Here are World's Top Five Weird, Funny and sizzling News for June 21, 2013
Alligator crashes picnic, snaps up some burgers
Photographer Rodney Cammauf had just settled into a spot near the water in Homestead, Florida, when an alligator crashed his picnic and ate all the burgers. The 68-year-old and his friends were apprehensive when the alligator came up out of the water and headed right for them, and so they ran. But once the gator started snapping up the burgers, Cammauf slipped back and started snapping photos. The wildlife photographer said alligators are "obviously not fluffy rabbits" but he couldn't resist capturing the scene -- the least he could get for a lost lunch.
In Florida, feeding alligators is illegal, not only because they develop a taste for burgers, but because they lose their fear of approaching humans, especially in areas where people commonly go. One experienced Floridian at the picnic managed to lure the alligator back into the water, but not before it ate all their food. The group said they'll certainly mind where they set up picnics in the future.
Why Finance minister presenting the budget was drunk
KIEV - A parliamentary hearing on Ukraine’s budget was suspended for several hours on Tuesday after opposition deputies alleged that a deputy finance minister presenting the budget report was drunk. Anatoly Myarkovsky, first deputy finance minister, spoke for 10 minutes on the government’s budget performance in 2012. But when questions were invited, deputies from Ukraine’s rowdy opposition called out “He’s drunk”. One shouted: “Anyone within five metres can tell he reeks like someone who has been drinking vodka. Mr. Speaker, go and sniff for yourself.”
Eyeball licking for love causing health issues
Japan's youth is caught up in a new craze -- eyeball licking -- that's spreading more than affection, but also an outbreak of pink eye and other serious eye problems. Known as "oculolinctus" and "worming," the Japanese website Naver Matome notes the act of licking your partner's wide-open eye can transmit conjunctivitis, herpes and, in extreme case, cause blindness as the eye tissue becomes damaged. One school in Japan noted that as many as 10 children in each class sporting eye patches and the school learned that one-third of its 12-year-old students had engaged in eyeball licking, Naver Matome reported.
French mum, 52, caught posing as 19-year-old daughter to sit English exam
A mother was arrested while attempting to sit an English exam for her teenage daughter.The 52-year-old French woman wore thick make-up, low-cut jeans and Converse boots when she tried to pass herself off as 19-year-old daughter Laetitia. An invigilator spotted the scam two hours into the three-hour examination and called police. The woman, who has been named only as Caroline D, confessed and said she had wanted to ensure her daughter got the best result.
‘A confrontation during the exam could have disturbed the other candidates and turned into a reason to cancel the test for everyone,’ said a spokesman for Bossuet Notre-Dame school in Paris. The daughter had been due to take the English baccalaureate to try to get into university.
Woman unable to afford funeral, buries husband in backyard
APPLE VALLEY, Calif., June 20 (UPI) -- An Apple Valley, Calif., woman, 59, apparently buried her husband in her backyard after he died, claiming she could not afford a funeral, authorities said. The body of the man, 63 when he died several weeks ago, was found in a shallow grave behind the couple's home, the Los Angeles Times reported Thursday. "The distraught female said the man died at home and she did not have the resources to give him a proper burial," the San Bernardino County, Calif., Sheriff's Department said in a statement, adding there was no sign of trauma to the body. The woman and her deceased husband were not identified.
Naked gymnast faces charges over S.F. transit stop antics
A trained gymnast whose naked acrobatics and harassment of passengers at a San Francisco public transit station were captured on video and circulated widely on the Internet is facing criminal charges over his antics, authorities said on Tuesday. Yeiner Alberto Perez Garizabalo, 24, was caught on video doing handstands and contortions on turnstiles and front flips off a concrete newsstand - all in the nude - at a Bay Area Rapid Transit District station on May 10.
Video that drew more than half a million hits on YouTube shows dozens of people watching idly or ignoring Garizabalo as he accosted at least three passengers during his gymnastics routine, putting a man in a headlock and charging two women before being arrested by BART police. Garizabalo was committed to a nearby hospital after his arrest but no police report was filed and he was released the following day, said Stephanie Ong Stillman, spokeswoman for the San Francisco district attorney's office.
