A controversial new "thrill ride," has been added to New York's Coney Island, only it's not actually a ride, and most would agree, there is no "thrill" in waterboarding. The store front attraction uses robots that look human to depict the act of waterboarding, a method of torture that gives the victim a feeling of drowning. A life size figure in a dark sweat suit and holding a bucket of water stands over a figure in an orange jump suit who is tied to a tilted board. Putting a dollar into a machine causes the robotic man in the sweat suit to dump water onto the face of the bound figure, whose face is covered by a towel. For 15 seconds, voyeurs watch the robot in the orange jumpsuit convulse.

This summer, adult amateur kickball leagues are being founded around Seattle at a surprising rate. Thanks to the efforts of the Underdog Sports League, kickball teams have grown from 70 teams in 2005 to 200 this year. Let's face it: the Supersonics are gone, the Mariners are horrible and the Seahawks won't be starting until the kids are back in school. At this point. . . Seattle sports fans just want to kick something.

A police sting intended to deter grave robbers has led to the arrest of eight who steal skulls to be sold for use in rituals. The Associated Press reported that police were alerted by families who had noticed that their loved one's graves had been tampered with near Gabon's capital. Authorities staked-out the cemeteries, and arrested eight suspects for the stealing nine skulls and a femur bone. Police told the AP they suspect there are many more human remains stashed and hidden in the suspects' homes.

One person died and dozens of spectators were injured during Sunday's opening ceremony and Monday's running of the bulls in Pamplona, Spain. Although six bulls were turned loose to rampage down Pamplona's narrow streets, most spectators were injured due to falls. The death of an Irish spectator was attributed to falling from where he was sitting on a wall.

A British man has died from kidney failure after inhaling poisonous fungal spores. The 47-year-old died of a fungal lung infection after inhaling spore-laden dust stirred up while gardening. The symptoms started less than 24 hours after he had dispersed rotting tree and plant mulch in the garden. He died in intensive care a week later.