from Lake Luzerne, New York was trying to empty some .223 caliber bullets and collect the […]

Squirrels gone wild.

Wednesday, April 18th, 2007

Students and parents at an elementary school, received a surprise when a squirrel ran into the school and attacked two parents and an eleven-year-old. The parents were there to accompany a class of first-graders on a field trip, and two parents were bitten by the squirrel. An eleven-year-old student was also bitten. All three are […]

Salma Hayek and Domestic Violence

Thursday, April 12th, 2007

Salma Hayek is making a voice. She is urging women to take control of their own lives. She wants to help others in an effort to end domestic violence.She has joined forces with Marie Claire to get rid of it completely. In the next 10 years they think they will be able to do so. […]

Vultures attack live animals

Tuesday, April 10th, 2007

Huge flocks of vultures in northern Spain are not finding enough animal carcasses to feed on, and have started attacking live animals. A flock of about 100 vultures attacked and killed a cow and her calf in one incident. A feeding station meant to cater to the vultures has been closed, and as a result […]

Toilet paper rationing angers inmates

Thursday, April 5th, 2007

Inmates at the Hutchinson Correctional Facility in Kansas are all riled up. Prison officials decided to enforce one roll of toilet paper each week for every inmate. The prison would save about $600 a month if each inmate uses one less roll a month. If the inmates want more than one roll a week they […]

Dynamite found in yard

Monday, April 2nd, 2007

Lori Artman of Sarver, Pennsylvania was hoping for buried treasure when she dug up an old wooden box in her backyard. The box was filled with what she initially thought were rolled-up coins, but turned out to be sticks of old dynamite. Instead of a payday, Artman spent the day with the bomb squad, who […]