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><channel><title>Funny Stuff Videos &#187; Weird News</title> <atom:link href="http://www.coolcrazystuff.com/category/weird-news/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.coolcrazystuff.com</link> <description>Funny Stuff, Funny Jokes, Funny Quotes, Funny Videos Updated Daily</description> <lastBuildDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 11:27:45 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2</generator> <xhtml:meta xmlns:xhtml="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" name="robots" content="noindex" /> <item><title>Do Antidepressants Really Work</title><link>http://www.coolcrazystuff.com/weird-news/do-antidepressants-really-work/</link> <comments>http://www.coolcrazystuff.com/weird-news/do-antidepressants-really-work/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2008 21:39:26 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sasa</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Breaking News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Weird News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[cool & crazy pictures]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cool Funny Videos]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cool Nature Pictures]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Funny Animals]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Funny News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Funny Pick Up Lines]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Funny Quotes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Funny Stuff]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Hilarious Jokes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Pictures Of Cats]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Political Cartoons]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Scary Pictures]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Shocking Videos]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Weird Pictures]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.coolcrazystuff.com/2008/02/26/do-antidepressants-really-work/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Depression can strike at any time. It&#8217;s Very common and it affects people of every color, race, economic status, or age. Depression is thought to be caused by an imbalance of brain chemicals, along with other factors and like any other medical condition it needs to be treated. The term antidepressant refers to a drug [...]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Depression can strike at any time. It&#8217;s Very common and it affects people of every color, race, economic status, or age. Depression is thought to be caused by an imbalance of brain chemicals, along with other factors and like any other medical condition it needs to be treated. The term antidepressant refers to a drug that helps to rectify specific biological abnormalities that give rise to the symptoms of depression. But what if that is not the case?<br /> According to a study, which analyzed 47 clinical trials, at Hull university some of the best selling anti-depressants like Prozac, Seroxant, Serzone and Efexor are barely more effective than placebos in treating most people with severe depression.<br /> &#8220;The difference in improvement between patients taking placebos and patients taking anti-depressants is not very great,&#8221; said Professor Irving Kirsch of Hull University, in northern England, who led the team.<br /> &#8220;This means that depressed people can improve without chemical treatments.<br /> &#8220;Given these results, there seems little reason to prescribe antidepressant medication to any but the most severely depressed patients unless alternative treatments have failed to provide a benefit.&#8221;<br /> But drug companies strongly questioned their findings: &#8220;Their conclusions are at odds with what has been seen in actual clinical practice,&#8221; a spokesman said. &#8220;It is widely recognized by experts in the field that studies in depression are challenging and very difficult to conduct.&#8221;<br /> This research, breaks new ground by incorporating data not previously released by drug companies.<br /> Doctor Tim Kendall, deputy director of Britain&#8217;s Royal College of Psychiatrists research unit, said the study was &#8220;fantastically important.&#8221;<br /> &#8220;I think it&#8217;s too dangerous to allow drug companies, where profit is a key factor, to be able to withhold data which shows that a drug is ineffective or harmful,&#8221; he said and added: “Three of these drugs are some of the most commonly used antidepressants. It’s not mandatory for drug companies to publish all this research. I think it should be.”<br /> Alison Cobb, of British mental health charity Mind, hailed the findings as &#8220;a serious challenge to the predominance of drugs in treating depression.&#8221;<br /> &#8220;Anti-depressants do help many people but by no means all and some people experience severe side-effects with them,&#8221; she said.<br /> Another mental health charity, Sane, warned the findings &#8220;could remove what has been seen as a vital choice for thousands,&#8221; adding people should not stop taking their drugs immediately.