News of the Day (08/17/2009)

Current mood: Apathetic

Haven't done the news in a while and felt like I should.

So here it is. Your news of the day!

In Manchester, N.H. a 1,224-pound triple vanilla cupcake with pink frosting has set a record as the world's largest. It took 800 eggs, and 200lbs of sugar and flour to make this. I just have to say, they could've used those eggs, sugar and flour to make healthy meals for starving people in Africa or here in the USA, but no, let's make a 1,224lb cupcake. And while we're at it, let's sell slices of it to people for charity. What charity you may ask? The Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast cancer organization. Which, granted is a good cause, but seriously? It couldn't go to a Starving People fund or something?
( http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32438528/ns/us_news-weird_news/?GT1=43001 )

Apparently there is a Tunisian Woman who is pregnant with 12 (TWELVE!) babies. She is ecstatic, as is her husband, though everyone is saying that the babies will most likely not survive. That she will have to deliver at 20 weeks, which is far too early for any baby to survive. The woman is basically not even going to be able to move, she will need to be put on bed-rest.
( http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1207158/Tunisian-woman-pregnant-12-babies-smash-record-octuplets-mother.html )

A man in Japan has been arrested for throwing his own poop at women from his motorcycle. He turned himself in after throwing a big handful of his own shit at two different women. How did he do it? He relieved himself outside and apparently kept it to throw. Talk about a shitty day!
( http://blogs.app.com/saywhat/2009/08/17/man-throws-his-feces-at-women-from-moped/ )

A woman gave birth to her baby on the pavement in front of the hospital. This was after the ER told her that they wouldn't send an ambulance to pick her up because it wasn't an "emergency". She was told to walk the 100 meters (roughly 109.36 yards) to the hospital. The baby and mom are fine, according to the article, though the baby was born with it's umbilical cord around it's neck.
( http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1207151/Woman-gives-birth-pavement-refused-ambulance.html )

Some 14-year-olds broke into a woman's house and stole a camera and some bank cards. But this is not what upset the woman. What upset the woman, a Mrs. Jenni Weaver, was the fact that the teenagers took an urn containing her miscarried baby's ashes and played catch with it before dumping said ashes all over her house.
( http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1207183/Teenage-burglars-play-catch-ashes-miscarried-baby-scattering-them.html )

And last, a woman is selling her husband's tomb (with him still buried in it) to pay off her mortgage. Her husband's tomb is directly above Marilyn Monroe's. She is promising to move his body to what was supposed to be her burial plot, once it is bought. Currently the bidding is at 2.3 Million DOLLARS!
( http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE57G2YH20090817?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews )


And that is your news of the day!