“A Singaporean woman spent 932 days on the toilet as she felt ‘someone’ was holding her down and preventing her from leaving, China Press reported. The woman, 58, was said to be suffering from depression. Her husband Ong Kean On, 64, with the help of the police and ambulance staff, managed to send her to the Institute of Mental Health for treatment. Ong said his wife had not left the toilet since May 25 in 2009 and that she ate, drank, and slept on the toilet. He added that she refused to leave the washroom and complained that ‘someone’ threw stones at her and also that water was dripping on her. The daily reported that her condition had improved after she received treatment at the institute and that she had not insisted on sitting on the toilet after returning home.” w/ photos

“A woman who treats her pet kangaroo like a child has been forced to move town because she is terrified authorities may take her beloved companion away. Christie Carr dresses Irwin the great red kangaroo in nappies and children’s clothes and even has a special car seat for him. The 39-year-old from Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, nursed the partially paralyzed marsupial back to heath after he fractured his neck and suffered brain damage in an accident as a joey. Carr offered to take Irwin home after meeting him while volunteering at a local animal sanctuary and now the companions share a bed at night. ‘He’s always stealing my pillow,’ she said. Last year, Broken Arrow’s city council introduced a permit which required exotic animal owners to have a $50,000 liability insurance policy to cover any injuries inflicted by the animal.” w/ photos

“The Federated Farmers of New Zealand are calling for sheep shearing to become an Olympic sport, pointing to the ‘shear hard work’ required. ‘I can testify to the physical effort shearing takes,’ said federation spokeswoman Jeanette Maxwell. Shearing is recognized as a sport by the New Zealand funding body SPARC. In 2008 Sports Shear Australia, which oversees competitions in the country, also mooted the idea for the Beijing Games. ‘Surely, time has come to elevate shearing’s sporting status to the ultimate world stage?’ said Ms Maxwell, in a statement. “One way would be to make shearing a demonstration sport at a Commonwealth Games, if not, the Olympics itself.” She emphasized the athleticism of top shearers.” w/ photo

“Thieves in Manchester dug a 100ft underground tunnel to get to a cash machine. The theft happened overnight at Blockbuster in Fallowfield Shopping Precinct. A similar plot was foiled in the same area in 2007, and police believe it may have been carried out by the same gang. Thieves dug the tunnel directly under the cash machine and used machinery to cut through more than 15in of concrete to steal the money. Det Sgt Ian Shore from Longsight CID said: ‘In all my years of service, I’ve never seen anything as elaborate. However, the thieves only escaped with about $7,762 – because the machine had not been re-filled after the New Year bank holiday.” w/ photo + video

“A man arrested this week in North Carolina may have stashed a .38 barrel revolver in his rectum, according to police, who reported that the unloaded 10-inch weapon was not discovered until after the suspect had been booked into a cell in the county jail. Michael Leon Ward, a 22-year-old Georgia resident, was arrested Monday after a trooper spotted him speeding. Ward, who resisted arrest, was subdued with the help of a stun gun. A subsequent search of his vehicle resulted in additional charges for possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia… According to cops, Ward, pictured at right, summoned jailers to his cell, claiming that someone was trying to kill him, and that he discovered a gun inside his cell. The weapon was found in the toilet, where Ward claimed he tossed it after finding it in his bunk.” w/ photos

“A health and safety officer narrowly escaped injury after a car ploughed through a wall and into her living room, landing near to where she had been sitting moments before. Andrea Barr had walked into the kitchen shortly before the silver car crashed through the wall of her home burying her favorite chair in rubble. The Ford Mondeo veered off the road, smashing through wheelie bins and a fence before coming to rest in the lounge of the 55-year-old’s home in Coggleshall, near Colchester in Essex. The driver of the car, thought to be a man in his 70s, was checked over by paramedics at the scene but did not need hospital treatment. Speaking after her ordeal, grandmother Mrs Barr reportedly said: “I was very frightened. I just wanted to keep crying. ‘I haven’t a clue how much it will cost to repair the house.” w/ photo

“A woman whose married lover lied to her that he was single is claiming US $2,000 in what she calls seductive damages. Eustina Marikiti has taken former boyfriend Moses Crater to the Harare Civil Courts seeking damages. ‘I want US $2,000 as seductive damages because I was in a relationship and we used to be intimate. He didn’t tell me the truth that he was a married man,’ said Eustina. She said she needed US$2000 as compensation for the sexual and emotional abuse she suffered at the hands of Moses. ‘I suffered a lot sexually and I am still suffering emotionally because of how this man used me,’ she said. Responding to the claims, Moses said, ‘This woman is my second wife and I love her. When I got into a relationship with her, I told her and she was fully aware that I had another wife and she has even met my first wife,’ said Moses.” w/ photo

“It’s the video you’ll see only on Fox 29: a mouse stuck in a bag of McDonald’s hamburger buns, nibbling away. A now former employee at a McDonald’s in Philadelphia claims he saw the rodent while on the job and whipped out his cell phone camera. He’s talking only to Fox about what his manager told him to do with that food. The man says this happened when he worked for the McDonald’s on Stenton Avenue in the Philadelphia’s West Oak Lane section. The Fox 29 viewer contacted us because he says he was so disturbed by what was happening, he wanted to warn customers: In the video is a bag of hamburger buns used to make Big Macs. Inside that bag, a mouse is scurrying around, making contact with who knows how many buns.” w/ video + photo

“A triumph of artistic expression. That’s it, everybody! That’s a wrap! Art is over. There’s no topping this. This da bes.” — JelloKZ

“A Michigan pastor has opened a tattoo parlor inside his church. Rev. Steve Bentley says he’s doing everything he can to reach out to people who have never felt comfortable at a traditional house of worship. Bentley’s church, The Bridge, occupies 3,000 square feet inside a Flint Township shopping center. Serenity Tattoo is located not far from his office — as well as a galvanized watering trough that he uses for baptisms. Two tattoo artists work at the county-licensed shop that is open every day except Sunday.” w/ photo + video