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Curvy singer Christina Augilera has accused her record company for forcing her to loose weight few years ago. The 31-year-old said when she gained weight in 2002, bosses panicked and forced her to loose 15 pounds, reports mirror.co.uk. Aguilera, who recently opened up about her new fuller physique, revealed: “During the promotion of my album ‘Stripped’, […]
Teenagers including girls who play violent video games over a number of years tend to become more aggressive towards other people, a new long-term study has warned. Researchers from Brock University in Canada said the study was the first to show a clear link between a sustained period of playing violent games and subsequent increases in […]
Orbiting a star that is visible to the naked eye, astronomers have discovered a planet twice the size of our own made largely out of diamond. The rocky planet, called ’55 Cancri e’, orbits a sun-like star in the constellation of Cancer and is moving so fast that a year there lasts a mere 18 […]
Man Dies After Eating 30 Roaches, 30 Worms And 100 Millipedes Edward “Barry” Archbold died Friday night after collapsing in Deerfialed Beach, Florida. According to the sources Edward collapsed right after he had just won a bug-eating contest where he ate 30 cockroaches, 100 millipedes and and more than 30 of worms. After collapsing, […]
A hulking Queens gym teacher and former college football player claims a pupil fractured his ankle, injured his knee and forced him to go to a shrink for stress — even though the kid was only 50 pounds and in first grade. Burly, 220-pound PS 330 teacher John Webster, 27, said a 4-foot-2 Rodrigo Carpio, […]
A western Nebraska man is accused of assaulting his wife with a sandwich. The Scottsbluff Star-Herald says 50-year-old Larry Spurling, of Melbeta, is charged with disturbing the peace. According to the arrest affidavit, Spurling’s wife called 911 late Sunday and reported he pushed her down during an argument and rubbed a sandwich in her face. […]
Moms may have to deal with a major baby poop problem soon. An explosion at a Japanese chemical plant, which is operated by Nippon Shokubai Co., one of the largest producers of acrylic acid, a primary ingredient used in disposable diapers, has the spectre of a global diaper shortage . An explosion at a Japanese […]
A man sought emergency treatment at hospital in Auckland this week with an eel stuck up his bottom. The unnamed individual presented himself at the A&E department at Auckland City Hospital to explain his embarrassing problem. It is believed the patient was sent for X-rays and a scan, which showed there was an eel lodged […]
A 22-year-old Oregon man, Devin Bost, has sued an orthodontist for leaving his braces on for 11 years, resulting in straight but rotten teeth, The Oregonian newspaper reports. Devin Bost, of Portland, claims he suffered serious tooth decay and periodontal disease from having worn braces from ages 7 to 18 while he lived in Eugene, […]
A Maryland man hit a grand slam this summer playing the state lottery: four winning tickets totaling $101,000 in prize money, The Gazette of Montgomery County reports. Donald “Donnie” Cole III, of Brookeville, won $50,000 on June 26, another $50,000 on July 26, and then $1,000 earlier this week from two tickets. “It was […]