A carjacking attempt in Perth, Australia, failed when none of the three perpetrators was able to operate a manual transmission. After surrounding the vehicle and dragging the driver out of her car, the three women allegedly entered the vehicle, but were only able to drive 150 meters. Police said that the driver was shaken by the incident but uninjured.
A newlywed couple has discovered they will be unable to conceive a child natural, as the wife is allergic to her husband’s sperm. The condition, seminal plasma hypersensitivity, was not diagnosed earlier because the couple always used protection before marrying. They have begun adoption proceedings.
A 43-year-old man survived a 2,000-foot fall down the slopes of Mt. Shasta in Santa Rosa, CA. Climbing on ice, the man stuck his axe into a weak section, which then broke, sending him tumbling down the mountain. The man and his hiking companion were able to reach his wife, who called 911. The man hopes to attempt the climb again after he recovers.
Australian researchers studying fiddler crabs in Mozambique have hypothesized that female crabs will exchange sex for protection from other males. The researchers found that when males were tethered at the edge of a female’s territory, they would attack invaders 95 percent of the time, possibly because the female crabs will almost always have sex with their male neighbors.
Police in Florida are searching for a man who has robbed the same bank four times in the past year. Tellers report that the robber is a heavyset man with dreadlocks, and that he has worn different clothing for each heist.
In other news, an Australian restaurant recently renovated its bathrooms to include glass doors on all toilet stalls, in which patrons can press a button to frost the glass, making it opaque.
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