Student finds vagina sculpture tight squeeze

GERMANY: An American exchange student who got stuck in a giant vagina sculpture was freed by firemen in southwestern Germany.

Tuebingen fire service official Markus Mozer said the man slipped as he tried to climb into the stone sculpture to pose for a photo.

He couldn’t free himself, so the fire service was called. Four firemen eased him out of the sculpture. The student’s name wasn’t released.

Mozer says no damage was done to the sculpture, created by Peruvian-born artist Fernando de la Jara.

USA:A would-be thief ran in to some bad times — and the arms of the law — outside a Tampa, Florida store.

Hillsborough County Sheriff’s deputies say Emmanuel Camper, 28, ran out of the Citgo Quick Mart on Sunday night after taking a beer without paying.

As Camper ran out the door, several uniformed deputies, who were there for another investigation, heard the clerk yelling: “He was stealing that beer.” Deputies say Camper was already intoxicated and failed to see them or their patrol cars, which had their overhead lights on.

ENGLAND: A giant tortoise has been given a health check by zoo vets after developing a nasal infection.

Helen, Bristol Zoo’s 90kg giant tortoise, was checked into an on-site clinic after keepers noticed her unusual breathing.

One nasal flush, diagnostic tests under anaesthetic and a course of antibiotics later, and Helen’s nasal infection is doing a lot better. The 32-year-old Aldabran giant tortoise has been at Bristol Zoo for 11 years.

USA: A small circle of history researchers is racing to capture the last remnants of a little- known French dialect that endures in some old Missouri mining towns before the few remaining native speakers succumb to old age.

Missouri French is spoken by fewer than 30 people in Old Mines, south-west of St Louis, although dozens of others can still rattle off phrases from childhood songs or overheard conversations involving parents and grandparents.

ENGLAND: It is not just tennis fans who are able to enjoy a portion of strawberries during Wimbledon fortnight.

Dogs can enjoy the traditional treat this summer thanks to a new dog food recipe made with fresh strawberries.

The strawberry recipe is Lily’s Kitchen’s new concoction called An English Garden Party.

ENGLAND: An appeal has been made for funding to complete the restoration of a three-ton lorry used in the First World War which is the last of its kind.

The Coventry-built Maudslay vehicle was one of more than 1,700 Maudslays which saw service in the Great War. Coventry Motor Museum, which bought the lorry 14 years ago, needs to raise £5,000 (€6,244) to put the finishing touches to the restoration in time for the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of the First World War this summer.

USA: Acting courteously, even when arresting someone, has paid dividends for Alaska State Troopers.

A 49-year-old Anchorage man wanted on several warrants – including for escaping from a bail hostel and forgery and theft – decided to turn himself in to troopers after watching an episode of the reality show Alaska State Troopers on the National Geographic Channel.

Brian John Fahey approached two troopers in the car park lot of their Anchorage headquarters, saying they “were more professional and courteous to the people they arrested than other law enforcement personnel he had dealt with”.