<br /> &#8220;Depression is nourished by a lifetime of ungrieved and unforgiven hurts” ~ Penelope Sweet</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.coolcrazystuff.com/weird-news/do-antidepressants-really-work/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Convicted Child molester escaped with 4-year-old daughter</title><link>http://www.coolcrazystuff.com/weird-news/convicted-child-molester/</link> <comments>http://www.coolcrazystuff.com/weird-news/convicted-child-molester/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 17 Feb 2008 22:32:46 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sasa</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Breaking News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Weird News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[cool & crazy pictures]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cool Funny Videos]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cool Nature Pictures]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Funny Animals]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Funny News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Funny Pick Up Lines]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Funny Quotes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Funny Stuff]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Hilarious Jokes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Pictures Of Cats]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Political Cartoons]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Scary Pictures]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Shocking Videos]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Weird Pictures]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.coolcrazystuff.com/2008/02/18/convicted-child-molester/</guid> <description><![CDATA[A 51-year-old Georgia man, and an ex elementary school teacher, Jerry Norman Jones, is considered a fugitive after violating conditions of his bond. Reportedly he fled with his 4-year-old daughter Madison Kerr of whom he doesn&#8217;t have legal custody while visiting her Friday morning. She was wearing blue jeans, a red long-sleeved shirt with hearts [...]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A 51-year-old Georgia man, and an ex elementary school teacher, Jerry Norman Jones, is considered a fugitive after violating conditions of his bond.</p><p>Reportedly he fled with his 4-year-old daughter Madison Kerr of whom he doesn&#8217;t have legal custody while visiting her Friday morning. She was wearing blue jeans, a red long-sleeved shirt with hearts and a red ribbon belt at the time.</p><p>Last December he was arrested on four counts of child molestation on allegations of groping and touching of three 9-year-old girls and an 8-year-old girl on December 7th and December 10th.<br /> <span id="more-1779"></span><br /> School is supposed to be a safe place, but after something like this happens you cant help but ask: Are our children safe in school?</p><p>Apparently one of the teachers complained to the school principal Priscilla Collins on December 10 about his inappropriate behavior with some female students. She called Jones into her office and told him not to hug any more students. He agreed but failed to show up for work the next day when he resigned via e-mail.</p><p>On December 12, a parent came with a complaint against Jones. This is when Collins notified the police and the local DFCS office. Three more victims have been identified after a letter about the allegations was sent to parents of Jones&#8217; students.</p><p>There are active warrants for Jones&#8217; arrest but his whereabouts are unknown as of Saturday. He is out on a conditional bond and one of the conditions was that he not be alone with his daughter Madison.</p><p>According to the reports he is driving a white 1996 Ford Taurus with Georgia wildlife tags BW6B02, multiple &#8220;Pro-life&#8221; stickers and a red paint on the passenger rear side.<br /> Police urge members of the Public to contact the nearest Police Station if they have any information about Jones and/or Karr.</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.coolcrazystuff.com/weird-news/convicted-child-molester/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Funny Police vs Drunk Driver</title><link>http://www.coolcrazystuff.com/weird-news/funny-police-vs-drunk-driver/</link> <comments>http://www.coolcrazystuff.com/weird-news/funny-police-vs-drunk-driver/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 10 Feb 2008 18:24:07 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sandra</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Breaking News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Weird News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[cool & crazy pictures]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cool Funny Videos]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cool Nature Pictures]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Funny Animals]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Funny News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Funny Pick Up Lines]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Funny Quotes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Funny Stuff]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Hilarious Jokes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Pictures Of Cats]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Political Cartoons]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Scary Pictures]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Shocking Videos]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Weird Pictures]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.coolcrazystuff.com/2008/02/10/funny-police-vs-drunk-driver/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Reading Weird News like these, you can&#8217;t help but wonder: &#8220;what were they thinking?