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Saturday, June 28, 2014

Tiger Snatches Fisherman From Boat in India (Newser Happy Hour 6-pack)

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Tiger Snatches Fisherman From Boat in India

(Newser) - A man hunting illegally for crabs in a national park in India paid dearly for the transgression this week when a Bengal tiger snatched him from his boat and dragged him into the surrounding forest, reports the Odisha Sun Times . The body of 62-year-old Sushil Manjhi hasn't been found.... More »

Miss Florida Pageant Crowns Wrong Winner

(Newser) - Florida has just one-upped Delaware in the beauty-pageant gaffe department: The Miss Florida pageant crowned the wrong winner last Saturday because of a vote-counting error and has had to make an embarrassing about-face, reports the Miami Herald . The pageant initially named Elizabeth Fechtel its winner, and the 20-year-old University of... More »

Stepmom Told Boy to Stay in Basement, He Says

(Newser) - Thanks to a court document obtained by the Detroit Free Press , we now know a little bit more about why a "missing" 12-year-old boy was found hunkered down in his basement : Charlie Bothuell V told authorities that his stepmother put him there and instructed him "not to come... More »

Dad in Toddler's Car Death Can't Attend Funeral

(Newser) - The funeral for 22-month-old Cooper Harris takes place today, and dad Justin Ross Harris won't be allowed to leave prison to attend, reports NBC News . The 33-year-old left his son in a hot car in a case that police in Georgia's Cobb County say wasn't "simple... More »

13 Celebs With Odd Body Parts

(Newser) - Just because a celebrity is cover-model gorgeous doesn't mean all of his or her body parts are 100% normal. Radar rounds up 30 stars with odd body parts, and we highlight 13 here: Megan Fox: Clubbed thumbs (the condition is called brachydactyly). They're short and wide at the... More »

Nanny Who Wouldn't Leave Home Is Gone, for Now

(Newser) - The nanny who wouldn't leave seems to have left, at least temporarily. After a California family's strange plight made national headlines—they hired Diane Stretton as a live-in nanny, fired her after three months when she stopped working, then found that they couldn't legally boot her from... More »