Bacon-Addicted Obese Skunk Put on Diet

An obese skunk has been put on a strict diet to help wean him off his addiction to bacon sandwiches.
The mammal, named Mr. Bumble, was given to the RSPCA by his previous owners when he became too much of a handful.
He now lives at Tropiquaria Animal Park near Watchet, Somerset where he is being put through a dietary regime involving long walks, vegetables and fruit.
Mr. Bumble weighed one stone when he arrived at the center, around double his ideal weight.
Park owner Chris Noisier told the BBC: "We're now working on dieting him down to what he should be and clearly bacon are not a normal part of a skunk's diet in the wild."
We're putting him on the vegetarian option at the moment. It's very much like a human weight watching issue.
"He is getting to meet lots of new people so there's lots going on in his life and I suspect it's making up for the lack of his old favorite food."
A skunk's natural diet in the wild features carrion, insects, mice and a range of greenery.
Native to North America, the creatures have become popular as house pets in the UK. But increasingly they are being found abandoned after a law was passed preventing the removal of their scent glands.
Vets' examinations have been unable to determine whether this happened to Mr. Bumble.
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Neiman Marcus always has some over-the-top offerings for Christmas -after all, that’s the only reason some folks look at the catalog. This year, how about a cupcake car for only $25,000? Designed by artist Lisa Pongrace, the cupcake runs on electricity and has a top speed of seven miles per hour. Your purchase will be decorated in your favorite flavors

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Man gets five years and 1,000 lashes for sex boasting
A Saudi man was jailed for five years and sentenced to 1,000 lashes today for bragging about his sex life on television.
Talking about sex publicly is forbidden in the ultra-conservative country but Mazen Abdul-Jawad's lawyer said he will appeal.
The program, "Bold Red Line," begins with Abdul-Jawad, dubbed a "sex braggart" and "Casanova" by the media, describing the first time he had sex at 14. He then leads viewers into his bedroom, dominated by red accessories, and then shows off sex toys.
He is later joined by three male friends for a discussion on what turns them on.
His lawyer maintains he was referring to other people's sexual experiences and the toys were provided by the TV station.
The other three men on the show were also convicted of discussing sex publicly and sentenced to two years imprisonment and 300 lashes each.
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Woman Finds Bank Account Hacked, With $27k Extra
In a strange twist on a now familiar story, an English woman last May found that her bank account had been accessed by criminals and that the money therein had increased. Amanda Fothergill, 40, of Darlington, received a phone call from a stranger who claimed to have deposited a substantial amount of money in her account. Shocked, Fothergill checked her balance only to discover a brand new deposit of £17,200 (around $27,500). The crook, who would call in ensuing weeks as frequently as once a day, tried to convince Fothergill to transfer £14,000 to another account, leaving her with £3,000 for her trouble. For her part, Fothergill wasted no time in notifying both the police and her bank, Abbey. Sadly enough, her prompt honesty was not exactly rewarded.
Immediately, Abbey froze her accounts while its investigators jumped on the case. Friday before last, following months of investigations, the bank closed Fothergill's accounts, labeling her as being at high risk for fraud. Understandably miffed, Fothergill wondered to the Northern Echo how the bank could treat her thusly. "Abbey never lost any money because I stopped it before it started," she said. "I feel like I am being victimized for being a victim." Last Monday, the bank claimed Fothergill's accounts had been closed mistakenly, and promised to apologize and reinstate them.
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Man wins lottery prize during embezzlement case
A former Kansas radio executive who admitted that he embezzled to support an addiction to scratch-off lottery tickets won a $96,000 lottery prize.
Prosecutors say the prize money will go toward paying restitution to Paul W. Lyle's former employer, American Media Investments.
Lyle pleaded guilty Thursday to felony theft for embezzling an estimated $88,000 from American Media.
It was during his preliminary hearing Sept. 21 that Lyle was notified he had won a prize in a second-chance lottery drawing. The prize includes a boat, cash and tickets to a NASCAR race at the Kansas Speedway.
His conviction carries a sentencing range of five to 17 months in jail or prison. But prosecutors say Lyle likely will get probation because he has no previous felony convictions.
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Man Rescued From Septic Tank
There are few things in life better than good neighbors and a good dog. A Delhi man says he might not be alive right now if it weren't for his neighbor and her dog. 80-year-old Paul Paff fell into a collapsed septic tank yesterday afternoon and was stuck there for several hours. A good neighbor found him and got help.
I felt wonderful last night. It took them probably over two hours to give me a bath last night.
A two hour bath to wash off what five hours in a septic tank gets you. Paff thought there was a hole in his tank and when he went to check it out it collapsed. He fell 10 feet into 3 feet of muck. He could not climb out. Paff yelled for help for more than two hours. Then he heard a noise. Murphy, the neighbor's 9-year-old mutt, was barking. Paff barked back.
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Woman Struck, Killed By Train
Newark Police said a woman was struck and killed by a train near the University of Delaware campus Monday morning.
Witnesses said the victim, a 25-year-old waitress at the Eagle Diner, was hit by a CSX freight train on the 100 block of Elkton Road just before 8:30 a.m.
Co-workers said the victim normally works the night-shift, but came to the diner for breakfast. After eating, co-workers said she decided to go to a nearby friend's house.
Witnesses reported the victim was distracted by a cell phone conversation when she was struck by the train.
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Woman accused of urinating on NH police station
Police said a woman has been arrested for urinating on a police station after her companion wasn't allowed to use its restroom. A 28-year-old woman was charged with indecent exposure after the incident Wednesday, which started when her companion went to the station to resolve a 12-year-old traffic citation.
Merrimack Police Capt. Michael Dudash said the companion asked to use the restroom and was refused. He said that after the two left, the woman was spotted urinating on the sidewalk and against the station building, in plain view of a nearby daycare center.
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The Man with No Face

