I've got this horrible mental picture...A case reported in a recent issue of the journal Emergency Medicine Australia described the successful removal of a leech from an eyeball. A 66-year-old woman, gardening in her back yard in Sydney, had accidentally flicked some soil into her eye. By the time a surgeon could extract the leech, it had roughly tripled its body size by feeding on the eyeball's blood vessels. Read Full Story

I am truly upset about this! After 68 years of waffling, Archie Andrews has made his choice. It’s the raven-haired heiress over the girl next door, Veronica Lodge over Betty Cooper.Just eight days after Archie Comics announced that Archie would finally choose between his two high-school hotties, the word is out: Archie gets down on bended knee to present Veronica with his proposal and a ring while poor Betty looks on and wipes away a tear. Veronica replies to the proposal with a resounding “Y... Read Full Story

The Latvian Blondes Association -- take a moment to contemplate the fact there is such a thing -- has decided to use the power of peroxide (OK, some of them may be real blonds) to fight Latvia's deepening recession. It will parade 2,000 of the ladies who reportedly have more fun through the streets of Riga, the capital city.Motto of the event: Make the World a Brighter Place. AWWWW... Read Full Story

A New York toddler still in diapers has a growing reputation as a pool shark with a mean bank shot — even though he has to stand on a chair to reach the table. Two-year-old Keith O'Dell Jr. from upstate New York has pool shooting videos posted on YouTube, has his own Web site (http://www.poolprodigy.com) and is the youngest member of the American Pool Association. The son of pool-playing parents, the toddler recently traveled to Las Vegas to put on a demon... Read Full Story

CHEYENNE, WY – A man said he saved his dog's life after sucking venom from a rattlesnake bite out of the animal's nose.Bobby Jenkins said he began feeling ill after getting his dog, Tank, to a vet. He went to the hospital and received a dose of antivenin. In all, Jenkins needed four vials of antivenin at a cost of $3,500 per vial. Meanwhile, Jenkins said his dog's head swelled up to three times its normal size. Tank had been bitten after running und... Read Full Story

Stopping driver's license fraud is no laughing matter: Four states are ordering people to wipe the grins off their faces in their license photos. "Neutral facial expressions" are required at departments of motor vehicles (DMVs) in Arkansas, Indiana, Nevada and Virginia. That means you can't smile, or smile very much. Other states may follow. Read Full Story

Uh, dude, you're going to want a holster for that...No matter how cool it looks in the movies, when you stick a gun down the front of your pants, there is only one thing you can be aiming at, even if you don't mean to. A 27-year-old man in Germany -- trying to impress his friends -- is the latest example of this truth. He told police that someone else shot him ... there ... but that story fell apart when police noticed there was no hole outside his jeans, just inside.“Either it was t... Read Full Story

This is some serious facial hair...David Traver, 43, of Anchor­age, Alas­ka, won the 2009 World Beard and Mous­tache Champion­ships on his home court over the weekend. Traver won best in show for his 20.5­inch beard and also won the freestyle competition. For the contest, his beard was dyed multiple colors and woven to look like a snow­shoe.The win, over 140 other contestants from around the world, earned him a gold pan and salmon fishing trip. He now plans to shave for charity, with a don... Read Full Story

In a mayoral election in Croatia, a candidate campaigned on the promise that he would openly rip off residents at every opportunity. His slogan: "All for me -- nothing for you." He won in a landslide... Read Full Story

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