Sure, there’s always the airbag-equipped motorcycle, but for those who prefer to power their own two wheel transporters, you’re pretty much on your own. The Dutch Cycling Federation has just cranked out a study showing that some 60 lives could be saved each year (though we’re not sure if that’s worldwide or region-specific) if airbags [...]
(AP) SAO PAULO, Brazil — Searchers scanned the waters off Brazil’s southern Atlantic coast today for a Roman Catholic priest who disappeared after floating into the sky under hundreds of helium party balloons.
Rescuers in helicopters and small fishing boats spent a second day seeking signs of the Rev. Adelir Antonio de Carli, said the treasurer [...]
(AP) HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. - A man who received a heart transplant 12 years ago and later married the donor’s widow died the same way the donor did, authorities said: of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
No foul play was suspected in 69-year-old Sonny Graham’s death at his Vidalia, Ga., home, investigators said. He was found [...]
KINSHASA (Reuters) - Police in Congo have arrested 13 suspected sorcerers accused of using black magic to steal or shrink men’s penises after a wave of panic and attempted lynchings triggered by the alleged witchcraft.
Reports of so-called penis snatching are not uncommon in West Africa, where belief in traditional religions and witchcraft remains widespread, [...]