For the past 35 years, 51 year-old Jose Mestre, from Lisbon, has been losing his face to a massive growth, distorting it out of all recognition – and it's still growing.
The tumor on Jose's face is a vascular malformation, a collection of blood vessels that have expanded, producing a raised red area on the skin. Jose was born with a strawberry-colored birth mark on his upper lip; at puberty his face started growing, eventually smothering his lips, nose and one of his eyes. It's now about 33cm long and weighs around 3kg.
The Man with No Face meets the man behind the 'mask' and attempts to understand what it is like to have such an affliction. How does he cope with day to day life - with the stares, the ridicule and people taking photographs?

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Robber fled when clerk demanded gun proof
Police in Massachusetts said a would-be robber abandoned his plans when a clerk demanded to see the gun he claimed to be concealing.
Investigators said Adam Alsarabi, 22, of Lawrence, Mass., allegedly approached a cashier at White Hen Pantry in Haverhill, Mass., at about 12:42 a.m. Friday and said he had a gun and wanted money from the register.
However, police said the suspect fled the store when the clerk insisted on seeing the gun and officers soon found him hiding in the woods. He was arrested without incident and police said they did not find a gun.
Detective Sgt. Robert Pistone cautioned citizens not to try to emulate the clerk's actions.
"We don't recommend this course of action," said. "Why take the chance with your life over the loss of money? There is no need to be a hero."
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Store clerk just said "no" to crime.
The wannabe robber entered a Daytona Beach Kangaroo Express wearing a hoodie with a bandana covering his face just before 5 a.m.
He hadn't counted on one spunky clerk.
When the guy, who stood 6'2'', approached the counter, clerk Thomas Piepenburg told the man he had to uncover his face if he wanted to do business in the store.
He did his big bad crook thing and demanded all the money.
But Piepenburg thought he was joking and again asked him to remove the bandana.
Then he stepped back from the counter and told the crook that he wasn't getting anything.
It worked.
When the man realized he couldn't reach the register, he left the store.
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Teller couldn't read robber's note
A would-be robber handed a bank teller in Oregon a note saying, "Need $300 or I'll kill you," but the teller couldn't read the handwriting, police said.
The teller at a Wells Fargo branch in Hillsboro, Ore., told the woman -- identified as Stephanie Martin -- she couldn't decipher the note. Martin then went to a counter and rewrote the note on a bank slip, police said
The teller hit a silent alarm, and the bank's manager appeared, asking how he could help Martin.
She told him she wanted to open an account
Police officers and FBI agents who arrested Martin said she was under the influence of drugs.
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Boss shot worker over using the wrong toilet
A fuming boss shot one of his employees after he discovered they had used his private toilet.
Police said the raging manager pulled out his gun and blasted the unlucky worker in the leg after hearing of his cheeky toilet trip.
The 27-year-old boss was arrested and charged with attempted murder yesterday after the alleged attack in Durban, South Africa.
Cops said the row started when the suspect discovered the worker — a 25-year-old Malawian man — had used a toilet cubicle reserved for management.
A police spokesman said: "The man went to the toilet and on his return his employer asked him where he had gone to.
"He told him he was in the toilet and showed him the toilet he had used.
"The employer then drew out his gun and shot him once in the left ankle."
The alleged victim was today recovering at home from his injuries.
Cops said: "It seems he underestimated the strength of his employer's feelings on the matter of which toilet he should use."
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Officer's Gun Sticks To MRI Machine
An off-duty Jacksonville Sheriff's Office deputy was hurt Wednesday when her hand was trapped between her police-issued Glock handgun and the powerful magnet inside an MRI machine.
Police said Joy Smith was in the MRI room with her mother when she apparently forgot about her gun, which was pulled by the magnetic force of the machine, trapping her hand between the gun and the MRI.
Smith was able to free herself, but the gun remained stuck for hours while the machine was powered down, which takes 24 hours. Jacksonville Beach police said Smith's hand was injured and she had difficulty bending her thumb, but it was not known if she sought medical treatment.
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Drunk Driving & Texting?
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He faces a DUI charge, but investigators say the crash that led to his charges was caused by texting while driving.
According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the crash happened early Sunday morning around 1:30 on State Road 49 west of Ft. White.
The FHP says Rodney Troy Whitley, 41, was driving southbound and was texting. As he did so, his van drifted across the far lane of the road and hit a fence in someone's yard.
The van went through the fence and through the yard until it hit the house, where it came to rest. The Gainesville Sun is reporting that the house he hit is owned by a Gilchrist County deputy and her husband. The deputy and her husband were sleeping in the house at the time and her husband required stitches as a result of the accident.
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Man Injures Self Breaking Into Jail
A man was seriously injured after he climbed a fence and fell through razor wire while attempting to get back into jail because he said threats were made against his life, according to the Brevard County Sheriff's Office.
Deputies said that Sylvester Jiles, 24, came to the jail at about 7:30 p.m. Monday and told corrections officers he needed to be placed in protective custody due to the threats.
Jiles was released from jail on Friday and was given probation for a manslaughter conviction.
Deputies told Jiles that deputies would respond to investigate his claims. While they were waiting, officers reported that Jiles was acting "strange" and "erratic," pacing in the parking lot.
According to deputies, Jiles sprinted to the jail perimeter fence, jumped between the barbed wire, ran to the next fence, climbed it and fell through three levels of razor wire.
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