&#8221; In today&#8217;s Breaking News police officers let a drunk driver two times, before finally arresting her. All this, in just 5 hours. During a random police test on William street at about 6.10a.m. 23-year-old women was caught driving drunk at more [...]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><!-google_ad_section_start-><br /> <a href="http://www.coolcrazystuff.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/23264713.jpg" ><img align="left" width="150" src="http://www.coolcrazystuff.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/23264713.jpg" hspace="5" alt="Funny Police vs Drunk Driver picture" height="106" title="Funny Police vs Drunk Driver" /></a>Reading <strong>Weird News </strong>like these, you can&#8217;t help but wonder: &#8220;what were they thinking?&#8221; In today&#8217;s <strong>Breaking News </strong>police officers let a drunk driver two times, before finally arresting her. All this, in just 5 hours.<!-google_ad_section_end-></p><p>During a random police test on William street at about 6.10a.m. 23-year-old women was caught driving drunk at more than three times the legal limit. She recorded a positive alcohol reading of 0,15%.</p><p>Strangely enough, they let her go only to see her driving about an hour later on the same street with, of course a positive alcohol reading over 0,05%.<br /> <span id="more-1759"></span><br /> <br /> This was probably a good time for them to arrest her, but, once again they let her go.</p><p>Three hours later it was &#8220;here we go again.&#8221; She was intercepted on Enoggera Road, at about 10a.m. when she again recorded a reading of over 0,05%.</p><p>I guess third time is a charm. She was finally arrested and will remain in custody until Monday. She is due to appear in court on Monday on three counts of drink driving and one count of driving whilst disqualified.</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.coolcrazystuff.com/weird-news/funny-police-vs-drunk-driver/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>5</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Cool Delivery</title><link>http://www.coolcrazystuff.com/weird-news/cool-delivery/</link> <comments>http://www.coolcrazystuff.com/weird-news/cool-delivery/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 18:09:41 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sandra</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Breaking News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Weird News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[cool & crazy pictures]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cool Funny Videos]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cool Nature Pictures]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Funny Animals]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Funny News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Funny Pick Up Lines]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Funny Quotes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Funny Stuff]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Hilarious Jokes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Pictures Of Cats]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Political Cartoons]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Scary Pictures]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Shocking Videos]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Weird Pictures]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.coolcrazystuff.com/2008/01/31/cool-delivery/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Ok, this is Weird News. In today&#8217;s Breaking News doctor sends a pregnant woman home saying her labor is false. 25-year-old Charryse Brooks went to the hospital around 2a.m. this Sunday he thought she might be in the early stages of labor. Apparently she wasn&#8217;t due until Feb. 22. so hospital workers told her she [...]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.coolcrazystuff.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/baby.jpg" ><img align="left" width="132" src="http://www.coolcrazystuff.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/baby.jpg" hspace="5" alt="Cool Delivery pictures" height="200" title="Cool Delivery" /></a><!-google_ad_section_start->Ok, this is <strong>Weird News</strong>. In today&#8217;s <strong>Breaking News </strong>doctor sends a pregnant woman home saying her labor is false.<!-google_ad_section_end-></p><p>25-year-old Charryse Brooks went to the hospital around 2a.m. this Sunday he thought she might be in the early stages of labor.</p><p>Apparently she wasn&#8217;t due until Feb. 22. so hospital workers told her she was experiencing false labor and sent her home. She tried to sleep, but the pain increased and her contractions got stronger.</p><p>After some time she insisted that she had to return to the hospital but it was to late. She was in so much pain she couldn&#8217;t get the door open once she got to the car.<br /> <span id="more-1693"></span><br /> &#8220;<em>She looked at me, right in the eye, so calmly, too. She said, &#8216;Tim, the baby&#8217;s here,&#8217;</em>&#8221; said her husband, the Rev. Timothy Brooks.