Wedding still pushes through despite coup

If someone really wants to get married, she will still do it despite all ads. An attempted coup bid in the Manila Peninsula Hotel, Philippines certainly disrupted the whole place, but 30-year-old Maria-Stella Magtayo said "I'm going through with this. Rock n' Roll!", even as rebel soldiers were already in the lobby. She and her husband along with their guests slipped out of the hotel through a side exit, while the soldiers were trying to prevent everyone from leaving. Their wedding would now be held accross the road at the Shangri-La Hotel.

Super-giant Hairball

The New England journal of medicine just published a case of extreme bezoar(aka hairball) inside the stomach. The patient was an 18-year-old woman complaining of pain in the abdomen for 5 months, vomiting, and a 40-pound loss. She said she had a habit of swallowing hear for years, and a scan resulted in a very big mass in her entire stomach. After surgery, the mass of hair recovered weighed 10 pounds, measuring 15 inches by 7 inches and 7 inches. After 5 days, she ate normally and was released.

Painting from garbage sells for US $1 Million

Found from a pile of garbage sitting on a New York sidewalk, a missing painting was sold for one million US dollars at Sotherby's auction house. Elizabeth Gibson was just taking a morning walk when she spotted the painting among other trash. The painting was originally bought by a Texas couple in 1977 and stored it in a warehouse, but they found it missing in 1987. The painting has been missing 16 years thereafter, until Elizabeth found it and hanged it on a wall in her apartment.

Giant-sized Bug

A fossilized claw have been discovered by British scientists and it is said to be part of a very large sea scorpion, possibly about 8 feet long! If it truly is that big, it would be the biggest bug ever! The discovery could very well prove that ancient insects are really much bigger than the insects we have today. The fossil was said to be from a Jaekelopterus Rhenaniae, a scorpion from about 400 million years ago.

Topless Swedish Swimmers

Several Swedish women are making makes by going on public swimming pools topless in protest. From a group known as Bara Brost(Bare Breasts), these women are protesting the gender-bias or sexual discrimination on men's and women's swimwear. The group was formed after the recent incident of 2 Swedish women in Uppsala who were swimming topless in a public swimming pool and were asked to leave. They're trying to make a point of if men can go bare-chested, what can't women also do it. The owner of the swimming facility in Uppsala defended the action by saying that women could be subjected to sexual harassment if they are allowed to go topless.

"Shut up" ringtone a big hit!

Last week's highly publicized verbal confrontation between the King of Spain and Venezuela's President is turning out to be a new fad for a lot of Spaniards. About 500,000 people have downloaded the mobile phone ringtone featuring King Juan Carlos Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to "shut up". The ringtone has reportedly already generated more than $2 million for the companies who released it. The exchange came from Chavez calling former Spanish PM Jose Maria Aznar a fascist.

Cheerleader Showy Message

Six Californian cheerleaders from Ripon High School were suspended for two days after showing a message on their bottoms during a cheer. Despite the disapproval of their coach, they still continued with their plan of the last game of the football season. On reaching the end of their routine, the cheerleaders bent overs and lifted up their skirts while showing the spelled words "Indians No. 1" across their bloomers. Some people are really over their heads, as this seems to be done only in school spirit, and its not like any panties were shown- just bloomers.