Manicurist Michelle Wetzel of Eldridge, Iowa, recalls telling beauty-salon co-workers 10 years ago that she hoped one day to find her biological mother, who put her up for adoption as a newborn.
But Wetzel, 30, did nothing about it until earlier this year, when she learned she had high cholesterol and needed information about her family’s medical history.
She contacted the agency that handled her adopted – and discovered that the receptionist at the salon where she worked a decade ago was her birth mom.
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A 79-year-old Atlanta woman, charged with shooting her nursing-home beau after he dumped her, claims she’s being denied her right to a trial by a jury of her peers.
The problem is that anyone 70 or older can be excused from jury duty in Georgia – and most potential jurors for Lena Driskell’s murder trial are young enough to be her great-grandchildren.
Driskell is accused of using an antique handgun to pump four shots into her ex-boyfriend for taking up with another woman.
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A young man in Statesboro, Ga., was arrested after he tried to pay for drinks with a check he found in a bar. Turns out the check belonged to one of the bartenders.
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A man in Wandsworth, England leaned out his apartment window to complain about the noise his upstairs neighbor was making – and ended up catching her as she came plunging down.
Orlando Fonseca later discovered that Kim Koeon had fallen through her third-floor window and was screaming for help while clinging to the sill by her fingertips.
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Soccer-crazed Buddhist monks in Thailand have been skipping their early-morning duties because they’re too pooped from staying up late to watch the World Cup.
A woman in the northern city of Chiang Mai said her birthday celebration was ruined because the monks at a local temple weren’t awake when she went to receive early-morning alms.
Chaing Mai’s chief monk said he’s received complaints about “inappropriate behavior” at seven temples linked to the late-night soccer coverage.