Russian doctors find tree growing in man’s lung

MOSCOW, April 13 (RIA Novosti) – Surgeons in Russia’s Urals Region were staggered to find a 5-centimeter high spruce growing inside a man’s lung, the Komsomolskaya Pravda daily reported on Monday. (VIDEO)
The discovery was made while Artyom Sidorkin, 28, from the Urals city of Izhevsk, was undergoing surgery.
Sidorkin had complained of extreme pain in his [...]

Russian Brothers Admit Killing, Cannibalizing Older Sibling

Two men have reportedly admitted killing their elder brother and eating parts of his body which they kept in the fridge for months.
The pair, named only as Timur and Marat G, said they murdered their brother Rafis at their home in the central Russian city of Perm, according to newspaper Tvoi Den.
Police grew suspicious when [...]

Man Stabs Brother Over Pork And Beans

A sheriff’s deputy said a 54-year-old man stabbed his 63-year-old brother during an argument in their kitchen over a can of pork and beans. Sheriff’s spokeswoman Cindy Chadwick said the suspect was booked Tuesday on one count of aggravated battery.
Chadwick said the brother was treated at a medical center for stab wounds in his left [...]

Pilot Wrecks After Trying Take Off From Highway

A man whose private plane ran into a fence while taking off from a highway outside Great Bend suffered minor injuries. But his troubles may just be beginning. Authorities want to know why he was using a highway as a runway. The accident occurred Wednesday at the intersection of K-156 and U.S. 56.
The Kansas Highway [...]

Raped 16-Year-Old Girl’s Body Was in NYC Morgue During Family’s Monthlong Search

NEW YORK — A 16-year-old girl whose misidentified body languished in a morgue for a month, while her family searched for her, died from an asthma attack she suffered as she was restrained and raped, officials said Friday.
Tiana Rice was reported missing Dec. 30, when she didn’t return to her Bronx home after going [...]

Woman undergoing sex change to become man is pregnant with twins

A Spaniard undergoing a sex change is pregnant with twins, it was reported Saturday.
Ruben Noe Coronado, 25, interrupted the process of changing genders to preserve the female reproductive organs and give birth.
Coronado underwent fertility treatments after a girlfriend found out she couldn’t have more kids. The twins are due at the end of September.
Afterward, Coronado [...]

‘He really is dead’: Son takes his father’s ashes to the doctor to stop endless appointment reminders

A son got so fed up with hospital staff sending letters to his dead father that he took the ashes to an appointment.
Andrew Wild, 44, received more than 20 reminders asking his father Peter to attend kidney clinics at the University Hospital of North Staffordshire – despite repeatedly telling them he had died in 2007 [...]

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Russian woman held for eating friend: report

A woman from Russia’s Siberian region of Irkutsk has been arrested for killing a friend and then eating part of the corpse, Interfax news agency reported, quoting local investigators.
The incident occurred on March 5 when the two women were drinking together at the suspect’s home and an argument broke out between them.
“Investigators have information to [...]

Diners ignore Burger King stab horror | The Sun |News

CUSTOMERS at a Burger King have been slammed as ‘inhumane’ after watching a crazed knifeman stab a fellow diner six times – then carrying on eating their burgers and chips.
The victim, 33, was knifed in a frenzied attack then left for dead as he sat at a table eating a Whopper meal.
But as horrified staff [...]