Chris Pastrick stories, Page 17
Man’s death during sex while on business trip ruled ‘workplace accident’
Boy, the things that workers’ comp will cover these days. While on a business trip, a technician for a French railway company died of a cardiac arrest after having sex with a woman he had met, BBC News reports. Appeal court judges in Paris ruled recently that because Xavier X...
All soda — even diet — linked to risk of early death, study says
In researchers’ continuing mission to ruin everything fun, a new expansive study shows that sodas — even diet ones — could be deadly. And it’s not like the study was quick and dirty. Published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine, researchers looked at more than 450,000 people in 10 European...
Roller coaster stolen from Ohio fair
Crime certainly has its ups and downs. And a recent theft in Ohio just goes to prove it. Police in Marysville, Ohio, were called to investigate the theft of a roller coaster from the Union County Fairgrounds. The stolen ride — the Go-Gator — is a kiddie coaster, described as...
Woman pecked to death by her own rooster
A woman in Australia was killed in a freak rooster attack. And experts say it should be a warning to us all. As published in the journal Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology, a 76-year-old Australian woman was gathering eggs on her rural property when her own rooster attacked her, pecking...
Police: Woman claims she’s her daughter to avoid drug charges
Age is just a number, isn’t it? It’s all in how you feel. A 38-year-old woman in Utah felt 21 last week — well, that is after she was pulled over for a traffic violation, KUTV in Salt Lake City reports. According to their report, Heather Garcia was pulled over...
Armed group storms Popeyes demanding chicken sandwiches
Hey, when you need a chicken sandwich … you need a chicken sandwich. But launching an all-out assault on Popeyes is probably not the best way to go about it. Especially when you’re lugging an infant around. According to a report from ABC13 News in Houston, a group of people...
Betty White trending, but only because of NFL promo video
Every time. It gets us every time Betty White starts trending on Twitter. Why is it we always think the worst? We should allow ourselves to consider that our favorite “Golden Girl” is just doing something incredible. Again. And this time, she is. At the ripe young age of 97,...
Police: Man gets truck stolen while robbing store across the street
Karma is best served instantly. The Kennewick Police Department in Washington state posted a story to Facebook about just such an incident that happened Sunday. According to the police, William Kelley, 42, called to report someone stole his 1992 Chevy pickup truck. Turns out he had left his keys on...
New study shows optimists live longer
As Monty Python says: “Always look on the bright side of life.” Turns out, those funny Brits hit upon a very healthy outlook. A new analysis of two previous studies shows that optimists have a better chance of reaching age 85 and older. “A lot of evidence suggests that exceptional...
KFC ready to test plant-based chicken
The world of alternative meat just got a bit bigger. KFC, whose name is one-third meat, is joining the fray with some planet-based chicken, Business Insider reports. The chain will team up with Beyond Meat to offer customers Beyond Fried Chicken. It’s Kentucky Fried Chicken but it’s made with @BeyondMeat....
‘Golden Girls’ — as puppets — coming to Pittsburgh’s Byham Theater
Those four pals from Miami are back — well, sort of. A live stage version of the ’80s sitcom “The Golden Girls” is headed to Pittsburgh’s Byham Theater — only with puppets. The show, “That Golden Girls Show! A Puppet Parody,” debuted off-Broadway in 2016 with puppeteers (in full view...
Company offers $1,000 to binge 25 hours of ‘Friends’
Geez, there’s just not enough “Friends” news in the news these days. Surely, that’s what you were thinking, right? Well, here’s some more: In honor of the hit NBC series’ 25th anniversary, Frontier Communications is offering a lucky fan $1,000 to binge-watch the show for 25 hours. That works out...
U.S. Steel plans to lay off nearly 200 workers in Michigan
U.S. Steel Corp. is planning to lay off almost 200 workers from its Great Lakes Works facility just outside of Detroit. The Detroit Free Press reports the Pittsburgh company said in a filing with the state of Michigan that “market conditions and recent reductions in customer demand” are the reason...