</p><p>He reached to catch the baby, in the leg of the sweat pants his wife was wearing.</p><p>&#8220;<em>It was just so fast,</em>&#8221; Charryse Brooks said. &#8220;<em>It was like &#8216;Boom!</em>&#8216;&#8221;</p><p>Brooks, 26, took his wife and baby, still attached by the umbilical cord, to the hospital. According to hospital report they got a 4-pound, 3-ounce girl who was named Mackenzie Nichole Brooks.</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.coolcrazystuff.com/weird-news/cool-delivery/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Funny Nudist Flight</title><link>http://www.coolcrazystuff.com/weird-news/funny-nudist-flight/</link> <comments>http://www.coolcrazystuff.com/weird-news/funny-nudist-flight/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2008 19:10:01 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sandra</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Breaking News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Weird News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[cool & crazy pictures]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cool Funny Videos]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cool Nature Pictures]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Funny Animals]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Funny News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Funny Pick Up Lines]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Funny Quotes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Funny Stuff]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Hilarious Jokes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Pictures Of Cats]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Political Cartoons]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Scary Pictures]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Shocking Videos]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Weird Pictures]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.coolcrazystuff.com/2008/01/29/funny-nudist-flight/</guid> <description><![CDATA[After a lot of thinking I&#8217;ve decided to place these under Weird News category although it probably belongs to Funny News. You have to admit a plane full of naked people is kind of funny. Either way here&#8217;s Breaking News for today. Travel agency OssiUrlaub.de is taking bookings for a trial nudist day trip from [...]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><!-google_ad_section_start->After a lot of thinking I&#8217;ve decided to place these under <strong>Weird News</strong> category although it probably belongs to <strong>Funny News</strong>. You have to admit a plane full of naked people is kind of funny. Either way here&#8217;s <strong>Breaking News</strong> for today.<!-google_ad_section_end-></p><p>Travel agency OssiUrlaub.de is taking bookings for a trial nudist day trip from the eastern German town of Erfurt to the popular Baltic Sea resort of Usedom, planned for July 5.</p><p>The Price? Only 499 Euros or $735. &#8220;It&#8217;s expensive, I know,&#8221; managing director Enrico Hess told Reuters by phone. &#8220;It&#8217;s because the plane&#8217;s very small. There&#8217;s no real reason why a flight in which one flies naked should be more expensive than any other.&#8221;</p><p>&#8220;I wish I could say we thought of it ourselves but the idea came from a customer,&#8221; Hess said. &#8220;It&#8217;s an unusual gap in the market.&#8221;</p><p>The 55 passengers have to remain fully clothed until they board the plane, and dress before disembarking. The crew will of course remain clothed for safety reasons.<br /> <span id="more-1655"></span><br /> Naturism, or &#8220;free body culture&#8221; FKK (Frei Körper Kultur) as it&#8217;s known in Germany, was banned by the Nazis but became legalized in 1942.</p><p>&#8220;There are FKK hotels where you can go into the restaurants and shops naked, for example,&#8221; Hess said. &#8220;For FKK fans &#8212; not that I&#8217;m one of them &#8212; it&#8217;s nothing unusual.&#8221;</p><p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t want people to get the wrong idea. It&#8217;s not that we&#8217;re starting a swinger club in mid-air or something like that,&#8221; he added. &#8220;We&#8217;re a perfectly normal holiday company.&#8221;</p><p>Now how can you not laugh to this?</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.coolcrazystuff.com/weird-news/funny-nudist-flight/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Crazy Robbery</title><link>http://www.coolcrazystuff.com/weird-news/crazy-robbery/</link> <comments>http://www.coolcrazystuff.com/weird-news/crazy-robbery/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 20:05:20 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sandra</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Breaking News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Weird News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[cool & crazy pictures]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cool Funny Videos]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cool Nature Pictures]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Funny Animals]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Funny News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Funny Pick Up Lines]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Funny