Pineapple pileup

A Jersey City, NJ, warehouse worker somehow survived—and never even lost consciousness—after being buried by 1,500 pounds of pineapples yesterday. The 39-year-old was in stable condition last night, the Star-Ledger reports. Other than calling it an “industrial accident,” the paper had no further details on what caused the pineapples to fall. Scott Simon, unintentionally dialed 911

Glazed and confused

Tim Blackburn, 50, of Stockton-on-Tees, England, said he busted his right arm when he fell off a ladder in 2007 and doctors had to remove 4 inches of bone and attach a metal scaffold around the arm. The arm was finally healed this month using a new ultrasound technique, but as Murphy’s law would have

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Shareing the sausage

Police in Florida said they arrested a man twice within a 12-hour period. Brian Blake Bienvenu, 24, of Delray Beach, Fla., began his alleged crime spree when a security official at Highland Beach Club observed him parking his vehicle in the nude, police said. Bienvenu then tried to open the locked gate to the club,

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Union Pacific Ordered to Pay Thousands in Back Wages

Union Pacific Ordered to Pay Thousands in Back Wages

(POCATELLO, ID) – The U.S. Department of Labor has ordered Union Pacific in Pocatello to pay more than $309,000 in back wages to a former conductor. Officials say the man reported a work-related injury involving a co-worker in 2009. The man reportedly told officials to resolve the safety hazard, and was fired as a result. [...]