xxxNews Of The Weirdxxx
Bizarre but true stories about real people collected by syndicated columnist Chuck Shepherd.
A leading British plastic surgeon said that human face transplants will be possible within a year (although the recipient would not necessarily look like the donor).
A woman named Kristina, 21, won the beauty pageant (talent, swimsuit, gown) at a woman’s prison in Panevezys, Lithuania, but declined to reveal to reporters why she’s in the slammer.
A community redevelopment agency announced it was evicting 40 Hispanic migrant workers the week after Christmas, with no relocation assistance, so that Habitat for Humanity could build low-income housing on the site (Palmetto, Fla.).
An inmate returning to jail from his day job at a recycling center tested higher than 0.20 blood-alcohol, gained by mustering last drops from all the empty liquor bottles he sorted (Charleston, W.Va.).
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