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Innerzehent, Austria: A 50-year-old Austrian farmer was killed when he was struck on the head by an out of control manure hose. According to The Austrian Times, the man’s 79-year-old father was unaware of his son’s location began to pump manure onto a steep field by way of the...
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New Moore Island, Bay of Bengal:The fate of an island in the Bay of Bengal may be a preview of what is to come for other low-lying islands around the world. Recent satellite images show that it has sunk beneath the sea. The island is believed to have emerged...
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Rapid City, South Dakota: By now most people are familiar with the U.S. military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy on gay servicemen and women. Under the policy, people who keep their private lives a secret are allowed to serve. But what happens if someone else informs the military about...
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New Delhi, India: A 21-year-old groom was accidentally shot and killed by his uncle at a wedding celebration. Pankaj Kishore Karotia’s new bride became his widow when a licensed handgun that his uncle was holding accidentally discharged and shot the groom in the head. The Telegraph reports that the...
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A 69-year-old man is said to have died after a baboon pushed him off a ramp at a South African homeless shelter. The Independent Online reports that Michael Bates, a resident of the Happy Valley Home in Simon’s Town, died on Sunday from injuries he sustained from a 2-meter...
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A Slovenian man was attacked and killed by three dogs that he had spared from being destroyed. A police spokeswoman put it simply: Three dogs bit their 52-year-old owner to death in Ljubljana yesterday. Four years earlier the three bull-mastiffs attacked a passer-by, resulting in serious injuries for the...
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If you thought you had a lousy Christmas, consider the plight of Jimmy Halpin. The 54-year-old, who had lost his wife to stomach cancer just weeks before, died from head and neck injuries sustained when he slipped on ice at his mother’s grave on Christmas Day. His 29-year-old daughter...
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A man was sentenced to 12 years in prison after a Chinese court found that he had killed and eaten an extremely rare tiger. Reuters reports that villager Kang Wannian, claimed that he encountered what was possible China’s last wild Indochinese tiger by while he was collecting freshwater clams...
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A former member of the U.S. Naval Academy’s water polo team has survived an apparent suicide attempt in which he jumped from the George Washington Bridge. According to authorities, Adrian Rawn stopped his car on the lower level of the George Washington Bridge, walked to the rail and jumped...
