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30-Minute Brawl Breaks Out at 30K Feet

12 British vacationers involved in "vicious" fight

(Newser) - Apparently, there's a Mile-High Fight Club, too. A half-hour brawl broke out among as many as 12 British vacationers aboard a Virgin flight from England to Barbados, reports the Daily Mail . The passengers—dressed for "a special occasion" and believed to have been intoxicated—had to be separated...

Man Demands Town Reveal Zombie Invasion Plans

City council has yet to respond to Freedom of Information Act request

(Newser) - A man in Leicester, England, has submitted a vital Freedom of Information Act request to the city council. “Can you please let us know what provisions you have in place in the event of a zombie invasion?” Robert Ainsley asked, according to the Telegraph . “Having watched several films...

Australian Towns Impose Curfews — on Cats

Deputy mayor's son becomes possums' hero

(Newser) - After attacks on native wildlife, the Sydney area is putting its cats on a leash: Under a new rule, they’ll have to be inside from dusk to dawn, Reuters reports. The decision came after a deputy mayor’s son saved a parent and baby possum from a cat. In...

Fly Ties: Fish Bait Goes High Fashion

Fly fishermen reeling as women snap up rooster feathers

(Newser) - For every trendy lady you see running around with long feather extensions in her hair, a fly fisherman somewhere sadly goes without a lure. Hackles—the long, skinny rooster feathers fishermen use to make lures for bait—have been selling out nationwide. Hairdressers have gotten desperate to follow the craze...

Embarrassing Dad Waves at Son's Bus in 170 Costumes

His boy asked him not to, so ...

(Newser) - If embarrassing your teenage son was an Olympic sport, Utah dad Dale Price would win the gold medal. After learning that his 16-year-old son Rain's school bus route would pass the family home, Price decided to come out and wave at the bus every day—wearing a different costume...

Woman's New Tattoo: 152 Facebook Friends

She posts video of the process

(Newser) - She’s become her own personal social network. A woman has posted a YouTube video of herself getting a tattoo of 152 of her Facebook pals. "After months of work I want to show you all my social Tattoo. Pretty amazing right ?" says YouTube user Suzyj87 of the...

NJ Casinos Hope to Boost Gambling— With Bustiers

But only the 'nice-looking' need apply

(Newser) - Soon it might be more difficult to concentrate on the cards at one Atlantic City casino. The Tropicana Casino and Resort is creating a new "party pit" near its Rumba Lounge nightclub where female blackjack and roulette dealers will wear bustiers and stockings, reports the AP . The casino is...

Guy on 'Mission From God' Attempts Liberty Island Swim

Needless to say, he didn't quite make it to the statue

(Newser) - Why would a 29-year-old man dive into the frigid New York Harbor and attempt a three-quarter mile swim to the Statue of Liberty? Clearly, he was on a mission from God—or so he told rescuers. "He said God told him to swim to Liberty Island," an officer...

Historian Fights to Save Baum's Yellow Brick Road

John Curran is convinced New York road inspired Baum

(Newser) - The famous yellow brick road of Oz legend is now being used as a parking lot, if one historian is to be believed. John Curran has been fighting for nearly a decade to preserve the golden bricks in Peekskill, New York, that he believes inspired L. Frank Baum. Baum was...

School Application Asks: C-Section or Vaginal Birth?

Apparently school has a vested interest in how students were born

(Newser) - If you want your child to attend elementary school in California’s Dry Creek School District, you’ll have to get personal—really personal. The enrollment application asks some very detailed medical questions, but parents are in an uproar over one in particular: Was your child birthed through “vaginal...

Jersey Drunken Driver Gets to Sue the Bar That Served Him
 Jersey Drunken Driver 
 Can Sue His Bar 
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Jun 4, 2011 6:56 AM CDT

Jersey Drunken Driver Can Sue His Bar

State's top court sides with motorcyclist who drank too much

(Newser) - Bartenders, beware: The New Jersey Supreme Court has given a drunken driver the right to sue the bar that served him, reports the Asbury Park Press . When Frederick Voss crashed his motorcycle in 2006, his blood-alcohol level was .196%—almost two and a half times the legal limit. Voss pleaded...

