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Monday, November 26, 2018

Stuck on Tracks

Driver Gets Stuck on Tracks After GPS Gaffe

Pennsylvania police have a little fun posting about it

By Neal Colgrass

The car. (City of Duquesne Police Department)

A woman learned the limits of GPS Wednesday when she turned off a road onto railway tracks and got stuck there—parallel to the tracks, USA Today reports.

Toddler Shreds $1K

Toddler Shreds $1K in Cash

Parents had saved it for college football tickets

By Rob Quinn,

The Belnaps might have the money back in a year or two. (Ken Tannenbaum/Getty Images)

Leo Belnap, a 2-year-old boy in Holladay, Utah, loves putting junk mail and other paper in the shredder that he sometimes helps his mom with.

CollegeHumor

CollegeHumor Bets on the Profane With New Subscription Service

By Max Godnick

CollegeHumor is dropping out of the internet.

The online comedy network on Wednesday launched DROPOUT, an ad-free, mixed-media subscription service for uncensored comedy.

Refusing to Poop

Cops Say Suspect Has Refused to Poop for 3 Weeks

Police believe suspected drug dealer has drugs inside him

By Kate Seamons, Newser Staff

The toilet is ready and waiting.
(Getty Images)

(NEWSER) – To save you the ignominy of Googling "how long can you go without pooping?" we did it for you. The question is sure to come to mind after reading about a bizarre case out of the UK, where Essex Police are on #poowatch and tweeting about it. This after a suspected drug dealer believed to have drugs hidden in his body has now for 21 days refused to poop. The BBC reports the 24-year-old was arrested Jan. 17 and has been under supervision since then, with the department's Operation Raptor team that arrested him providing updates like this one, tweeted Wednesday: "Day 21/3 weeks for our man on #poowatch still no movements/items to report, he will remain with us until Friday when we are back at court where we will be requesting a further 8 days should he not produce anything before that hearing."

Last Friday they tweeted that the man is being watched by doctors and was in fine health at the time. Per the BBC, police decided to keep the public informed of the man's bowel movements in an effort to quash any illusions that drug dealing is "glamorous." The man is reportedly a couple of days away from what a police rep believes to be the record for a suspect not pooping: 23 days. As for the original question about how long one can go, an answer-ish: The Cleveland Clinic says to seek medical help if it's been longer than three weeks; a 16-year-old British girl died in 2013 after the Telegraph reports she did not have a bowel movement for eight weeks.

Wednesday, January 24, 2018

Camel Pageant

Camels Busted for Botox in Pageant Scandal

At least 12 kicked out of Saudi festival

By Rob Quinn, Newser Staff

Members of the jury discuss three camels during the final day of a camel festival. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

(NEWSER) – Saudi Arabia is holding its annual monthlong camel festival—and cheaters are not welcome. With around $60 million up for grabs in races and show competitions, unscrupulous owners have been drugging animals and even giving them Botox injections in an attempt to win camel beauty pageants, the National reports. At least a dozen camels have already been disqualified for Botox, which can give camels the full lips that judges look for. "They use Botox for ... the nose, the upper lips, the lower lips, and even the jaw," says the son of a top Emirati camel breeder. "It makes the head more inflated so when the camel comes it's like, 'Oh, look at how big ... that head is. It has big lips, a big nose.'"

According to reports in Saudi media, one veterinarian was caught actually performing plastic surgery on camels to give them the small, delicate ears also considered beautiful. Anti-cheating measures include blood tests, microchipping—and requiring owners to swear on the Koran about their animal's age. Reuters reports that amid rapid change in Saudi Arabia, authorities seeking to maintain links to traditional Saudi culture have expanded the camel festival and moved it closer to the capital, Riyadh. "The camel is a symbol of Saudi Arabia," says chief judge Fawzan al-Madi. "We used to preserve it out of necessity, now we preserve it as a pastime."