“Thousands of flesh-eating piranhas have infested a river beach popular with tourists in western Brazil and have bitten at least 15 unwary swimmers… Officials in the city of Caceres in Mato Grosso state said this is the first time they have had a problem with piranhas at the Daveron beach on the Paraguay river, where the aggressive fish began schooling about two weeks ago. “People have got to be very careful. If they’re bitten, they’ve got to get out of the water rapidly and not allow the blood to spread,” firefighter Raul Castro de Oliveira told Globo TV’s G1 website. Elson de Campos Pinto, 22, was bitten Sunday. “I took a dip in the river and when I stood up, I felt pain in my foot,” Pinto told G1. “I saw that I had lost the tip of my toe. I took off running out of the river, afraid that I would be further attacked because of the blood. I’m not going back in for a long time.” w/ photo

“A Miami Gardens transgender woman is facing charges of practicing medicine without a license after police say she injected a patient’s rear with everything but the kitchen sink in an illegal cosmetic surgery procedure. Oneal Ron Morris, 30, was arrested Friday after an investigation by Miami Gardens Police and the Florida Department of Health. According to police, the victim saw Morris in May and was injected in her buttocks with a substance consisting of cement, “Fix a Flat,” mineral oil and super glue. The amateur incision was then sealed with super glue, police said. The victim was later hospitalized with a serious medical condition as a result of the injections. Morris, who police say is a man but appears to look like a woman and sports an apparently enhanced rear herself in arrest photos, was being held on $7,500 bond.” w/ photos

“Ohio troopers making a traffic stop say they found a pot present: a gift-wrapped package containing 25 individually wrapped packets of marijuana. The driver, from Washington state, has been charged with trafficking and possession of marijuana and possession of criminal tools, both felonies, and a misdemeanor count of driving under suspension. The State Highway Patrol says the 28 pounds of pot discovered in the car’s trunk is valued at more than $63,000.” w/ photo

“Atlanta-area authorities say a teenage burglary suspect was pulled from a chimney by firefighters after being stuck there for more than 10 hours. Police say the 17-year-old boy was taken into custody after being freed from the chimney around 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at a home in Norcross, northeast of Atlanta. Gwinnett County police Cpl. Jake Smith tells The Atlanta Journal-Constitution the teen was charged with burglary and giving false information to a police officer. Smith said a neighbor heard someone yelling for help from her neighbor’s chimney. Authorities tell the Gwinnett Daily Post the teen was screaming when fire crews arrived and told the firefighters he had been stuck there since 3 am.” w/ photo + video

“A new course has launched in the UK which promises to teach zombie apocalypse-fearing folk everything they need to survive an undead uprising. Zombie Boot Camp — which runs in Driotwich, Worcestershire and costs $79 — has been specially created in order to help train and prepare people for the eventuality of a zombie invasion. The experience day sees would-be zombie battlers take part in training from expert military instructors before being kitted out in helmets, safety goggles and Kevlar body armor. Then it’s on to learning how to fight zombies with weapons including a pistol, grenades a rifle and a chainsaw — before taking part in a training exercise and tackling a warehouse full of zombies. The mission sees the participants are split into pairs to put into practice the skills they have learned.” w/ photos

“Detectives said Javier Aguirre stole a huge boar goat from a fenced pen at 15302 Nightingdale Lane in West Travis County after he and a friend cut through the fence with bolt cutters. According to an arrest affidavit, an acquaintance of the owner overheard Aguirre admit to stealing the goat. The owner’s friend said he confronted Aguirre about some stolen tools. According to the witness, Aguirre said, “I stole a goat, but I didn’t take your tools.” After Aguirre’s arrest, police searched his impounded white 2006 Chevy Pickup and found what appeared to be blood and hair from the animal in the back of Aguirre’s truck. Police said Aguirre admitted he stole the goat and then took the animal to a home on Crazy Horse where he butchered it. Aguirre said he then barbecued some of the animal and gave the remaining meat to people in Apache Shores.” w/ photo + video

“An inventive groom-to-be stunned his girlfriend by proposing to her after abseiling from the 100-foot-high roof of a packed shopping center dressed as Batman. Caped crusader Ryan Gleeson even conquered a crippling fear of heights to pop the question to love of his life, Charlotte Kinman. And luckily for Ryan – whose cape was plastered with the words Charlotte Will You Marry Me? – Charlotte made it all worth while and said yes.” w/ photos

“People will go to great lengths to pass a drug test, but the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office says there is a popular trend among young people who try to beat these tests and it could kill you. Some have been ingesting bleach. With a quick search, your browser will be flooded with products claiming to wash away any drugs in your system. There are drinks, chewable tablets and a prosthetic called the Whizzinator. Sergeant Joe Mahoney with the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office said there is a reason this market exists. “As far as kids go, if they fail a drug test, they get kicked off the team. A probationer – over at the probation office – they go back to jail. An employee, if they fail a drug test they may lose their job,” said Mahoney. Not everyone scours the web for a drug test solution. Mahoney said some people look no further than under their kitchen sink. “We have had cases where they have ingested straight bleach, and it caused significant damage to their body,” said Mahoney.” w/ photo + video

“Customs and Border Protection officers assigned to the Tucson Field Office seized almost 3,000 pounds of marijuana hidden in a shipment of watermelons. Nogales CBP officers discovered the marijuana worth nearly $1.5 million Monday evening. A 44-year-old Mexican man attempting to enter the United States at the Mariposa Commercial Port was referred for a non-intrusive X-ray inspection of his Volvo truck. The X-ray operator noticed an anomaly in the shipment. Officers inspected the load and discovered 128 bundles of marijuana among the produce.” w/ photos

“An Irish-American tourist has captured photos of an apparent apparition of Jesus Christ at the Cliffs of Moher. Sandra Clifford, a pilot from San Francisco, captured the image on her digital camnrea when she visited the famous Co. Clare tourist attraction on November 4 last. Clifford (42) and her friend Fiona Fay from Drogheda Co. Louth were spellbound by what they saw and immediately Clifford snapped the shot of what they said appeared to be the face of Jesus Christ. Fay first spotted what appeared to be an image of a man before pointing it out to Clifford. “To me it was Jesus Christ straight away,” added Clifford, who is a practicing Catholic.” w/ photos