Interesting News Stories

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She added: 'In retrospect it was probably not so funny.'

Frankly, we have to disagree on that point.

Awesome.

This is one for the 'I shouldn't laugh but I'm going to' department
Vast woman traps 23 in tiny cave

I adore that picture and caption.

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During the twelve hour wait (or weight), the rescuers managed to pass supplies past the woman to the people trapped behind her, including blankets, chocolate, water, insulin and a bucket for their bodily waste.

I'm confused. How was there enough space to pass blankets and a bucket, but not enough for the woman to squeeze back out of? And if the woman wasn't literally stuck between the walls of the tunnel, but could back down to a more open area so the supplies could drop through the entry, why couldn't the other people get out the same way?

Under her legs, perhaps? The good news is apparently it's led to a tourist boom for the caves

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After the incident was made public, the adventure tour was booked out on January 2 and people are still flooding in. Gertsner said visitors specifically asked to go to the Tunnel of Love and wanted to know where the woman was stuck.

“You never know – this (the rescue) could just turn us around financially and make it one of the best seasons ever,” said Gertsner.

Pupils pay a dollar a day to skip games

Totally worth it. But what sort of name is Tamara Tootle (unless you happen to be a cartoon hamster)?

I think having to go through life with the name Tamara Tootle is what pushed her into a life of petty crime.

Scientist: NASA found life on Mars - and killed it (DOH!)

If you actually read the article, though, that's not what the guy's really saying. He's just making the argument that it's plausible that NASA overlooked some microbes because they didn't know much about Mars when the Viking explorers landed.

Oh noes! Tigger goes postal! (with video).

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Oh noes! Tigger goes postal! (with video).

Best story to come out of Disneyworld for years

Because he was tired after he beat it?

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The city had laws that required people to stay with their dead horses until they were picked up and disposed of

So presumably there were people whose job was to patrol the city looking for folks sitting on horses?

Bra saves woman. With the best caption ever!