Thailand's premier university has apologised for displaying a billboard that showed Adolf Hitler alongside Superman and other superheroes, saying it was painted by ignorant students who didn't realise Hitler's image would offend anyone.

The huge billboard was placed outside the art faculty of Chulalongkorn University as part of a tribute to this year's graduating class.

It said "Congratulations" in bold white letters and showed Hitler with his arm raised in a Nazi salute next to Batman, Captain America, the Incredible Hulk and Iron Man.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/thailand/10179678/Thai-university-apologises-for-Hitler-depiction-in-superhero-mural.html

They have long been regarded as a nuisance in the garden but it seems that snails could be more friend than foe when it comes to anti-ageing.

A revolutionary new facial that involves allowing live snails to slither across the complexion has been hailed the next big thing in beauty thanks to the glow-boosting properties of snail mucus.

The mucus, which contains a mix of powerful proteins, antioxidants and hyularonic acid, is said to help skin retain moisture, soothe inflammation and remove dead skin.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2363151/Japanese-salon-launches-anti-ageing-beauty-treatment-involves-letting-live-SNAILS-crawl-face.html

We knew we were right to be terrified of going down to the basement. When a cable guy went down to a Reddit user's basement to do some under-floor cabling, he found an unusual looking skeleton, MSN News reports.

He should just thank his lucky stars it starved to death in between cable-guy visits or he would have been a goner. It's rather hard to identify the remains because of the blurriness of the image (whoever took the picture must have been, understandably, shaking like a leaf) but we'll give it a shot: Long lashing tail? Check. Skull shaped like a head of cauliflower? Check. Sneaking around in your dark basement? Yeah, this is a classic people-eating shadow monster. Hope the cable guy got a big tip because he's going to need a new pair of pants after this find. daily times monitor

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2013\07\14\story_14-7-2013_pg9_5

EDMONTON, Alta.--Why so serious, Owen Dallas Gerun?

The 30-year-old man flew into an inexplicable rage when two women he and a friend had been socializing with applied make-up to his face after he had passed out at a party at an Edmonton townhouse.

As the two men were leaving the home the following morning, the gussied up Gerun realized what had been done to him and became "extremely angry," said Crown prosecutor Laura Marr.

Gerun smashed two windows with a shovel and a propane tank, respectively, and then reached through the shattered window and blasted bear spray throughout the kitchen.

Marr said the amount of bear spray was so "overwhelming" that the fire department had to be called to clear out the noxious fumes.

The two women hid in a closet and called 911, said Marr.

http://www.sunnewsnetwork.ca/sunnews/canada/archives/2013/07/20130712-185256.html

KITTANNING (KDKA) — A newborn baby girl may have set a record at a local hospital.

Addyson Gale Cessna weighed in at 13 pounds and 12 ounces, which may be the biggest baby ever born at Armstrong County Memorial Hospital outside Kittanning, Armstrong County.

The hospital says it doesn’t keep records on things like that, but the two doctors involved say they’ve never delivered a baby weighing this much.

http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2013/07/11/armstrong-co-family-welcomes-big-bundle-of-joy/

ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - They say lightning doesn’t strike twice, but one local family was struck three times July 4.

An Albuquerque couple was watching fireworks with friends when lightning struck in the front yard of a home off I-40 and Eubank.

“We were actually going inside because we heard the lightning and the thunder,” said Ian Gordon.” The next thing we know, we woke up on the ground and everybody was just trying to keep us calm.”

The woman, Kendra Villanueva, was just two weeks from her due date.

Firefighters were nearby at another call, and were able to arrive at the scene within minutes.

“They were both awake and looking at us. They were dazed and confused,” said Lt. Ryan Perry with Albuquerque Fire Department. “But we knew that there were underlying injuries that we possibly couldn't see that we needed to treat quickly and get them to the hospital.”

http://www.krqe.com/dpp/news/environment/three-survive-abq-lightning-strike

SAN DIEGO - San Diego police Thursday released surveillance video that shows the two people suspected of breaking into a Hooters restaurant in Rancho Bernardo and taking a jukebox investigators believe they mistook for an ATM.

The suspects drove a light-colored pickup truck up to the front of the restaurant at 16911 W. Bernardo Drive, where one got out and broke the glass door with an unknown object shortly after 4 a.m. Tuesday, San Diego police Lt. Andra Brown said.

The driver tried to back the truck into the business, but the door opening was too narrow, Brown said. The other suspect then got a tow strap from the truck's bed and wrapped it around the free-standing five-foot-tall juke box with the restaurant's logo in the restaurant's lobby, Brown said.

http://www.10news.com/news/police-thieves-stole-jukebox-from-rancho-bernardo-hooters-thought-it-was-atm

A baby girl pronounced dead at birth 'came back to life' as her body was being prepared to be taken to the morgue.

According to local reports, the body of Yasmin Gomes had been placed in a box and left in the chapel at the hospital in Londrina, south Brazil, by a nurse who "couldn't face sending her to the morgue".

However, when the new-born's grandmother arrived three hours later to take her body to the morgue, she was stunned to see the baby kicking her legs and opening her eyes.

Yasmin's grandmother Elza Silva told Brazil's Globo G1 website that she believed a miracle had taken place.

"At first I couldn't believe it, we couldn't accept that it could happen," she said.

"Then we saw that she was breathing. We hugged each other and started to shout, 'she's alive, she's alive'. It was a miracle."

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/489073/20130711/dead-brazil-baby-girl-wakes-up-minutes.htm

The number one rule of a robbery is never leave anything behind that could identify you, yet Florida thieves lately are having a hard time following that simple guideline.

Anthony Thomas is accused of stealing from a gas station in Ocala. How did cops find him? Oh, he left behind a job application filled out with all the correct information.

Thomas had been a regular customer at Martin Oil, according to Click Orlando. He went in this week to fill out a job application. It isn't clear whether that was a ruse for the theft or simply killing two birds with one stone. However, when the clerk turned his back on an open cash register, Thomas reached over the counter, grabbed the money, and ran.

http://blogs.miaminewtimes.com/riptide/2013/07/florida_man_robs_gas_station_l.php

This scorching diner was too hot for her top.

Customers at a trendy East Village restaurant were treated to dinner and a show when a customer sat down at a table and bared her breasts.

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The impromptu peep show happened at Verso on Avenue C, just after 9:30 p.m. on Sunday. The woman walked in with a male companion and ordered water.

But when the busboy came back with glasses, the blond had already taken off her silk blouse — forcing a tableful of red-faced Jehovah’s Witnesses to look away.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/customer-trendy-east-village-restaurant-topless-dinner-article-1.1394592#ixzz2YgGt0MZw