COVINGTON, LA (WGNO) – A squirrel on the North Shore is alive and still gathering nuts after apparently taking a bullet.

“How is he alive? How did that bullet get there?” wonders scenic and wildlife photographer Christine Regusa, who discovered the bullet-proof squirrel in her Covington backyard.”

Regusa took a photograph that shows what appears to be a 22 caliber bullet dangling from behind the squirrel’s right arm, “I was on the bench over there. Squirrel was right by the tree. Didn’t even look at the picture after I took it until the next night. Then I realized, oh, no! It’s a bullet!”

She dubbed the neighborhood varmint, Bullet Squirrel.

Read more: http://wgno.com/2013/09/05/bulletproof-squirell-proves-to-be-quite-a-survivor/#ixzz2e9VbX7nj

NEW YORK (MYFOXNY) -

What do you buy for someone who has everything? How about a gift that keeps on giving after they die.

A $30,000 coffin comes equipped with speakers and a a Spotify music streaming account.

A Swedish company is selling the pricey resting spot with two-way speakers.

It allows the living to hear what's playing for the departed. A digital display on the headstone will allow visitors to see what's playing.

The owner of the first manufactured model of the CataCombo Sound System is Fredrik Hjelmquist. He allows strangers to add tracks to his playlist “Pause 4-ever”.

Read more: http://www.myfoxny.com/story/23336815/30000-coffin-comes-with-music-system#ixzz2e8nGcH1r

A coconut has been detained by Maldivian police on suspicion of vote-rigging in a key presidential election.

The coconut, described as "young", was found near a school that will be used as a polling station on Saturday on the remote Kaafu atoll, one of the hundreds of islands that comprise the Indian Ocean archipelago state.

Though the population of the Maldives is Sunni Muslim, continuing belief in magic is widespread in rural areas. Coconuts are often used in rituals and inscribed with spells.

The hundreds of thousands of international tourists who travel to the Maldives usually stay in isolated resorts and have no contact with local people other than staff.

The local Minivan news website reported that police "took the coconut into their possession" around 7.05am on Tuesday, after they received a complaint about the suspicious fruit near the school on the Guraidhoo Island, which lies 130 miles from the capital, Male, and has a population of around 2,000.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/06/coconut-detained-maldives-vote-rigging

London’s skyline has a new addition this week: the Walkie Scorchie. Joining the crowded group of glass protrusions, such as the Shard, the Gherkin, and the Cheesegrater, is 20 Fenchurch Street, which had previously been known as the Walkie Talkie, on account of it looking vaguely like a gigantic two-way radio.

But the 37-storey office block, due to be completed next year, has gained a new sinister reputation: the death ray, the fryscraper, the Walkie Scorchie.

Its south-facing concave facade conspires to concentrate and reflect the sun’s rays into an intense beam of shimmery light, hitting the buildings on the opposite side of the road. Along a 30-yard stretch of pavement at Eastcheap – just a Molotov cocktail’s throw from where the Great Fire of 1666 started – London’s burning.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/architecture/10283702/Whats-frying-at-Walkie-Scorchie.html

Claire Lennon, 38, of Berkshire, will not be able to recover the £300 diamond until her six-month old chicken Sarah gets old and dies.

Vets say the jewel, which was given to Miss Lennon by her partner Adam de Marco, is trapped inside Sarah's stomach and an operation to retrieve it could put the bird's life in danger.

Sarah could potentially live another eight years, forcing her owner to wait almost a decade for the return of the gift.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/10280503/Woman-forced-to-wait-eight-years-to-retrieve-diamond-earring-swallowed-by-chicken.html

When Sarah Colwill, 38, was hospitalized for an intense migraine in 2010, she awoke to an astounding sound—her voice.

Her familiar English accent had been replaced by what sounded like a poor impression of a Chinese person, leaving doctors scratching their heads.

Her predicament was a side effect of a rare neurological condition called Foreign Accent Syndrome.

Colwill is one of just 150 confirmed cases ever of FAS, according to the Independent. The condition is most often caused by damage to the brain brought on by a stroke or traumatic brain injury, UT Dallas reports.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/04/sarah-colwill-_n_3869077.html?utm_hp_ref=weird-news

Kishore Nimmala, 32, took the phone when Fakhara Sultana told him she had no cash during their first date at the Ruby Blue bar in Leicester Square, jurors heard.

Mr Nimmala, who had met Ms Sultana on an online dating site, spent £54 on two rounds of drinks and insisted she should contribute, Southwark Crown Court heard.

But Ms Sultana had assumed it was the gentleman's prerogative to pay for everything on the first date and after Mr Nimmala became angry Ms Sultana cut the evening short.

However, he pestered her for money as she walked to Charing Cross Tube station then seized her white Blackberry phone, it was said.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/10286653/Man-takes-dates-Blackberry-mobile-phone-after-she-refuses-to-pay-half-the-bill.html

CLEVELAND -- If you passed by Cleveland's Second District police station Monday, you may have noticed an unusual sight -- a man wearing a sign.

The signs says he is an idiot for making 911 calls threatening police.

Richard Dameron, 58, threatened police during 911 calls and then skipped out on his punishment.

Cleveland Municipal Court Judge Pinkey Carr ordered him to hold a sign this week outside of the Second District police station in Cleveland.



www.wkyc.com/news/article/312912/45/Man-wears-sign-apologizing-for-threatening-police

Rockstar Games' upcoming Grand Theft Auto V is guaranteed to move units, but the developers aren't resting on their laurels in their attempt to build the most comprehensive crime world yet. Take the voice acting — rather than traditional professionals, Rockstar is using "actual, real gang members" where possible.

""One had literally gotten out of prison the day before.""

Contributing writer, talk show host, and in-game DJ "Lazlow" Jones revealed the information on Chicago's WGN radio station, explaining: "We get these guys in to record the gang characters because we don't want a goofy LA actor who went to a fancy school trying to be a hard gang member. There's nothing worse than that, so just go find the real terrifying people and say 'can you come in here please?'"

http://www.theverge.com/2013/9/4/4693052/gta-v-features-real-gang-members-as-voice-actors