Tuna capsizes boat, drags fisherman into pacific before rescue

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Anthony Wichman caught a 230-pound Ahi tuna in Hawaii on Friday. The wounded fish dived off the boat dragging Wichman with it and nearly drowning him.

Anthony Wichman probably rather would have told the story of the one that got away.

Instead, the 54-year-old Koloa, Hawaii, man won his one-hour battle with a 230-pound Ahi tuna -- but only after the fish nearly drowned him and left him clinging to his capsized boat.

The Coast Guard said it rescued Wichman by zeroing in on his cell phone signal about 10 miles southwest of Port Allen, Kauai, Friday morning.

While gasping for air, the stranded fisherman called his daughter, Anuhea Wichman.

She told CNN affiliate KHON her father hooked the tuna and got it onto his 14-foot boat after about an hour.

"He gaffed it once in the back, and the second gaffe went straight into the fish's eye and that caused the fish to take a final dive. And he dove straight down, and the line wrapped around my dad's ankle and pulled him overboard," Anuhea Wichman said.

When she answered his phone call, she said, "All I could hear was him hyper-ventilating and I could hear him puking." He managed to say "sinking" and "Coast Guard."

After that call, the Coast Guard reached him on the phone and worked with 911 operators to determine his position. A rescue diver dropped from a helicopter and helped hoist him aboard.

Wichman suffered only a few bruises and a rope burn, KOHN reported.

Even better, two friends who arrived to tow Wichman's boat to shore discovered the tuna still was hooked and attached to the capsized vessel.

Wichman's family asked the fishermen to keep the tuna as a token of their appreciation, KOHN said.

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92-year-old man marries 22-year-old woman in Iraq

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A 92-year-old man in Iraq marries a woman 70 years his junior. Muslai Mohammed, one of the most prominent figures in his village, decided to get married three years after the death of his first wife, who died aged 58.

"I remained alone when my wife died, there was nobody to share anything with. I wanted to have a good time, have some pleasure, but there was nothing. Then God brought her to me, for my pleasure. Is that good or bad?," he said.

Muna al-Jabouri, his new wife, said: "I accepted (to marry him) when I saw his pictures and realised it was my fate."

PayPal Accidentally Gave This Guy $92 Quadrillion

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PayPal temporarily made a Pennsylvania PR executive a quadrillionnaire when it accidentally credited his account with $92,233,270,368,547,800, Sho Wills of CNN reports.

That would have made Chris Reynolds the richest man in the world. Easily.

When Reynolds opened up his PayPal e-mail statement for June, he figured something was off when he is balance read $92 quadtrillion and then some. 

He went online to check his account, and that's when he definitely knew it was a mistake. His account balance read $0. 

PayPal has since admitted the error and is offering to donate an undetermined amount of money to a cause of Reynolds's choice. 

If were able to keep the cash, Reynolds said he would pay down the national debt, and then buy the Philadelphia Phillies baseball team.

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The world's most expensive bed

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2-Year-Old Drives Truck Into Neighbor's House

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By Jon David Kahn 

Georgia - A Georgia couple returned home recently only to find that a neighbor's pick truck had crashed into their house after it was put in gear by a toddler who was waiting for Dad to unload the truck.  

The 2-year-old who was sitting in the cab, managed to put the truck in gear, and then drove across the street and into the home of George and Kathleen Williams. Although there was significant damage to the house, no injuries were reported. 

The toddler had its license suspended.

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Lovesick moose falls for statue in Colorado

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A nearly life-size statue of a moose in Colorado has drawn amorous attention from a real-life bull moose in the area.

The statue was put up in the front yard of a home in Grand Lake, Colo., last Monday, and it has caught the eye of a young bull moose with only one thing on his mind, 9 News reports.

A neighbour told 9 News that the moose is "not too shy."

"There's two things he wants to do, and the other is eat," said the man, adding the statue has already acquired some noticeable scratch marks.

"The strange thing is, he's trying to mate with a statue, and they're both male."

The statue and its admirer have become a new tourist attraction in town, with tour buses driving past on their route and passing motorists taking the time to check on him, 9 News reports.

