It could be the worst first date in history. What started out as a nice time with sushi and jet skiing turned into quite an ordeal. Jessica Lucarini, 26, and Michael Eckhoff, 28, were on their first date when their jet ski broke down on an isolated stretch of the Myakka River in southwest Florida.

It took surgery to save a 12-foot Burmese python after it swallowed an entire queen-size electric blanket - with the electrical cord and control box, reported AP. The blanket must have gotten tangled up in the snake's rabbit dinner, owner Karl Beznoska said. He kept the blanket in the cage to keep the 60-pound reptile, named Houdini, warm. "Somehow, he was able to unplug the electric cord," Beznoska said. "He at least wasn't hooked up to the power. It might have been pretty warm there. "

Jacob Cherian - All Headline News ContributorNew Delhi, India (AHN)-- A sports promoter from Delhi, Ajeet Baja,j became the first Inidan to ski to the North Pole.

A minimum security prison on Bastoy Island is advertising for prisoners to come to its island with spectacular sunsets, tranquil waters and serene scenes of nature. "We try to take a cross-section of the country's prison population, not just the nice criminals," said Oyvind Alnaes, governor of the prison.

West Mifflin, PA (AHN)-Police say they have captured an elderly woman who tried to rob a bank with a gun, while wearing a Pittsburgh Steelers ski mask.