Quotes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Funny Stuff]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Hilarious Jokes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Pictures Of Cats]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Political Cartoons]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Scary Pictures]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Shocking Videos]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Weird Pictures]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.coolcrazystuff.com/2008/01/24/crazy-robbery/</guid> <description><![CDATA[As I was going through some weird news i found this and it just blew me away. What is happening with the world these days. It&#8217;s one sick crazy idea after another. Before the coach arrives at its destination the dwarves take their loot back into their suitcase, zip themselves inside and wait to be [...]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em style="color: #808089"><a href="http://www.coolcrazystuff.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/sports_bag.jpg" ><img src="http://www.coolcrazystuff.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/sports_bag.jpg" alt="Crazy Robbery picture" title="Crazy Robbery" align="left" height="150" hspace="5" width="150" /></a>As I was going through some weird news i found this and it just blew me away. What is happening with the world these days. It&#8217;s one sick crazy idea after another.</em><br /> Before the coach arrives at its destination the dwarves take their loot back into their suitcase, zip themselves inside and wait to be collected by their partners in crime.</p><p>One of their the favorite companies is Swebus, which takes thousands of British tourists on holiday across the country. Their spokesman said: &#8220;<em>We have had reports about several thefts by dwarves on the stretch between Vasteras and Stockholm.<br /> &#8220;We&#8217;re thinking of installing video cameras.</em>&#8221;<br /> <span id="more-1633"></span><br /> Police in Stockholm have warned people the scam is becoming a problem: &#8220;<em>We are looking at our records to identify criminals of limited stature.</em>&#8221;</p><p><em style="color: #808089">Criminal dwarves are often found in books, film and folklore stories but this is far more crazy than that. You cant help but wonder: &#8220;What&#8217;s next?&#8221;</em></p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.coolcrazystuff.com/weird-news/crazy-robbery/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Cool Awakening</title><link>http://www.coolcrazystuff.com/weird-news/cool-awakening/</link> <comments>http://www.coolcrazystuff.com/weird-news/cool-awakening/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2008 17:38:31 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sandra</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Breaking News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Weird News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[cool & crazy pictures]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cool Funny Videos]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cool Nature Pictures]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Funny Animals]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Funny News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Funny Pick Up Lines]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Funny Quotes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Funny Stuff]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Hilarious Jokes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Pictures Of Cats]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Political Cartoons]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Scary Pictures]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Shocking Videos]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Weird Pictures]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.coolcrazystuff.com/2008/01/22/cool-awakening/</guid> <description><![CDATA[When I read this cool story I couldn&#8217;t stop thinking about how great was this poor mans shock when he realized he was in a coffin, and the funny scared look on his nephew&#8217;s face when he saw him opening his eyes. Talk about Weird news. Chilean media reported that 81-year-old Feliberto Carrasco woke up [...]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When I read this cool story I couldn&#8217;t stop thinking about how great was this poor mans shock when he realized he was in a coffin, and the funny scared look on his nephew&#8217;s face when he saw him opening his eyes. Talk about Weird news.</p><p>Chilean media reported that 81-year-old Feliberto Carrasco woke up in his coffin at his own wake giving his relatives a scare of a life time.</p><p>When they discovered his body limp and cold they thought his hour has come and decided to call a funeral home immediately, without calling a doctor.</p><p>A funeral home was full of grieving relatives and friends gathered to bid Carrasco a final farewell. He was dressed in his fines suit lying in a coffin and he just woke up.</p><p>&#8220;<em>I couldn&#8217;t believe it. I thought I must be mistaken and I shut my eyes,</em>&#8221; Carrasco&#8217;s nephew Pedro told the Ultimas Noticias newspaper.<br /> <span id="more-1605"></span><br /> &#8220;<em>When I opened them again, my uncle was looking at me. I started to cry and ran to get something to open up the coffin to get him out.