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Barry and Rhonda Conrad filed a formal complaint against Hendricks Community Hospital in Danville, Indiana, in February for mishandling the body of their stillborn son last April. The grieving couple wanted to view the body and have it examined before it went off to the funeral home, but hospital employees mistakenly left it in with the dirty sheets, and by the time the Conrads were able to see the body it had been washed, bleached, and dried.
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According to a September dispatch from Havana, Danza Voluminosa, a troupe of seriously overweight ballerinas, is gearing up for its 12th performance in four years. It will execute the Greek tragedy Phaedra emphasizing arm movements and stretching while avoiding traditional jumps. Said one performer, “The world needs things that break conventions of beauty.”
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British pro soccer player Rio Ferdinand went on the disabled list with a strained tendon caused by propping his leg up for too long on a coffee table while watching the Super Bowl. A fistfight broke out in the middle of a highway funeral procession in Florence, Alabama, when a 20-year-old motorist, angry that he had to wait for the line of cars to pass, began yelling vulgarities and tossed a bottle at a car full of mourners. The fire department had to rescue a 67-year-old man in Warwick, New York, when the ground over his septic tank caved in and trapped him inside the rusty container for nearly an hour. In Jonesboro, Arkansas, an eight-year-old boy was suspended for three days under a school’s “zero tolerance” policy for pointing a piece of breaded chicken at a teacher and simulating gunfire.
