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A dismembered female torso was found floating in the Niagara River on Wednesday. The victim, whom has had a C-section at least once, is said not to be Guang Hua Liu, police say the murders seem at this point to be unrelated. Final autopsy findings are predicted to be released on Friday. The dismembered body of a woman […]
Cecile Dionne learned to say the word “doctor” before she did the word “mother.” As one of the Dionne girls — the first set of quintuplets to survive infancy, born 75 years ago May 28 — Cecile spent her first nine years under medical care in “Quintland,” a hospital that essentially doubled as a government-run theme park. Born in Ontario to a pair of devout Catholics , the Dionne quintuplets were an immediate media sensation, a Depression-era precursor to today’s Octomoms and Jon and Kates. Two months premature, weighing about two pounds each, Cecile, Annette, Yvonne, Marie, and Emilie were quickly made wards of the state by authorities who feared that their father would exploit them for his own financial benefit
A man went over Niagara Falls and survived Wednesday afternoon, one of the few people to ever survive the plunge unprotected, authorities said. Niagara Falls, Ontario, Fire Chief Lee Smith said the man was seen entering the icy water just above Horseshoe Falls, on the Canadian side, and apparently jumped in about 2:15 p.m.