IN a freak accident that seemed to come straight out of a Hollywood disaster movie, a Florida man was sucked into a massive sinkhole.
The sinkhole opened up beneath Jeff Bush's bedroom overnight as his horrified brother tried desperately to save him.
More details about Oscar Pistorius have emerged, with the athlete reportedly moving to settle an assault lawsuit brought against him, and news that he became an avid gun collector late last year, around the same time he began dating model Reeva Steenkamp, who shot dead on Valentine’s Day. Also in South Africa, eight police officers who were caught on video brutally dragging an arrested man behind their van have been charged with murder amid public outrage.
The bromance between Dennis Rodman and Kim Jong-Un continued before the NBA star returned to the US, with Rodman proclaiming the dictator an “awesome guy” who is devoted to his pop star wife.
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Britain’s ‘Naked Rambler’, who has spent much of the last decade in jail, walked out of court naked and was promptly rearrested. Perhaps he was on his way to the Chivas scotch that was flowing into a Scottish sewer.
In bizarre drug-related news, a woman is suing FedEx after they accidentally sent a package of marijuana to her house and then scary drug dealers showed up to claim it, and a ‘butt dial’ to the cops led to an arrest after it let them listen in on a drug deal going down.
An engineer surveys the front of a home where a sinkhole opened up and swallowed a Florida man. Picture: AP
US President Barack Obama has mixed up his Star Wars and Star Trek references by saying he can’t do a ‘Jedi mind meld’ on Republicans, after a Washington's epic failure to reach a budget deal. Mr Obama called the impasse "dumb" and "inexcusable", but had no comment on news that his half-brother Malik Obama is milking the family name and ‘change’ slogan and making a run for governor in Kenya.
US President Barack Obama speaks to the media about sequestration in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, DC. Source: AFP
Former Pope Benedict began his post-pontiff life watching media coverage of himself on TV and taking a nap as the cardinals prepare to pick his successor. Benedict’s no doubt exhausted, but is doing far better than ailing Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez, who is fighting for his life ten days after returning from cancer surgery in Cuba.
A top al-Qaida boss in Africa was reportedly killed in Mali, an Oregon mum fought Facebook to get access to her dead son’s account, and China has paraded death row prisoners on TV before executing them.
Meanwhile, SpaceX’s Falcon rocket to the International Space Station ran into some trouble when three of its four thrusters failed to fire up.
Susan Boyle sings during the musical "I Dreamed A Dream" at the Royal Theatre in Newcastle, north-east England, on March 27, 2012. I Dreamed A Dream follows Boyles journey from a humble beginning from a large working class family in central Scotland to a global star. Boyle came to international public attention when she appeared as a contestant on the TV programme Britain's Got Talent in 2009, singing "I Dreamed a Dream" from Les Miserables. AFP PHOTO / ANDREW YATES Source: AFP
In entertainment news, SuBo is making her acting debut in a Christmas movie billed as a story of "angels and wishes", and First Lady Michelle Obama says she’s not surprised her Oscars appearance and new fringe got people talking. Meanwhile, a driver opened fire outside rapper French Montana’s tour bus, killing one in Philadelphia.
In sport, golf star Rory McIlroy walked off the course because of a nasty toothache, David Beckham may stay at PSG longer if asked, and Novak Djokovic has reached his 55th final.
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