Family axes wedding plans, Egyptian cuts off organ (AP)
AP - A 25-year-old Egyptian man cut off his own penis to spite his family after he was refused permission to marry a girl from a lower class family, police reported Sunday.
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China puts a stop to snake-bitten cock-in-a-pot (Reuters)
Reuters - Chinese health authorities are putting a stop to restaurants serving chickens which have been bitten to death by poisonous snakes and cooked up for a supposedly detoxing meal.
Chavez’ Venezuela marathon TV show cut short (Reuters)
Reuters - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez had promised a four-day marathon edition of his widely watched weekly television talkshow, but unspecified technical problems threw the plans awry this weekend.
Japan’s Kobayashi beats Chestnut in eating rematch (AP)
AP - In a chewy chow-lenge, Takeru Kobayashi outlasted Joey Chestnut when the eating titans faced off to see who could devour the most pizzas.
Squirrel at Mich. cemetery wraps nest in Old Glory (AP)
AP - Squirrel. Thief. Patriot.
Squirrel at Mich. cemetery wraps nest in Old Glory (AP)
AP - Squirrel. Thief. Patriot.
Brazen NZ parrot steals passport, heads into bush (AP)
AP - Polly wants a passport and isn't above stealing one.
Wild turkey crashes through window of Wis. home (AP)
AP - A Wisconsin woman and her 5-year-old daughter got a fowl visitor when an unwelcome wild turkey crashed through a bedroom window.
Woman accused of killing peacock with baseball bat (AP)
AP - A woman accused of clubbing to death a peacock with a baseball bat has pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor charges of animal cruelty. The woman was charged with second-degree animal cruelty, which is punishable by up to a year in jail and a $2,000 fine. Her next court appearance is scheduled for June 19.
Pilot lesson No. 1: Check gas before taking off (AP)
AP - A retired Air Force colonel with decades of experience as a flight instructor gave one of his students a hands-on lesson in a key principle of flying: Don't run out of gas. Al Uhalt of Colorado Springs made a bumpy but safe landing in a field Thursday when the single-engine Aviat Husky he and a student were flying ran out of fuel near the end of a 45-minute lesson.