‘Golden Girls’ — as puppets — coming to Pittsburgh’s Byham TheaterVideo
Those four pals from Miami are back — well, sort of. A live stage version of the ’80s sitcom “The Golden Girls” is headed to Pittsburgh’s Byham Theater — only with puppets. The show, “That Golden Girls Show! A Puppet Parody,” debuted off-Broadway in 2016 with puppeteers (in full view...
Ride resembling swastika shut down at German amusement park
Sometimes, looks are everything. That’s certainly true in the case of a ride at an amusement park in Germany. The “Eagle Fly” was added this season to the ranks of rides at Tatzmania, a park in Löffingen. It’s a spinning attraction, where riders hop into cars attached to one of...
‘Mr. Mom’ turns 36. Now how old do you feel?
“220, 221. Whatever it takes.” Some classic movie lines will live forever. If you don’t know what movie that line is from, then you obviously don’t know that Aug. 19 is the anniversary of the wide release of “Mr. Mom,” the 1983 comedy that basically launched Pittsburgh native Michael Keaton...
Those who use more emojis have more sex, study says
If a picture is worth a thousand words, how much is an emoji worth? Perhaps a really good sex life. According to a pair of studies conducted by The Kinsey Institute (yeah, that one), texters who used emojis more often tended to have more dates, more romance, and more sex....
Brain implant could zap obese people for thinking about food
Science might just have come up with a way to stop overeaters from indulging too much. A team at Stanford University is testing a new brain chip implant — the responsive neurostimulation system (RNS) — that proved effective in halting binge eating in mice. So, why not humans? The chip...
‘Friends’ coming to movie theaters for 25th anniversary
Even after 25 years, they’ll be there for you — this time on the big screen. No, the cast of “Friends” isn’t doing a reunion movie, but the megahit comedy series is coming to movie theaters for the show’s 25th anniversary. On three nights — Sept. 22, 28, and Oct....
Like it or not, Pumpkin Spice SPAM is coming
Sometimes, “fake news” is only wishful thinking. If you’ve ever spend some time on SPAM’s website (and, really, who hasn’t?) then you know the company has a wonderful sense of humor about itself. A few years ago, the company — which makes the beloved pork-in-a-can product — posted on its...
Amazon says its facial software can recognize fear
With Halloween just months away, Amazon’s timing seems perfect. The tech company announced in a blog post this week that it’s facial recognition software — Rekognition — now has the ability to recognize fear. Amazon Rekognition has “improved accuracy for emotion detection (for all 7 emotions: ‘Happy’, ‘Sad’, ‘Angry’, ‘Surprised’,...
Andrew McCutchen posts gender reveal for Baby #2 on Instagram
Former Pittsburgh Pirates star Andrew McCutchen is a fan of gender reveals. He did one back in 2017 when he and his wife, Maria Hanslovan, announced the sex of their first child, a son: Steel. He’s done it again — this time for Baby No. 2. View this post on...
Police: Man fails to hit brakes, crashes into brakes shop
Call it fate. Call it coincidence. Call it … well, call it dumb luck. Police in South Carolina said a man driving drunk was unable to hit his brakes and ended up crashing into a … Brakes 4 Less shop. The Greenville Police posted Facebook that 21-year-old Jaderric Kevon Freeman...
Karaoke singer hospitalized with collapsed lung after hitting high notes
He sang his heart out. And his lung. A Chinese man ended up in the hospital with a collapsed lung after a marathon karaoke session, the South China Morning Post reports. In an interview with the video site PearVideo, the 65-year-old, mentioned only by his surname Wang, said after singing...
Yankees, White Sox to play on ‘Field of Dreams’ in 2020
It’s being built, and Major League Baseball hopes they’ll come. Fans, that is. A real-life “Field of Dreams” will be constructed in the same Iowa cornfield that was home to the classic 1989 film, MLB.com reports. The league announced the game, slated for Aug. 13, 2020, in a tweet on...
