British teen tried to kill himself after failing to take the perfect selfie
March. 24 (UPI) -- A British teen who was spending 10 hours a day taking selfies on his smartphone tried to commit suicide when he couldn’t take a perfect picture of himself. Danny Bowman, 19, was spending so much time taking selfies with his iPhone that he
dropped out of school and eventually tried to overdose on pills. “I was constantly in search of taking the perfect selfie and when I realized I couldn’t I wanted to die. I lost my friends, my education, my health and almost my life,” Bowman told the Daily Mirror. “The only thing I cared about was having my phone with me so I could satisfy the urge to capture a picture of myself at any time of the day.” Bowman was taking up to 200 photos a day because he suffers from OCD and Body Dysmorphic Disorder
dropped out of school and eventually tried to overdose on pills. “I was constantly in search of taking the perfect selfie and when I realized I couldn’t I wanted to die. I lost my friends, my education, my health and almost my life,” Bowman told the Daily Mirror. “The only thing I cared about was having my phone with me so I could satisfy the urge to capture a picture of myself at any time of the day.” Bowman was taking up to 200 photos a day because he suffers from OCD and Body Dysmorphic Disorder
Cocaine-filled condoms intercepted en route to the Vatican
March. 24 (UPI) -- German customs officials discovered 14 cocaine-filled condoms in a package marked for delivery to the Vatican. The condoms contained 340 grams of liquid cocaine, valued at around $55,000. The parcel was addressed to the main postal center at the Vatican and was mailed from somewhere in South America. After German officials found out what was in the package, they attempted to set up a sting operation with the help of Vatican police to catch the intended recipient, but no one ever claimed the drug-filled piece of mail. According to the Independent, Vatican spokesman Rev. Federico Lombardi confirmed that German authorities and the Vatican police had attempted to entrap the recipient. Authorities believe that the person may have been tipped off about the sting.
British school bans red ink for teachers
Teachers at a British school are no longer allowed to use their dreaded red pens to mark students' work. Under a new grading policy at Mounts Bay Academy in Cornwall, teachers must mark and write feedback in green, while students must reply in purple. "Students make more progress if it is a dialogue and the new system is designed to help that," Headteacher Sara Davey told the Cornishman newspaper. "A lot of primary schools are already using a similar system amazingly well and I think it was felt that red ink was a very negative colour." The Campaign for Real Education, which says it fights for "higher standards and more parental choice in state education," has taken a stand against the policy. "The problem with using a colour like green or blue is that it's not clear," chair Chris McGovern said. "A lot of schools seem to have a culture where they don't like criticizing children but actually (red ink) helps them."
Woman Dies after Injecting Vaseline into Breasts for DIY Boob Job
“Thirty-nine-year-old Argentine athlete and mother Sonia Perez Llanzon paid a hefty price for beauty when she injected Vaseline into her breasts during a do-it-yourself (DIY) boob job that cost her life. “Llanzon was rushed to the Lucio Molas hospital in Santa Rosa, Argentina, just 350 miles southwest of Buenos Aires, after she experienced difficulty breathing, La Capital reported. The athlete was found to have several lesions on both of her breasts as a result of the Vaseline injections. Initially, Llanzon denied any knowledge of what she did but later confessed to the doctors she injected the solution in hopes of making her breasts bigger. “Several weeks after carrying out the dangerous procedure, the amateur runner suffered a fatal blood clot in her lung. The blood clots occurred as a result of the Vaseline entering the woman’s blood stream, which eventually affected her lungs, the doctors said. Llanzon’s death diagnosis was a pulmonary embolism, a sudden blockage in a lung artery.
Med School Student Elizabeth Raine 'Auctioning' Her Virginity
A 27-year-old medical student may have the prescription for instant Internet notoriety by auctioning her virginity. The woman is using the name "Elizabeth Raine," and claims to be a student at one of America's top medical schools. Raine hopes to net at least $400,000 from the bidding and is using an Australian agent to avoid breaking U.S. prostitution laws. On her website,Raine also says she's 5 feet 10 inches, 130 pounds, with
measurements of 34A-26-36. Her photo shows a head of blond hair, but with a gold banner covering part of her face, it's impossible to verify that her eyes are green as she claims. The auction commences, dubiously enough, on April Fools' Day. Siobhanne Sweeney, Raine's Australian-based publicist, insists that is an unintended coincidence. "The date was picked based on the fact it is the first day of the month and we didn't even think about April Fools' as it is not something big here in Australia," she told HuffPost by email. "It was also based around Liz's med school exams and to make sure we had gained enough interest for it to be a successful auction." Financial gain tops Raine's list of eclectic reasons for selling her alleged purity. “Money is my motivation, but by no means do I need the money. I’m pretty safe and secure financially,” she told EliteDaily.com. Adventure, eroticism, scandal and challenging norms about virginity also rank on her list. “Many women are raised believing that they should hold on to their virginity and that it’s something that’s important for their marriage, for their relationship. It is a measure of how good they are as a person," she told the website. "I never believed that and I never even intentionally tried to stay a virgin. It just really happened this way.”
measurements of 34A-26-36. Her photo shows a head of blond hair, but with a gold banner covering part of her face, it's impossible to verify that her eyes are green as she claims. The auction commences, dubiously enough, on April Fools' Day. Siobhanne Sweeney, Raine's Australian-based publicist, insists that is an unintended coincidence. "The date was picked based on the fact it is the first day of the month and we didn't even think about April Fools' as it is not something big here in Australia," she told HuffPost by email. "It was also based around Liz's med school exams and to make sure we had gained enough interest for it to be a successful auction." Financial gain tops Raine's list of eclectic reasons for selling her alleged purity. “Money is my motivation, but by no means do I need the money. I’m pretty safe and secure financially,” she told EliteDaily.com. Adventure, eroticism, scandal and challenging norms about virginity also rank on her list. “Many women are raised believing that they should hold on to their virginity and that it’s something that’s important for their marriage, for their relationship. It is a measure of how good they are as a person," she told the website. "I never believed that and I never even intentionally tried to stay a virgin. It just really happened this way.”