Russian Buries Himself Alive
 Russian Buries Himself Alive 
Jun 2, 2011 2:20 AM CDT

Russian Buries Himself Alive

He ends up dead after grave mistake

(Newser) - A Russian man who decided to spend a night buried alive for "good luck" didn't make it out of the ground alive. The 35-year-old villager dug a hole in a garden and climbed into an improvised coffin with holes for air pipes, bringing a phone and a bottle...

Unabomber's Hoodie Pricier Than Scrawled Manifesto

And in other weird auction news...

(Newser) - Get out your checkbooks, kids: There is a slew of famous and infamous items up for auction. The US Marshal's office's online auction of the Unabomber's personal effects ends tomorrow, and Aol's Weird News astutely observes that Ted Kaczynski's 35,000-word handwritten manifesto ($17,525)...

Woman Busted With Trash Can Full of Body Parts

Calif. woman suspected of killing boyfriend

(Newser) - A California woman found wheeling a trash can full of human body parts down a suburban Los Angeles street has been charged with murder. San Bernardino County cops arrested Carmen Montenegro, 51, after neighbors who saw—or smelled—the dismembered remains alerted authorities, reports the Los Angeles Times . In what...

Guy Busted for Making Bomb Threat ... Over Reruns

Bronx man arrested for harassment, falsely reporting an incident

(Newser) - Credit one Bronx man for really hating bad art—Freddie Caldwell was arrested yesterday for allegedly threatening to blow up a local TV station for showing too many Two and a Half Men reruns, reports the New York Post . The calls were placed May 11 and May 23, but police...

Dog Nurses Rare Liger Cubs in China Zoo
 Dog Nurses Rare Liger Cubs 
May 24, 2011 9:02 AM CDT

Dog Nurses Rare Liger Cubs

They are about as adorable as you'd expect

(Newser) - All together now: Awwwww. Four newborn liger cubs, the rare offspring of a male lion and female tiger, were abandoned by their mother earlier this month. Fortunately, staff at China’s Xixiakou Wildlife Zoo found a dog who had recently given birth and could nurse the surviving cubs after two...

How to Test Positive for Cocaine&mdash; Er, Cheese

 That Cheesy 
 Meal Could Test 
 Positive for... 
 Cocaine 
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May 21, 2011 7:00 PM CDT

That Cheesy Meal Could Test Positive for... Cocaine

Man said cartons of coke-positive food in truck were for sister

(Newser) - It turns out that you might not want to drive under the influence of, say, a taco: Police in Asheville, NC, thought they had busted a California man who was fleeing arrest under the influence of alcohol. He was also carrying cases of food that tested positive for cocaine. A...

Botox Mom: I Made It Up for Cash

She spun the controversial story for money

(Newser) - If the story of the mom who gave her 8-year-old daughter Botox sounded too crazy to be true, that’s because … it’s not true. “Kerry Campbell,” who lost custody of her daughter after spinning the tale, came forward today to tell the world her name is...

Gwyneth Paltrow Gangsta Raps (Video)
 Gwyneth Paltrow Gangsta Raps 
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May 19, 2011 10:45 AM CDT

Gwyneth Paltrow Gangsta Raps

Turns out she really does have an excellent grasp of NWA lyrics

(Newser) - In case you didn’t hear, Gwyneth Paltrow recently divulged that she loves gangsta rap —and in a recent appearance on the UK’s Graham Norton Show, she proved it. New York and Jezebel both point to the priceless clip from Friday, in which an incredulous host asks Paltrow...

CDC: Get Ready for Zombie Apocalypse

Or, you know, a hurricane

(Newser) - The CDC wants to make sure you’re prepared … for a zombie apocalypse. In a blog posting Monday that quickly became the organization’s most popular ever, Assistant Surgeon General Ali Khan offers helpful tips to prepare for the invasion of “flesh-eating zombies.” Conveniently enough, many of...

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