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Woman Accidentally Bakes Life Savings

Jeremy Taylor — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 12:40:59 +0000

When it comes to storing large amounts of money in your home, underneath the mattress has long been the venue of choice. But when an Australian man sold his car for $15,000, he thought he had come up with a better place to bank the cash. Since neither the man nor his wife ever cooked, he figured [...]

Honest Woman Returns Diamond Ring Found in Pair of Goodwill Jeans

Don Deane — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 13:13:41 +0000

Deb Thompson got much more than she bargained after discovering a pricey diamond ring in the pocket of thrift store jeans on Monday. However, the Minnesota woman did the right thing by immediately trying to find the ring’s true owner. Would you have done the same? The 53-year-old bought a pair of rhinestone-studded capris from [...]

Chicago Woman Claims She Was Fired from Job After Becoming Pregnant — Is It Fair? [Video]

Amy Sciarretto — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 12:00:58 +0000

A Chicago woman claims that she was fired from her job as a manager and server at the popular Northside Bar & Grill because she became pregnant.

She is now suing her former employer for discrimination.

Woman Arrested After Naked Stroll Through Lumber Store

Jeremy Taylor — Fri, 18 May 2012 12:00:43 +0000

Let’s say you’re at your local lumber yard, buying wood for some sort of home improvement project. You’re feeling like quite a man, because you’re about to do some work with your hands. In walks a woman, completely nude. Bonus, right? Maybe not so much. When that exact scenario played out in Curtis Lumber in [...]

Police Help Blind Woman Get Her Handwritten Novel Back

Danny Gallagher — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 13:04:09 +0000

Nothing irks us more as writers than thinking up a great idea and forgetting it because we didn’t commit it to paper. This very lucky writer ain’t got nothing on us. Trish Vickers of Dorset, England has been writing manuscripts and novels since she lost her sight seven years ago. Instead of typing them on [...]

Woman Makes Santa's Naughty List for Falsely Claiming She Had Cancer [VIDEO]

Shauna Wright — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 13:40:18 +0000

If anyone is going to get a lumps of coal in his or her stocking this year, it’s Martha Nicholas. The Virginian woman was arrested Wednesday for bilking kind-hearted people out of money by falsely claiming she had cancer. Nicholas, 42, duped even her husband and children along the way, claimed she was a four-time cancer patient and participated in multiple cancer fundraisers

'My Ugly Christmas Sweater' Turns Bad Gifts Into High Fashion [VIDEO]

Don Deane — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 13:00:49 +0000

Most of us wouldn’t be caught dead in a garish Christmas sweater. But one woman in Vermont specializes in making ugly Christmas pullovers. As far as she’s concerned, the uglier the better. Anne Marie Blackman of My Ugly Christmas Sweater makes her hideous Christmas creations by embellishing pre-worn sweaters with things like fringe, bells and [...]

Paraplegic Woman Walks Again Thanks to Robotic Exoskeleton [VIDEO]

Don Deane — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 18:59:04 +0000

Usually when we hear the words “robot exoskeleton,” we think of science fiction. But for Amanda Boxtel, a woman who was paralyzed from the waist down in a skiing accident 20 years ago, an amazing powered exoskeleton has given her newfound mobility. After her skiing accident in 1992, Boxtel thought she would never walk again. [...]

Woman Gives Birth Shortly After Finishing Marathon

Danny Groner — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 17:00:54 +0000

Amber Miller finished the Chicago Marathon three hours off her pace on Sunday, clocking in at six hours and 25 minutes. But there’s a good explanation for why. Miller was almost 39 weeks pregnant, ran through contractions, and delivered a daughter shortly after the race ended. “The race was definitely easier than labor,” Miller, 27, [...]

Arizona Mom Strives to Be Fattest Woman Ever [VIDEO]

Jeremy Taylor — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 14:57:54 +0000

World’s fattest mom Susanne Eman weighs 728 pounds, and the 32-year-old mother of two is consuming over 20,000 calories a day in hopes of eventually setting the all-time record for heaviest woman, which is 1,600 pounds.

Wimbledon Official Wants Ladies To Quit the Grunting

Shauna Wright — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 12:47:37 +0000

Ladies, enough already with the grunting. So says Ian Ritchie, chief executive of the All England Lawn and Tennis Club where Wimbledon is played. He told the Telegraph that officials “would prefer to see less” of it and and even said players have the option of complaining to umpires if the grunting proves too distracting. [...]

Woman Steals SIM Card, Downloads $200K Worth of Data

Billy Goforth — Wed, 04 May 2011 13:12:50 +0000

Stealing a SIM card out of a power meter is impressive enough, but 33-year-old Kylie Maree Monks outdid herself when she racked up a $200,000 data bill on the card in under four months.

This week, she pleaded guilty to computer-related fraud, owning stolen property and making a false declaration.

Woman Swallowed by Surprise Sinkhole, Survives [VIDEO]

Billy Goforth — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 13:13:41 +0000

Carla Chapman, a 47-year-old resident of Plant City, FL, was tending to her garden when all of a sudden the ground swallowed her up into a giant sinkhole, measuring 25 in. wide and 7 ft. deep.

Within a matter of seconds, her 5' 7'' frame was fully submerged underground and there was no way she could maneuver out of the hole by herself.

After Botched Plastic Surgery, Woman Can't Close Her Eyes [VIDEO]

Billy Goforth — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 12:16:04 +0000

Marilyn Leisz is suing her plastic surgeon after an eyelid procedure left her unable to fully close her eyes.

The New Jersey woman now has to use a special gel and vaporizer to protect her eyes at night, and can't participate in outdoor activities she used to enjoy such as tennis or horseback riding because her eyeballs are too exposed to the elements. Leisz also says that she is losing her vision.

Woman Pitches Batting Practice For The Indians [VIDEO]

Billy Goforth — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 14:07:57 +0000

Justine Siegal threw batting practice at the Cleveland Indians’ spring training facility in Goodyear, Arizona, marking the first time a woman has ever performed this task. She will pitch batting practice again today, this time for the Oakland A’s. This isn’t the first time the 36-year old has been a baseball gender pioneer — in [...]

Adrianne Palicki is The New Wonder Woman [PHOTOS]

Billy Goforth — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 14:34:41 +0000

Adrianne Palicki, an actress most famous for her role as Tyra on “Friday Night Lights,” will portray comic book heroine Wonder Woman in a pilot being shot for NBC. In the reboot, Wonder Woman will be a high-powered business executive, as well as a crime fighter. Palicki, who says she is a comic book fan, [...]

Woman That Falls Into Fountain While Texting, Not Laughing. She's Suing [VIDEO]

Billy Goforth — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 20:43:11 +0000

It was funny while it lasted. Remember the video of the goofy girl who's so busy trying to walk and text at the same time that she falls right into a mall fountain? The hilarious video went viral, and its pitiable star remained anonymous — until now.