Canada & US: When somebody tries to open an emergency door

The same day, may 27, 2013
Canada:

TORONTO -- A man flying into Toronto shocked his fellow passengers when he jumped from a moving plane at Pearson International airport early Monday.
The 32-year-old Toronto man was on a Sunwing flight returning from Cuba when the incident took place just after midnight.
The plane landed safely and was taxiing towards its gate when the man opened an emergency exit and jumped, said Peel Regional Police, who were called to the scene.
"The door opened and somebody on the plane had to yell out that this gentleman had opened the door," said Const. Fiona Thivierge.
"Luckily, he was not injured."
Ground crews who were around the plane at the time held the man until police arrived, said Thivierge.
It was discovered the man had mental health issues and he was taken to a local hospital.
No charges have been laid.
"There's no criminality involved, it all comes under the Mental Health Act," said Thivierge, adding that this was the first such incident of its kind to her knowledge.

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Construyen crematorio en Santiago de Cuba

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Una utopía cumplida para los pobladores de las provincias orientales. Así lo afirma un reportaje del canal Teleturquino al presentar el moderno crematorio que desde comienzos de abril brinda sus servicios en Santiago de Cuba.

Según la reportera Ivianna Rodríguez Santana, la instalación contribuirá a resolver los problemas de “escasez de espacio” y aligerar el hacinamiento de cadáveres que presenta el Cementerio Santa Ifigenia de Santiago de Cuba.

Hay una lógica en esta prioridad: Santiago de Cuba es la provincia con más fallecimientos registrados anualmente después de La Habana. En el 2011, murieron 7,320 personas en el territorio santiaguero.

El crematorio entró en operaciones el pasado 7 de abril. Por el momento estará trabajando a un ritmo de incineración de cuatro o cinco cadáveres diarios, mientras se ajusta el funcionamiento del horno.

El plan es procesar ocho cadáveres y laborar las 24 horas.

El costo de la incineración es de 340 pesos cubanos, el equivalente de $14 dólares. El precio incluye el traslado del cadáver hasta la instalación.

El esfuerzo de la unidad de Servicios Comunales forma parte de la ampliación de los servicios necrológicos de la provincia santiaguera, aunque el crematorio estará disponible también para los residentes en los territorios vecinos de Granma y Guantánamo.

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Cómo enfocarse en las tareas útiles, ¡fácilmente!

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Irónicamente titulado Cómo enfocarse en la era de la distracción lo normal es que quien vea esta infografía de Visua.ly ni siquiera termine de leerla completa. ¿Apostamos?

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Georgia man claims he found original recipe for Coca-Cola at estate sale

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A Georgia man reportedly believes he has found the secret formula to Coca-Cola and he’s hoping to sell the find for as much as $15 million.

WTSP.com reports that Cliff Kluge, of Ringgold, recently found the 1943 recipe in a box of letters and papers he recently purchased during a “treasure hunt” at an estate sale with his wife, Arlene. The recipe closely matches the purported original formula for Coca-Cola published online two years ago by NPR, which saw its website crash from all the traffic.

"You don't stumble on things like this very often," Kluge said. "It's a letter, and a formula, and the processes to make it. I think it's a little deeper than having fun; I think it's the recipe for Coca-Cola."

The authentic recipe for the ubiquitous soft drink is contained in a safe at the World of Coca-Cola in Atlanta and has been a highly-kept secret since the 19th century. Coca-Cola officials said in a statement that the “real formula” remains locked away.

"Through the years, many have tried to crack the secret formula, but no one has been able to reproduce the 'real thing,’” the statement read. “The real formula is safely tucked away in a vault at the World of Coca-Cola in Atlanta."

Kluge, however, remains undeterred. After initially asking for $5 million on eBay, he’s now seeking $15 million. There have been no takers thus far, the website reports, although the Georgia man said it’s not about the money.

"It's just excitement," he said. "It's an Easter egg hunt, looking for eggs out there. And when you come up with something like this, it's Christmas."

Click for more from WTSP.com.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/05/14/georgia-man-claims-found-original-recipe-for-coca-cola-at-estate-sale/#ixzz2THOk1dAb

Man's runny nose turns out to be leaking brain fluid

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Yoga classes for overweight Nepal police officers

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Dangerous stunts: Dare-devil acrobat Eskil Ronningsbakken performs on China's Aizhai bridge

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