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Tower Climber Falls Dies

Tower Climber Falls Dies, A man was apparently electrocuted when he climbed a 200-foot tower, touched a high-voltage power line and fell to a platform where his body was recovered by a Seattle Fire Department team.

Firefighters found a cap and a cell phone next to the body but nothing to indicate why he climbed the tower early Friday, said department spokesman Kyle Moore.

TV anchor fired: Dropped F-bomb Got Fired-bomb

TV anchor fired, a news anchor in his debutant in live broadcast dropped F-bomb live and got suspended, later Fired. A.J. Clemente had a rough start to his first anchoring gig at KFYR in Bismarck, North Dakota.

The first rule in TV newscasts – don’t curse when you’re in front of the camera.

You never know when your microphone might be open.

Cinnamon Warning

Cinnamon Warning, Don't take the cinnamon challenge. That's the advice from doctors in a new report about a dangerous prank depicted in popular YouTube videos but which has led to hospitalizations and a surge in calls to U.S. poison centers.

The fad involves daring someone to swallow a spoonful of ground cinnamon in 60 seconds without water. But the spice is caustic, and trying to gulp it down can cause choking, throat irritation, breathing trouble and even collapsed lungs, the report said.

85-Foot Trapeze Fall

85-Foot Trapeze Fall, A Kenyan trapeze artist who fell to the ground from a height of 85 feet while performing at the Moscow circus last month held a news conference in Moscow on Thursday.

Twenty-three-year-old Karo Christopher Kazungu had been preparing for his flight for three years. On March 13 he was performing the complicated, risky act when he lost control, and fell to the ground.

The safety net, which is expected to prevent gymnasts from hitting the ground, ripped, creating a large hole through which Kazungu slipped through to the ground.

Biden Julia Louis-Dreyfus

Biden Julia Louis-Dreyfus, HBO's "Veep" centers on Louis-Dreyfus as Vice President Selina Meyer and the staff that makes up her office. The actress told Politico that Biden “was in touch with me to congratulate me on winning the Emmy for this part, and he was very funny about it, which led me to believe that he may have seen a couple of episodes."

Gorilla photobombs kids at zoo


Gorilla photobombs kids at zoo, It was just a fun family outing when 6-year-old Ella O’Brien and her 4-year-old sister, Bridget (who look like distant cousins of the Weasley clan) decided to pose in front of the cage of Motaba, a western lowland silverback gorilla, at Werribee Open Range Zoo just outside Melbourne, Australia.