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A fter 20 years in oper- ation, a roller coaster in the Fuji-Q High- land Park amusement park in Fujiyoshida, Japan, has been shut down because at least six people over the last 10 months or so have suffered
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gland, was tasked in August with a cleaning job he won’t soon forget, the Daily Mail reported. After a tenant was removed for not paying rent, Gillium-Webb went in to clean the apartment and found a pile of approximate- ly 8,000 beer cans several feet deep, but that wasn’t the worst of it.
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item description notes “some loose threads evident at the seams.” The basketball star apparently gave the U-trou to John Michael Wozniak, his former security guard, along with other items of clothing. Bid at presstime: $1,074.
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Yves de Mbella, a televi- sion personality on NCI in Ivory Coast, was convicted on Sept. 1 of glorifying rape af- ter he invited a convicted rap- ist on his prime-time show to demonstrate how he plied his crimes, using a mannequin as his victim. CNN reported that the segment, during which de Mbella helped the rapist adjust
broken bones while riding. The Do-Dodonpa is fa- mous for accelerating from 0 to 112 mph in just 1.56 seconds, Vice News report- ed. Four of the casualties involved broken necks or backs. After suspending the coaster, the park and Sansei Technologies, which man- ufactured the ride, inspect- ed it to see if they could determine the cause of the
“The smell was terrible. The kitchen was full of food waste and in the living room there were half-eaten kebabs and moldy loaves of bread all over the floor,” Gilli- um-Webb said. “The toilet was piled high with toilet paper and feces; it was dis- gusting. He’ d never flushed
times during the cleanup and used 100 large trash bags and 10 bottles of bleach. Still, Gillium-Webb was empathet- ic: “The tenant might have had depression and he prob- ably had a drinking problem, based on the amount of cans. You need help sometimes, but you can’t live like that.”
United Press International reported on Sept. 2 that a pair of Michael “Air” Jordan’s underwear, sporting signs of “definite use,” will be up for auction on the website Lelands until Sept. 25. The
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