</em>&#8221;</p><p>After they got him out of the coffin he sad he was not in any pain and asked for a glass of water.</p><p>Local radio also surprised listeners by announcing a correction to Carrasco&#8217;s death announcement, saying the news had been premature. Just imagine how stupid that must have sounded.</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.coolcrazystuff.com/weird-news/cool-awakening/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Crazy Popcorn Suit</title><link>http://www.coolcrazystuff.com/weird-news/crazy-popcorn-suit/</link> <comments>http://www.coolcrazystuff.com/weird-news/crazy-popcorn-suit/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2008 01:21:19 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sandra</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Breaking News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Weird News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[cool crazy stuff]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.coolcrazystuff.com/2008/01/17/crazy-popcorn-suit/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Have you ever thought that microwave popcorns can make you sick? Neither did Wayne Watson. When Watson came to Denver’s National Jewish Medical and Research Center complaining about lung problems last September he went trough a series of tests and biopsies and in the end was put on inhalers and steroids. After the doctors realized [...]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.coolcrazystuff.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/popcorn.jpg" ><img src="http://www.coolcrazystuff.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/popcorn.jpg" alt="Crazy Popcorn Suit picture" title="Crazy Popcorn Suit" align="left" height="150" hspace="5" width="200" /></a>Have you ever thought that microwave popcorns can make you sick? Neither did Wayne Watson.</p><p>When Watson came to Denver’s National Jewish Medical and Research Center complaining about lung problems last September he went trough a series of tests and biopsies and in the end was put on inhalers and steroids.</p><p>After the doctors  realized that none of the treatments were helping he was referred to pulmonary specialist Dr. Cecile Rose.</p><p>She took him trough a 90-minute interview, trying to figure out which one of his habits is making him ill. After realizing that his symptoms matched those of workers in popcorn  factories she said, ‘I’ve gotta ask this question, it’s going to seem weird, but do you ever eat microwave, butter-flavored popcorn?&#8221;</p><p>Watson recalled. “It was like lights went off, marching bands started to play. I said, ‘How did you know to ask that? I am microwave popcorn. I eat two bags of it a day every day.&#8221;</p><p>He’d been eating that much, for at least a decade. He said, He noticed some funny changes while singing that he could not explain.</p><p>“Several years ago during choir rehearsals, whenever I’d do a solo, I would notice my lung capacity was diminishing, and I wasn’t able to sustain the notes like I used to be able to,” he said. “Slowly my lung capacity went from the high 80s down to about the low 50s.”</p><p>Hospital investigators found that factory workers were exposed to diacetyl levels between 0.75 and 4 parts per million. Tests in Watson&#8217;s kitchen  showed crazy amount between 0.5 and 3 parts per million, according to the hospital.<br /> <span id="more-1549"></span><br /> Diacetyl is a naturally occurring chemical compound that gives butter its flavour. It has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration as a flavour ingredient, but apparently it&#8217;s vapors are not as harmless.</p><p>The chemical has been the subject of hundreds of lawsuits against the companies that produce or use the butter flavoring. They have paid out more than $100 million over the past five years to settle lawsuits filed by workers who have contracted the disease from exposure to the vapors. So far one death from the disease known as popcorn lung, has been confirmed.</p><p>Last month, the United States&#8217; four biggest makers of microwave popcorn announced they are working on cool new recipes for their products that will eliminate the need to use diacetyl.</p><p>ConAgra, which makes Orville Redenbacher and Act II popcorn, responded to the story with this statement:</p><p>“We are fully confident that microwave popcorn is safe for consumers to prepare and eat. However, in order to eliminate even the perception of risk for consumers and to provide the safest possible work environment for employees who handle large quantities of diacetyl, we plan to eliminate the use of added diacetyl in our microwave popcorn products within a year.&#8221;</p><p>Instead of suing the company that made the popcorns, Watson is filling a crazy lawsuit against the store where he bought them.</p><p>Watson&#8217;s lawyer, Kenneth McClain, said the lawsuit filed in US District Court names The Kroger Co and two of its divisions: grocery store King Soopers&#8217; parent company, Dillon Companies Inc, and food distributor Inter-American Products Inc.</p><p>A spokeswoman for Kroger said the company does not comment on lawsuits.