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July 26, 2006
The people of Kerala in India's southwest are famed for turning fish into spicy feasts fit for gods, but last week the heavens turned provider as fish rained down on the village of Manna. When the clouds broke, villagers said they saw small, pencil-thin live fish falling from the sky.
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July 24, 2006
Topics people, women, freak, wind, bbc, soccer, england, television, space, girl, children, police and art
An enormous inflatable sculpture breaks away from its restraints at a park in England, killing two women and injuring 13 people. A gust of wind blew the artwork, called Dreamspace, above the park. Up to 30 people were inside the walk-in space when it began rising into the air.
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July 24, 2006
Two women died and 13 people were injured on Sunday when they fell from inflatable sculpture half the size of a football field. They were among the 30 people inside the walk-in sculpture when a strong wind picked it up and took it nine meters into the air. Witness Mark Spooner told BBC television, "All of a sudden it just started rising like a balloon. (It was) flinging people all over. Then it just seemed to flip over in the air. "
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July 10, 2006
Topics chicago, blood, driver, diabetes, wind, tv, drivers, health, body, help, life and hospital
A Chicago limousine driver, Abdul Faraj, has received a priceless tip from one of his regular costumers. Faraj was offered a kidney by Dave Baker, a Minnesota businessman, at Chicago's Northwestern Memorial Hospital. For several years, Baker had used Faraj as his driver when traveling to Chicago. When Baker got wind of Faraj's health situation, he tried to locate a kidney donor in the Lebanese limo driver's blood group.
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May 31, 2006
Daphne, AL (AHN)-Concerned about the safety of her family during a stormy Memorial Day trip to the beach, Clara Jean Brown stood in her kitchen and prayed for their safe return as a strong thunderstorm ripped through Baldwin County, Alabama. After saying 'Amen,' the room was engulfed in a huge ball of fire, and the 65-year-old Brown says she is blessed to be alive.
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