Around The Weird: Bizarre News Briefs
Around The Weird: Bizarre News Briefs
ST. CLAIRSVILLE, Ohio (Wireless Flash) The Bush administration may have botched the upcoming Presidents Dinner by inviting a prisoner to the swank fundraiser. Ohio inmate Robert Kirkpatrick received an invite to the $2500-per-person dinner that even included his prisoner number on the address. A National Republican Congressional Committee spokesman calls the letter a mistake and says this kind of thing happens from time to time.
KINGSTON, Ontario A 37-year-old Canadian woman will be able to attend the prom at the high school at which shes currently obtaining her equivalency degree even though the principal thinks shes too old. Robin Mercer threatened to sue Sharbot Lake High School if she wasnt allowed to go to the prom. She says it means a lot to her because shes never been to one.
MEXICO CITY Heres more proof you cant have your cake and eat it too: A knife-wielding man from Mexico City has been holding up the same bakery every morning at 8 a.m. for the past four days demanding chocolate cake. Employees got wise to his pattern though and phoned police in advance to nab the man in the act.
BEIJING Doctors in China have developed a new treatment for burn victims which makes artificial replacement skin out of living marine material.
LAGOS, Nigeria A Nigerian woman who has been sentenced to death by stoning by a Muslim court can breathe easier for a little while. An appeals court has delayed the stoning for two years until she weans her baby.