News Plaxico Burress Accidentally Fires Celebratory Gunshots Into His Leg
"AAAAHHHH! My leg! My leg! I'm shot again!" Burress screamed just yards outside of the Oneida Correctional Facility in upstate New York, as blood poured out of a wound in his thigh.
Burress, who was picked up from prison by his wife, had asked her to bring a gun he could shoot wildly into the air in celebration of his new-found freedom. But after putting it in his pocket to give her a hug and kiss, her forgot to remove the weapon and aim it into the air before shooting.
"Sonofabitch!" Burress moaned on the ground outside of his wife's car. "When will I learn!"
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News 14 Year-Old Wins National Spelling Bee by Correctly Spelling "LOL"
Tompkins' winning spelling came after 25 rounds in which spellers were given traditionally difficult Spelling Bee words without success, then easier two-syllable words and, finally, simple, one-syllable words such as "cat," "go" and "me". But America's best and brightest students failed on every attempt.
"I am so embarrassed for our country," said Jacques Bailly, the competition's official word pronouncer. "I wish it wasn't televised and broadcast throughout the world. Now everyone knows how stupid we are."
The competition was almost won in the 23rd Round when the word list was dumbed down to two-syllable words. Mark Peerman of New Jersey was given the word "hater" and spelled it "h-8-r". After huddling for several minutes, judges decided to not give him credit.
"At that point we still had some hope and we didn't want to be reduced to accepting a word with a number in it as the winning attempt," said Bailly. "What really sealed my decision was when we were discussing our ruling and I looked up and the kid was picking his nose and eating his boogers while stupidly giggling to himself."
