By LUKAS I. ALPERT, Wire Services
June 20, 2008
Revenge is sweet, particularly for Wisconsin's fuzzy woodland creatures.
An armed woman chasing a marauding woodchuck accidentally shot herself in the foot as she tried to stop the little beast from eating her vegetables.
Penny Gilman was treated and released. The fate of the woodchuck was unknown.
It's been 63 years since the Nazis fell, but clearly, someone at a Swiss television station didn't get the message.
Officials at SF2 apologized for running subtitles during the German national anthem that used the banned lyrics of the Nazis' "Deutschland Uber Alles."
The gaffe came before a soccer match between Germany and Austria.
Could there be anything that would be less of a tourist attraction?
A Russian spa town has unveiled a monument to enema treatments in the guise of an 800-pound bronze syringe bulb held up by three angels.
"There is no kitsch or obscenity," said the spa's director, Alexander Kharchenko. "An enema is almost a symbol in our region."
It's not your average blow-up doll.
A Japanese firm has produced a big-busted, battery-operated robot that will kiss on command. Sega Toys says the doll is aimed at lonely men.
"She's very loveable and, though she's not human, she can act like a real girlfriend," said Sega spokeswoman Minako Saknoue.
Hopefully it won't be too ruff on the ears.
A Chinese zoo is training a singing wolf troupe and is planning to teach them to dance. Zookeeper Luo Yong says he got the idea when playing a song on his guitar and a young wolf starting howling along.
"My next plan is to find someone to write a song just for them and also find people to teach them disco dancing," he said.
