Top Ten Weird News Stories of the Week
Emily Murray
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Headless Corpses in London
An unknown graffiti artist is attacking billboards everywhere in London by turning regular advertisements into scenes out of a slasher flick. His alterations for the “Sex and the City,” movie ad leave Carrie Bradshaw decapitated with her severed head in her hand.
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Terrorist Punishment: Wearing Panties on the Head?
For some in Congress, it seems there is more than just foreign affairs on the mind. California Republican Dana Rohrabacher spoke of the way detainees are treated in Guantanamo Bay, saying that it is not punishment for detainees to wear “panties” on their heads. She then reportedly used the word “panties” eight times during a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing.
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Once You Pop You Can’t Stop
The inventor of the Pringles can left instructions in his final request to have a portion of his ashes put into a Pringles can to be buried. True to his wishes on June 2 Fredric J. Baur, who was 89, was laid to rest at his grave site in his beloved invention.
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A Full Moon
A 21-year-old Dutch man ran down the street with a friend to commit the age-old act of mooning. Little did he know the gag would literally become a pain in the ass. After leaning on a restaurant window with his bare derriere to the glass his weight caused the glass to shatter resulting in substantial wounds to his backside.
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Hitler in Wax
Critics in Germany are up in arms over a new proposed statue in Madame Tussaud’s wax museum. Hitler’s likeness would be on display for all to see in Berlin as it already is in her London museum.
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Flaming Toilets
A 64-year-old woman was arrested in Danville, California, after setting two gas station restrooms ablaze as well as a third fire in a Starbucks outlet. When asked why she said she was protesting the rising gas prices. No one can figure out where a Starbucks factors into this equation.
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Man Claims Alien Film is Real
Over 30 journalists gathered in Denver to watch a three-minute film caught by a man who says it shows evidence of alien life. The footage supposedly shows several different alien-type figures peeking in the window of his home in Nebraska, which he shot in 2003.
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Disappearing Light House
Historians believed that an East coast lighthouse had been lost forever. This tower, which was originally located in Wellfleet, Massachusetts, has now been found in California where it is still serving its purpose as a beacon for sailors. The real question here is how does something like this move from coast to coast without anyone knowing?
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Toilet Reclaims Stolen Goods?
A Salt Lake City woman allegedly stole two 14 karat gold bracelets from a pawn shop by swallowing them on May 27. Now back on display, police say they don’t know how the jewelry was retrieved.
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Morbid Prize
A woman in Texas was the winner of an unlikely prize at a minor league baseball game. The 60-year-old woman won a free funeral, a $10,000 value. The woman reportedly was thrilled, but hopes she won’t have to cash in her prize anytime soon.
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