</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.coolcrazystuff.com/weird-news/crazy-popcorn-suit/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Men Spent 50 Years In Prison Without Trial</title><link>http://www.coolcrazystuff.com/weird-news/men-spent-50-years-in-prison-without-trial/</link> <comments>http://www.coolcrazystuff.com/weird-news/men-spent-50-years-in-prison-without-trial/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:37:05 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sandra</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Breaking News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Weird News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[cool crazy stuff]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.coolcrazystuff.com/2008/01/15/men-spent-50-years-in-prison-without-trial/</guid> <description><![CDATA[80-year-old D.P.James from Shri Lanka has been released from prison after spending 50 years on delayed trial. Arrested in August 1958 for attacking his father, he was sent to jail, than moved to mental hospital for treatment and finally went back to jail in mid-80&#8242;s, until the court had finally forgotten his case. James, who [...]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.coolcrazystuff.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/james.jpg" ><img src="http://www.coolcrazystuff.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/james.jpg" alt="Crazy: Men Spent 50 Years In Prison Without Trial picture" title="Crazy: Men Spent 50 Years In Prison Without Trial" align="left" height="200" hspace="5" width="130" /></a>80-year-old D.P.James from Shri Lanka has been released from prison after spending 50 years on delayed trial.</p><p>Arrested in August 1958 for attacking his father, he was sent to jail, than moved to mental hospital for treatment and finally went back to jail in mid-80&#8242;s, until the court had finally forgotten his case.</p><p>James, who was never put on trial, was a victim of prison bureaucracy in Sri Lanka explained his lawyer.</p><p>&#8220;<em>James went to jail when he was 30. He has been robbed of his youth and is now a grey-haired man of 80 with failing eyesight,</em>&#8221; Dharmavijaya Seneviratne said.<br /> <span id="more-1538"></span><br /> The authorities went trough his release after they noticed him last month when he became ill and needed to be hospitalized. They came across his paperwork while processing his return from a hospital in Colombo.</p><p>The lawyer said James, originally from the small village of Ibbagamuwa, about 100 kilometers (63 miles) from Colombo, did not complain about his long-running detention because he was ignorant of the law.</p><p>A court official announced that James was released last week on bail and apologized for the &#8220;rare, pathetic incident.&#8221;</p><p>&#8220;We are preparing the papers to file a case seeking compensation for $14,000 dollars ( about 280 dollars for each year spent behind bars ) and use the money to pay for his medical and other welfare bills,&#8221; Seneviratne said with hopes that the case against his client will be dismissed.</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.coolcrazystuff.com/weird-news/men-spent-50-years-in-prison-without-trial/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>11</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Crazy YouTube Video Closed Another School</title><link>http://www.coolcrazystuff.com/weird-news/crazy-youtube-video-closed-another-school/</link> <comments>http://www.coolcrazystuff.com/weird-news/crazy-youtube-video-closed-another-school/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2008 16:01:08 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sandra</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Breaking News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Weird News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[cool crazy stuff]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.coolcrazystuff.com/2008/01/14/crazy-youtube-video-closed-another-school/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Oslo police announced that a secondary school near Oslo was closed after a video warning of a high school massacre was discovered on YouTube. Creator of the video, a 15 year old Kjenn school student whose name has not been disclosed, has admitted posting the video. &#8220;He has not been arrested (and) he is not [...]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oslo police announced that a secondary school near Oslo was closed after a video warning of a high school massacre was discovered on YouTube.</p><p>Creator of the video, a 15 year old Kjenn school student whose name has not been disclosed, has admitted posting the video.</p><p>&#8220;He has not been arrested (and) he is not in police custody. We will speak with him and his father during the day,&#8221; said Loerenskog police chief superintendent Jens Bruun.</p><p>The 50-second video, posted on YouTube on Saturday, was removed late yesterday.</p><p>With music playing in the background, it showed a picture of the school, Braun said. Pictures of six teachers then popped up, as a voice said: &#8220;It will happen one day, it will be a bloody machine, one day you will die.&#8221;<br /> <span id="more-1537"></span><br /> Brown refused to comment on the boy&#8217;s explanation, but said police did not belive he was in possession of weapons.</p><p>&#8220;The Kjenn school, some 15km east of Oslo, has about 400 students aged 13 to 17,&#8221; Bruun said.</p><p><span style="float: left;"><script type="text/javascript">google_ad_client = "pub-1208530782078473";
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