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Police think person lived with dead skeleton on couch
The skeletal remains of a 93-year-old woman may have remained on a couch in her living room for months while other people continued living in the house, authorities said. Neighbors reported seeing cars come and go from the home as recently as this week before police, doing a welfare check at the request of a neighbor, found a body inside on Monday.
"What is a little bizarre is it appears that someone was living there with her for some time," Dallas police Sgt. Gene Reyes said. The remains of a dog also were found in another room. Investigators suspect the human remains belong to the elderly woman who lived there, but DNA testing may be needed to confirm the identity. Dallas police spokeswoman Janice Crowther said there were no obvious signs of trauma on the skeleton. Months have passed since anyone apparently last saw the elderly woman. Electricity was still on at the home and the lawn and exterior were well-kept, but police described the interior as messy.
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Australian man charged with pouring superglue into ear
Four months after his ear was filled with superglue as a prank, Ben Ferrett is $10,000 out of pocket and faces being permanently hard of hearing. The 26-year-old Brisbane plumber has undergone numerous painful procedures culminating in surgery last month to try to remove the rock-solid glue from his right ear. He said the prank happened when he fell asleep at a party at Greenslopes, on Brisbane's south, on January 12. "First they glued my hand to my face, and then he took it one step too far and filled my ear up with superglue.''
Fellow partygoer Ryan Liam Upton, who had only met Ferrett just before the prank, yesterday fronted the Brisbane Magistrate's Court on a charge of assaulting Ferrett, causing him grievous bodily harm. It is understood part of the prank included an attempt to also glue Ferrett's hand down the front of his pants.
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Australian politician admits sniffing woman's chair
An Australian political leader broke down at a news conference yesterday as he admitted that he had sniffed the chair of a female colleague. The confession came from the leader of the conservative Liberal Party in Western Australia, Troy Buswell, who has previously owned up to snapping the bra strap of an opposition party staffer.