Wacky News Stories

Just wanted to give a quick shout-out to those Chilean miners!

1. On an alcohol-laced energy drink equivalent to at least three beers, a can of Red Bull and a shot of espresso having prompted a New Jersey college
to ban the drink after nearly two dozen students were hospitalized for alcohol intoxication:
"All you need is a the BK Breakfast, and your heart would probably shatter."
http://www.foxnews.com/health/2010/10/15/college-students-hospitalized-downing-alcoholic-energy-drink/

2. On a new Halloween treat - Candied bacon:
"Homer Simpson just wet his pants..."
http://www.salon.com/food/eyewitness_cook/index.html?story=/food/francis_lam/2010/10/15/candied_bacon

3. On "Spider Goats" grazing on the side of a dam:
"Well, that ain't too 'baaaad.' In fact, it's 'dam' impressive!"
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3181083/Crazy-animals-climb-160ft-dam.html

4. On a Shar Pei having a facelift so it could see:
"Cher and Joan Rivers were said to be extremely jealous ..."
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1320907/Pedigree-dog-extreme-facelift-allows-open-eyes-time.html

5. On a woman who tripled her trouble when she stole a doughnut from someone's truck, peed in a parking lot and offered to perform a sex act on an officer for money:
"Poor Lindsay Lohan .... she hasn't found the bottom yet."
http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/bizarre&id=7725845